Learning about my English Level

QUESTION YOU GOT WRONG	LANGUAGE ITEM	MY MISTAKE CORRECTION	REFLECTION
6) How …… are you?	ADJETIVES	HOW HEAVY ARE YOU? HOW WIDE ARE YOU?	Because if we ask HOW LONG ARE YOU? It’s wrong, because HOW LONG, means about a distance in the time and in the question are talking about an adjective.
10) He hasn’t played since he ……… the accident.	PRESENT PERFECT	HE HASN´T PLAYED  SINCE HE HAD THE ACCCIDENT HE HASN´T PLAYED  SINCE HE HAS THE ACCCIDENT	YOU USE HAS WHEN THE PRONOUM IS INTHIRD PERSON AND HAD WHEN THE VERD HAVE IS IN PAST SIMPLE
16) She knows that she ……… to pay now.	PRESENT SIMPLE	SHE KNOWS THAT SHE OUGHT TO PAY NOW SHE KNOWS THAT SHE SHOULD TO PAY NOW	A MODAL VERB  IS A TYPE OF AUXILIARY VERB THAT IS USED TO INDICATE MODALITY -- THAT IS, LIKELIHOOD, ABILITY, PERMISSION, AND OBLIGATION
20) They were ……… hard questions that I had no chance.	PRESENT PERFECT-QUANTIFIRES	THEY WERE SUCH HARD QUESTIONS THAT I HAD NO CHANCE THEY WERE SOME HARD QUESTIONS THAT I HAD NO CHANCE	A QUANTIFIER, AS ITS NAME IMPLIES, EXPRESSES QUANTITY. QUANTIFIERS CAN BE A SINGLE WORD OR APHRASE AND ARE USED WITH NOUNS. THEY CAN BE USED WITH BOTH A COUNTABLE AND AN UNCOUNTABLE NOUN TO EXPRESS AMOUNT OR QUANTITY.
24) You have a terrible fever! ……… call a doctor?	SIMPLE PRESENT- MODAL VERB	YOU HAVE A TERRIBLE FEVER! SHALL I CALL A DOCTOR? YOU HAVE A TERRIBLE FEVER! MUST I CALL A DOCTOR?	WHEN YOU USE A MODAL  VERB YOU CAN  USE THAT FOR A POSIBILITY SITUATION
30) Magda knows a lot about badgers, but she ……… a live one	PRESENT PERFECT	MAGDA KNOWS A LOT ABOUT BADGERS, BUT SHE HASN'T EVER SEEN A LIVE ONE MAGDA KNOWS A LOT ABOUT BADGERS, BUT SHE DIDN'T EVER SEE SEEN A LIVE ONE
32) The loudspeakers won't work unless you …… those cables.	First Conditional	·  The loudspeakers won't work unless you don’t connect those cables ·  The loudspeakers won't work unless you connect those cables	Because UNLESS is a negation and it’s wrong when I deny two times in the same sentence.
40) What about …… for a walk?	Present Progressive	·  What about go for a walk? ·  What about going for a walk?	Because in present progressive the verb always are with ING.
41) I made one or two mistakes, but …… of my answers were correct.	Comparative and Superlative	·   I made one or two mistakes, but more of my answers were ·   I made one or two mistakes, but most of my answers were	When I use MORE is when I compare something with specific thing, but When I use MOST is when I want to emphasize something in a group of things.
54) He's a friend of …….	Possessive Adjective	·  He's a friend of them ·  He's a friend of their	Because in this situation are talking about a friend possessive for a group.
58) Is …… than his father?	Comparative Adjective	·  Is Matt more tall than his father? ·  Is Matt taller than his father?	When we compare an adjective we only add ER to the adjective.
59) She was 29 on her birthday …… she?	Question Tags	·  She was 29 on her birthday hasn’t she? ·  She was 29 on her birthday wasn’t she?	In question tags we only make the question with the tense that are using in the sentence and after that use the subject to make it.
