10 Common English Speaking and Grammar Mistakes | 10 Lessons

Hey guys.

Look at this sentence.

And now look at that sentence.

One of them is wrong.

If you don't know which one is wrong, I suggest you keep watching.

Hello, guys.

My name is Fanny.

And in this video, I'm gonna talk to you about a major

spelling mistake in English.

Among students, but also, among native speakers.

It's a difference between 'it's' meaning 'it is'.

And 'its' being the possessive adjective.

Okay let's and take a few sentences and I'm sure you'll get it.

So we have 'It's a sunny day'.

In this case 'it's' is the verb 'to be'.

So it means 'It is a sunny day'.

If we take the second sentence: 'The dog ate its food'.

This is not the verb 'to be'.

It's the possessive adjectives for an object or an animal.

So the food belongs to the dog.

It is its food.

Okay so these are two different cases but sometimes when we write,

we confuse the two, and we will write the dog ate it's food with

apostrophe s. you know getting confused between its possessive

adjectives and it's being the contraction of the verb

'to be'.

This is a very common mistake.

if we take for example the sentence: 'Its my pen'.

Now look at the sentence.

What do you think?

Is this right?

Or is this the wrong spelling?

Well it's wrong.

'It's my pen' is the verb 'to be'.

Now the best tip that I can give you if you get confused,

try and say it with the full form.

Try and say 'It is'.

If it makes sense, then it's the contraction of the verb 'to be'

and it should be apostrophe 's'.

If it doesn't make sense, then it's probably the possessive adjective.

So for example, I can say, 'It is a sunny day'.

That makes sense.

Can I say the dog ate it is food?

No, I can't.

that doesn't make any sense.

Okay if I say, 'It's my pen', What do you think?

Can I say 'It is my pen'?

I can.

So it's actually the contraction of the verb 'to be'.

So it should be 'it' + apostrophe 's' + my pen.

And just so you know one last thing.

Be careful because sometimes in some cases 'it's' can also be the contraction of the

verb 'to have' and not 'to be'.

If we take those two sentences: It's been great to meet you.

It means - It has been great to meet you.

'It's got four legs' means it has got four legs.

Okay so the verb in those cases is 'to have' so be careful.

Okay guys I hope you now understand the difference

between the contraction of the verb 'to be' and the possessive adjective 'its'.

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Hello, guys.

My name is Fanny.

And in this video, we’re going to focus on ‘there’.

The word, ‘there’.

it has three different forms, and they’re quite confusing for students.

Now, we’re going to talk about spelling mistakes and pronunciation mistakes.

Ok, just so you know.

Now the first sentence, There is a house.

It is the very basic for ‘there is’ in English to show something.

If we take the second sentence, It’s their house.

It’s a different form of ‘their’.

In this case, as you probably know, it’s the possessive.

Ok?

The house belongs to them.

It’s their house.

And in the third sentence, They’re in the house.

It’s obviously the contraction of the verb, ‘to be’, so

They are in the house.

Ok, so three different forms.

Now, listen very carefully.

I’m going to pronounce the three forms.

There Their

They're Now, can you hear a difference?

I can’t.

There is no difference, guys.

The pronunciation is exactly the same.

And because the pronunciation is the same, many students gets confused when they write.

And they make spelling mistakes.

Ok?

So be really careful when you write.

You have to know whether it’s the basic form ‘there is’,

The possessive adjective, ‘there’, or the contraction of ‘they are’.

This is very important not to make spelling mistakes.

And when you pronounce them, don’t make it more complicated than it is.

The sound is exactly the same.

Ok, guys.

Back to our listening test now.

Am I saying number one, number two, or number three?

Listen very carefully.

There / Their / They’re.

What do you think?

Well I hope after watching my video, you now know

that is can be number one, number two, or number three.

Because the pronunciation is always the same.

Ok?

I hope you really understand.

And I hope this helps you.

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Guys!

Do you speak English good?

Or maybe you speak good English.

Or maybe you speak English well.

One of those sentences is wrong.

I sure hope you know which one.

But if you don't or get confused like many students

and native speakers.

keep watching.

