WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.924 Well, hey there! I'm Emma from mmmEnglish 2 00:00:03.924 --> 00:00:07.857 and today I have thirty extremely common English 3 00:00:07.857 --> 00:00:12.071 speaking mistakes. These are definitely mistakes that my 4 00:00:12.071 --> 00:00:15.308 English students make but some of them are even mistakes 5 00:00:15.309 --> 00:00:17.731 that native English speakers make too. 6 00:00:17.731 --> 00:00:21.669 Throughout this whole lesson, I'll be introducing each mistake 7 00:00:21.669 --> 00:00:25.187 with a sentence on screen and you will have a few moments 8 00:00:25.187 --> 00:00:28.012 to try and spot the mistake. 9 00:00:28.012 --> 00:00:30.000 If you don't spot the mistake 10 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.904 or you can't see what's wrong with the sentence 11 00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:36.028 well you know exactly what you need to practise 12 00:00:36.028 --> 00:00:38.267 and revise next right? 13 00:00:38.267 --> 00:00:41.564 And I've probably got a youtube lesson which I can share 14 00:00:41.564 --> 00:00:44.956 with you to help because there's actually over 15 00:00:44.956 --> 00:00:47.826 two hundred videos here on the mmmEnglish channel 16 00:00:47.826 --> 00:00:49.964 so there's sure to be one that will help. 17 00:00:49.965 --> 00:00:53.189 I've also made you a little workbook that you can download 18 00:00:53.189 --> 00:00:56.692 to review the grammar that we go through in today's video 19 00:00:56.692 --> 00:01:01.295 and some extra practice activities that you can use to boost 20 00:01:01.295 --> 00:01:02.285 your skills. 21 00:01:02.285 --> 00:01:05.324 You can download the lesson workbook down in the description 22 00:01:05.324 --> 00:01:09.284 below. 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If it's a stative verb 51 00:03:00.113 --> 00:03:02.018 it can't be used in the continuous form. 52 00:03:02.880 --> 00:03:04.640 He have to work this weekend, 53 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:13.406 I have to work this weekend. 54 00:03:13.406 --> 00:03:16.328 You have to work this weekend. 55 00:03:16.577 --> 00:03:18.649 They have to work this weekend. 56 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:23.204 When we're speaking in the first person, in the second person 57 00:03:23.204 --> 00:03:27.603 or in the third person plural we use have. 58 00:03:28.627 --> 00:03:31.105 He has to work this weekend. 59 00:03:31.106 --> 00:03:36.000 We use has for speaking in the third person singular, don't we? 60 00:03:36.249 --> 00:03:39.188 So when the subject is she, he or it. 61 00:03:39.188 --> 00:03:43.258 Are you getting these right so far? I'm starting easy. 62 00:03:43.784 --> 00:03:45.849 She doesn't like it. 63 00:03:45.849 --> 00:03:50.106 This is actually a similar mistake to the last one, it should be: 64 00:03:50.522 --> 00:03:53.022 She doesn't like it. 65 00:03:53.022 --> 00:03:57.812 We use doesn't for the third person singular, with he, she and it. 66 00:03:57.812 --> 00:03:59.453 He doesn't like it. 67 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:02.424 It doesn't work like that. 68 00:04:02.812 --> 00:04:07.918 So of course, we use don't for speaking in the first person, I 69 00:04:08.555 --> 00:04:11.149 The second person, you. 70 00:04:11.149 --> 00:04:14.932 And the third person plural they. 71 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:17.224 What did you do yesterday? 72 00:04:17.224 --> 00:04:21.052 Ah I go to work and then I watch a movie. 73 00:04:21.744 --> 00:04:23.928 What is wrong here? 74 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:26.804 What's wrong with that response? 75 00:04:32.960 --> 00:04:37.378 I went to work and then I watched, 76 00:04:37.378 --> 00:04:39.417 watched a movie. 