Common English Mistakes in Grammar Exercisess by Slovak Speakers

This page focuses on errors typically made by native Slovak speakers from Slovakia when writing a Grammar Exercises in English.

Mistake Example #1

Omitting 'it' as a subject in dummy subject sentences ('Is raining' instead of 'It is raining')

In grammar exercises,it is important to practice different sentence structures. It is helpful to understand how sentences are built. For example, when talking about weather, it iscommon to say "IToday is sunny today" instead of "It is sunny today."

Text corrected by:
Michele A., Boston, Massachusetts; United States

"I completed some of the sentences by adding "it" as the "dummy" subject."

In grammar exercises, it is important to practice different sentence structures. It is helpful to understand how sentences are built. For example, when talking about weather, it is common to say "Today is sunny" instead of "It is sunny today."

In grammar exercises, important to practice different sentence structures. Is helpful to understand how sentences are built. For example, when talking about weather, common to say "Is sunny today" instead of "It is sunny today."

Mistake Example #2

Incorrect placement of adjectives ('The car red' instead of 'The red car')

Please complete the following sentences with the correct order of adjectives: The house big is on the street main. The dog brown barks loudly every morning. My friend best lives in the city beautiful.

Text corrected by:
Jennifer, Detroit, Michigan USA

"The words are supposed to be in the incorrect order because it's a lesson."

Please complete the following sentences with the correct order of adjectives: The house big is on the street main. The dog brown barks loudly every morning. My friend best lives in the city beautiful.

Please complete the following sentences with the correct order of adjectives: The house big is on the street main. The dog brown barks loudly every morning. My friend best lives in the city beautiful.

Mistake Example #3

Struggles with perfect tenses ('I am here since three years')

I have been living in Bratislava sincefor three years, and I am enjoying the city very much.Since moving here, I have learned many things about Slovak culture, and I ammakingde new friendssince I moved here.

Text corrected by:
Howard B., NJ, USA

"I have made just a few changes to improve tense and native English phrasing. This was very easy to understand, however. Nicely done!"

I have been living in Bratislava for three years and I am enjoying the city very much. Since moving here, I have learned many things about Slovak culture and made new friends.

I have been living in Bratislava since three years, and I am enjoying the city very much. I have learned many things about Slovak culture, and I am making new friends since I moved here.