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

1. I'm interesting in working abroad - it could be good for my career.

1. I'm interested in working abroad - it could be good for my career.
"Interested" describes a feeling of interest towards something.

2. It's Anna's birthday so let's buy to her a nice present.

2. It's Anna's birthday so let's buy her a nice present.
The verb buy doesn't need a preposition to connect to the object.

3. You should go out and meet as much people as possible. People is friendly.

3. You should go out and meet as many people as possible. People are friendly.
The word "people" is countable and plural so we use "many" and "are".

4. Thanks for your letter, which I recived last week.

4. Thanks for your letter which I received last week.
The word "received" has both "e" and "i".

5. Every week we went to my grandmother house in the country.

5. Every week we went to my grandmother's house in the country.
We use apostrophe and "s" to make my grandmother into a possessive determiner.

6. English is absolutely esencial if you want a good job nowadays.

6. English is absolutely essential if you want a good job nowadays.
Notice the English spelling of "essential".

7. Is very important to have a car if you live in the countryside.

7. It is very important to have a car if you live in the countryside.
The verb "is" must have a subject so we use the "empty" word "it".

8. I'm a great cooker and I know lots of recipes that children love them.

8. I'm a great cook and I know lots of recipes that children love .
A "cooker" is a machine for cooking. A "cook" is a person.

9. I am anxious to organise a party for my friends.

9. I really want to organise a party for my friends.
"Anxious" has the meaning of "worried". This is not the intended meaning here.

10. I don't speak very well English but I'm getting better little by little.

10. I don't speak English very well but I'm getting better little by little..
The adverb "very well" comes after the verb and object "English".

11. I like getting dressed up in special occasions. It's fun.

11. I like getting dressed up on special occasions. It's fun.
We always use the preposition "on" with the word "occasion".

12. It was so nice seeing you again last Saturday. Let's do it again sometime.

12. Correct.

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This page is to help English students from Spain or if your first language is Spanish. In the past many Spanish 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 Spanish 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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