Unit 5 :Learners Common Mistakes and How to Correct them

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A man was badly wounded when a car hit

him in the High Street yesterday.

A man was badly _________________ when a car

hit him in the High Street yesterday.

You can be wounded in a fight or war,

when someone attacks you with a knife,
gun or some other weapon. It means that
it breaks through your skin and makes you
bleed.

The word you need here can be used for

fighting, but can also be used to describe the
damage to your body in an accident.

Bayern Munich won Liverpool in last

nights football match.

Bayern Munich _____________ Liverpool in last

nights football match.

If you win something in a competition, it

means that its given to you to take away
as a prize, e.g. Bayern Munich won the
European Cup. Pam won a trip to America
in the quiz show.
Edison discovered the record player in
1876.

You can win a game or competition, but you

need another verb for what you do to the other
people.

Here someone was the first person to think of

something new and make it, so you need a
different verb.

9.

To discover means to find, so you can only

discover something if its already there,
e.g. Radium was discovered by Marie
Curie. Did Christopher Columbus discover
America?
The policeman was killed by a knife.

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If you use by with a passive tense (was

killed), it is followed by the subject of the
verb, e.g. The policeman was killed by a
criminal. You can be killed by a tree,
because its the tree that kills you, not
someone else using the tree in their hand.
I nearly forgot the chicken in the oven, but
when I saw David he reminded me of it.

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8.

If you remind someone of something or

someone, it usually means that you have a
similar character or appearance, which
makes them think of this thing, e.g. That
man with the moustache really reminds
me of my uncle.

Edison ____________ _____ the record player in

1876.

The policeman was killed ______________ a

knife.
A knife isnt the subject of the verb to kill; its
just the thing which someone used, so you
need a different preposition.

I nearly forgot the chicken in the oven, but

when I saw David he reminded me
______________ it.
If you remind someone by telling them not to
forget something, its better to use another
preposition.

Decide whether the following sentences are right or wrong. If a sentence is wrong, correct it.
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I suggest going by train, the travel agent said to Sarah.

Peters parents were away, so he suggested having a party at his house.
That was Chris phoning from the railway station. Shes coming up from London to visit us.
When Janis speaks, you can hear that she comes from London.
When Ron drove into Macedonia, the customs officials searched for his car.
Frances couldnt remember where shed left her bag in the disco and spent an hour

searching for it.

7. Jill, would you like to have a toast with your tea?
8. Id like to propose a toast to John for all the help hes given us.
9. Sam was out until 3.00 in the morning, so hes been in the bed all morning.
10.It was a single room, so I slept on the floor and my girlfriend slept in the bed.
11.The police caught the robbers, but two policemen were wounded in the fighting.
12.The petrol tanker exploded in the street and thirty-five people were injured.
13.I like playing tennis with Paul but he often wins me.
14.Keith won a lot of money at the horse races last Saturday.
15.It would be really exciting to discover a new planet.
16.I hope you enjoyed the soup. I invented the recipe myself!
17.Anja was hit with a horse that was running away.
18.This door can only be opened by a very large key.
19.If you see me tomorrow morning, could you remind me of my homework?
20.When I hear this music, it reminds me of being in Greece.

Reading Passage Page 66-67

Vocabulary
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Act your age

Long to do something
Be a slave to
Available
Throw somebody out

younger
6. Dramatically
7. Go for it
8. Have a word

A. Have a conversation
B. Able to be reached
C. To force someone to leave a house
D. To do anything you have to in order to get something
E. To stop behaving like someone who is much
F. To be influenced by something
G. To want something very much
I. Suddenly or obviously