easy tubers welcome to another lesson
with me Tom today we're going to be
showing you ten common mistakes that
English students make but don't worry
guys I'm here to guide you to make sure
that you don't make them in the future
stay tuned before we get started I wanna
see two things about mistakes firstly
you should never feel ashamed of your
mistakes mistakes are beautiful they are
important because they tell us where we
need to improve our English secondly not
all mistakes are terrible the most
important thing is that we can
communicate our ideas either through
speaking or writing if a mistake stops
us from communicating then it's a
problem but if the mistakes doesn't stop
us from communicating then it's not that
big a problem it would be good to not
make any mistakes but if you can still
communicate your ideas even though you
make mistakes then it's okay you've done
what you needed to do you've
communicated so those two things are
really important to know before we start
looking at our ten common mistakes all
right here's number one : mistake number
one is subject verb agreement
particularly the third person so for
example my brother like Game of Thrones
my brother like Game of Thrones now when
it's in the present tense third person
he she it we need to add the s a third
person s so it should be my brother
likes Game of Thrones my brother likes
Game of Thrones now here is an example
of a mistake that does not stop
communication you can still understand
me if I say my brother like Game of
Thrones you can still understand it's
not a problem
so I wouldn't worry too much about this
one obviously try and get it correct try
and use the third person at
so he likes or she likes but if you
forget it don't worry too much I can
still understand you this one is really
important to make sure you get correct
adjectives ending in II D or ing for
example I am so boring
I am so boring what hang on what you're
boring
are you sure but hang on let's get that
one right I think I mean to say I am so
bored I'm so bored now adjectives ending
with Edie describe how you feel how
person feels so I feel so bored or I'm
so excited or I'm so frightened these
are all feelings that we have now that
adjectives that end in ing are the
things that make you feel these feelings
so it could be a thing it could be a
person so the football match was
exciting the film was frightening the
book was really boring okay so make sure
that when you're using your adjectives
you are using the correct one so if it's
a feeling that you have use the Edie if
it's thing that makes you feel these
things that has the ing I hope in the
future you don't ever say I'm so boring
hopefully other thing your boy your
needs a dream where you're not boring
the steps one causes a lot of problems
at lots of different levels of English
we're talking about the infinitive of
purpose so this is to something so we
are explaining why we do something so
why do we breathe we breathe to live to
live that's why we do something so I use
my phone to Skype my friends in other
countries I use my phone to Skype my
friends in other places so 2 +
infinitive is the infinitive of purpose
it tells us why we do something so why
do people go to the gym well then go to
the gym to lose weight or they go to the
gym
to build muscle well they go to the gym
to get fit so each time you'll see it
says to to to to get fit to lose weight
so this is the infinitive of purpose
I hear people use that incorrectly so
often so people will say I go to the gym
for losing weight it's not correct I go
to the gym to lose weight so I'm going
to ask you guys why are you learning
English why are you learning English and
tell me in the comments below I'm
learning English to pass an exam or I'm
learning English to get a better job so
in the comments below use a sentence
with the to infinitive the infinitive of
purpose this is a tough one
ok I get this one confusing the present
perfect with the past simple ah this can
be tricky for example last year I have
been to Japan last year I have been to
Japan now in this sentence we've got
some things that can help us to make the
correct sentence the first thing last
year
now last year is a time phrase from the
past it's a past time phrase that means
that it's finished the action is
complete so we can't use the present
perfect because the present perfect
links the past to the present and we
can't use it with a past time phrase
like yesterday last year 10 years ago we
can't use it with those phrases so we
know that with a past time phrase we
need to use a past tense so what's the
correct answer last year okay last year
I went to Japan last year I went to
Japan so went the past simple is with a
past time phrase now present perfect and
past simple there are lots of other
things to learn to understand that's
just one thing that's just one aspect of
the tenses if you'd like a lesson about
the present perfect and past simple then
tell me and I will happily make it for
you moving on from the
perfect in the past simple two words
that are commonly confused for and cents
for and since so for we use with periods
of time so I lived in Hong Kong for
three and a half years I lived in Hong
Kong for three and a half years so it's
for a period of time we use cents with a
point in time for example I have been a
teacher since 2007 I have been a teacher
