REPHRASE: She didn't follow my advice. Now she has to do the task all over again. (IF)
If she had followed my advice, she wouldn't have to do the task all over again.
CORRECT THE MISTAKE: If I didn’t spend the whole last semester just partying, I wouldn't have to catch up now.
If I hadn't spent the whole last semester just partying, I wouldn't have to catch up now.
REPHRASE: I wish I hadn’t missed your party. (REGRET)
I regret missing your party.
A: You know, I don’t remember to turn off the stove. B: Oh come on! Stop to be so paranoid! (2 mistakes)
You know, I don't remember turning off the stove. B: Oh come on! Stop to be so paranoid!
REPHRASE: You’ve got a fever! You should take a day off! (BETTER)
You'd better take a day off.
REPHRASE: Most kids can’t play outside when it’s dark. (ALLOW)
Most kids are not allowed to play outside when it's dark.
These days, technology changes / is changing so fast that it’s very hard to keep up, especially for older people.
is changing
CHOOSE: A: Jim isn’t picking up! B: Don’t worry. He might left / might have left his phone at home, or something like that.
might have left
CHOOSE: If you suffer from insomnia, try drinking / to drink a cup of chamomile tea before going to bed.
drinking
REPHRASE: The car’s not in the garage? I’m pretty sure mom has taken it. She wanted to run some errands in the city today in the afternoon. (MUST)
Mom must have taken it.
CORRECT THE MISTAKE: A: What happened? You look so exhausted and frustrated! B: I studied before exams this whole weekend. And I still have so much to revise!
I've been studying before exams this whole weekend.
I had a huge fight with a colleague of mine recently. Now I avoid to talk to him. (2 mistakes)
I've had a huge fight with a colleague of mine recently. Now I avoid talking to him.
CORRECT THE MISTAKE: Now he thinks you’re absolutely in love with him. It’s bad. You mustn’t have called him first.
You shouldn't have called him first.
REPHRASE: It was a very bad idea for you to get into that fight with your classmates. (SHOULDN’T)
You shouldn't have got into that fight with your classmates.
CORRECT THE MISTAKE: I’m so excited! A new night club is building within a 5-minute walk from us!
A new night club is being built within a 5-minute walk from us!
The show starts at 7, so at 7.30 we will have watched / will be watching / will watched about a half of it already, but you can join us anyway.
will have watched
CORRECT THE MISTAKE: They are building a shopping mall. I’ve been told it will finish by June.
I've been told it will have been finished by June.