Hello, guys.

My name is Fanny.

And in this video, I'm gonna tell you about a very common English

mistake that many students make even native speakers.

Mostly when speaking English.

It's the difference between the words 'good' and 'well'.

Do you know the difference between the two words?

It's not so much a writing mistake.

It's more of a speaking mistake.

Especially, in familiar contexts, but you need to know about it and to fix it,

if you want to show off and speak good English.

So let's get started with a few examples.

‘He is a good tennis player.’

Do you think that sentence is right?

It is right.

Why?

Because we have the adjective ‘good’ and then the noun ‘tennis player’.

An adjective, as you know, describes a noun.

Okay so how is the tennis player?

The tennis player is good.

Okay?

When you say, ‘You speak good English’

That's also a correct sentence.

You have a noun – ‘English’.

And an adjective describing that noun – ‘good’.

So how is your English?

It's good.

Third sentence is also a correct sentence.

‘Your English is good’.

As I've just said, an adjective that describes a noun.

Now if we say, ‘This tennis player plays well’.

Is this correct?

It is correct because in this case,

you have no adjectives, but you have an adverb.

Now an adverb describes a verb, another adverb, or an adjective.

In this sentence, it describes the verb 'plays'.

Okay, how do you play?

You play well.

So 'well' is an adverb.

‘You speak English well’ is also correct.

The adverb, ‘well’, describes the verb 'to speak'.

Okay so there is a difference.

The adjective is good.

The adverb is well.

So when you say, ‘You play good’,

do you think that's right?

I don't.

It's incorrect and you will hear many native speakers tell you that.

Tell you, ‘You play good’.

But this is incorrect.

Why?

Remember what we said, ‘good’ is an adjective.

It describes a noun.

Do you see a noun in that sentence?

I don't.

But we have a verb, ‘you play’, so what you need is not an adjective,

it's an adverb.

‘You play well’.

If you say, ‘You speak English good’,

again incorrect.

Because you need to describe the verb ‘speak’.

So you need an adverb.

‘You speak English well’.

Okay?

So it's very important for you to know the difference between adjectives

and adverbs.

Especially in this case, with ‘good’ as an adjective

and ‘well’ as an adverb’.

So please try to remember these rules.

Try to use it properly and speak good English.

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Hello Funny.

Your a great teacher.

Wrong!

Hello guys.

My name is Fanny. and in this video I'm gonna tell you about

the most common English mistake in the universe.

Now even native speakers make that mistake.

My mother makes that mistake.

And to be honest, sometimes I do.

Its not so much a speaking mistake.

It's a writing mistake.

It's actually to write the possessive adjective 'your' instead of

the contraction 'you're' from 'you are'.

This is the most common English mistake But you need to fix it if you want to speak

proper English.

Okay, so let's take a look at a few example sentences together.

"Your daughter is pretty."

So 'your daughter'.

This is the possessive adjective of 'you'.

Whose daughter?

Yours.

Okay?

So the daughter belongs to you.

That's a possessive adjective.

So the sentence is correct.

In the second sentence, "You're a pretty daughter."

See the difference?

Now this is not a possessive adjective.

This is the verb 'to be'.

But it's the contraction, so it's "You are a pretty daughter."

and the contraction is "You're a pretty daughter."

The problem here is that 'you're' - possessive adjectives and

'you're' - contraction of the verb 'to be' have the exact same sound in many English-speaking

regions.

Okay it's very similar.

So when we speak, it's the same.

People don't hear the difference.

So the very important thing is to write it properly.

And there are so many spelling mistakes.

If we look at the third sentence: "Your a nice person."

What do you think?

Is the sentence right or wrong?

Well it's wrong.

"Your a nice person."

"You are a nice person."

So it's the verb 'to be'.

Okay, so it's not 'your'.

This is the possessive adjective and it should be "you're"- you apostrophe

're'.

Okay?

I hope you understand the difference between the

possessive adjective 'your' and the verb 'to be' contracted so "you're".

Okay so spelling is key here.

