Common Toefl Grammar Mistakes

28/08/1401 04:38:13 ب.ظ

Writing numbers properly can be tricky. There are a few things to keep in mind.

28/08/1401 05:25:43 ب.ظ

Use the past tense to refer to extinct animals like dinosaurs.

28/08/1401 05:11:07 ب.ظ

Just a short grammar guide this week. While this may be a short guide, but it is about one of the most common mistakes I see when checking TOEFL essays.

28/08/1401 05:10:43 ب.ظ

When I check TOEFL essays, I often see grammar mistakes involving “stopped to VERB” and “stopped VERBing.” This is a dangerous mistake since these forms are used to express totally different ideas. The mistake often results in a sentence with the complete opposite of the writer’s intended meaning!

28/08/1401 05:07:37 ب.ظ

When grading TOEFL essays, I often see mistakes when students use “one of the.”

28/08/1401 05:23:57 ب.ظ

The most common sentence fragment error I see in essays is a misuse of “while” to contrast things.

28/08/1401 05:24:57 ب.ظ

Personal examples in TOEFL essays are often about friendships and relationships, so I often see sentences using “maintain relationships” and “keep relationships.”

28/08/1401 05:06:24 ب.ظ

I often see students use “until now” and “so far” incorrectly. Here’s a quick lesson!

28/08/1401 05:09:27 ب.ظ

This is a new kind of error. I see it in essays almost every day. For some reason, it seems a lot more common nowadays. Weird.

28/08/1401 05:04:32 ب.ظ

This one’s hard to explain, so pay attention.

28/08/1401 05:03:46 ب.ظ

This is a simple one. Here’s what you need to know:

28/08/1401 05:06:42 ب.ظ

It can be difficult to use “near” and “nearby” properly. I fix mistakes with these two words in TOEFL essays almost every day! Here’s a quick guide:

28/08/1401 05:11:32 ب.ظ

A very quick usage note based on an error I see quite a lot.

28/08/1401 05:10:15 ب.ظ

Nowadays I get a ton of essays which mix up the verbs “value” and “evaluate.”

28/08/1401 05:25:20 ب.ظ

“Everyday” = an adjective meaning “common” or “ordinary.”

28/08/1401 05:05:41 ب.ظ

Use: “I want to lose weight.”

28/08/1401 05:06:02 ب.ظ

Don’t use “public transportations” (with an “s”).

28/08/1401 05:22:47 ب.ظ

Speaking of public transportation, be careful when using the plural “subways.”

28/08/1401 05:25:34 ب.ظ

I often see students mix up “boring” and “bored.”

28/08/1401 05:09:53 ب.ظ

Semicolon use is really tricky. To be honest, I f–k it up quite a lot, so I guess my writing is full of errors. I wrote a 90 page thesis in order to graduate from university, and I probably didn’t use a single semicolon in it. There are a few things you should remember, though.

28/08/1401 05:23:03 ب.ظ

When writing your essays, remember that we don’t usually use the definite article (“the”) before “society.”

28/08/1401 05:25:09 ب.ظ

When I check a student’s writing for the first time, I am almost guaranteed to spot a few errors related to subject-verb agreement.

28/08/1401 05:23:39 ب.ظ

“Since then” is used with the present perfect tense to talk about something that started in the past and is still going on.

28/08/1401 05:07:04 ب.ظ

We don’t “discuss with” people in general. We discuss THINGS with people (or, in grammatical terms, we discuss a “direct object”).

28/08/1401 05:04:08 ب.ظ