This blog has been designed to share interesting materials with my secondary EFL students (14-17) but you are welcome if you also find it useful to improve your English.

Sunday, 26 November 2017

Main mistakes in your exams

3º ESO:

  • She is deportist. ⇨ She is a sportswoman.
  • She is a very pretty. ⇨ She is very pretty.
  • In the last month.  ⇨ Last month.
  • Then went to had lunch. ⇨ Then we went to have lunch.
  • A movie horror. ⇨ A horror movie.
  • He has about 50 years old. ⇨ He is about 50 years old.
  • After he works. ⇨ After that he works.
  • He went to home.⇨  He went home.
  • your family ⇨ his family / her family / their family
  • She is wearing black T-shirt. ⇨ She is wearing a black T-shirt.
  • His about 20. ⇨  He is about 20. / He's about 20.
  • He is slept. ⇨ He goes to bed. / He goes to sleep.
  • wrong spellings: an (=and), puppys, old (=all), hear (=hair), an (=and), sleeped
  • false friends: bland, stamped, periodic

4º ESO:

  • She's wearing a blue trousers and brown. ⇨ She's wearing blue and brown trousers.
  • Next Christmas probably I'll be travelling... ⇨ Next Christmas I'll probably travel to...
  • In next Christmas ⇨ next Christmas
  • He has a brown eyes.⇨ He has got brown eyes. / He has brown eyes.
  • He has where a brown jacket. ⇨ He is wearing a brown jacket.
  • Is fantastic. ⇨ It's fantastic.
  • She is young women. ⇨ She is a young woman.
  • He does homework. ⇨ He does his homework.
  • He goes to home. ⇨ He goes home.
  • He wears. ⇨ He gets dressed.
  • She is lunch in the school. ⇨ She has lunch at (in the) school.
  • (I) is goint to be a London whit my family. ⇨ I'm going to be in London with my family.
  • wrong spellings: ecsam, old (=all), famou, pail
  • false friends: suspend

No comments:

Post a Comment