Pitfalls

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Pitfalls

• Frequently made mistakes

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A versus An

• Use AN before a vowel sound
• AN Orphanage
• AN Eagle
• Use A before a consonant sound
• A Book
• A Guitar
• Note
• AN Hour
• A University

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thEn or thAn?

• Is het een vergelijking?
• Ja! Dan is het een A
• Nee! Dan is het een E
• For comparisons use THAN
• Freddy is taller than Calvin
• For time occasions use THEN (toen, dan, daarna)
• She went to the dentist and then straight home

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Where were were

• Where place
• Where were you hiding?
• Were past tense of the verb to be
• We were all very busy yesterday.
• Were contraction we are
• Were all going to be at the party tonight!
• Were back where we were yesterday!!

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Much versus Many

• There are count nouns and non-count nouns. Pens
  you can count (15 pens) but you cant count the
  word money (15 money) or the word time (6
  time).
• How many brothers do you have? I have 1 brother.
• Have you got much work to do? Yes, I have loads
  of work to do.

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IF versus WHEN

• Use IF youre not sure it will happen
• If Id become president, Id give all my money to
  the poor
• Use WHEN youre sure it will happen
• When drug addicts stops using drugs, theyll get
  withdrawal symptoms

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Too Two To

• TOO ook / té
• Too much, too difficult, Id like that too
• TWO 2
• The score was TWO to three in their favour
• TO overig
• Id like TO go TO the cinema tonight