COMMON ERRORS IN

SPOKEN ENGLISH
INCORRECT X CORRECT
Myself Vinita. I am Vinita.
Me and friends went for a My friends and I went for
movie. a movie.
I am having two brothers I have two brothers and
and sisters. sisters.
Question: Today office is Question: Is today a
there? working day? / Are we
Answer: No office is not working today?
there. Today is Bharat Answer: Yes, we are
Bandh. working today / No, we are
not working today.
Does she has a car? Does she have a car?
I did not wrote the test I did not write the test last
last week. week.
I am standing on the door. I am standing at the door.
I will revert back. I will revert.
He is my cousin brother. He is my cousin.
One of my friend has come One of my friends has
from Delhi. come from Delhi.

Note the errors that are often made while speaking in English. Write the mistakes made and their
corrections in tabular form in your Writing Skills notebook. Also put cross and right symbols.