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Simplified Chinese speakers learning English
— the mistakes your language makes you commit

Your native language (简体中文) 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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from your first language

Verbs must change form (-s, -ed)

Chinese verbs never change; English marks person and time ON the verb: "she workS", "we walkED". The word order feels easy — the endings are the trap.

from your first language

Articles + plurals

Chinese has no a/the and no -s; both are mandatory in English: "I read A book", "two bookS".

from your first language

he vs she in speech

Spoken Mandarin has one tā for he/she/it, so they swap mid-story. Pause and check the person's gender before the pronoun.

from your first language

Subject-first, not topic-first

"This book I have read it" is a topic-comment calque; English prefers "I have read this book" — and never repeats the object as an extra it.

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.

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