77 00:04:39.722 --> 00:04:42.465 So if the question is asking about the past, 78 00:04:42.880 --> 00:04:44.619 what did you do? 79 00:04:44.619 --> 00:04:49.122 So of course the answer also needs to be in the past tense 80 00:04:49.123 --> 00:04:51.816 so our verbs need to shift. 81 00:04:52.080 --> 00:04:55.840 I didn't drove there. 82 00:04:56.640 --> 00:04:59.399 This is a really common mistake. 83 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:04.884 It should be: I didn't drive there. 84 00:05:05.244 --> 00:05:09.887 So the auxiliary verbs did and didn't they're already telling us 85 00:05:09.887 --> 00:05:12.475 that we're talking about the past right 86 00:05:12.475 --> 00:05:16.413 so your main verb should not be in the past tense too, 87 00:05:16.413 --> 00:05:19.749 it's in the base form, it's a common mistake. 88 00:05:19.749 --> 00:05:23.392 If your auxiliary verb is already telling you it's in the past, 89 00:05:23.392 --> 00:05:25.857 your main verb doesn't need to. 90 00:05:26.245 --> 00:05:28.708 I get a lot of work done in the plane. 91 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:38.042 I get a lot of work done on the plane. 92 00:05:38.873 --> 00:05:41.272 Oh gosh English prepositions, 93 00:05:41.272 --> 00:05:43.871 they can be a bit of a headache, can't they? 94 00:05:43.871 --> 00:05:48.184 But here's the thing, if you're talking about public transport 95 00:05:48.184 --> 00:05:52.339 like a bus, a plane, a train, 96 00:05:52.810 --> 00:05:54.620 then we say on. 97 00:05:54.952 --> 00:06:01.212 But if it's your own plane or your own car, then we'll say in. 98 00:06:01.760 --> 00:06:03.980 I like driving in my car. 99 00:06:03.980 --> 00:06:07.215 I can't find my keys nowhere. 100 00:06:12.960 --> 00:06:15.968 I can't find my keys anywhere. 101 00:06:16.106 --> 00:06:18.961 So in the first sentence, there are two negatives. 102 00:06:18.961 --> 00:06:19.977 Can you see them? 103 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:23.073 Can't and nowhere. 104 00:06:23.461 --> 00:06:26.593 So in English, it's grammatically incorrect 105 00:06:26.593 --> 00:06:29.376 to use a double negative like this, 106 00:06:29.377 --> 00:06:33.425 however you still have native speakers communicating like this, 107 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:38.114 Even though it's technically incorrect, they still do it. 108 00:06:39.028 --> 00:06:41.154 Don't ask me nothing. 109 00:06:43.440 --> 00:06:45.626 Don't ask me anything. 110 00:06:45.764 --> 00:06:46.976 That's correct. 111 00:06:47.281 --> 00:06:49.403 I prefer walking than running. 112 00:06:56.080 --> 00:06:58.605 I prefer walking to running. 113 00:06:58.606 --> 00:07:02.986 When we're comparing two things and we're using the verb prefer 114 00:07:02.986 --> 00:07:07.208 then the preposition that we need to use is to. 115 00:07:07.208 --> 00:07:10.134 The report was written by Shah and I. 116 00:07:17.200 --> 00:07:20.806 The report was written by Shah and me. 117 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:24.490 This is another rule that you'll hear native English speakers 118 00:07:24.490 --> 00:07:26.101 breaking often. 119 00:07:26.101 --> 00:07:31.326 So then the question really is if native speakers do it all the time, 120 00:07:31.760 --> 00:07:34.189 is it really a mistake? 121 00:07:34.189 --> 00:07:39.064 Technically speaking we use the word me when the pronoun 122 00:07:39.064 --> 00:07:44.090 is the object of a sentence so the object follows the verb. 123 00:07:44.450 --> 00:07:50.292 I'm the verb because the report is being written by me and Shah. 124 00:07:50.763 --> 00:07:53.851 Shah and me wrote the report. 125 00:07:59.440 --> 00:08:03.903 It's incorrect right? Shah and I wrote the report. 126 00:08:03.903 --> 00:08:08.781 We use I when the pronoun is the subject of our sentence. 