Typical mistakes of French speakers. Learn English with Free English Study Pages from The Language Project UK

1. Last year I did a travel in Italy with some friends of me.

1. Last year I travelled in Italy with some friends of mine .
"Travel" is an uncountable noun. We use the pronoun "mine" in possessive expressions.

2. I come from a quite big family. We are seven children.

2. I come from quite a big family. There are seven children.
We use "there" to say the number of something in a place.

3. The film was a great succes and lots of people went to see it.

3. The film was a great success . Lots of people went to see it.
Spelling: There are two "s"s in "success".

4. I can propose you to make her a cake. She'll love it.

4. I suggest you make her a cake. She'll love it.
We don't use "propose" for suggestions.

5. I'm writing about your advertisement in the today newspaper.

5. I'm writing about an advertisement in today's newspaper.
We use the possessive "s" with today / this month / this year.

6. Public transports are getting worse; dirtier, niosier and more crowded.

6. Public transport is getting worse; dirtier, noisier and more crowded.
"Transport" is uncountable so it is never plural.

7. I'm aged of 30 and I'm a policeman.

7. I'm aged 30 and I'm a policeman.
We don't need a preposition with the adjective "aged".

8. I'm realy sorry, but I won't be able to make it to your party next week.

8. I'm really sorry but I won't be able to make it to your party next week.
"Really" contains a double "l".

9. Eventually, I could come if leave work a little early.

9. Perhaps I could come if I leave work a little early.
Use "perhaps" to show a possibility.

10. These days I'm busy so much. I don't have time to relax.

10. These days I'm I'm so busy that I don't have time to relax.
We use this pattern to show the result of the adjective "busy".

11. You'd better not be late. She'll get angry.

11. Correct

12. I feel completely destroyed. I need some sleep.

12. I feel completely exhausted / shattered . I need some sleep.
"Exhausted" and "shattered" mean very tired but not "destroyed".

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This page is to help English students from France or if your first language is French. In the past many French students have come to our school to learn English. These are some of their errors. Look through these sentences. Eleven of them contain typical mistakes that French learners make when they speak or write English. One of the sentences is correct. The mistakes are in grammar, vocabulary, spelling and logic. Some sentences have many mistakes and some sentences have only one error.
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