Common English Errors By Italians

On this page you will find links to some of the most common mistakes that Italian students make when learning English. These are real mistakes my students have made and they will be particularly useful for any students who want to improve their English in general or pass the B2 First: FCE (B2 level) or C1 Advanced: CAE (C1 level) exams. The pages show sentences with 1 or 2 mistakes in and then they show the solutions to these mistakes. See if you can correct the mistakes yourself before looking at the solutions!!

 

Mistakes

They must to come

We have decided to come in office

Only 1 people each times

The official day to reopen about the company is 4th May

This week is the first time to come in office for me

If there will be a good weather

If you consider the normally situation

 

Solutions

They must to come

They need to come

We have decided to come to the in office

Only 1 people person each times

The official day to reopen about the company is 4th May or The official day of reopening

After a preposition use a verbing 

This week is the first time (that) I to have come in to the office for me

Here is another example: “this week is the first time I have been for a walk to the mountains since February”

If there will be a good weather or if the weather will be good

‘Weather’ is an uncountable noun.

If you consider the normally situation