5 COMMON GRAMMAR MISTAKES in English

Hi everyone,
In this lesson we will talk about 5 common English grammar mistakes. These mistakes are often made not only by English learners but also by students whose first language is English.

🤷‍♀️Confusing you’re and your.
_____ going to win the lottery this year.
Please check ______ lottery ticket carefully.
Which word would you use in each sentence?

Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different meanings and are spelled differently.
You’re = you are
You’re is a contraction of you are.
You’re going to win the lottery this year.
You are going to win the lottery this year.
Your
Your is a possessive pronoun that defines that something belongs to you.
Please check your lottery ticket carefully.

🤷‍♀️Confusing it’s and its.
___ snowing today, so it’ll take us longer to get to the airport .
The cat is licking ___ paw.
Which word would you use in each sentence?

It’s = it is
It’s is a contraction of it is.
It’s snowing today, so it’ll take us longer to get to the airport.
It is snowing today, so it will take us longer to get to the airport.
Its
Its is a possessive pronoun that defines that something belongs to it.
The cat it licking its paw.

🤷‍♀️Confusing there, their, they’re.
Look, your uncle is over _____ .
This is _____ house.
______ twins.
Which word would you use in each sentence?

They’re = they are
They’re is a contraction of they are.
They’re twins.
They are twins.
Their
Their is a possessive pronoun that defines that something belongs to them.
This is their house.
There
There is an adverb that refers to a place that isn’t here.
Look! Your uncle is over there.

🤷‍♀️Confusing similar spellings such as: than/then
The English language is quite rich in words which sound similar, or are spelled similarly, but which have different meanings and need to be used in different contexts.
She is taller _____ me.
We went for a walk in the morning, and ______ he bought flowers for me.

🤷‍♀️Misplacing apostrophes
My brother’s watch.
My brothers’ watch.

Which spelling would be correct?

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