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Common mistakes Spanish speakers often make in E ...

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    common mistakes Spanish speakers often make in English
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  • pronunciation: looked, watched, visited, proved, attended, melted, washed, complicated, asked, decided, answered, replied, wanted, confirmed.
    -ED pronounced in 1 of 3 ways: -T (as in looked: lookT, and washed: washT), -D (as in answered: answerD), or -ID (as in decidED, attendED, visitED, complicatED)
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  • pronunciation: Spain, story (NOT estory), stop, strain, verbal, ship, sheep, beach, pick, peak, vet, bet, good dog, wood, would, could, very, berry, boy, Venice.
    to differentiate between V vs. B, short and long vowel sounds, st- vs. est-, G.
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  • pronunciation: her, him, here, hello, hi, how, who, hollow, I gave her honey, I hung out with him at home.
    a softer H than in Spanish
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  • It is called VBP that it means ...
    , which means
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  • I am going to have a training course the next week.
    next week (without THE)
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  • 1.) The afternoon was FUN or FUNNY with you. 2.) Your jokes are FUN or FUNNY.
    1.) FUN (divertido) 2.) FUNNY (gracioso)
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  • The people that it´s around me can hear me.
    people who are
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  • This movie was bored. I felt boring in the movie theater.
    movie was borING. I felt borED
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  • People often does a mistake with this.
    make (NOT does)
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  • Person A: "I haven´t done this before." Person B: "Me, too."
    Me, neither. / Neither have I. / I haven´t, either.
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  • Not only this presentation was engaging, but it was also very informative.
    Not only + inversion: Not only WAS this presentation engaging, but it was also very informative.
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  • Collocate the following words correctly with "MAKE" or "DO": 1: a mistake, 2: arrangements, 3: research, 4: a phone call, 5: a commitment, 6: the accounts, 7: a list, 8: homework, 9: (the) laundry, 10: dinner.
    "MAKE": 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10. "DO": 3, 6, 8, 9.
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  • Which verb is NOT correct when collocated with "research"? make, do, conduct, drive, fund.
    *make*
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  • This book remembers me of my grandfather.
    reminds me of
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  • 70 per cent of the people voted this candidate in the local elections.
    voted FOR
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  • IN or ON? ... the couch/sofa, ... TV, ... the Internet, .... a call, .... a bus, .... the car, .... a plane, .... the phone, .... therapy, ... a meeting, ... Netflix.
    on, on, on, on, on, in, on, on, in, in, on.
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