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Common Mistakes for Spanish Speakers
Master English by understanding patterns from Spanish (L1) interference
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Native Speakers
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Common Mistakes
100+
Practice Exercises
A2-C1
Level Range
Why Spanish Speakers Make These Mistakes
L1 Interference: Your brain naturally applies Spanish grammar rules to English, causing predictable patterns of errors.
One-to-Many Mappings: Spanish words like "para" (for/to) and "hacer" (make/do) map to multiple English words, creating confusion.
False Friends: Words that look similar but mean different things, like "actualmente" (currently) vs "actually" (in fact).
Most Common Mistakes
01
FOR vs TO
Confusion between 'for' and 'to' with infinitives
medium
very high
02
MAKE vs DO
Confusion between 'make' and 'do' in collocations
easy
very high
All Mistakes by Category
prepositions(1 mistakes)
collocations(1 mistakes)
grammar(1 mistakes)
false friends(1 mistakes)
💡 Study Tips for Spanish Speakers
Focus Areas:
- • Practice prepositions daily (for/to, at/in/on)
- • Master make/do collocations with flashcards
- • Learn false friends list by heart
- • Study Present Perfect (no direct Spanish equivalent)
Quick Wins:
- • Remember: TO + verb, FOR + noun
- • MAKE = create, DO = perform
- • Actually ≠Actualmente
- • Always use DO in questions
📚 Based on linguistic research and data from millions of Spanish ESL learners
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