MAIN MISTAKES IN COMPOSITIONS
1.
Adjective
always before noun and with neither number nor gender
2.
The
order of an English statement is always SUBJECT + VERB + (COMPLEMENTS)
3.
The
order of an English question is always (WH-?) + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + VERB +
(COMPLEMENT) + ?
4.
COMPARATIVE:
MORE + ADJECTIVE / ADJECTIVE + ER
SUPERLATIVE: THE MOST + ADJECTIVE /
THE + ADJECTIVE + EST
5.
PERSON = singular / PEOPLE = plural
6.
THEN/
LATER AFTER +
Noun / V-ing
PREVIOUSLY BEFORE + Noun / V-ing
7.
Present
Simple: Do not
recycle = Don't recycle (*Don't recycling)
8.
There
are two reasons WHY people don't recycle:
ONE / TWO FIRST / SECOND ON the one hand / ON the other hand
9.
AVOID
/ ENJOY + V-ING: Avoid making
repetitions / Enjoy doing the exam
10.
There
will be no oil / There won't be any oil / Oil will be finished / Oil is
becoming exhausted
11.
In
order to / to / so as to + BARE FORM
In order that / so that + SENTENCE
(Verb = MODAL ---- COULD / SHOULD / WOULD)
12.
RECYCLE
= VERB / RECYCLING = NOUN
13.
3rd
sing pres per: He doesn't / I don't + Verb (I don't do my bed / he doesn't do
his test) (* we eats)
14.
MODAL
/ TO always followed by BASE form
15.
GIVING
EXAMPLES: such as / as / like / for example / for instance
16.
All
the people = PLURAL Everyone /
Everybody = SINGULAR
17.
TO
= PARA QUE / NOT TO = PARA QUE NO: People want the planet not to suffer from
pollution
18.
2
subjects IMPOSSIBLE.
19.
A
+ VOWEL ------ AN. A / AN
always followed by SINGULAR
20.
Due
to the fact that + Sentence
21.
A
lot of people think (PLURAL) / A lot of bread costs (SINGULAR)
22.
ADJECTIVE
always followed by noun: Organic and inorganic rubbish
23.
1st
Cond Sent (PRESENT with "s" if 3rd sing per): If the
planet suffers, we will suffer too.
24.
COHERENCE:
If you use the PRESENT SIMPLE, keep on using it, not change to PAST. If you use
I, keep on using I.
25.
(*ACTUALLY / these days) ---------- AT PRESENT,
NOWADAYS, TODAY
26.
SAXON
GENITIVE with PEOPLE -------- The teenagers' lifestyle (*The style of the teenagers)
27.
The
final example of a series with AND.
28.
Do
not use THE article when generalizing: Students in Spain.
29.
Don't
invent words, if not sure use synonyms: *saludable
- healthy / sane / profitable / good / etc.
30.
Avoid
using Spanish.
31.
Avoid
particular references: I usually swim at 'Macarena'
swimming-pool.
