35 Mistakes That Intermediate Students Often Make

Memang sebagai manusia, sangatlah wajar jika kita melakukan kesalahan-kesalahan. Namun jika kesalahan-kesalahan tersebut terlalu sering kita lakukan, itu mah namanya keterlaluan. Jika sebelumnya, saya mencantumkan keterangan Michael Swan tentang “35 Basic Mistakes to Avoid” -  35 kesalahan sepele berbahasa Inggris yang harus dihindari, maka kali ini saya akan melanjutkannya setingkat lebih tinggi--dengan kata lain kesalahan-kesalahan ini lebih keren (hohoh, salah kok keren ya?). “35 Mistakes that intermediate students often make” bisa bermakna 35 Kesalahan yang sering dilakukan oleh siswa/mahasiswa tingkat menengah. Ya, begitulah kiranya, karena Secara umum, Intermediate students bisa diartikan tidak hanya sebatas siswa-siswi tingkat menengah saja tapi juga untuk mahasiswa yang kemampuan Bahasa Inggrisnya pas-pasan. Apakah sobat-sobit termasuk sebagai siswa / mahasiswa yang sering melakukan kesalahan-kesalahan? jika memang masih sering melakukan kesalahan, coba cek kesalahan sobat-sobit terletak dimana, Mari kita lihat, pelajari, dan renungi bersama-sama keterangan Michael Swan tentang “35 Mistakes that intermediate Students often Make” dalam buku Practical English Usage edisi ketiga berikut ini:

No	Jangan katakan/tulis	Katakana/tulis
1	I promise I pay you tomorrow	I promise I’ll pay you tomorrow
2	This is the first time I’m here	This is the first time I’ve been here
3	I’ve been here since three days	I’ve been here for three days
4	If I’ll have time, I will go home	If I have time, I will go home
5	If I knew the price, I will tell you	If I knew the price, I would tell you
6	He said me that he was Chinese	He told me that he was Chinese
7	She told me she has a headache	She told me she had a headache
8	There’s the man that I work for him	There is the man that I work for
9	I’ve told you all what I know	I’ve told you all (that) I know
10	Although it was late, but she went out	Although it was late, she went out
11	You had better to see the doctor	You had better see the doctor
12	I use to play tennis at weekends	I play tennis at weekends
13	It can rain this evening	It may/might/could rain this evening
14	My parents wanted that I study	My parents wanted me to study
15	You must stop to smoke	You must stop smoking
16	I look forward to see you	I look forward to seeing you
17	I’m boring in the lessons	I’m bored in the lessons
18	He has much money	He has a lot of/plenty of money
19	Most of people agree with me	Most people agree with me
20	I look at me in the mirror	I look at myself in the mirror
21	We waited during six hours	We waited for six hours
22	I like eating chocolate milk	I like eating milk chocolate
23	Come here and look at that paper	Come here and look at this paper
24	We go there every Saturdays	We go there every Saturday
25	Which is the biggest city of the world?	Which is the biggest city in the world?
26	I’m thinking to change my job	I’m thinking of changing my job
27	Can you give me an information?	Can you give some information?
28	He’s married with a doctor	He’s married to a doctor
29	Can you mend this until Tuesday	Can you mend this by Tuesday
30	There is a hotel in front of our house	There is a hotel opposite our house
31	I like warm countries, as Spain	I like warm countries, like Spain
32	Please explain me what you want	Please explain to me what you want
33	When you come, take your bike	When you come, bring your bike
34	My brother has got a new work	My brother has got a new job
35	He’s Dutch, or better Belgian	He’s Dutch, or rather Belgian

Nah kan, seperti biasa jika sobat merasa mempunyai kemampuan berbahasa Inggris yang baik, coba tutup kotak tabel sebelah kanannya, dan pikirkan mengapa kalimat di kotak sebelah kiri salah? Jika jawabannya sama seperti tabel sebelah kanan, maka berarti sobat-sobit sudah melewati 35 Kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh Kebanyakan siswa/mahasiswa.

Untuk lebih jelasnya, coba diskusikan saja dengan teman, guru, dan orang lain yang mempunyai kemampuan Bahasa Inggris yang baik, jika mereka sama-sama tidak bisa menjelaskannya, boleh juga tuh didiskusikan disini. Akhir kata, sekian saja referensi yang saya kemukakan tentang “35 Mistakes that intermediate Students often make” ini, lagi-lagi semoga kita tidak terjebak dengan kesalahan-kesalahan seperti diatas sehingga kita tidak tercatat sebagai orang yang mempunyai banyak kesalahan. Hehehe.. See you..

Referensi

Swan, Michael. 2005. Practical English Usage:3^rd edition. Oxford University Press.