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📌 Take an exam, not give an exam

❌ Don't say: The pupil gave his exam.
✅ Say: The pupil took his exam.



📌 Go for a ride on a bicycle, etc., not go for a walk on a bicycle, etc.

❌ Don't say: We went for a walk on our bicycles.
✅ Say: We went for a ride on our bicycles.



📌 To be busy, not to have work.

❌ Don't say: I have much work this morning.
✅ Say: I'm very busy this morning.



📌 It's cold, etc., not it has cold, etc.

❌ Don't say: It has cold this winter.
✅ Say: It's cold this winter.



📌 Dismount or get off a horse, etc., not come down from a horse, etc.

❌ Don't say: They came down from their horses.
✅ Say: They got off their horses.



📌 Mount or get on a horse, etc. not ride a horse, etc.

❌ Don't say: Peter rode his horse and went home.
✅ Say: Peter got on his horse and rode home.

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📌 Take an exam, not give an exam

❌ Don't say: The pupil gave his exam.
✅ Say: The pupil took his exam.



📌 Go for a ride on a bicycle, etc., not go for a walk on a bicycle, etc.

❌ Don't say: We went for a walk on our bicycles.
✅ Say: We went for a ride on our bicycles.



📌 To be busy, not to have work.

❌ Don't say: I have much work this morning.
✅ Say: I'm very busy this morning.



📌 It's cold, etc., not it has cold, etc.

❌ Don't say: It has cold this winter.
✅ Say: It's cold this winter.



📌 Dismount or get off a horse, etc., not come down from a horse, etc.

❌ Don't say: They came down from their horses.
✅ Say: They got off their horses.



📌 Mount or get on a horse, etc. not ride a horse, etc.

❌ Don't say: Peter rode his horse and went home.
✅ Say: Peter got on his horse and rode home.

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Level: Intermediate~Advanced
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#Common #Mistake
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