English Speaking - Mistakes & Regrets ("I should have studied" etc.)

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English with Ronnie


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Hello, my name is Ronnie and I'm going to teach you English.
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Today we're going to talk about a mistake that you and I and everyone has made.
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We're going to talk about a mistake that you've made in the past.
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These are called regrets.
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A regret is something you did or didn't do in the past.
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Anytime in English you have the word "did" or "didn't" it's automatically in the past
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tense.
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Another way you can think of this very easily is a mistake.
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I'd like you to think of a mistake that you made.
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Making a regret is a major mistake.
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For example, when I was in university, instead of studying, I went to the bar and I drank.
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The next day, when it came time to write my test, I didn't know any of the answers.
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So I didn't do too well on the test.
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So I can say, "I regretted not studying."
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The way that we use this in English is like so.
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We say, "I'm so stupid, I should have studied."
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I should have studied.
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I failed my test, I should have studied.
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We can also use the negative.
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Now when we use words in English, sometimes we squish them together.
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So instead of saying "should not," we make it shorter and we say "shouldn't."
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You're still going to use "have."
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So I told you that instead of studying, I went to the pub and I drank a couple of pints.
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So I can say, "I shouldn't have gone to the pub."
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So these two are both regrets.
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One is "I should have done something," one is "I shouldn't have done it."
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Now the trick and the pronunciation that we use when we talk about these in English is
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a little different.
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When you write it and if you ever have a test and it asks you for a regret, you must always
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write "have" and this has to be the past participle of the verb.
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In a short form, we always say "pp."
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So if you hear me refer to a "pp," I don't have to go to the toilet, it just means the
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past participle of the verb.
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An example of this is "run" is the present, "ran" is the simple past, and the past participle
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is "ran."
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I like to call it the third part of the verb.
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Another example is "go," "went," and then the past participle, "gone."
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So when we're using regrets, we always have to use "have" plus the past participle of
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the verb.
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Now for the pronunciation part.
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I want you to listen to the way I say this.
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For example, I would say "I should have studied" or "I shouldn't have gone to the bar" or "I
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shouldn't have gone to the pub."
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Did you hear what word I changed?
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One more time.
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I should have studied.
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I shouldn't have gone to the pub.
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When we pronounce this, we actually don't say the "have," we change it to "of."
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So natural English pronunciation, we use "I should have studied."
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I shouldn't have gone to the bar.
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So very important, remember when you're writing it, always write "have," but when we say it,
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we always write "of," or sorry, we always say "of."
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I should have said "of" instead of "have."
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If you'd like to test your knowledge on this subject, go to www.engvid.com and you can
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do a quiz.
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All right.
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Bye-bye.
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Hi there.
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I have a regret.
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I made a mistake.
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I'm sure everyone makes mistakes, and this one, it's very fun and easy.
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And when you make a mistake, it's very natural, so don't worry.
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I make them all the time.
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When I was teaching you the past participle, I should have said "run," "ran," "run."
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I do apologize.
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I know that learning the past participles is very difficult.
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I've been speaking English for a long time now, and I still make mistakes.
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So the only way that you're going to really learn and memorize the past participles is
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practice and review, okay?
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Usually you can get a textbook or just look on an internet site, and they will tell you
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a list of the past participles.
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So don't worry if you make a mistake.
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They're natural.
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Bye.
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