Errores Comunes en Inglés: Gramática, Vocabulario y Tiempos Verbales

Errores comunes en inglés: gramática y vocabulario

Este documento recopila ejemplos de vocabulario, tiempos verbales y verbos modales con sus correcciones, para que puedas identificar y evitar los errores más frecuentes al escribir y hablar en inglés.

1. Vocabulario

• most, doing, whereas, although, wix, so, should, getting, is, more
• hard-working, tactless, immature, impolite, irresponsible, untidy
• bustling, delivered, convenient, stand out, rely on, accuracy, unlikely
• approximately, dealing, upset, brought up, turned out, complain, charming, mind, sorts, issues, instead, regarding, feel
• growing, retailers, spot, marketplace, involve, brands, on, about, trends, own, cyphone, signal, status, survey, season, off, peak, goods, inventory
• whether, sort, instead, despite, attempt, straightforward, compliant, requirements, evidence, issue, widespread, refuse, had, accordingly

2. Tiempos verbales

Present Perfect

• Have you done it?
• I have come here before.
• Have you been married?
• I have had a lot of fun.
• I haven't seen him for years.
• He has weighed himself today.
• She has travelled a lot.
• It hasn't been found yet.
• They have climbed the mountain.
• He has only been working here for a month.
• We have been doing our homework.
• He has been playing football.
• We have lived in London since 2010.
• She has been messing with my things.
• I have seen that film.
• We have been digging the garden.
• I have picked the apples.
• They have been picking strawberries.

Past Simple y Past Continuous

• The decision was made yesterday.
• The taste was tasting strange.
• We were measuring the room.

Present Continuous

• They are having lunch.
• He is smelling the flowers.
• I am having a shower.
• They are thinking about it.

3. Verbos modales

• You don't have to be here.
• You need to know the answer.
• You must take your medicine.
• You mustn't smoke here.
• You should look for a job.
• I had to work late.
• You didn't need to take a taxi.
• You needn't have washed the dishes.

4. Tareas domésticas: ejemplos de uso

• We do the shopping on Saturday mornings.
• My son never does the washing up; he is so lazy.
• Dusting: the furniture will give her an allergy, so she'd better not do it.
• You should get everything ready for dinner.
• You'd better hang your T-shirt to dry before the match.
• Can't talk to you now, I'm laying the table for today's lunch.
• Please do me a favour, be quiet!
• Sweep the floor, it's very dirty from yesterday's party.

5. Adjetivos de personalidad

• Fussy (exigente)
• Sensitive (sensible)
• Polite (educado)
• Tactless (poco diplomático)
• Untidy (desordenado)
• Uncritical (no crítico)
• Immature (inmaduro)
• Impolite (maleducado)
• Irresponsible (irresponsable)
• Insensitive (insensible)

6. Frases de uso general

• Young people are disliked by a growing number of retailers.
• No longer spend money on goods they don't need.
• Young people wear what they want, and changes are underway.
• This accounts for a large part of the problem.
• It appears to have been a mistake.
• Despite the attempt, the instructions were straightforward.
• The staff must be compliant with the requirements.
• There is not enough evidence on this issue.
• The problem is widespread and we must act accordingly.
• They refuse to wear the uniform.
• There is a lot of resentment about the new rules.
• Masks have been made mandatory in the hospital.
• He admitted driving too fast.
• It was pointed out that the report was incorrect.