127 00:08:09.087 --> 00:08:13.328 I'm the subject because I'm performing the action 128 00:08:13.328 --> 00:08:16.785 of writing the report along with Shah. 129 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:20.023 One of the cars are late. 130 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:29.300 One of the cars is late. 131 00:08:29.301 --> 00:08:33.923 A singular subject needs a singular verb. We're only talking about 132 00:08:33.923 --> 00:08:36.785 one car here in this sentence aren't we? 133 00:08:36.785 --> 00:08:39.673 The moon is bigger than yesterday. 134 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.030 The moon is bigger than it was yesterday. 135 00:08:50.556 --> 00:08:54.908 So in this sentence, you're talking about the size of the moon today 136 00:08:54.908 --> 00:08:58.485 and then we're using the present tense is 137 00:08:58.485 --> 00:09:02.893 but we're comparing it to the size of the moon yesterday. 138 00:09:02.893 --> 00:09:06.501 So we need to use the past tense was. 139 00:09:06.501 --> 00:09:09.870 It's really important to be specific here when you're looking at the 140 00:09:09.870 --> 00:09:14.593 tense and the object because otherwise it could sound like 141 00:09:14.593 --> 00:09:18.528 you're comparing the moon to yesterday. 142 00:09:20.135 --> 00:09:21.891 It's hard to compare those things. 143 00:09:22.362 --> 00:09:24.837 I'm just gonna lay down for a minute. 144 00:09:31.920 --> 00:09:34.845 I'm just gonna lie down for a minute. 145 00:09:34.845 --> 00:09:39.094 The word lay needs to relate to a direct object. 146 00:09:39.094 --> 00:09:43.137 It's to put something down in a resting position. 147 00:09:43.138 --> 00:09:45.363 I'll lay this book down here 148 00:09:45.363 --> 00:09:52.287 Now lie doesn't require a direct object so you can lie down 149 00:09:52.287 --> 00:09:56.675 but someone else needs to lay you down. 150 00:09:56.675 --> 00:09:59.207 They have to do the action but 151 00:09:59.207 --> 00:10:03.607 you have to be careful with this one because sorry 152 00:10:03.607 --> 00:10:07.944 but the past tense of lie is lay. 153 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:12.240 I lay down after dinner last night. 154 00:10:13.280 --> 00:10:16.499 Tonight I'll go lie down a little earlier. 155 00:10:17.025 --> 00:10:19.120 You should put less potatoes in the pot. 156 00:10:25.520 --> 00:10:28.779 You should put fewer potatoes in the pot. 157 00:10:28.779 --> 00:10:31.679 We use fewer for countable nouns. 158 00:10:32.068 --> 00:10:36.590 We use less for uncountable nouns so we could say: 159 00:10:36.590 --> 00:10:39.383 You should use less water in the pot. 160 00:10:39.771 --> 00:10:41.768 Sure I can borrow you my car. 161 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:49.773 I can lend you my car. 162 00:10:49.773 --> 00:10:56.687 To lend something means to give, to borrow means to take. 163 00:10:57.241 --> 00:10:57.994 Okay? 164 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.490 So can I borrow your car? 165 00:11:00.850 --> 00:11:04.447 Can you lend me your car? 166 00:11:04.447 --> 00:11:07.640 The football match was effected by the weather. 167 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:18.532 The football match was affected by the weather. 168 00:11:18.533 --> 00:11:23.630 Effect is a verb, it means to impact or to influence something 169 00:11:23.630 --> 00:11:24.977 in some way. 170 00:11:24.977 --> 00:11:28.951 And in this case, the weather impacted the football match. 171 00:11:28.952 --> 00:11:34.085 Effect is a noun and it's the result of that change. 172 00:11:34.085 --> 00:11:37.828 So the effect of the cancelled football match was felt 173 00:11:37.828 --> 00:11:39.327 by all the players. 174 00:11:39.771 --> 00:11:41.003 They didn't get to play. 175 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:44.761 And you guessed it, I have an awesome video that goes into detail 176 00:11:44.761 --> 00:11:49.273 to explain the difference between affect and effect. 