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one of the best ways of learning english

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grammar is to learn from common

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grammatical mistakes

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hello my name is maddie from poc english

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and in this lesson we are going to talk

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about five very common grammatical

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mistakes about the past tense

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let's start with number one look at this

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sentence

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what did you do

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at eight o'clock yesterday evening

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what's wrong with this sentence

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the tense of the question is simple past

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right

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what did you do

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did you do that simple pass when

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at eight o'clock we are talking about an

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action

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at or around a specific time in the past

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eight o'clock yesterday evening specific

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time

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to talk about something which was

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happening around a particular time in

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the past we don't use simple pass we use

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past continuous so

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instead of what did you do

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we should say

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what were you doing

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what were you doing at 8 o'clock

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yesterday evening that's correct by the

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way how do you make a past continuous

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sentence

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subject plus was or where

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plus verb in the ing form for example i

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was watching tv at eight o'clock

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common mistake number two look at this

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sentence

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when i was a child

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we were walking to school every day

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what's wrong with this sentence

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when i was a child we were walking to

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school how many times was that only for

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one time

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no

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this was a repeated action in the past

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and when we are talking about a repeated

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action in the past we use simple past

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not past continuous so instead of when i

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was a child we were walking to school

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we say when i was a child we walked to

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school every day or here's another

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example

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as a kid

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we played volleyball every evening

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as a kid we played volleyball every

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evening

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how many times did this happen many

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times this was a repeated action in the

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past so we use simple past

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common mistake number three look at this

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sentence

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some people think

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that shakespeare

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has traveled in germany

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some people think that shakespeare has

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traveled in germany what's wrong

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what is the tense in this sentence

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shakespeare has traveled

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present perfect right

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we use present perfect to talk about

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something which happened in the past

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with a connection to present

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for example look at this sentence i have

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broken my leg

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i have broken my leg this is present

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perfect when did i break my leg in the

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past right

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what is the connection of this sentence

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to present

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my leg is broken now

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what's wrong ah i have broken my leg it

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happened in the past but you can see the

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effect there is a connection with

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present

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in this case we use present perfect

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however

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look at this one

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i broke my leg

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it's past simple right i broke my leg

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this happened in the past

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but

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is my leg broken now

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no

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i'm fine now

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but i broke my leg 10 years ago

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right now i'm fine

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so if you say i have broken my leg it

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means you did it in the past

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but your leg is still broken

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if you say i broke my leg you did it in

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the past

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but your leg is not broken anymore now

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to get back to the initial sentence

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some people think that shakespeare has

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traveled in germany

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is there a connection between

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shakespeare traveling in germany and the

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present time

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where is shakespeare now

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he's dead there is no shakespeare so

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there is no connection to the present

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time

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this is finished it happened in the past

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and it's over now there is no connection

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so instead of present perfect we should

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use

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simple past

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some people think that shakespeare

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traveled in germany

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all right back to class

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look at this sentence

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when has the accident happened

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what's wrong with this sentence

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what is the tense of this question

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when has the accident happened

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present perfect right remember when we

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are talking about a specific time in the

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past last year last month yesterday two

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hours ago

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we use simple past for example yesterday

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i had an accident it happened at a

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specific time in the past yesterday i

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had an accident similarly when we are

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asking

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about when something happened in the

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past we use past simple again when did

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the accident happen

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the accident happened in the past and i

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am sure but when i'm asking about the

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time so i'm using simple past when did

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the accident happen

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i cannot use present perfect when has

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the accident happened no no no no

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because i am pointing out the exact time

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the specific time

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during which the accident happened so to

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talk about something that happened in

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the past at a specific moment

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that's simple before getting to the last

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common mistake if you want to receive

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description below and the last common

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mistake look at this this is the first

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time i hear her sing

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this is the first time i hear her sing

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what's wrong with this sentence

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what is the tense of this sentence i

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hear her sing

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simple present right however

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with structures such as this is the

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first time

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this is the third movie

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this is the fifth day

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we use present perfect for example

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this is the first time i have heard her

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sing

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this is the third movie i have seen this

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this is the third time you have called

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me today so with these structures we use

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present perfect not simple present and

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not simple past but present perfect

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alright and now i have a challenge for

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you

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look at this sentence

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i told her

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that i have finished

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i told her that i have finished

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what's wrong with this sentence

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let me know in the comments below see

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