Common English Mistakes Italians Make - B2 (FCE) Level - 19.4.18
Grammar
Mistakes:
One man of this family become Pope
Near my house not are truffles of high quality
My father don't work
my wife and other friends would study the dance (past)
I don't watch many film in the last 6 months
you never stopping going...
I carried on without stop...
Lampedusa is nearest to North Africa than Pantelleria
you can to return to normal blood pressure values
try to less body weight
The biggest supermarket I can see in my life until now.
I have this hat from 1980.
this hat from my grandfather
since when I born
we have hot during the day
Solutions:
One man from this family became Pope. The past simple of 'become' is 'became'.
Near my house there aren’t any high quality truffles
My father doesn't work
my wife and other friends studied dance
I haven't watched many film in the last 6 months
you never stop giong...
I carried on without stopping. Use a verb with an -ing after a preposition
Lampedusa is nearer to North Africa than Pantelleria
you can return to normal blood pressure values. Use an infinitive after a modal verb, can/could/should etc.
try to lose body weight. The infinitive verb connected to 'less' is lose.
The biggest supermarket I have seen in my life until now. Use the present perfect verb tense when you are connecting the past and the present. Especially when using phrases such as: so far, until now.
I have had this hat since 1980
this hat was from my grandfather
since I was born
we have hot during the day
Vocabulary
Mistakes:
I have a river 50 metres to my house
I have to look my foot when I dance
many tourists came in Abruzzo
English language people
I hope this weather maintain for the whole Spring
in the last time of the film
a way to work
Organisated
-Today morning
that islands
the statue seems like it's live
the most important line guide to follow came from USA
100m of frigo
the night went good
I came directly in Rome
during the summer is hotter during the day
Solutions:
I have a river 50 metres from my house
I have to look my feet when I dance – 'feet' is the plural of 'foot'
many tourists come to Abruzzo – if you are talking in general, use the present tense
English speaking people
I hope this weather stays like this for the whole Spring
in the last part of the film
a way of working
Organised
-This morning
those islands
the statue seems like it's alive
the most important guideline to follow came from USA
100m of fridges
the night went well. 'Well' is an adverb. 'Good' is an adjective.
I came directly to Rome. We normally say 'come to' a town/city.
during the summer it is hotter during the day. Remember to say the subject 'it'
General
Mistakes:
we was 6 couple
most part of tourists
There were 25 degrees
Solutions:
There were 6 couples
most tourists
It was 25 degrees
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