177 00:11:49.274 --> 00:11:53.817 You can watch it right up there. You should take some rest. 178 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:04.038 You should get some rest. This is an example of a collocation 179 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:08.101 where words commonly appear together in English 180 00:12:08.101 --> 00:12:11.351 and so they should be learned together in this way. 181 00:12:11.351 --> 00:12:18.399 The verb get is often used with the noun rest, the verb take is not. 182 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:22.603 But we do say take time to rest. 183 00:12:23.040 --> 00:12:25.357 Got to be paying attention to these things. 184 00:12:25.634 --> 00:12:30.035 Unfortunately, there are no fixed rules for collocations in English 185 00:12:30.035 --> 00:12:34.434 which is why it's so important that as you learn new words 186 00:12:34.434 --> 00:12:38.769 you're also paying attention to and you're learning the words 187 00:12:38.769 --> 00:12:43.215 that often get used with that word so you're learning words 188 00:12:43.215 --> 00:12:45.653 in groups, in chunks together. 189 00:12:45.653 --> 00:12:49.126 I've been living in France since four years. 190 00:12:55.631 --> 00:12:59.176 I've been living in France for four years. 191 00:12:59.176 --> 00:13:03.083 For is used when we're talking about a period of time. 192 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:09.258 Since relates to a specific point in time so we use it with dates. 193 00:13:09.258 --> 00:13:14.277 I've been living in France since 2017. 194 00:13:14.278 --> 00:13:17.513 The movie was too good. 195 00:13:23.280 --> 00:13:27.520 This is a really common mistake that some of you make. 196 00:13:27.520 --> 00:13:31.481 A habit that you really need to try and break because it can lead to 197 00:13:31.481 --> 00:13:33.337 misunderstandings. 198 00:13:33.337 --> 00:13:37.314 The meaning of this sentence is actually a little different to the one 199 00:13:37.314 --> 00:13:40.716 that you intended. What you mean to say is: 200 00:13:40.716 --> 00:13:44.614 The movie was very good or the movie was really good. 201 00:13:44.614 --> 00:13:46.600 I loved it. I enjoyed it. 202 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:52.670 Too good is more good than you want it to be. 203 00:13:52.670 --> 00:13:56.320 So it's actually a bad thing, believe it or not. 204 00:13:56.880 --> 00:14:01.145 It's actually a negative thing for something to be too good. 205 00:14:01.145 --> 00:14:04.668 Now I'll be honest there are a few exceptions in the way that 206 00:14:04.668 --> 00:14:09.278 English is spoken by native English speakers informally 207 00:14:09.278 --> 00:14:12.290 but generally, I would just avoid saying that 208 00:14:12.290 --> 00:14:15.473 something is too good okay? 209 00:14:16.221 --> 00:14:20.028 I could have passed if I studied harder. 210 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:29.065 I could have passed if I studied harder. 211 00:14:29.065 --> 00:14:33.183 This is another one that native English speakers can mess up too. 212 00:14:33.598 --> 00:14:38.964 Of is a preposition and it just doesn't appear with modal verbs 213 00:14:38.964 --> 00:14:44.390 in this way. The tricky thing here and it's tricky for all of us 214 00:14:44.391 --> 00:14:49.643 is that the sound that is used for of and have 215 00:14:49.760 --> 00:14:53.749 is exactly the same in naturally spoken English 216 00:14:53.887 --> 00:14:57.403 so could of and could have 217 00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:01.286 sound like could've when spoken quickly. 218 00:15:01.286 --> 00:15:04.846 So that's why even native English speakers can mess this up 219 00:15:04.846 --> 00:15:07.850 because the sound is exactly the same. 220 00:15:07.850 --> 00:15:11.840 Whom makes the final decision? 