Common Mistakes Made by English Learner

Glad to have you keep reading my blog, I do appreciate that, this time I’d like to share about 9 common mistakes which often made by English learner. I found these usually in the middle of conversation. Let’s check it out.
1.       Where Rafa Comes from?                                            Where does Rafa come from?	Kurang tepat Tepat
Note: “Does” used in interrogative sentence (present tense form)
2.       Do you free tonight? Are you free tonight?	Kurang tepat benar
Note: “Are (tobe) +subject (you) +adverb (free) ”
3.       Ian have a bike Ian has a bike	Kurang tepat benar
Note: “Has” use for third person (Ian, Susan, he, she, it), for plural subject, we use “Have”
4.       Riyang is fond with ice cream Riyang is fond of ice cream	Kurang tepat benar
Note: “fond” should be followed by preposition of.
5.       This cell phone is same with mine This cell phone is same as mine	Kurang tepat benar
Note: “Same” should be followed by “as”
6.       They are Crazy with futsal They are crazy about futsal	Kuarang tepat benar
Note: “crazy” should be followed by “about”
7.       My campus is close with the his house My campus is close to his house	Kurang tepat Benar
Note: “Close” in that sentence should be followed by “to”
8.       We will go to swimming someday We will go swimming someday	Kurang tepat Benar
Note: “GO” + another verb = Gerund,
9.       I play football beside futsal I play football besides futsal	Kurang tepat benar
Note: “besides” is preposition which is used to tell something else and “beside” is used to tell a position, for instance: I’m sitting beside her.