Error, A student tries to describe a photo: There are... eh... people... they... um... doing... uh... They clearly can’t form the structure yet and are struggling to find words., Beginner student says: I want go home. They’ve never learned how to use to after want., During a role play, a B2 student says: If I will have time, I’ll call you. They’re trying to use a complex conditional structure they haven’t fully mastered yet., Slip, B1 student says: I am knowing this song! When you ask them to repeat, they immediately correct themselves: Oh, sorry — I know this song., Intermediate student says: Yesterday I go to the cinema. They know the past tense but forget it in fast speech., A usually strong student says: He go to school every day. — then laughs and corrects: Oh no, sorry — goes!, In a test, a nervous student writes: I has a brother. — though they always say it correctly in class., Fossilization, A2 student says: She go to work every day. You correct them, and next time they say the same thing again. They’ve been doing this for months., Upper-intermediate student writes in every essay: He do not like it. You’ve corrected it many times, but it keeps reappearing., A student who’s been learning English for years still always says: I am agree. They’ve been told many times it’s wrong, but it never changes..

Mistakes types

by
Print
Embed

Leaderboard

Visual style

Options

Switch template

)
Continue editing: ?