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-Joanna Rubery
Every learners of English m particularly many mistakes in their grammar, pronunciation, and vocabularies depending on their mother tongue. Weather you realize it or not, you did it. Some of learners make some mistakes because their accent or mother tongue, but there are some mistakes that crop up across cultures and greet to another one, like old friends. English Foreign Language teachers around the world will be devising ever more ingenious ways of helping learners to iron out their imperfections.
Here are some of the most common mistakes that learners English across the globe have done. Probably in a few future generations will no longer be mistakes at all. Hope we can fix our mistakes in learning English.
1. Subject-Verb Agreement
They do a wrong writing sentence or speaking, such as My sister like One Direction.
They forgot to put -s because My sister (she) is present tense. It usually adds -s or -es in present tense in words she, he, or it.
So it should be, My sister likes One Direction
2. Pronunciation of th /θ/
In words Yes, I think so, they pronounce as Yes, I sink so/ Yes, I tink so/Yes, I fink so.
The th /θ/ sound, which is common in English, is one of the most difficult for non-native speakers to pronounce.
3. Please! In the Wrong Context (when giving or ordering someone something)
This is typical of learners English who translate their own language where the equivalent of please is often used on its own in these context. In English, the word Please is used to soften a request or an acceptance. In example;
ü Would you please pass me the water?
ü Please come this way.
ü Do you want more coffee? -Yes, Please
In English, when giving someone something, we would say There you are!; when a waiter shows costumers to their seats, we would say Please have a seat; and when someone presents food to guests, we would say Enjoy your meal!
4. Problem with Preposition
Learners usually do mistakes putting a preposition in their sentence. In example, She loves listening music. In English after a word listen, a native always puts a preposition to. So it should be, She loves listening to music. Dropping the to from listen to is one of the commonest mistakes made by English learners everywhere.
5. Using -ing Instead of -ed
Mixing up -ing and -ed participles is a huge source of confusion. The ending in -ed describe how people feel, and the ending in -ing describe the things (or people) that cause of feelings. Many learners still do mistakes in using -ing and -ed, such as I was boring. That words are definitely wrong because it does not describing how people feel. So it should be I was bored. To distinguish between using -ing and -ed as in below;
ü (people) Eddie is bored.
ü (thing) Ironing is boring.
6. Missing Out Articles
Since the intricacies of the definite and indefinite article in English are notoriously complex. So making mistakes with articles rarely affects meaning, but it is better to be precise. In example, Woman goes to school. Did the student mean The women goes to school, a women goes to school, or another subtly different sentence?
7. Mixing Up the Present Perfect and Past Simple Tense
English speakers or native speakers use the present perfect like quantum physicists, in order to talk about the past and the present at the same time. So getting it right is often a headache for many students. However, if we want to mention a completed period of time, such as this morning, last year, or in in the 1990s. Native generally use the past simple tense. In example;
X Last year we have been in Thailand
ü Last year we was in Thailand
8. Forming Questions Incorrectly
English usually requires the word order to be inverted. In example, asking question for the statement You are Peruvian becomes Are you Peruvian? Or You like chocolate becomes Do you like chocolate?
Particularly the question incorrectly whom use in Learners English is How long you stay? Or Do you can speak English?. Those all questions could be ambiguous. Then what is the correct one?
ü How long are you staying?
ü Can you speak English?
9. Not Using the Present Perfect Continuous
In example, she works here for three years. That sentence is not English requiring, and it is definitely wrong. Why? Cause English requires the present perfect continuous to describe actions that began in the past and are still continuing.
ü She has been working here for three years.
10. Using Since instead of for
In practice, since is used when talking about specific points in time:
ü Since 1 o'clock,
ü Since Yesterday,
ü Since My birthday, etc
And for is used when talking about periods of time:
ü For a day,
ü For two weeks,
ü For the whole year, etc
by Dini Dwintika Karuniati
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