Common_mistakes_at_IELTS_Intermediate_and_hot_to_avoid_them

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1、CommonmistakesatIELTSIntermediateandhowtoavoidthem1.ArethereanyspecialtimesIshouldusethe?Weusethea.Withcountriesorplaceswherethenamereferstoagroupofislandsorstates:TheUnitedStates,theMiddleEast,theUnitedArabEmirates,theUKb.Withsuperlatives:thebest,thelongest,thehighestc.Withcardinalnumbers:thefir

2、st,thesecond,thethirdd.Whenthereisonlyoneintheworld:theenvironment,theinternet,thesune.Torefertotheonlyoneinthisparticulararea:thegovernment,thepolice,theriverf.Inthephrase:thesameasWedon’tusethea.Withasinglecountryorplace:America,England,Chinab.Totalkaboutsomethingingeneral.Weusethepluralifweare

3、talkingaboutsomethingingeneral;weusethetoidentifyonespecificexample.Compare:Peoplewithreadingdifficultiesoftenhaveproblemswithnumbers.Thenumbereightisconsideredluckyinsomecountries.2.Singularorplural?Ifyouuseapluralnoun,youmustuseapluralverb.Theverbmust‘agree’withthenoun:Inmycountrythereareveryfe

4、wcarsthatuseleadedpetrol.Ilikestudyingduringthedaybutmyfriendprefersstudyingatnight.Weuseapluralnounwith:a.Pluralverbs:are,were,have,do,play,etc.:Therearealotofbooksonthetable.b.Numbersgreaterthanone:30cars,100students.c.Many:Itisannoyingthatsomanybusesdrivepastbecausetheyarefull.d.Thenumberof:Th

5、enumberofbusesonourroadshasincreasedeachyear.Notethatweuseapluralnounbutasingularverbafterthenumberof.Weuseasingularnounwith:a.Singularverbs:iswas,has,does,plays,etc.:Thereisonlyonebedroomintheflat.b.a/anorone:acar,onestudentNotethatsomenounscanlookpluralbutaresingular(news,mathematics)andsomen

6、ounshaveadifferentformintheplural(children,men,women,people).3.Whichnounsdon’thaveapluralform?SomenounsinEnglishare‘uncountable’.Thismeanstheydonothaveapluralform.Somecommonuncountablenounsare:advice,advertising,food,furniture,garbage,information,knowledge,money,shopping,time,traffic,travel.Withu

7、ncountablenouns,youmustuse:a.Thesingularform:food,information,moneyb.Alittle/amountof/much/some:Howmuchmoneydoyouhave?Theamountoftrafficontheroadsisincreasingeachyear.c.Asingularverb:Therewasalreadyalittlefurnitureinth