62) The doctor has told her that she must give …… drinking.	Phrasal Verbs	·  The doctor has told her that she must give to drinking. ·  The doctor has told her that she must give up drinking.	Because the doctor said that she needs to leave the beer and the rest of alcoholic drinks and the Phrasal Verb that means that is GIVE UP.
63) There was a lot of noise so I didn't understand what she was …….	Past Progressive	·  There was a lot of noise so I didn't understand what she was telling ·  There was a lot of noise so I didn't understand what she was saying	In the context the best verb that we can use is SAYING because that means something that the other person are saying to us about a relative situation and TELLING It’s when the other person are saying something about an specific situation
64) I …… drink beer than wine. a) would like more	Simple Present Comparative	·   I prefer drink beer than wine. ·   I would rather drink beer than wine.
65) I gave her …… earrings for Christmas.	Simple Past	·  I gave her a set of earrings for Christmas. ·  I gave her a pair of earrings for Christmas.	Because when I say earrings I’m telling that are two and if am I say a pair of earrings I’m making a redundancy.
66) Would you like some more tea? There's still …… left.	Adverb Quantifiers	·  Would you like some more tea? There's still a few left. ·  Would you like some more tea? There's still a little left.	Because we use FEW only after a plural sentence and it’s for numbers but we can use LITTLE in a singular sentence and it use for amounts
72) We have …… for a receptionist but haven't appointed anyone yet.	Present Perfect Simple	·  We have announced for a receptionist but haven't appointed anyone yet. ·  We have advertised for a receptionist but haven't appointed anyone yet.	In the context the mean ANNOUNCE is when are telling something to a group, but when tell ADVERTISED is when one person say to other person that somebody or something has been arrive.
73) She's very beautiful but that kind of woman doesn't …… to me.	Simple Present	·  She's very beautiful but that kind of woman doesn't attract to me. ·  She's very beautiful but that kind of woman doesn't appeal to me.	When we talk about attract is the force like a magnet, but when we talk about APPEAL we are saying about the feeling to the other person.
75) "I'm going to the cinema on Saturday." "So ……"	Present Progressive	·  "I'm going to the cinema on Saturday." "So I do” ·  "I'm going to the cinema on Saturday." "So am I"	Because he are telling that he are in this moment in the cinema, not that he will be there.
77) They had to leave the flat because they couldn't pay the ……	Past Perfect	·  They had to leave the flat because they couldn't pay the fare ·  They had to leave the flat because they couldn't pay the rent	Because in this case are talking about an apartment that they couldn’t pay the monthly payment.
79) The book shop rang …… that the dictionary you ordered has arrived.	Simple Past Present Perfect Simple	·  The book shop rang to tell that the dictionary you ordered has arrived. ·  The book shop rang to say that the dictionary you ordered has arrived.	In the context the best verb that we can use is SAY because It’s when the other person are saying something about an specific situation and TELL that means something that the other person are saying to us about a relative situation
81) Maria has two sisters, but she doesn't speak to …… of them.	Adjective Pronouns	·  Maria has two sisters, but she doesn't speak to neither of them. ·  Maria has two sisters, but she doesn't speak to either of them.	Because in the sentences have a negative part and if we use NEITHER we are making a redundancy and for this reason it’s better to use EITHER
82) Hubert is an uncle of ……	Possessive	·  Hubert is an uncle of Kim ·  Hubert is an uncle of Kim’s	Because there are telling the uncle of Kim’s Hubert and for this reason we need to put the ‘s
85) Have you found a job ……?	Present Perfect Simple Time Adverbs	·   Have you found a job soon? ·   Have you found a job yet?	Because they are talking about if in the laps of time he has found a job. It’s not a suggestion.
88) Do you think I should move to Ireland? You shouldn't do anything …… you think it's the right thing to do.	First Conditional	·  Do you think I should move to Ireland? You shouldn't do anything if you think it's the right thing to do. ·  Do you think I should move to Ireland? You shouldn't do anything unless you think it's the right thing to do.	Because they are trying to say that if he is not sure, he needs to think about it well.