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Collection of mistakes made by my esl intermediate students.
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Frequent mistakes
TO WORK ON
The correct preposition for this verb is ON."I'm working on a new project."
NEAR +NO PREPOSITION
The preposition "near" is never followed by another prepostion: "He's near the window"
FOR TO
These prepositions never go together:"For working on...""To work on..."
ON + DAYS
This is the preposition used with days:"On Monday""On my first day"
IN + PARTS OF THE DAY, SEASONS, MONTHS, YEARS
"In the evening""In winter""In April""In 2008"
TO BE UNDER ALERT
This noun always takes the preposition under:"We were under alert"
USE OF TENSES
If your story is written in the past tense, always use past tenses. We will work on them soon.
• All and everybody/ everyoneWe do not normally use all to mean everybody• Everybody enjoyed the party, (not 'All enjoyed...')
But note that we say all of us/ you/ them, not 'everybody of...':• All of us enjoyed the party, (not 'everybody of us')
• All and everythingSometimes you can use all or everything:• I’ll do all I can to help, or I’ll do everything I can to help.
You can say 'all I can' / 'all you need' etc. but we do not normally use all alone:• He thinks he knows everything, (not 'he knows all')
We use all in the expression all about:• They told us all about their holiday.
We also use all (not 'everything') to mean the only thing(s):• All I've eaten today is a sandwich.
Every/ everybody/ everyone/ everything are singular words, so we use a singular verb:• Every seat in the theatre was taken.
HEAR AND LISTEN
To listen to sthing/bodyTo hear something/body"I'll listen to you""I'm hearing something"
RECOMMEND
To recommend st to sb.To recommend sb st.To recommend sb to..."He recommended this film to me"He recommended me a film" "He recommended me to go"
APPROACH
To approach something/somebody"I approached the city"
VISIT
To visit something/somebody"I visited the city""I'm going to visit my grandmother."
TO PICK UP
To pick st/sb upTo pick up (long expression)"He picked me up""He picked up the children"
SIEBLINGS
Brother and sister are "sieblings", not brothers.
ARRIVE IN/AT
To arrive in (big place)To arrive at (small place)"He arrived in Seville/Africa""I arrived at the party at... 8 o'clock"
CONFUSED / CONFUSING
I feel confused.He looked exhausted.The book was confusing.Playing football is exhausting.
QUITE / QUIET
• quite: Adverb which means "very":
The music is quite loud.• quiet: Adjective which means "silent":
He's a quiet man.
SAFE / SURE
• This is a safe place. • I'm sure of this.