Common Error Eliminator
Sample
● Do not use the future tense with will in the if-clause.
✗ If it will be rainy tonight, we will not play football.
✓ If it is rainy tonight, we will not play football.
First conditional with if
Unit
1
● Do not use since and so in the same sentence.
✗ Since Scarlett woke up late, so she missed the bus.
✓ Since Scarlett woke up late, she missed the bus.
✓ Scarlett woke up late, so she missed the bus.
● Do not begin a sentence with so that.
✗ So that I could get a nice spot, I went to the park very early.
✓ I went to the park very early so that I could get a nice spot.
since, so, so that
Unit
2
● Do not use the personal pronoun and the relative pronoun together.
✗ The boys who are playing badminton they are my brothers.
✓ The boys who are playing badminton are my brothers.
Relative pronoun: who
Unit
3
● Do not use an article before plenty of.
✗ We should eat a plenty of fruit and vegetables every day.
✓ We should eat plenty of fruit and vegetables every day.
plenty of
Unit
5
● Remember to use were instead of was in the if-clause.
✗ If I was you, I would refuse to take on such a thankless task.
✓ If I were you, I would refuse to take on such a thankless task.
Second conditional with if
Unit
6
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