50 Common Mistakes

1. ❌ I have visited Niagara Falls last weekend.
2. ✔I visited Niagara Falls last weekend.

1. ❌The woman which works here is from Japan.
2. ✔The woman who works here is from Japan.

1. ❌She’s married with a dentist.
2. ✔She’s married to a dentist.

1. ❌She was boring in the class.
2. ✔She was bored in the class.

1. ❌I must to call him immediately.
2. ✔I must call him immediately.

1. ❌My husband is engineer.
2. ✔My husband is an engineer.

1. ❌I look forward to meet you.
2. ✔I look forward to meeting you.

1. ❌I like very much ice cream.
2. ✔ I like ice cream very much.

1. ❌She can to drive.
2. ✔She can drive.

1. ❌Where I can find a bank?
2. ✔Where can I find a bank?

1. ❌I live in United States.
2. ✔I live in the United States.

1. ❌When I will arrive, I will call you.
2. ✔When I arrive, I will call you.

1. ❌I’ve been here since three months.
2. ✔I’ve been here for three months.

1. ❌My boyfriend has got a new work.
2. ✔My boyfriend has got a new job. (or just "has a new job")

1. ❌She doesn’t listen me.
2. ✔She doesn’t listen to me.

1. ❌You speak English good.
2. ✔You speak English well.

1. ❌The police is coming.
2. ✔The police are coming.

1. ❌The house isn’t enough big.
2. ✔The house isn’t big enough.

1. ❌You should not to smoke.
2. ✔You should not smoke.

1. ❌My brother has 10 years.
2. ✔My brother is 10 (years old).

1. ❌Have seven girls in the class.
2. ✔There are seven girls in the class.

1. ❌I didn’t meet nobody.
2. ✔I didn’t meet anybody.

1. ❌I promise I go call you next week.
2. ✔I promise I will call you next week.

1. ❌Where stay the post office?
2. ✔Where is the post office?

1. ❌My flight departs in 5:00 am.
2. ✔My flight departs at 5:00 am.

1. ❌Please explain me how improve my English.
2. ✔Please explain to me how to improve my English.

1. ❌We studied during four hours.
2. ✔We studied for four hours.

1. ❌Is ready my passport?
2. ✔Is my passport ready?

1. ❌She is success.
2. ✔She is successful.

1. ❌Every students like the teacher.
2. ✔Every student likes the teacher.

1. ❌Although it was raining, but we had the picnic.
2. ✔Although it was raining, we had the picnic.

1. ❌My mother wanted that I be doctor.
2. ✔My mother wanted me to be a doctor.

1. ❌The life is hard!
2. ✔Life is hard.

1. ❌How many childrens you have?
2. ✔How many children do you have?

1. ❌I want eat now.
2. ✔I want to eat now.

1. ❌You are very nice, as your mother.
2. ✔You are very nice, like your mother.

1. ❌She said me that she liked you.
2. ✔She told me that she liked you.

1. ❌Do you like a glass of wine?
2. ✔Would you like a glass of wine?

1. ❌It is more hot now.
2. ✔It’s hotter now.

1. ❌You can give me an information?
2. ✔Can you give me some information?

1. ❌They cooked the dinner themself.
2. ✔They cooked the dinner themselves.

1. ❌Me and Johnny live here.
2. ✔Johnny and I live here.

1. ❌I closed very quietly the door.
2. ✔I closed the door very quietly.

1. ❌You like dance with me?
2. ✔Would you like to dance with me?

1. ❌I go always to school by subway.
2. ✔I always go to school by subway.

1. ❌If I will be in London, I will contact to you.
2. ✔If I am in London, I will contact you.

1. ❌We drive usually to home.
2. ✔We usually drive home.