Improve English Speaking Skills Everyday (Tips to speak in English) English Conversation Practice

Francisco hello why aren't you  in class right now don't you have

classes hello teacher yes my English  class starts in 10 minutes I arrived

earlier oh that's good you have some  time to practice your English good  

for you yes thank you that's why I'm  here I have a question can you help

me well my class will also start in some  minutes but I think I can help you tell  

me I was reading a book in English to improve  my English of course and I didn't understand  

the difference between do and make I  mean they are very similar or I don't

know oh I see well that's a  common question and also a common

mistake like when you say I need to  do dinner which is not correct pay

attention make usually means to create  or produce something as in I need to make  

dinner or we made a strawberry cake yesterday  do often requires an action or an activity as  

in do some exercise or do business however  there are no clearcut clear rules for these  

two verbs and there are many receptions as  well as collocations you will need to learn by

heart like for example sometimes you  cannot see or touch the thing that is

created your dog is making too much noise  she made plans to go to a movie with her  

sister and to practice I recommend you to write  some examples with the verbs do and make on the

comments oh I see I used to say I will  make my homework and now I know that's  

not correct I suppose we make a lot of  mistakes when we learn English right

teacher very good and yeah I will give you  more examples of common mistakes in English  

for example the adjective order if you're  using more than one adjective to describe a

noun they need to go in a specific order  in the sentence it's a red big car is not  

correct the normal adjective order is  one quantity or number two quality or  

opinion three size four shape five age  six color seven nationality and eight

material of course using more than  three adjectives to describe one noun is

unusual so you rarely need to use all of  these at once but it's important to know this

information by the way the correct form is  it's a big red car and not it's a red big  

car be careful that's very interesting I always  wanted to know that order I want to know more

please sure another common mistake is  me versus myself let's see I cleaned  

the entire house by me that is not  correct me is an object pronoun so  

it refers to the person who receives  the verb's action for example you could

say my parents want me to help with the  chores more please call me if you have any

questions myself is a reflexive bro like  himself itself or themselves for example  

you could say I gave myself a break from  studying today I cleaned the entire house by

myself another common mistake I have  seen is the use of a and and the like  

a movie was very interesting that  is not correct when you're talking  

about something in a general way use the  indefinite article a but if you're talking  

about something specific that everyone in  the conversation is familiar with then use

the for example if I say let's watch a  movie I'm suggesting that we watch any

movie however if I say let's watch  the movie I'm referring to a specific

movie that you and I have already  talked about watching together do you

understand so the correct way to say  the first sentence is the movie was very

interesting another common mistake  literally or figuratively very

important for example I'm literally  melting because it's so hot that is not

correct or figuratively  speaking it's 100° out here also

incorrect this is a mistake because literally  means actually why figuratively means not

real figuratively is used to exaggerate  or enlarge the meaning of something so  

the correct way should be figuratively  speaking and melting because it's so

hot and it's literally 100° out  here I hope you understand what  

else oh lend and borrow this is a very common

mistake borrow means to take something from  

another person knowing you  will give it back to them

lent means to give something to  another person expecting to get it

back your choice of borrow and lend depends  on which direction is more important to

you oh when we use borrow in a  sentence we use the preposition from

for example Andy borrowed  a car from her friend Judy

and when we use land we use the preposition  to like Mario lent the computer to me I  

hope it's clear I have also noticed the  mistake since and for they don't know how  

to use used them they say I have known  him for always or I saw him since last

year you use four if you don't have to  calculate the time because the amount  

of time is indicated in the sentence  already you use since if you do have  

to calculate it because you  only have the starting point

so the correct way should be I  have lived here for two months

and I have lived here since  1975 it's important you know the

difference now there are more common  mistakes you're probably making but  

I can't help you more I know teacher I  know you have classes I do have classes

too but thank you for that information  can I come tomorrow to know more about

it sure it will also depend  on the students watching this

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