Common Mistakes at Proficiency

CONTENTS 1 Will or would? 5 2 Which modal do I use? 6 3 Which nouns and adjectives are followed by a gerund or an infinitive? 7 Test 1 8 4 Which, who or what? 10 5 Which pronoun do I use to refer to people in general? 11 6 Which personal pronoun do I use? 12 Test 2 i3 7 When do I use the? 15 8 How do I use quite, very and really? 16 9 Less or fewer? 17 Test 3 10 Which preposition do I use after nouns? 20 11 Which preposition do I use after verbs? 21 12 By the time or at the time? 22 Test 4 23 13 Which nouns have irregular plural forms? 25 14 Everyday or every day? 26 15 How is British and American spelling different? 27 Test 5 28 16 Which phrasal verbs are formed with stand? 30 17 Which phrases are formed with take? 31 18 Commonly confused word forms 32 Test 6 19 Way, route, means or method'? 35 20 Work or job? 36 21 Commonly confused nouns: relation I relationship, education I upbringing 37 Test 7 38 22 Commonly confused adjectives: tourist I touristic, economic I economical 40 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.