221 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:19.189 Who makes the final decision? 222 00:15:19.189 --> 00:15:23.876 We use who to refer to the subject of a sentence and 223 00:15:23.876 --> 00:15:27.190 the word whom is really becoming less and less common 224 00:15:27.190 --> 00:15:31.735 in the English language. It's perceived to be quite formal. 225 00:15:31.735 --> 00:15:36.073 But you would use whom if you were referring to the object 226 00:15:36.073 --> 00:15:38.858 of a verb or a preposition. 227 00:15:38.858 --> 00:15:42.642 To be honest, I don't know with whom the final decision lies 228 00:15:42.642 --> 00:15:43.951 Here's a little trick. 229 00:15:44.311 --> 00:15:48.502 If you can replace the pronoun with him or her, 230 00:15:48.502 --> 00:15:50.379 it's possible to use whom. 231 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:54.752 The final decision lies with him or her, 232 00:15:54.752 --> 00:15:57.327 not he or she. 233 00:15:57.576 --> 00:15:58.809 Say me your name. 234 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:06.375 Tell me your name. 235 00:16:06.486 --> 00:16:08.293 Say and tell are both 236 00:16:08.293 --> 00:16:12.457 irregular reporting verbs and they have a similar meaning 237 00:16:12.457 --> 00:16:16.706 but they emphasise different things. With tell, 238 00:16:16.706 --> 00:16:22.339 the focus is on the listener, tell me or tell her, 239 00:16:22.640 --> 00:16:24.376 tell them. 240 00:16:24.376 --> 00:16:29.257 But with say, the focus is on the information. 241 00:16:29.257 --> 00:16:33.622 She said that they're going to be late so 'going to be late' 242 00:16:33.622 --> 00:16:37.270 is the information that she's saying. 243 00:16:37.270 --> 00:16:39.563 I'll revert back to you shortly. 244 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:48.226 I'll revert to you shortly. 245 00:16:48.227 --> 00:16:51.900 Revert means to return to something 246 00:16:51.900 --> 00:16:57.001 so if you say revert back, you're actually using two words with 247 00:16:57.001 --> 00:17:00.262 the same meaning in the one sentence and the same thing could 248 00:17:00.262 --> 00:17:02.459 be said for reply. 249 00:17:02.459 --> 00:17:06.844 You would say: I'll reply to your email later. 250 00:17:06.844 --> 00:17:10.680 Not I'll reply back to your email later. 251 00:17:10.902 --> 00:17:12.000 We don't need it. 252 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:17.868 I could care less about that. 253 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:22.581 I couldn't care less about that. 254 00:17:22.996 --> 00:17:26.476 I don't know, it's all semantics, isn't it? 255 00:17:26.836 --> 00:17:31.069 You will hear native speakers using both of these phrases 256 00:17:31.069 --> 00:17:35.724 so much that actually both of them are in the dictionary now. 257 00:17:35.724 --> 00:17:39.990 But let's take a quick look because it's a really useful expression 258 00:17:39.990 --> 00:17:44.392 to learn and to use, you can use it all the time in the first sentence 259 00:17:44.392 --> 00:17:50.752 since you could care less, it still means that you do care a little 260 00:17:50.752 --> 00:17:54.696 right, just a tiny bit which isn't what you mean to say 261 00:17:54.696 --> 00:17:55.968 with this sentence. 262 00:17:55.968 --> 00:18:00.079 The second sentence means that you don't care at all, 263 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:03.264 it's not possible for you to care less. 264 00:18:03.596 --> 00:18:05.532 She sings really good. 265 00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:14.072 She sings really well. 266 00:18:14.404 --> 00:18:18.407 Good is an adjective, it modifies a noun 267 00:18:18.407 --> 00:18:22.114 and singing isn't a noun is it? It's a verb. 268 00:18:22.752 --> 00:18:28.957 But well is an adverb so it modifies the verb sing right? 