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Lesson 4 – Persian Mistakes: Word Order

1) Placement of Adverbs

❌ She only sometimes likes chocolate.

✅ She sometimes only likes chocolate.

❌ I have always not seen such a movie.

✅ I have not always seen such a movie.

❌ He often never goes to the gym.

✅ He never often goes to the gym.


2) Subject-Verb Agreement

❌ The team of players are ready.

✅ The team of players is ready.

❌ There is many problems in this project.

✅ There are many problems in this project.

❌ Each of the students have submitted their work.

✅ Each of the students has submitted their work.


3) Placement of “Only”

❌ I only like pizza on weekends.

✅ I like pizza only on weekends.

❌ She only speaks English at home.

✅ She speaks English only at home.

❌ They only invited friends to the party.

✅ They invited only friends to the party.


4) Common Expressions / Mistakes

❌ He is very interesting person.

✅ He is a very interesting person.

❌ I almost every day go to school.

✅ I go to school almost every day.

❌ She always is late for meetings.

✅ She is always late for meetings.