common mistakes

Oral

Formation of questions

Forming questions properly for exercise purpose and incorrectly for normal usage
Ex. Miss, you want me to make a question?

Directions. Use of Imperative
You have to turn left, then you have to walk 5 blocks, then you have to turn left again.

Double Pronoun
After the Glorious Revolution they reigned Mary II and William III.
Double Pronoun in Question
Miss, the English, ..did they fight against the Spaniards?
How long does it last, the battery?

Why can’t students learn “I did”


Oral- best mistakes
Me no instead of not me


Written – poor usage

Use of you:
The possession of land in 1600s was so important because you could get a lot of money working the lands
Use of also
Also, I went to the …
Use of a lot of
The new measures will affect a lot of people


Written best mistakes
Use of this instead of these




False friends
distinction Distinction = elegante