Find and cross out the mistake(s) in sentences below. Then rewrite the correct form. These sentences may either have an unnecessary extra word or a missing word. If the sentence is correct, put a check mark.

Note: In some cases, more than one answer might be possible.

Collected & compiled by Hamid R. Bagheri

Source: http://www.commonmistakes.blogfa.com/

 1.     My brother hadn’t a car 4 years ago.

2.   I couldn’t called him yesterday. Did you called to him?

3.   They decided to went there.

4.   He didn’t lost his money. He losts his driver’s license.

5.   My sister choosed a good university major 2 years ago.

6.    They started to eating breakfast at 5:30 in the morning.

7.   I didn’t saw them yesterday. Did you saw them?

8.   That dog helped her found the way in that story.

9.    She couldn’t got there on time.

10.  They had to left their town.

11.    Finally, she could found her glasses after an hour.

12.  My aunt learned me the English alphabets for the first time.

13.  Why did she decided to give up her job?

14. He managed teach them how to ride a horse.

15.  That project costed 2 million dollars.

16.  She gaves her some money.

17.  He tooks a taxi to go home lastnight.

18.  Our teacher teeched us how to use the new grammar.

19.  She got married with a famous actor.

20.        He drived very fast yesterday and the high police stop him.

21.  I stopped and look at him but I didn’t said anything to him.

22.       They decided to asphalting the road after 2 months.