W: English mistakes | Test-English Dictionary https://dictionary.test-english.com/w/ Dictionary of students' common mistakes Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:27:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 wait https://dictionary.test-english.com/wait/ Wed, 30 May 2012 22:11:18 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=183 1 I waited you for hours. I waited for you for hours. Use wait for before a person or thing: ‘wait for you’, ‘wait for the bus’. 2 …

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]]> want https://dictionary.test-english.com/want/ Tue, 29 May 2012 23:23:43 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=129 1 I want have dinner early today. I want to have dinner early today. After want, use to + infinitive: ‘want to have dinner’, ‘want to leave’. 2 …

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]]> watch https://dictionary.test-english.com/watch/ Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:04:53 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=2165 1 I love watching the garden from the window. I love looking at the garden from the window. If you mean that you enjoy how the garden looks, …

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]]> wear https://dictionary.test-english.com/wear/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:05:10 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=3758 1 Yesterday I weared my new shoes to school. Yesterday I wore my new shoes to school. Wear is an irregular verb. Its past simple form is wore, …

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]]> weather https://dictionary.test-english.com/weather/ Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:01:18 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=1480 We had a terrible weather all week. We had terrible weather all week. Weather is an uncountable noun, so do not use a/an before it: ‘Are you having …

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]]> week https://dictionary.test-english.com/week/ Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:06:37 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=662 They have been studying for all the week. They have been studying all the week. They have been studying all week. Use all week without the or a …

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]]> what https://dictionary.test-english.com/what/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:30:11 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=1856 1 Could you tell me what is the problem? Could you tell me what the problem is? Please tell me what direction did he go. Please tell me …

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]]> when https://dictionary.test-english.com/when/ Wed, 30 May 2012 15:04:58 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=153 When I will be there, I will call you. When I am there, I will call you. When we will come back home, we’ll have a big party. …

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]]> where https://dictionary.test-english.com/where/ Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:40:54 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=2235 1 We went to Kyoto, where is one of the nicest cities in Japan. We went to Kyoto, which is one of the nicest cities in Japan. In …

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]]> while https://dictionary.test-english.com/while/ Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:06:47 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=884 I read the newspaper while breakfast. I read the newspaper during breakfast. I read the newspaper while I eat breakfast. The difference between during and while is what …

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]]> who https://dictionary.test-english.com/who/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:55:14 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=3541 1 The boy who he lives next door is my friend. The boy who lives next door is my friend. The teacher who I met her yesterday was …

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]]> whom https://dictionary.test-english.com/whom/ Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:23:11 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=1037 1 Whom do you think will win the match? Who do you think will win the match? Use who for the person who does the action. Here, that …

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]]> wish https://dictionary.test-english.com/wish/ Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:48:20 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=1165 1 I wish I have a car. I wish I had a car. I wish I can swim, but I can’t. I wish I could swim, but I …

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]]> without https://dictionary.test-english.com/without/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:22:43 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=3677 1 I left the house without to eat breakfast. I left the house without eating breakfast. Without is a preposition. When a verb follows a preposition, use the …

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]]> wonderful https://dictionary.test-english.com/wonderful/ Sun, 02 Mar 2014 08:46:52 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=2150 The city was very wonderful. The city was really wonderful. The city was absolutely wonderful. Wonderful already means ‘extremely good’, so we do not normally put very before …

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]]> work https://dictionary.test-english.com/work/ Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:23:16 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=1281 1 Yesterday I finished the work very late. Yesterday I finished work very late. Use work without the when you mean that your working day ended: ‘I finished …

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]]> worth https://dictionary.test-english.com/worth/ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:35:51 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=720 It is worth to visit the islands. It is worth visiting the islands. Use worth + -ing, not worth + to-infinitive, to say that something is a good …

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]]> would like https://dictionary.test-english.com/would-like/ Tue, 29 May 2012 23:34:24 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=132 1 I would like going to Cambridge on holiday next summer. I would like go to Cambridge on holiday next summer. I would like to go to Cambridge …

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]]> write https://dictionary.test-english.com/write/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:19:26 +0000 https://dictionary.test-english.com/?p=3369 1 I writed to my friend yesterday. I wrote to my friend yesterday. I have wrote three emails today. I have written three emails today. Write is an …

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