Common errors

1. Spot the mistakes in these sentences. Try to correct them.

a. I think we shouldn’t be fear of the future, our lives are what we make of it.
b. Goodbye everyone! I see you next week.
c. When I was a child, I used to played on the street with my friends from the block.
d. People need to be conscious about the dangers of have an unhealthy diet.
e. Sometimes, people is afraid of the people who looks different.
f. My mother is an incredible person. She have a lot of good things, but she isn’t
perfect of course.
g. If you are in a relationship, you need to be compromised to the other person.

2. Match an explanation of the correction with each sentence.

✓ Some words are plural but they look singular because they don’t have an -s in
the end. In this sentence, the word is plural but we treat it as singular.
✓ In this sentence, there is a noun where there should be an adjective, we also
made a mistake with plural and singular.
✓ In this sentence, we wrote a verb in the past form where it should be infinitive
because it follows “used to”
✓ In this sentence, we wrote a sentence in the present simple where it should be
the future (will)
✓ In this sentence, we used the wrong adjective, confusing the meaning when we
translated it from spanish. (x2)
✓ In this sentence, we didn’t use the 3rd person singular form of the present simple.

3. Match the words with the definitions.

a. Conscious 1. impaired or diminished in function

b. Compromised : weakened, damaged, or flawed
c. Compromise 2. To be dedicated or loyal to
d. Aware something.
3. practical and reasonable
e. Sensitive
4. settlement of differences by
f. Committed
consent reached by mutual
g. Sensible concessions
5. concerned and well informed
about a particular situation or
 development.
6. responding to one's surroundings.,
awake
7. Being ______ means you notice
things, you care about ​people's
feelings, and you think deeply
before you speak

4. Put the words in the correct category.

fear sensitive boring sensible consciousness bored afraid scared unconscious

awareness compromise scary aware boredom

nouns adjectives

5. Match the nouns to their adjectives. Sometimes, more than one word is needed. If any word
doesn’t have its noun or adjective, complete it yourself.

Fear (noun) - Afraid (adjective)

Boredom (noun) -