Common Mistakes at CAE

CONTENTS 1 Perfect tenses: simple or continuous? 5 2 Perfect tenses: active or passive? 6 3 Give or have* 7 Test 1 4 How many objects does the verb need? 10 5 Do I use the gerund or infinitive with the verb + object? 11 S Give, provide or offers 12 Test 2 13 7 How do I use must and have to7 15 8 Do I put the adverb before or after a modal verb? 16 9 How do I use be supposed to, be expected to and be meant to? 17 Test 3 10 This or these7 20 11 How do I use amount of, number of, kinds of, etc.? 21 12 Which article do I use? 22 Test 4 23 13 You, your, yours, or you're7 25 14 Opportunity, possibility or chance7 26 15 Commonly confused nouns 27 Test 5 28 16 Commonly confused adjectives 30 17 Big> great oi large? 31 18 When do I use a hyphen in compound words? 32 Test 6 19 Noun or verb? 35 20 How do I use negative prefixes? 36 21 When do I use regarding? 37 Test 7 38 22 How do I punctuate sentences with because and however? 40 23 How do I use because ofl 41 24 If or whether? 42 Test Разделы выстроены последовательно: от ключевых понятий к примерам, упражнениям и рекомендациям для самостоятельной практики. Изложение остаётся понятным и деловым, без перегрузки терминологией, с акцентом на применение знаний в реальных задачах.