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Monday, July 16, 2012

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?

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Note: “Does” used in interrogative sentence (present tense form)

2.       Do you free tonight?

Are you free tonight?
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Note: “Are (tobe) +subject (you) +adverb (free) ”

3.       Ian have a bike

Ian has a bike
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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
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Note: “fond” should be followed by preposition of.

5.       This cell phone is same with mine

This cell phone is same as mine
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Note: “Same” should be followed by “as”

6.       They are Crazy with futsal

They are crazy about futsal
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Note: “crazy” should be followed by “about”

7.       My campus is close with the his house

My campus is close to his house
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Note: “Close” in that sentence should be followed by “to”

8.       We will go to swimming someday

We will go swimming someday
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Note: “GO” + another verb = Gerund,  

9.       I play football beside futsal

I play football besides futsal
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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.  

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