Tips and Tricks How to avoid common errors in English? These are just some of them.

Each example contains an explanation. Read all the examples carefully and enjoy learning English. 1. As usual or as usually? ________, the teacher would arrive late. The answer: AS USUAL is a phrase which means 'as is common and happened before'. 2. Add something to taste means that you add the quantity desired Add salt to taste. 3. Evidence is an uncountable noun, there's no article with it. 4. Will you is used after a negative imperative as a question tag. Don't forget to buy it, will you? 5. You can: do a test, sit a test, take a test 6. After verbs of senses, an adjective is used. Flowers smell sweet. (not sweetly) 7. Do a research (not make a research) 8. Beside= next to Besides= in addition to 9. To be independent OF someone (not from)-to have your own incomes She's independent of her parents. 10. To live on sth- not being independent He lives on his brother's money. 11. In the end= finally At the end= the farthest part of sth 12. Less+ uncountable nouns= less money Fewer+ countable nouns= fewer girls 13. The growth IN= when something is measurable The growth OF= talking about some trend 14. Aircraft doesn't have a plural form. 15. Roof-rooves 16. Trip= a short journey or a visit from and returning to a particular place Travel= indicating the action of travelling Voyage= a jouney by sea or in space Journey= long/ short distance travelled regularly 17. Salary=paid monthly Wage=paid weekly 18. The news, billiards, darts, bowls use a SINGULAR FORM of the verb. 19. If you want to say that you use one company for your flights you say FLY. I always fly Jat Airways. ( not fly with)

20. Hang can be regular and irregular verb. Regular: when it refers to execution Irregular: something hanging somewhere 21. As for is used in the beginning of a sentence to introduce a new topic. 22. To fasten= to attach, to connect To hasten= to speed up 23. Jogging should be done in a correct manner. Jogging should be done correctly.