hi i'm vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm are you ready to test your
grammar skills let's do it today I have
a fun grammar test for you fun grammar
test is it possible yes it's definitely
possible just watch and see in this
lesson you'll learn seven common English
grammar mistakes and how to fix them but
the trick is you have to guess what the
mistake is fun I'm going to show you
seven sentences and you need to find one
change in each sentence maybe that's
taking something out maybe that's adding
something maybe it's exchanging
something let's take a look at a quick
example this sentence I love dog there's
one mistake here can you guess what it
is what do we need to change to make
this beautifully correct well we need to
say I love dogs you need to add an S at
the end this is a pretty simple example
so are you ready for some more advanced
grammar sentences let's do it let's
imagine that we're in a coffee shop
together drinking some coffee well maybe
that's not such a good idea because if I
had a cup of coffee I would be running
around the coffee shop non-stop so how
about this I'm drinking some tea you're
drinking some coffee and we're having a
lovely conversation together and you say
to me so how's it been going lately and
I say sentence number one I bought the
new Ferrari yesterday what's one thing
that you can change in this sentence to
make it correct this sentence is not
correct there's something that's wrong
with this sentence can you guess I'll
give you three seconds three two one I
bought a new Ferrari yesterday you have
this image in your head of us sitting in
the coffee shop do you think that we're
looking at the car right now no we're
just kind of imagining this car it's not
something specific it's something
unknown so we need to use up maybe after
we have our drinks we go out to the park
and I say this is the new Ferrari that I
bought this is the new Ferrari we're
looking at it we know which one it is
it's right there so we need to use love
to talk about something known and up for
something that's less known test
sentence number two I wanted a Ferrari
because it's too fast
I wanted a Ferrari because it's too fast
what's wrong in this sentence three two
one
I wanted a Ferrari because it's really
fast we only use two in negative
situations the coffee is too hot I can't
drink it I'm too tired I can't study
maybe I could have said my old car was
too slow you can see here that in all of
these situations there's something
negative the coffee's too hot I'm too
tired the car is too slow there's a
problem in all of these sentences so I
probably want to fix it and in this
sentence with the Ferrari I think that
the Ferrari is really fast so that's why
I want it if you're curious about some
differences between two and so I made a
live lesson about this a long time ago
about two years ago and you can watch
that video up here all right
sentence number three when I bought the
car it costs $300,000 when I bought the
car it costs $300,000 it's a lot of
money all right
what is one thing that you can do to
change in the sentence to make it
correct
three-two-one when I bought the car
notice this is the past tense bought the
car it costs this is the present tense
we need to say it cost $300,000 the word
cost is an irregular verb and
these irregular verbs trip up or trick
English learners so we need to make sure
that we use the proper past tense it
cost $300,000 sentence number four maybe
after I told you how much the card cost
you say huh Vanessa that's so much money
why would you do something like that and
I say well I think I'm going aiding rice
and beans for a whole year I think I'm
going
aiding rice and beans for a whole year
this means nothing fancy nothing special
only rice and beans because I spent all
my money on the car what's the problem
with this sentence three to one
I think I'm going to eat rice and beans
for a whole year often English learners
have problems with ing and too it
depends on a lot of different factors
but specifically for the verb going when
we're talking about this in the future
I'm going to eat rice and beans I'm
going to study with Vanessa I'm going to
sleep soon well we need to use two plus
an unconjugated verb I'm going to study
I'm going to eat I'm going to sleep
great all right let's go to the next one
number five for my whole life I always
dreamed of owning a Ferrari for my whole
life I always dreamed of owning a
Ferrari what's the problem in this
sentence
can you guess do we need to add
something take something away switch
something I'll give you three seconds
three two one for my whole life I had
always dreamed of owning a Ferrari why
did we add had here this is the past
perfect tense and I know it can be
tricky for a lot of English learners we
use the past
perfect tense to talk about something
that was continuing for a long time in
the past and now it has stopped do you
know why my dream has stopped oh because
it came true I own a Ferrari of course
this is a fake situation just imaginary
but because this dream came true well we
can say that it has stopped so we need
to make the sentence for my whole life I
had always dreamed of owning a Ferrari
and now I do now that dream has come
true if you'd like to learn more about
how to use the past perfect tense or the
future perfect tense you can click on
this live lesson that I made up here a
long time ago there's one full lesson
about the past perfect tense and one
full lesson about the present perfect
tense these can be tricky so please take
your time be patient with yourself and
study them and take some notes all right
let's go to the next sentence sentence
number six not only is my Ferrari
beautiful but it is fun to drive not
only is my Ferrari beautiful but it is
fun to drive how can we make this
sentence better three two one not only
is my Ferrari beautiful but it's also
fun to drive we need to add the word
also and our key here is the first part
of that sentence uses not only and then
the second part needs but also this is
an advanced phrase not only but also
that's gonna make your sentences more
complex instead of just saying simple
sentences my Ferraris beautiful it's fun
to drive we can combine those with a
beautiful advanced expression like this
not only is my Ferrari beautiful but it
is also fun to drive we use not only but
also to give some more information about
something but it's really to take it to
a higher level to kind of escalate
something so here my Ferraris beautiful
okay but the
next level is oh it's also fun to drive
on top of that it is also fun to drive
so you might say not only is this lesson
useful but it is also fun I hope that
this lesson is useful to you but I hope
it's not boring I hope it's also fun
we're taking it to the next level
alright let's go to the next one
sentence number seven if I crashed the
car I will cry if I crash to the car I
will cry hmm can you imagine this
situation spending so much money on a
car and then crashing it and that's it
that would be terrible
alright let's think about what is the
best way to fix this sentence three two
what this is a hypothetical imaginary
situation if you are listening to my
quick little explanation you might have
guessed the correct answer if I crashed
the car I would cry we use if plus would
to talk about these imaginary
hypothetical situations it's not
happening right now
so we need to use would if you'd like to
learn how to use would in other
situations or some more in-depth
examples about it make sure you check
out another test I made should would and
could and how to use them correctly how
did you do on this test about my Ferrari
I hope you enjoyed it now it's time to
do a little review let's go back and
read all of those sentences using the
correct word so that you can visually
see it and also hear it one more time I
bought a new Ferrari yesterday I wanted
a Ferrari because it's really fast when
I bought the car it costs $300,000 I
think I'm going to eat only rice and
beans for one year for my whole life I
had always dreamed of owning a Ferrari
not only is my Ferrari beautiful but
it's also fun to drive if I crashed the
car I think I would cry how did you do
on this test let me know in the comments
what your score was and just to let you
know this story is not true I don't own
a Ferrari do you think I
seemed like the kind of person who would
buy a Ferrari probably not
I could buy 20 round-the-world plane
tickets for the same price and that's
definitely what I would do if I had that
much money let me know in the comments
how did you do if you enjoyed this test
then maybe I'll make some more in the
future thanks so much for learning
English with me and I'll see you again
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