Common Errors At C1 Advanced | 150+ Mistakes With Cambridge Rory

What are the most common errors at C1 Advanced?

There are many common errors at C1 Advanced (CAE). However, there are some mistakes which are more common than others. There are also errors that are particular to speakers from certain countries. For example, many Spanish and Italian learners forget to put an 's' at the end of third person verbs.

The articles on this page cover some of the most common errors that CAE students make. There are also many mistakes which students made during my live lessons. I write down the mistakes and then show you the solutions. There are often quick tips and tricks along the way. Finally, there are some common mistakes particular to Spanish, Italians and Russians too.

Mistakes

The people who is working for me

What I loved to do in my youthness

I was telling to you

We are friends since university

He found a good work in Turin

I watched to them

Yesterday we broken the system for watering

I losed the train

I get home at 9 last night

It has been a long day yesterday

When I was student I was in Bologna

I sleeped outside Bologna

A lot of time ago

I did just a few work with my hands

I say things more complicated with you in English than with people in Italian

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Mistakes

Some people is not so stressed the situation

They have to go home because some problem with children

There were fog

I prefer to avoid a lot of people into the house

I was really impressed - positive

The animals breeded

It’s a sauce really spicy

They stole me my sunglasses into the car

It takes 40 minutes to get Paris.

The most known of the beach in this coast

A lot of people is still on holidays

They grow into the Adriatic sea. This is supposed to be a passive sentence.

Solutions

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Here are some of the most common mistakes that Russian students make when learning English.

Here are some more common errors at C1 Advanced (the solutions are below)

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