since 2007 2007 is the point in time
okay it's a fixed point so you might say
I've been waiting here since half-past
two I've been waiting here since half
past two again half past two is the
point in time so for for a period ten
years one week three months since for a
point in time so I question to you to
practice this how long have you been
learning English how long have you been
learning English you can tell me I'd be
learning English for five years or you
could say I'd be learning English since
2012 whatever the correct answer is for
you let me know in the comments below a
mistake I see all the time is the
collocations of verbs with nouns so for
example party what verb do I use with
party now I hear a lot of my students
saying Tom let's make a party now make
is not the correct verb I understand the
meaning so that's good that's not a
problem but we want the correct verb and
the correct verb is have a party let's
have a party or organize a party throw a
party those are also good but usually
we'll say have a party that's a very
common verb with the noun so let's have
a party and coffee again
I'll hear people say I'm going to take a
coffee now that's not the correct verb
that collocates with coffee we could
have a coffee that's again
one let's have a coffee really common
phrase let's have a coffee or I'm going
to have a coffee what about dinner
again I hear people saying ah I usually
take dinner at 8 o'clock I usually take
dinner at 8 o'clock
take is the wrong verb we want to use
house ok I have dinner at 8 o'clock so
learning the correct verb to go with a
noun is really important it can be
really simple nouns like party coffee
dinner or lunch but it's really
important to get the correct verb to go
with that now auxiliaries
in questions can cause a lot of problems
an example which Harry Potter book your
favorite which Harry Potter book your
favorite now we need the auxiliary in
there the auxilary here would be is so
which Harry Potter book is your favorite
what your name what your name what is
your name
ok is is the auxilary where you live
where you live the correct question
where do you live although it doesn't
stop communication it does stop us from
sounding like a fluent speaker so I
really recommend focusing on getting
your question forms correct so it's the
WH question what then it's the auxiliary
then the subject then the verb and then
a compliment after that really important
to understand how a question is made and
don't forget the auxiliary if you wanna
sound fluent and get to a really high
level of English
remember the auxilary prepositions
caused a lot of problems for English
students now the classic the classic
mistake that I hear my students make is
Tom I love listen music Tom I love
listen music again the meaning I can
understand the meaning so this isn't a
huge problem but if we want to be the
best English communicator we can be then
we need to get us right I love listening
to music we listen to you
we listen to a song now I think what's
really important here is that when we
learn a verb like listen we should also
learn the prepositions that go with it
so I listen to music I listen to kpop
for example now with other verbs it's
the same
so think about married this is another
one where there are mistakes so Beyonce
is married jay-z Beyonce is married
jay-z now what's the preposition now I
often hear it
with Beyonce is married with jay-z is
not correct you're married to someone so
Beyonce is married to jay-z so this is
really important if you want to avoid
these kind of mistakes when you learn
the verb try and think about which
prepositions you need to learn to use
with that verb listen - married - okay
really important ok the 9th mistake is
subject or object pronouns and confusing
them so you might say she's name is
Jasmine she's name is Jasmine now she is
the subject pronoun so she is called
Jasmine that's because it's the subject
but if we want to use the object pronoun
her name is Jasmine her name is Jasmine
so confusing those two is really common
but very important to get them correct
because one of the subject pronoun one
is the object pronoun and finally number
10 verb patterns for example I like to
go shopping I like going shopping I
often hear students say I like go
shopping now this is not correct so
either I like to go so to infinitive or
it I like and then the ing going
shopping so you have two choices
now not all verbs are the same so
resolved enjoy I enjoy watching TV
series on Netflix I enjoy watching TV
series on
flicks you cannot say I enjoy to watch
okay that's not a verb pattern that we
use so with enjoying you have the verb
ing so I enjoy watching I enjoy playing
I enjoy visiting I enjoy reading etc so
with each verb you have to learn the
verb pattern that comes after it is it
to infinitive or is it verb ing
so as you're learning verbs learn the
verb pattern as well and that will
really help you as you progress with
your English what I want you guys to do
is to write in the comments below
telling me what was the mistakes that
you used to make that now you don't make
anymore I want you to share what you've
learned with other eat sleep dreamers so
they can learn English from you guys
just as much as from me so in the
comments below tell me what mistakes did
you use to make that you don't make now
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