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Common mistakes in English made by Asian students
Underline the right answer. Please note that only one is correct.
1. Water a) freezes b) is freezing c) freeze at 0º Centigrade.
2. Oranges a) contains b) contain c) are containing vitamins.
3. a) Go you b) Are you going c) Do you go to the cinema tonight?
4. I asked him a) to lend b) lend c) to lending me some money.
5. Did you remember a) locking b) lock c) to lock the car?
6. I a) have gone b) have been c) went to Da Nang last year.
7. Leaves a) fall b) are falling c) falls from the trees in the autumn.
8. The graph shows a) that b) _ c) why the growth in the number of cars.
9. Exports of computers a) fell b) was falling c) have fallen last year.
10. I a) never been b) have never gone c) have never been to America.
11. a) At b) In c)On spring the weather starts to get warmer.
12. I saw him a) in b) on c) at 6.30.
13. He was born a) in b) at c) on 1982.
14. They are coming a) in b) at c) on Monday.
15. She promised not a) tell b) telling c) to tell anyone.
16. We are near the street a) that b) which c) where he lives.
17. I’ve lost my glasses, a) what b) which c) that is annoying.
18. If I a) see b) will see c) saw her, I’ll tell her.
19. If the weather a) was b) will be c) is fine, we’ll go to the seaside.
20. I would tell you if I a) know b) knew c) had known.
21. If you a) asked b) had asked c) have asked me, I would have told you.
22. The latest news a) is b) are c) were bad.
23. I have a) something b) anything c) some thing to tell you.
24. a) All b) Everyone c) All of people loves the spring.
25. There is too a) much b) few c) many sex and violence on TV.
26. If you don’t know the word, look a) up it b) it up c) them up in the dictionary.
27. I’ll look a) in b) after c) out the children while you are out.
28. The people a) where b) _ c) which we visited were old friends.
29. When I was at school I a) must b) _ c) had to...
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