Common English Mistakes Italians Make 8

Mistakes:
in different occasions
the husband of my sister
he went with her wife
he does a comparison
the accuse and the defendant
I studied in 6 years
a lot of valley
Padua is not so bigger than Bergamo

Solutions:
On different occasions
My sister’s husband
he went with his wife
he makes a comparison
the accused and the defendant
I studied for 6 years
a lot of valleys
Padua is not bigger than Bergamo

Mistakes:
we spent all the time to study grammar rules
The most part of them speaks English very well

for university in Padua
it is everything in Padua
2 hundred thousand
you can found students from all towns of Italy
for 6 years ago
how statistics cn be applied to make a good research
I used to to reach these aims by the students
don't make the treatment
I don't speak English for a long time
I speak Italian for the most time
Mestre is more famous of Mestrino

Solutions:

we spent the whole time studying grammar rules
Spend time doing something
Most of them speak English very well
In Padua there are a lot of things to do
2 hundred thousand = 200,000
you can find students from all over Italy For 6 years. Since 6 years ago.
how psychologists can apply statistics to do good research (uncountable)
I usually give aims/objectives/goals to the students
Don’t do the treatment
I haven’t spoken English for a long time
I speak Italian most of the time
Mestre is more famous than Mestrino

Mistakes
I marriaged with my wife in 1982
Last year is 25 years of marriage
We are went in Barcelona
There are a lot of restaurant and some place where you can spend nice time
My son is 20 years old.
He study in Milan.
Everyday he take the tube from C to Milan for got to university where he are studying.
One of the best village
We need speak in English
to understand what another people speak to me

Solutions
I got married to my wife in 1992
Last year was 25 years of marriage
We went to Barcelona. In English we say go/went + to a place
There are a lot of restaurants and some places where you can spend a nice time. Can is followed by an infinitive verb in English.
My son is 20 years old.
He is studying in Milan. I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, they are
Everyday he takes the tube from Cernusco to Milan to go to university where he is studying.
One of the best villages. 'One of' is followed by a plural noun: “one of my favourite villages”.
We need to speak in English
To understand when other people speak to me

Mistakes
Collect all these file from once centre and

In the afternoon we have 2 meeting with the team
I spent 6 hours on the mountain to ski

when we had finished to eat
the first time I skied was when I 14 years old
2/3 places where you can go to skiing
skiing every day is very tired
to re-energise your physico

Solutions
Collect all these files from one centre and
In the afternoon we have 2 meetings with the team
I spent 6 hours on the mountain skiing
when we had finished eating
the first time I skied was when I was 14 years old
2/3 places where you can go skiing
skiing every day is very tiring - skiing makes me tired. Adjectives ending -ing describe whatever creates the feeling. Adjectives ending -ed describe how you feel. For example, I am very tired, skiing is tiring.
to re-energise your body

Mistakes
He like to cook
Sometime he prepare a particular dishes that he look on the tv
He go around a particular city
A.B came in London
the restaurant provide the meat
depends of the family rich
5 or 6 year
the boy have finished the study for doctor
to improve her know about a house of auction...
When you want irrigate
-if you found some wrong about what i say

Solutions
He likes to cook
Sometimes he prepares particular dishes that he sees on the tv
He goes around a particular city
A.B went to London
the restaurant provides the meat
a good group
depends on how rich the family is
5 or 6 years
the boy has finished his degree to become a doctor
to improve her knowledge about an auction house...
When you want to irrigate
-if you find some mistakes in what i say

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