269 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:33.636 But when we're talking about health or being healthy, 270 00:18:33.636 --> 00:18:38.498 we also use well as an adjective in that situation. 271 00:18:38.498 --> 00:18:41.630 Remember the meaning is different, right? 272 00:18:41.630 --> 00:18:46.164 Good, well or health well. 273 00:18:46.386 --> 00:18:49.044 And the difference adverb adjective. 274 00:18:49.045 --> 00:18:52.073 Irregardless of how you feel, I'm gonna do it. 275 00:18:59.040 --> 00:19:02.177 Regardless of how you feel, I'm gonna do it. 276 00:19:02.177 --> 00:19:05.544 The word irregardless is actually in the dictionary 277 00:19:05.544 --> 00:19:07.928 but it's not standard English. 278 00:19:08.954 --> 00:19:13.886 Adding the ir to regardless makes it a double negative 279 00:19:13.886 --> 00:19:16.698 so it actually changes the meaning of your sentence. 280 00:19:16.975 --> 00:19:21.177 It's best to just stick with regardless, regardless. 281 00:19:21.426 --> 00:19:25.406 She couldn't possibly work more harder than she does now. 282 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:33.144 She couldn't possibly work harder than she does now. 283 00:19:33.144 --> 00:19:36.453 We're talking about comparative adjectives here 284 00:19:36.453 --> 00:19:41.894 and we make comparative adjectives by either adding er 285 00:19:41.894 --> 00:19:47.161 to an adjective or by adding more before the adjective, 286 00:19:47.161 --> 00:19:49.170 not both together. 287 00:19:49.170 --> 00:19:51.895 It was harder than I thought. 288 00:19:51.895 --> 00:19:54.404 It was more difficult than I thought. 289 00:19:54.404 --> 00:19:56.998 Both of those sentences are correct. 290 00:19:56.998 --> 00:19:59.169 She's the woman that took me to work. 291 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:06.390 She's the woman who took me to work. 292 00:20:06.390 --> 00:20:11.714 We use that to refer to groups or multiple things 293 00:20:11.714 --> 00:20:16.116 but we use who to refer to singular people or animals. 294 00:20:16.116 --> 00:20:18.815 It was a very excellent party. 295 00:20:24.560 --> 00:20:26.561 It was an excellent party. 296 00:20:26.811 --> 00:20:31.329 Excellent is an extreme adjective and extreme adjectives, 297 00:20:31.329 --> 00:20:33.753 they're already descriptive enough. 298 00:20:33.753 --> 00:20:38.780 We don't need to add more adverbs, it's extremely 299 00:20:39.112 --> 00:20:45.879 with an adjective. So if you're using extremely or very or really 300 00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:51.243 with your adjective then don't use extreme adjectives along with it. 301 00:20:52.655 --> 00:20:55.440 That was a lot to take in, 302 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:58.770 so many common mistakes and important corrections 303 00:20:58.770 --> 00:21:01.886 to pay attention to as you are studying. 304 00:21:01.886 --> 00:21:05.256 It was an action-packed lesson that's for sure and I'm sure that you 305 00:21:05.256 --> 00:21:09.055 want to practise, practise, practise so that you 306 00:21:09.055 --> 00:21:12.512 don't continue to make mistakes like that and you can improve 307 00:21:12.512 --> 00:21:15.172 and you can overcome some of the challenges 308 00:21:15.172 --> 00:21:16.684 that you're facing with your grammar. 309 00:21:16.685 --> 00:21:20.380 And you can do all of that by downloading the workbook 310 00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:24.411 that I made for you. I've written a short story in there that includes 311 00:21:24.411 --> 00:21:29.029 all thirty of these mistakes. I want you to find them 312 00:21:29.029 --> 00:21:32.826 and correct them so that you can improve and practise 313 00:21:32.826 --> 00:21:34.431 your own grammar skills 314 00:21:34.431 --> 00:21:37.326 or you can keep practising with me right here. 315 00:21:37.326 --> 00:21:38.640 I'll see you in there.