Corpus tasks
UNIT 13 Common mistakes
Cross out the wrong words in bold. Write
the correct words.
1 If you want more information, you will talk with
our teacher.
2 Tomorrow you can come to my house. You
shouldn’t bring nothing.
3 We can meet at 10 pm because I must do my
homeworks.
4 You should came to my house at 4.00 pm. We
are going to the sports centre by car with my
mother.
5 You can come to my house at 5.30 pm
tomorrow evening. You shouldn’t bring nothing,
but if you want you can bring some cola.
6 My favourite meal is macaroni and cheese.
I eat it usually in my house or at a restaurant.
UNIT 14 Common mistakes
Cross out the wrong words in bold. Write
the correct words.
1 To get to my house is very easy. Across the
road from our school and turn the first left.
2 You must take the circle road and my home is
oppisite the school.
3 I’m glad you can come at my house tomorrow.
Walk past the cinema and then take left to get
here.
4 Then go straighton and turn right. Go straight
on and my house it’s opposite the bank.
5 To go to my house, you just have to
follow your street and turn left two times.
6 I went to Paris. I saw the Eiffel Tower, I went to
a lot of french restaurants and I walked to the
beautiful roads of Paris.
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UNIT 15 Common mistakes
Underline the right words in each sentence.
1 It was a / It was good weather and the sun was
shining / was shine.
2 I went to my cousin’s house. The weather was
coldly / cold and windy / windly. I wore many /
a lot of sweaters.
3 I enjoyed my holidays a lot and I went to
Canada. There were snowing / It was snowing
and it was freezing! I made two snowmen with
my dad and it was fun.
4 The place we can go to is the zoo. Is / It is great
because it has a robotic wild bear.
5 This holiday I went to London. I went to very
intresting / interesting museums and buildings.
The weather was cloudy and there was a lot of
foggy / fog.
6 It was a great competition, because all the
people that was watching / were watching were
very excited.
UNIT 16 Common mistakes
Circle the right words in each sentence.
1 When I was seen / was watching the basketball
game I was alone, but now Peter is here.
2 Yesterday I went to the hockey competition
at / in the club. I went with Maira because she
played / was playing.
3 I was on holiday in Vung Tau. It was great! We
went fishing and Dad caught / catched a lot of
fish.
4 The last week / Last week I watched a football
match with my friends. While I watched / I was
watching the game, all my friends laught /
laughed.
5 I went to the beach. I was swimming / swam in
the ocean, and I was catching / caught some
crabs.
6 I went to La Pasiva to eat three hot dogs. Then
I went to the beach. Suddenly / Suddenley it
started to rainy / rain and we had to come / to
come back.