My Common Mistakes Glossary Part 2

Mistake Nº4: "Magasin"

Correction: " Magazine"

Grammar rule: Spelling

Explanation of the grammar rule:

Correct spelling	Spelling advice	Common misspelling
accommodate, accommodation	two cs, two ms	accomodate, accomodation
achieve	i before e	acheive
across	one c	accross
aggressive, aggression	two gs	agressive, agression
apparently	-ent not -ant	apparantly
appearance	ends with -ance	appearence
argument	no e after the u	arguement
assassination	two double s’s	assasination
basically	ends with -ally	basicly
beginning	double n before the -ing	begining
believe	i before e	beleive, belive
bizarre	one z, double -r	bizzare
business	begins with busi-	buisness
calendar	-ar not -er	calender
Caribbean	one r, two bs	Carribean
cemetery	ends with -ery	cemetary
chauffeur	ends with -eur	chauffer
colleague	-ea- in the middle	collegue
coming	one m	comming
committee	double m, double t, double e	commitee
completely	ends with -ely	completly
conscious	-sc- in the middle	concious
curiosity	-os- in the middle	curiousity
definitely	-ite- not –ate-	definately
dilemma	-mm- not -mn-	dilemna
disappear	one s, two ps	dissapear
disappoint	one s, two ps	dissapoint
ecstasy	ends with –sy	ecstacy
embarrass	two rs, two s’s	embarass
environment	n before the m	enviroment
existence	ends with -ence	existance
Fahrenheit	begins with Fahr-	Farenheit
familiar	ends with -iar	familar
finally	two ls	finaly
fluorescent	begins with fluor-	florescent
foreign	e before i	foriegn
foreseeable	begins with fore-	forseeable
forty	begins with for-	fourty
forward	begins with for-	foward
friend	i before e	freind
further	begins with fur-	futher
gist	begins with g-	jist
glamorous	-mor- in the middle	glamourous
government	n before the m	goverment
guard	begins with gua-	gaurd
happened	ends with -ened	happend
harass, harassment	one r, two s’s	harrass, harrassment
honorary	-nor- in the middle	honourary
humorous	-mor- in the middle	humourous
idiosyncrasy	ends with -asy	idiosyncracy
immediately	ends with -ely	immediatly
incidentally	ends with -ally	incidently
independent	ends with -ent	independant
interrupt	two rs	interupt
irresistible	ends with -ible	irresistable
knowledge	remember the d	knowlege
liaise, liaison	remember the second i: liais-	liase, liason
lollipop	i in the middle	lollypop
millennium, millennia	double l, double n	millenium, millenia
Neanderthal	ends with -thal	Neandertal
necessary	one c, two s’s	neccessary
noticeable	remember the middle e	noticable
occasion	two cs, one s	ocassion, occassion
occurred, occurring	two cs, two rs	occured, occuring
occurrence	two cs, two rs, -ence not -ance	occurance, occurence
pavilion	one l	pavillion
persistent	ends with -ent	persistant
pharaoh	ends with -aoh	pharoah
piece	i before e	peice
politician	ends with -cian	politican
Portuguese	ends with –guese	Portugese
possession	two s’s in the middle and two at the end	posession
preferred, preferring	two rs	prefered, prefering
propaganda	begins with propa-	propoganda
publicly	ends with –cly	publically
really	two ls	realy
receive	e before i	recieve
referred, referring	two rs	refered, refering
religious	ends with -gious	religous
remember	-mem- in the middle	rember, remeber
resistance	ends with -ance	resistence
sense	ends with -se	sence
separate	-par- in the middle	seperate
siege	i before e	seige
successful	two cs, two s’s	succesful
supersede	ends with -sede	supercede
surprise	begins with sur-	suprise
tattoo	two ts, two os	tatoo
tendency	ends with -ency	tendancy
therefore	ends with -fore	therefor
threshold	one h in the middle	threshhold
tomorrow	one m, two rs	tommorow, tommorrow
tongue	begins with ton-, ends with -gue	tounge
truly	no e	truely
unforeseen	remember the e after the r	unforseen
unfortunately	ends with -ely	unfortunatly
until	one l at the end	untill
weird	e before i	wierd
wherever	one e in the middle	whereever
which	begins with wh-	wich

 Extracted from http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/common-misspellings

Examples:

1.- My birthday is in Wednesday

2.- Today I'm going to receive a package from England.

