1 Minute Lessons
Find the mistake in each sentence and fix it!
What means this word?
I make my homework every night.
He only listens music in the car.
Jane wants that I go.
These words are confusing because “sensible” is a false friend.
– Sensitive means that a thing or person notices every little thing; it can also mean a person is emotionally fragile, and starts crying very easily.
– Sensible describes something that is reasonable and logical.
These are two very confusing verbs, because they’re both “decir” in Spanish.
One easy trick to know when to use which one is by knowing what follows each verb.
Say is usually followed by the words spoken.
The person they’re spoken to may be mentioned optionally after “to”
Put the following words in order to form a grammatically correct sentence.
1. Madrid. / I / in / week / was / last
2. uniform / wear / to / at / We / work. / have / a
3. enough / study / She / doesn´t
4. still / haven´t / Mark / seen / We
Here are 5 sentences with common errors made by non-native English speakers. [Opportunities Photo]
Correct the errors and then check them against the corrected sentences below.
I have seen Mike yesterday.
Tell to Ann.
This is the house who I like.
Do you know if she lik
Here are 5 sentences with common errors made by non-native English speakers.
Correct the errors and then check them against the corrected sentences below.
There are not plates left.
Is this a person you told me about?
Put the following words in order to form a grammatically correct sentence.
1. Why / open / we / don´t / window? / the
2. much/ is/ coffee/ How/ there?
3. Danny / where / from / she / is
Put the following words in order to form a grammatically correct sentence.
1. airport/ she / the / expects / at / to / be / met
2. class / in / student / the / He / best / far / by / is
3. coming / the / they / storm / could / see
Though, even though and although are used to express a contrast.
They can be put at the beginning of a sentence:
Although/Even though/Though Julie had passed all her exams, she couldn´t find a good job.
When do we use to be sorry to and to be sorry for? Have a look at the following sentences, it´s really easy!
-To be sorry to + infinitive
– To be sorry for + verb with -ing