This document provides examples of common grammatical mistakes in English and their corrections. It covers mistakes and rules regarding spelling, syntax, adjectives, subjects, negatives, pronouns, verbs, prepositions, and vocabulary. The document is intended as a reference for correcting errors in areas such as word forms, sentence structure, tense agreement, and word choice.

1. COMMON MISTAKES
AND THEIR
CORRECTIONS

2. Spelling.
• Adres: Address.
• Wardrove: Wardrobe.
• Scape: Escape.
• Thruh: Truth
• Ofice: Office.
• Whit: With.

3. Syntax.
The structure of sentences in English is:
Subj/verb/complement/ object/time expressions.
• In the office was Samuel: Samuel was in the office.
• And rang the telephone: And the telephone rang.
• He likes very much driving: He likes driving very
much.
• One day came into the office a beautiful woman: A
beautiful woman came into the office one day.

4. Adjectives.
We have to remember the position of
adjectives: Opinion/Size/Age/Colour. Always in
front of the subject.
• A man dead: A dead man.
• A flat very untidy: A very untidy flat.

5. Subject.
• He thinks that he is the best.
• He told Lenny the whole story in the coffee
shop.
Negative Sentences
• Helen not went to the office: Helen
didn´t go to the office.
• She didn´t say nothing: She didn´t say
anything.

6. There is/are.
• In the wardrobe haven´t clothes: There aren´t clothes in
the wardrobe.
• In the bathroom was a body: There was a body in the
bathroom.
Purpose.
• He went to his flat for spoke with him: He went to his flat to speak with
him.
• Lenny went to Las Cabanas for asked about Lenny: Lenny went to Las
Cabanas to ask about himself.

7. Want.
• Helen wanted see him: Helen wanted to see
him.
• She wanted that Lenny looked for her sister:
She wanted Lenny to look for her sister.
Genitive.
• The flag´s Benny: Benny´s flag.
• The Elaine´s apartment: Elaine´s apartment.

8. Indefinite article.
• He had a nice teeth: He had a nice tooth.
• A office: An office.
• He is detective: He is a detective.
Plurals.
• Others men: Other men.
• Two address: Two addresses.
• Two mens: Two men.
• This persons: This person.

9. Possesive adjectives.
• Helen and his sister: Helen and her sister.
• Him flat: His flat.
Indefinite adjectives.
• There wasn´t many clothes: There weren´t
any clothes.
• Much people: Many people

10. Ajectives.
• More short: Shorter.
• More later: Later/afterwards.
Personal pronouns.
• With she: With her.
• He asked she where…: He asked her
where…

11. Concordance.
• She leave the office: She leaves the office.
• Everything were very neat: Everything was
very neat.
• They was talking: They were talking.
• The clothes was…:The clothes were.
• He talk with Suzy: He talks with Suzy.

12. Irregular Verbs.
He…
Leaved: Left.
Speaked: Spoke.
Though: Thought.
Cought: Caught.
Knowed: Knew.
Fighted: Fought.
Broken: Broke.
Writed: Wrote.

13. • Elaine has been disappeared: Elaine had
disappeared.
• She has disappear: She disappeared.
• He didn´t said anything: He didn´t say anything.
• They didn´t went: They didn´t go.
• She had met a man: She met a man.
• She had flew from New York: She had flown from
New York.
• She meet a wonderful man: She met a wonderful
man.

14. Modal verbs.
• He must went to Las Cabanas: He had to go to
Las Cabanas.
• She could not to pay him: She can´t pay him.
• He could arrived: He could arrive.

15. Verbs with preposition.
• He waited her: He waited for her.
• He entered in the room: He entered into the
room.
• He listened her: He listen to her.
• Samuel phoned to the police: Samuel phone
the police.
• Lenny met to Sargeant Murphy: Lenny met
Sargeant Murphy.
• Lenny asked to her: Lenny asked her.

16. Verbs ending in –ING.
• After talk with him: After talking with him.
• She left without tell Samuel: She left without
telling Samuel.
Prepositions.
• He went at Elaine´s fiat: She went on Elaine´s fiat.
• She arrived to his office: She arrived to her office.
• He was into the flat: He was in the flat.
• He walked in the club: He walked around the club.

17. Vocabulary.
• The man was death: The man was dead.
• She invented this history: She invented this
story.
• Myer said him that: Myer said to him that.
• She argumented with Elaine: She
argumented to Elaine.
• He was die: He was dead.
• He told the true: He told the truth.
• A police found him: A policeman found him.
• After, he…: Then, he…