Lesson 1
Can you spot these mistakes?
Be honest. Do you make mistakes like this? There's a surprise in the end of the film. I'm again unemployed. The reason because and I should of studied earlier. What about yes, I...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
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Five common English mistakes
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Lesson 2
In the end or at the end?
I'll send it straight to your inbox. It's genuinely one of the best resources I've ever created and I can't wait for you to see it. Okay, let's begin. For our first common mista...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 3
Using end expressions correctly
It's more literal than in the end. It can be followed by of plus a noun. So, if we go back to the sentence in the introduction, we now know that it should be there's a surprise...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 4
Where to place again
at the beginning for emphasis. Yet again, the train was delayed. But, we don't place it before an adjective. So, I'm again tired is not correct. It's tricky to get this right, b...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 5
Short answers with do
hasn't. Not no, he hasn't visited. Now, you can give a full answer if you want to, but this is less common in natural speech. To like is a transitive verb, so it needs an object...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 6
The reason why, not because
because I did something. So, one way to use reason correctly is by following it with why or that plus a clause. That's the reason why we canceled the trip. In informal English,...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 7
Should have, not should of
should have studied harder, not I should of studied harder. Now, I think people use of because when have is contracted after a consonant sound, it sounds the same as the weak fo...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 8
Test your knowledge
home. The dog might have eaten it. Okay, are you ready to test what you've learnt? I've got a short quiz for you. Complete the gaps with one word from the video lesson to form a...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Lesson 9
Quiz answers
should have gone, not should of, which sounds the same in the short form, but isn't correct. And number five should be, again, he's late for work again, with again placed natura...
Language: enDuration: 2 min
Language: en
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