Grammar

GRAMMAR

COMMON GRAMMAR MISTAKES | GRAMMAR LINKS | SENTENCE STRUCTURE

IRREGULAR VERBS | PLURAL NOUNS | Will, Would, Could, Can,

This portion of grammar is dedicated to mistakes that are commonly made specifically by Taiwanese's students studying English. These are mistakes that I have seen made over and over again in my 5 years experience of teaching English in Taiwan.

"there have" - You can't say "there have" in English. This mistake is often confused with "there are" and "there is". "There is" and "there are" already have the meaning of "have" embedded in them.

"I have ever" - "Ever" can only been used when asking a question, so one can say " Have you ever been to Taiwan?".

"must to" - This is incorrect, you can say "I must (verb)." or " I have to (verb)." I think many students confuse "must to" with "have to".

Fun / funny - These are two different words however Taiwanese students often tend to mix them up.

"I like to swimming" - When we use "like to" it must be followed by the root form of the verb, " I like to (verb)". So we must say "I like to swim." , however if we use the Gerund form of "swim", which is "swimming" we can say "I like swimming".

Grammar Links

As grammar is a very huge section of learning English we are unable to include all aspects of it on our web site. However we have included some great links below to web sites that are completely dedicated to grammar. If you English level is higher that a beginner level we highly recommend these links to answer all you grammar questions.