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Key A2 Grammar Rules — French Speakers: Your English Traps

Grammar: Common errors: articles, past simple vs present perfect, prepositions, verb patterns

Free ESL grammar exercise on key a2 grammar rules themed around french speakers: your english traps. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.

What's on this worksheet

A Level 2 (elementary) ESL grammar exercise on education, practising common errors: articles, past simple vs present perfect, prepositions, verb patterns. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

French speakers also confuse I did and I have done because French uses one form for both. And English prepositions? They do not follow French logic at all.

Grammar: Common Errors

Articles: a / an / the
Use a/an for first mention; the for known things. I saw a dog. The dog was big.
Past simple vs.
Past simple: finished time given. Present perfect: no specific time. I went yesterday. I have been there.

Sample items

  1. I ______ my keys this morning. I cannot find them!
  2. We ______ that restaurant last Friday. The food was great.
  3. She listens to music ______ the evening to relax.

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