Common Mistake In English
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Today I continue the previous post to section 10.
Here are some easy examples for you to practice wherever you are, and I believed you gonna love them. for those of you who do not know yet, maybe this can be useful.
Use of the wrong tense
Using the past tense after did instead of the infinitive without to.
- (a) To ask questions:
Don't say: Did you went to school yesterday?
Say: Did you go to school yesterday? - (b) To make negatives:
Don't say: I did not went to school yesterday.
Say: I did not go to school yesterday.
Use the present infinitive without to, Not the past tense after the auxiliary did.
Note: the answer to a question beginning with did is always in the past tense.
Did you see the picture? -Yes . I saw the picture; or Yes, I did.
Using the third person singular after does instead of the infinitive without to.
- (a) To ask questions:
Don't say: Does the gardener waters the flowers?
Say: Does the gardener water the flowers?
- (b) To make negatives:
Don't say: The man doesn't waters the flowers.
Say: The man doesn't water the flowers.
After the auxiliary does use the infinitive without to, and not the third person of the present.
Note: The answer to a question beginning with Does is always in the present tense, third person: Does he like the cinema? - Yes, he likes the cinema, or Yes, he does.
Using the third person singular after can, must, etc., instead of the infinitive without to.
Don't say: jan can speaks English very well.
Say: jan can speak English very well.
After the verbs can, must, may, shall, and will, use the infinitive without to, and not the third person of the present.
Wrong sequence of tenses.
Don't say: Rachel asked me what I am doing.
Say: Rachel asked me what I was doing.
When the verb in the main clause is in the past tense, use a past tense in subordinate clauses.
Note: This rule doesn't apply
(1) to verbs within quotations.
(2) to facts that are true at all times We say:
1 She said I am waiting for your answer
2 He said that London is a great city
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