Latest Errors/Native Speaker Versions Flashcards

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Verb Tense — ❌ I GO to the office yesterday

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✅ I WENT to the office yesterday — Past tense is needed for completed actions in the past.

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Verb Tense — ❌ She TAKE the bus every morning

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✅ She TAKES the bus every morning — Third-person singular subjects require -s/-es in the present simple.

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Articles — ❌ He is engineer

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✅ He is AN engineer — Singular countable nouns need an article (a/an/the).

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Articles — ❌ The life is short

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✅ Life is short — General, uncountable concepts usually don’t take ‘the’.

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Prepositions — ❌ I am good IN football

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✅ I am good AT football — Use ‘at’ to show ability in activities or subjects.

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Prepositions — ❌ I discussed ABOUT the problem

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✅ I discussed the problem — ‘Discuss’ already includes the idea of ‘about,’ so no preposition needed.

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Word Order — ❌ Always I drink coffee in the morning

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✅ I always drink coffee in the morning — Adverbs of frequency usually go before the main verb.

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Word Order — ❌ She speaks well English

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✅ She speaks English well — Adverbs of manner usually come after the object.

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