And when you speak English, people don't hear the difference.

so it's fine but it's important to know how to write

it and in fact if you look at Facebook pages or Twitter accounts, even from

native speakers, you will see this mistake.

Don't hesitate to correct native speakers.

Okay?

Everybody should stop making that huge mistake.

I hope you now have a better understanding and you will not make that mistake again.

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Hello, guys.

Time for a quick listening test today.

Listen to me very carefully.

‘Whose mother is this?’

Now what am I saying?

‘Who’s’? or ‘Whose’?

What do you think?

If you don't know, or if you have difficulty with ‘who's’ and ‘whose’,

This video is for you.

Keep on watching.

Hi, guys.

My name is Fanny.

And in this video, I'm going to explain to you the difference between ‘who's’

‘who + apostrophe + s’ And ‘whose’ in one word, ‘whose’.

Now it's very simple but it's very confusing, because they both sound the same.

So even native speakers make a lot of mistakes.

Okay?

So listen to me very carefully.

It's very simple.

‘who’s’ ‘who + apostrophe + s’ is the contraction

of the verb ‘to be’.

So it's actually ‘who is’.

If I say, ‘who's on the phone?’, it’s ‘who is on the phone’.

‘whose’ in one word ‘whose’ is the possessive.

It means who does it belong to.

For example, ‘whose bag is this?’ meaning ‘who does this bag belong to?’

And you can say, ‘It's my bag.’

‘It's your bag.’

It's a possessive.

If you really don't know just try and replace the ‘s’ or ‘se’ with the verb to be.

And see if it works.

If it works, then it's the contraction of the verb ‘to be’.

Let's see together with a few examples.

First, ‘Who's calling?’

Which one is it?

Is it the contraction of the verb ‘to be’ or is it the possessive?

Can you say, ‘Who is calling?’

Does that work?

Yes, it does.

So it is the contraction of the verb to be ‘Who is calling?’

Now a second example, well, Let's take our very first example.

‘Whose mother is this?’

Which one is it?

Is it the verb ‘to be’?

Or Is it the possessive?

Can you say ‘Who is mother is this?’

No.

You can't.

It's incorrect.

It's the possessive.

‘Whose mother is this?’

It's my mother.

It's your mother.

It's his mother.

Okay?

Now one final example.

‘Who's in the house?’

Come on, guys.

Which one is it?

Is it the verb ‘to be’ or is it the possessive?

It's obviously the verb ‘to be’.

You can say ‘Who is in the house?’

Okay?

I really hope you understand the difference.

It's a very common mistake.

But it's not difficult to fix, okay?

So keep practicing.

Practice makes perfect.

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Sometimes my students come to me.

And they say, ‘Teacher, I worked so hard.’

Guys, this is the last thing you want to tell your teacher.

I think it's time for me to let you know The difference between ‘hard’ and ‘hardly’.

Let's get to it.

Hello, guys.

My name is Fanny.

And in this video, I'm going to tell you about a difference between ‘hard’ and ‘hardly’.

Because so many of my students keep making this huge mistake

they use hardly as an adverb and this is incorrect, ok?

So it's time to fix that mistake.

Let's look at some example sentences together.

Ok, so if I say, ‘I'm a quick runner.’ or ‘I run quickly.’

the meaning is the exact same.

There's no difference.

But in the first sentence, I use an adjective.

‘I'm a quick runner.’

And it describes a noun.

Because as you know, an adjective describes a noun.

In the second sentence, ‘I run quickly.

I go with an adverb.

That describes a verb, ok?

Most of the time, you can go from an adjective to an adverb by adding ‘ly’.

So from quick, we have the adverb quickly.

Same thing goes for the second sentence, Well, the third actually.

‘She's a beautiful dancer.

She dances beautifully.’

The meaning is the same, but in the first sentence, we use an adjective.

She's a beautiful dancer it describes a noun.

‘She dances beautifully.’

That's an adverb ‘beautifully’ we added ‘ly’.

So when you say, ‘you're a hard worker.’

You might think that you can say, ‘You work hardly.’

You add ‘ly’, go from an adjective to an adverb.

Right?

Well, I'm sorry guys, but this doesn't work.

