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Italian speakers learning English
— the mistakes your language makes you commit

Your native language (Italiano) quietly pushes you into specific English errors. Here are the ones to watch — and the fix for each. This is exactly how WordSlick coaches you, every day.

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Every sentence needs a subject

Italian drops pronouns ("è bello"); English can't: say "IT is beautiful", "THERE are problems" — the dummy subject is mandatory.

from your first language

Present perfect ≠ passato prossimo

"Ho visto ieri" tempts "I have seen yesterday"; with a finished-time word English needs the past simple: "I SAW him yesterday".

from your first language

Age and states use "be", not "have"

"Ho 20 anni / ho fame" → "I AM 20 / I AM hungry". English uses be where Italian uses avere for age, hunger, thirst, fear.

core challenge

Articles (a/an/the)

When to use a/an/the vs nothing is subtle and trips most learners.

core challenge

Tense & aspect

Present perfect vs past simple, continuous vs simple — English aspect is fine-grained.

core challenge

Prepositions

in/on/at and dependent prepositions (interested IN, good AT) are idiomatic.

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