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Focussing on the most common errors in English, this book is the easiest way to improve your everyday language skills. Using simple explanations and corpus examples, it uses a thematic approach to steer learners away from the most common pitfalls in English. This invaluable guide is suitable for learners of English wishing to improve their accuracy and avoid the most basic mistakes. The book offers help with Spelling and Punctuation, and covers the major parts of speech in depth. It offers clear guidance on word choice and confusable words. A comprehensive exercise section also reinforces the key points for each thematic section. Whats more, its clear, thematic layout makes information easy to find and understand. Suitable for learners of English with a preintermediate to intermediate level of English (A2B2), but who want to improve their accuracy by overcoming the most common mistakes made by nonnative speakers of English.
Contents Introduction Verbs Verb patterns Prepositions after verbs Modal verbs (can, must, should etc.) Using special types of verb Phrasal verbs Tenses Present tenses Past tenses Future tenses Irregular verbs Nouns Uncountable, mass, and plural nouns Use of articles Determiners and quantifiers Prepositions and verb patterns Plurals Adjectives Position of adjectives Comparing adjectives Expressing degree with adjectives ing and -ed adjectives Prepositions after adjectives Structures after adjectives Determiner + adjective + noun/one Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases How to use adverbs and adverbial phrases Position of adverbs and adverbial phrases Comparing adverbs Pronouns Personal pronouns Possessive pronouns Reflexive pronouns Other types of pronoun Position of pronouns Prepositions Sentences Questions Question tags Answers Negatives Conjunctions Conditionals Relative clauses Phrases Collocation Which Word? Confusable Words Words that sound the same Other words that are often confused Topics Numbers Time Travel Age Meals Colours Speaking Spelling General spelling rules Punctuation Apostrophes [’] Commas [,] Question marks [?] Quotation marks [‘ ’ or “ ”] Capital letters Exercises and Solutions Glossary Index Copyright About the Publisher Introduction Collins Common Errors in English is a practical guide to the mistakes that learners of English often make and how to avoid them Whether you are preparing for an exam, writing an essay, or you simply want to make sure that your English is as accurate as possible, Collins Common Errors in English offers you the information you need in a clear and accessible form This book is in several parts: • The first sections are organized by part of speech In short, clear paragraphs, they explain the most common errors connected with each part of speech For instance, the section on verbs covers areas such as using the correct preposition after a verb, and how to avoid mistakes with modal verbs and phrasal verbs These sections also include information on tenses and making sentences • The next sections focus on choosing the right word There are many reasons why it can be easy to confuse words It may be because they sound the same or look similar (eg board/bored, desert/dessert), because they have similar but slightly different meanings (eg continual/continuous, blame/fault), or because it is easy to confuse the different parts of speech (eg breath and breathe) Many mistakes are made because of a confusion with another language (eg actual/current, library/bookshop), and these sections deal with those errors too • After this come the topic sections, which cover areas which are often prone to a lot of mistakes, such as time, travel, and numbers For each of these, clear information is given to help you talk about the topics confidently and accurately • Finally, you will find information on common mistakes with punctuation and spelling, followed by several pages of exercises which you can use to test what you have learned or to see where you need more help Within each section, mistakes are introduced with clear headings There is also a comprehensive index and a helpful glossary at the end of the book to help you find all the information you need For more information about Collins dictionaries, you can visit us at www.collinslanguage.com Verbs Verb patterns Verb +to- infinitive We agreed to go to his house We agreed go to his house I managed to finish the painting I managed finishing the painting Here is a list of common verbs that are used with a toinfinitive, and rarely or never with an infinitive without to or an ‑ing verb: afford agree aim appear arrange ask attempt choose claim dare decide demand deserve expect fail fight forget grow help hesitate hope intend learn manage mean need offer plan prepare pretend promise refuse seem tend threaten wait want wish Verb + object + to- infinitive 10 ... letters Exercises and Solutions Glossary Index Copyright About the Publisher Introduction Collins Common Errors in English is a practical guide to the mistakes that learners of English often make... an essay, or you simply want to make sure that your English is as accurate as possible, Collins Common Errors in English offers you the information you need in a clear and accessible form This... first sections are organized by part of speech In short, clear paragraphs, they explain the most common errors connected with each part of speech For instance, the section on verbs covers areas such