Common Errors in Speaking and Writing

Which sentence is correct?

• She can't hear you when you're whispering.

• She can't hardly hear you when you're whispering.

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

Which sentence is correct?

• I have never met a dog that I do not like!

• I haven't never met a dog that I do not like!

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CCSS.L.6.1E

CCSS.L.6.6

The more I live with her, the …….I understand her.

• more

• most

• best

• less

He only feels happy whenever he does not have much work to do.

• The more he works, the happier he feels.

• The less he works, the happier he feels.

• He feels happier and happier with his work.

• His work makes himfeel happy.

Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. The ____ he becomes, the ____ he is.

• more rich/ happyer

• richer/ happyer

• richer/happier

• rich/ happier

Which couch do you sit on __________, the pink one or the green one?

• the most comfortably

• more comfortably

• comfortable

• more comfortable

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Joyce thinks that it is _________ fun to play video games at home than to watch movies in the movie theater.

• most

• much

• more

• many

_____ you eat dinner last night? I ate dinner.

• did

• do

• does

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

I played soccer yesterday. ____ you play soccer?

• did

• do

• does

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

_____ she always do homework? Yes, she always does homework.

• did

• do

• does

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3