It's incorrect, because ‘hard’ is an exception.

‘Hard’ is an adjective and an adverb.

It's the same word.

So you will say, ‘You work hard.’

Okay?

‘You're a hard worker.’

‘You work hard.’

‘Hard is an adverb as well.’

Now the word ‘hardly’ does exist in the English language.

The problem is that the meaning is completely different.

‘hardly’ means almost not.

So actually, when you say, ‘You hardly work.’

Or ‘You work hardly.’

It means, you practically don't work.

You really don't work.

Okay?

So you'll understand if you tell me, ‘I work hardly.’,

I'm gonna get really angry.

Okay?

So this is a huge mistake that you need to fix.

The adverb of the adjective ‘hard’ is ‘hard’.

And ‘hardly’ means almost not.

So for example, ‘I work hardly.’

means ‘I almost don't work.’

And ‘I work hard.’

means ‘I work a lot.’

I hope you understands the difference between ‘hardly’ and ‘hard’.

It is a common mistake, but you need to fix it now if you want to be a good English speaker.

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This is the bestest English video to watch.

I'm sure you'll understand better as I explained the most commonist

English mistakes when using superlatives and comparatives.

There's something wrong.

You don't know?

Well, if you don't, keep watching.

Hello, guys.

My name is fanny.

And in this video, I'm going to talk to you about huge mistakes that my students

keep making when using superlatives and comparatives in English.

And it drives me crazy!

So I want you to fix them if you keep making them.

Okay.

So let's and take a few examples.

For example, “I am more taller than my sister.”

This is absolutely incorrect.

I hope you know this.

The comparative form of ‘tall’ is ‘taller’.

You don't need more.

Okay. ‘more’ is a double comparison.

It's grammatically incorrect.

So you just say, “I am taller than my sister.”

Second example.

“His house is the beautifulest in town.”

Wrong!

You have to say, “This house is the most beautiful in town.”

As you know, when it's a long word, the superlative is ‘most’ plus the adjective.

And then we have, “His older son is badder at math than her.”

This is also incorrect because as you know, ‘bad’, is an exception.

The comparative form of ‘bad’ is ‘worse’.

So you should say, “His older son is worse at math than her.”

“I'm tireder than yesterday.”

Again this is incorrect.

Because the comparison for ‘tired’ is “I'm more tired than yesterday.”

With two syllable adjectives, it's a little bit tricky.

Most of the time when they end in ‘y’, you just add ‘er’.

When they don't, you use ‘more’.

So in this case, we say, “I'm more tired than yesterday.”

And finally, “This is my most happiest day.”

Again, double superlative.

This is incorrect.

You can just say, “This is my happiest day.”

Okay.

I know you know the rules, but please stop making these mistakes.

If you do, that would be really nice.

Thank you for watching.

Bye.

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Hello guys.

My name is Fanny.

And in this video I'm going to talk to you about a

very common writing mistake.

Now it's not so much a speaking mistake, but it's a writing - a spelling mistake

that a lot of students make and I want you to fix it.

It's the difference between 'than' t-h-a-n and 'then' t-h-e-n.

Now as you can hear the sound is practically the same,

but the spelling is different.

so you need to know the difference.

Let's take a look at two example sentences.

First we have, "John is taller than Sarah."

So in this case, we have 'than' t-h-a-n.

Which is a word that we use for comparisons okay.

When we want to compare two things.

John is taller than Sarah.

I am more beautiful than you.

Okay?

In this case, you will use t-h-a-n.

Now if we look at the second sentence.

I went to school, then I went home.

Now in this case, 'then' is spelled t-h-e-n and has a very different meaning.

We use 'then' t-h-e-n as a word to mark a sequence of actions.

Okay.

So it's a time word that we use in English.

"I went to school...

First action.

and then I went home."

Second action.

Okay?

So two different meanings.

Different spellings.

And it's a very common writing mistake.

My students keep making this mistake and it drives me crazy.

Okay?

So I hope that you now know the difference between the two words.

Please be good students - avoid that horrible English mistake,

Thank you very much.

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Hello, guys.