Links to practice:

1.- http://www.funenglishgames.com/spellinggames/learntospell.html

2.- http://eslus.com/LESSONS/SPELL/SPELL11.HTM

Mistake Nº5: "These past winter vacation"

Correction: "These past winter vacations"

Grammar rule: Plurals

Explanation of the grammar rule:

For most nouns, just add -s			For nouns ending in s, x, z, ch or sh, add -es
Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
hand	hands		box	boxes
rabbit	rabbits		pitch	pitches
key	keys		wish	wishes
clock	clocks		boss	bosses
football	footballs		buzz	buzzes
door	doors		glass	glasses

Extracted from http://firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/other/plurals/resources/rules.htm
Examples:

1.- I can't find the keys

2.- There are a lot of boxes with old stuff.

Links to practice:

1.- http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-plural.php

2.- http://www.better-english.com/easier/plurals.htm

   

My Common Grammar Mistakes

Name: Gonzalo Vidal        Date: Thursday 22nd, August, 2013           Grade: 8th ISE-1

Mistake Nº1: "I win the match"

Correction: "I won the match"

Grammar Rule: Simple past of "win"

Explanation of the grammar rule:

Simple Present                           Simple Past                     Past Participle

win                                               won                                 won

Extracted from http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html

Examples:

1.- I went to the beach

2.- I walked all the way down

Links to practice this strucutre:

Excersise 1: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm

Excersise 2: http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php

Mistake Nº2: "opurtunity"

Correction: "opportunity"

Grammar rule: Spelling and Vocabulary

Explanation of the grammar rule:

occured	occurred
occurence	occurrence
opurtunity	opportunity
opthamologist	ophthalmologist

Extracted from http://www.learnenglish.de/spelling/CommonSpellingMistakes.html

Examples:

1.- Yesterday occurred a confusing event at school.

2.- This cake is delicious!

Links to practice:

1.- http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/flash/game.shtml

2.- http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/languages/spelling.htm

Mistake Nº3: "A lot of player"

Correction: " A lot of players"

Grammar rule: Plural words

Explanation of the grammar rule:

singular	plural
a car	two cars
a cassette	two cassettes
a lamp	two lamps
a hat	two hats
a cup	two cups

Extracted from http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/plural.htm

Examples:

1.- Those three dogs are hungry.

2.- Those books are not mine.

Links to practice:

1.- http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=277

2.- http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=723

Portfolio Tasks Section 2 Nº5 Corrected

Big mistakes can finish badly

Lastly, in all sports lots of mistakes have been occuring, allowing actions that musn't occur. Just like last football match, the final of the world cup, in wich there are only 3 changes allowed in a match, but the team had his 4th change in the last minute, and the player who entered made the last goal, making his team champion, but all the referees said that it was actually the 3rd, and didn't admit their mistake.

Their mistakes made in matches:

- Offsides

- Penaltys

- Yellow or Red cards

This need a quick check, so football can be more clean and fun, so the it can be justice, doing teams happy.

You need to stop this!

Nº of words: 117 

Gonzalo Vidal

Portfolio Tasks Section 1 Nº5

ISE 1 - Portfolio Tasks 2013

Section 1 Nº5:

 To: John
 Subject: Television Presenter Career

Hi John, I knew that you will work as a television presenter, how cool! I have read things about the career, and based on the information found you must study first as a journalist , so you can appear in the news enough to request the channel if you can appear as a television presenter. You might find difficult to appear in front the television for the panic. I trust you will get succes on this!

Your Sincerely, Thomas.

Nº of Words: 78

Gonzalo Vidal Pérez
8ºC

Portfolio Tasks Section 1 Nº3

ISE 1 - Portfolio Tasks 2013

Section 1 Nº5:

To: Joe

Subject: sports Competition

Hi Joe, how are you? Here in my place I will participate in a sports competition, in wich the rules are simple, being beneath 18 years, your parents permition and pay some money. I read that the prize is meeting a sports star, so being this a tennis competition, I would choose Novak Djokovic, for his talent. I will start prepare by going to tennis classes and visit sometimes the gim, so I can arrive ready.

Your Sincerely, Tom

Nº of Words: 78

Gonzalo Vidal Pérez

8ºC