Let's have a spelling test.

I'm gonna tell you two words and I want you to tell me about their spelling.

The first word is 'choose'.

Now what's the correct spelling?

Number one?

Number two?

Or number three?

hmm Second word now.

'lose' Again, what's the correct spelling?

Got it?

Okay. well.

The answer the correct answer was number two in both cases.

If you got that wrong, please keep watching.

Hello, guys.

My name is F@nny . And in this video we're gonna focus on two

verbs: 'choose' and 'lose'.

Now let's have a look and a few sentences.

First, I made my choice.

I choose spaghetti.

Now the verb 'choose' as you know, .... and means making a choice.

And the spelling is with double-o.

Okay?

There are two O's in the verb 'choose' - present tense.

'I chose pasta, yesterday.'

Now the difference is now it's past tense.

And the verb in its past form only has one 'o' and it's pronounced 'chose'.

Okay, so 'choose' - present tense.

'chose' - past tense.

But then if we take the second sentence and we say,

I try not to... ... and I suppose you're gonna tell me 'Loes'

because there's only one 'o'.

Well, no guys.

I'm sorry English pronunciation is really hard,

but the sound is the same as 'choose '. Okay, 'I try not to lose anything

when I travel'.

So there's only one 'o' but it's pronounced lose.

'But I lost my wallet when I went to Egypt'.

This is the past form of 'lose' - 'lost'.

Okay so try and remember - 'choose'

'chose' So two 'O's - one 'O'.

And 'lose' - 'lost'.

With only one 'O'.

Okay I hope this is clear.

Let's now go back to our spelling test.

Okay guys I know you're gonna do better this time.

So my first verb is 'choose'.

What's the correct spelling?

Number one?

Number two?

Or number three?

It's number one of course . And the second verb is 'lose'.

What's the correct spelling?

Yes good it's number three.

I'm sure you had the right answers.

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Guys, did you do your English homeworks?

Wait, what?

That's not right.

Hello, guys.

My name is F@nny.

And in this video, I'm gonna talk to you about a very common speaking

and spelling mistake in English.

And we're going to focus on the words, ‘work’ and ‘homework’.

So the first thing you need to know, When the word ‘work’ is a verb, it can

take an ‘s’, if it's the third-person singular.

So you will say, ‘I work hard.’

‘He works hard.’

Okay?

Very common, very normal verb, okay?

So it takes an ‘S’ with the third-person singular.

That's when ‘work’ is a verb.

Now when you say, ‘I have a lot of work.’

‘work’, in this case, is not a verb.

It's a noun.

And you have to know.

When work is a noun, it does not take an ‘s’, because there's no plural.

You cannot say, ‘I have a lot of works.’

It’s always singular, because it's an uncountable noun.

Okay?

So, ‘I have a lot of work’ Or you could say, ‘I don't have much work.’,

Okay?

Because it's uncountable.

Now it can take a plural form, but only if it means not mental exertion like

‘I have a lot of work.’

But if it means a series of art pieces or literature pieces.

And that's the only meaning of the word 'work' that allows you to use the plural form.

So for example, you can say, ‘The works of Picasso.’

‘The works of Picasso’ meaning ‘The paintings of Picasso’, okay?

So art pieces, that's not the same as ‘I have a lot of work.’

Okay?

Now, when you use the compound noun, ‘homework’, it's exactly the same as 'work' as an uncountable

noun.

It's uncountable, okay?

So when you say, ‘I have a lot of homeworks.’, it's wrong.

You cannot use the plural form.

It’s uncountable.

You have to say, ‘I have a lot of homework.’

If you really want to emphasize the fact that you have many things to do at home,

you can use another word and say, ‘assignment’.

You can say, 'I have many assignments.’

It's the same as 'homework', but it is countable.

Okay?

So in a nutshell, ‘work’ as a verb, just does take an ‘s’.

If it's the third-person singular.

‘work’ as a noun is uncountable, unless it means pieces of art or pieces of literature.

And the word ‘homework’ is also uncountable.

No plural form.

Okay, guys.

I really hope you understand that.

I hope it has helped.

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