7 Most Common English Grammar Mistakes + TEST - Do you make these mistakes?

Hello, I'm Lisa, in this video I will help you correct seven very

common

grammatical errors in advanced English. These are

mistakes

that many of my students

make

, even students who consider themselves fairly fluent in English, let's see if you

make

them too and I will. teach you how to solve them before teaching you the

grammar

rules for the seven different topics I will be discussing. I would like you to take a little

test

, a little

grammar

test

that will measure how many

mistakes

you may be making. You're not making any of these mistakes, which is great, but I predict that even if you're an advanced student, you're probably making at least one or two of these, let's make sure your grammar is perfect and fix them. test, you will see 11 different sentences, each sentence has a grammatical error and it is your job to find the error and correct it, so you will see the sentence on the screen and I want you to take a few seconds and think about what the error is. could be and then I'll give you the correct answer and we'll go over each rule, okay, let's get started, let's look at sentence number one.

I suggested he buy the other one. Where's the mistake in that one? Number two. I suggest you do it where mistake number three is I suggest you don't arrive later you know mistake number four I'm looking for a two bedroom apartment that's one I hear all the time and that's not right number five I have a six year old son , can you see the mistake in that number six? I would appreciate it if you could give me some advice, where is error number seven? I really want to go there. Did you detect error number eight in my country?

We are used to it. to have rice for breakfast where is the error number nine I will give it to you when we see each other number 10 if you go I will also go where the error is and number 11 if you had tried it you would do it I liked it Where is the error? Did you find all the errors? So now I will give you the correct answers and teach you the grammar rules. Let's look at the first sentence. I suggested he buy the other one. It is incorrect to say "I." I suggested to him that there are different ways you can correct, you can say that I suggested him to buy the other one and the word that is optional, then you can also say that I suggested him to buy the other one, but don't say that I suggested him and sometimes it is It is not necessary to include the pronoun depending on the meaning of your sentence, in that case you can use a jar and you can use an Ing and you can say I suggest Ed buy the other one, so we suggest that if we use a verb immediately after, it should be included. have an ing, it must be Jaren.

I suggested buying. I suggested going there. I suggested doing it. Make sure the verb is Jaren. Make sure it has the ing ending number two. I suggest you do it. That's a prayer I hear a lot. but that is not correct we don't say I suggest you you need to say I suggest you do it or you can delete that and you can say I suggest you do it but don't say I suggest you you can say I suggest it to you I suggest it to you I suggest something to you the verb suggest is a confusing verb is used differently than

most

other verbs in English that's why people make so many mistakes with it so we don't say I suggest you this we say I suggest you this we use both with the pronoun I suggest you this when use another verb with suggest don't use to after suggest instead use the word I suggest you fix it soon I suggest I fix it soon you saw what I did in the last sentence.

I said fix it. I didn't say it fixes. That's confusing. That's because the verb used with suggest must take the subjunctive form and the subjunctive form is the infinitive form of the verb. so you can't change it to the past tense and you don't add an S, so we say "I suggest he go there, not go there", I suggest he be on time, we use "not that he is", I suggest he try harder next time time we don't say try harder because suggest requires a subjunctive form of the following verb and where was the mistake in sentence three I suggest you don't arrive later we don't say we don't say I suggest you don't arrive later or you can use a Jaren if you don't need to say the pronoun and just say I suggest you don't arrive later I suggest you don't drive so fast I suggest not doing that, let's look at sentence number four I'm looking for a two-bedroom apartment.

Was it easy for you to see the error? The mistake was the letter S in the word rooms. It should be a two-bedroom apartment, but why when two is plural because apartment is a noun? and when you put something directly in front of the noun to describe the noun, we change it to singular, so we say my apartment has two bedrooms, in this case the apartment comes before the two bedrooms my apartment has two bedrooms or I have a two-bedroom apartment bedrooms my car has four doors or I have a four-door car I don't have a four-door car the meeting lasted 30 minutes it was a 30-minute meeting 30-minute meeting that house cost $1 million it's a million-dollar house You see it? pattern so now you have the answer to sentence number five, do you see the error?

We don't say six-year-old son, we say six-year-old son. I have a six year old son. I have a four year old son. Eldest daughter I have an 80 year old grandmother. You will often hear people talk like this. I have two sons. I have a 7-year-old and a 9-year-old. Why don't you pause this video now so you can practice this? I want you to think about things that you have with a number associated with it. For example, I have a two-bedroom apartment. I have a car. four doors I have a 50 year old mother things like that play the video Pause now and say your own prayers.

You did it? I recommend that when you learn something new you practice immediately. Sometimes we forget and don't practice and then we keep making the same mistake as soon as you learn something. Try it. to practice it Okay, let's move on to the next sentence. I would appreciate it if you could give me some advice. Where this error? Did you know that we never add an S to the word advice, so advice doesn't exist because it's a non-count noun, so you have to say it? advice very often I hear non-native speakers say: I would like to receive some advice from you or thank you for your advice.

Don't put that S at the end because advice is a non-count noun. Make sure you learn all the non-count nouns. nouns that exist in English, for example, tips, tasks, we don't say tasks, information, slang, vocabulary, these are all non-count nouns, memorize them all so you don't keep making that mistake, you may need to get a good grammar book and review it. the rules of

english

grammar and specifically countable and uncountable nouns steud what about the following sentence? I really want to get there. Did you understand the error? Did you know that we must have an ING with the verb?

Many of my students do that. mistake, in fact, I regularly receive emails from people saying that I really want to come, meet you or see you. You must include ING with the expression I can't wait to go plus a verb, so we say I am. I really want to go there. I really want to meet you. I really want to hear from you. Don't forget the eng. How about the next sentence? I think this one was a little difficult. Did you notice that mistake in my country? We are used to eating rice for breakfast. Where this error?

There are two possible ways to fix the error, but the meaning will be different. It depends on what you want to say. Are you talking about something you used to do in the past or are you talking about something you used to do in the past? about a current habit look at these two sentences I used to get up early I'm used to getting up early let's first look at the grammar let's look at the construction of the sentence notice that the second sentence has the verb to be I am but it also has ing you need both elements for that sentence is correct so I'm used to getting up early it means it's a habit it's something I'm used to remembering you need the verb to be and ing you need both if you only have one element and this is where the mistake happens people usually use one element they say something like I'm used to getting up early that's very confusing we don't know if it's a habit for you or it's something you did in the past if you say I used to get up early it means I don't get up early anymore but I did in the past.

I used to do it so let's go back to the exam question in my country we are used to eating. Do you see the error? We have the verbal form of to. be we are but then we don't have the ing so that means we used to eat rice but we don't do it anymore or it's a habit for us we do it regularly if we want to say it's a habit we should include the In my country we are used to eating rice, but If we stopped eating rice we would say that in my country we used to eat rice, we don't eat it anymore, it's not that confusing, be careful, it's a very, very

common

mistake.

I used to do it I did it in the past I'm used to doing it it's a habit I still do it and I'm used to it Ok, let's move on to the next I'll give it to you when we do it see you, did you catch the mistake? the mistake is using will later when you only need to use will once in this sentence I will give it to you when we meet when we are talking about the future and let's use the word when we shouldn't use the word will so we don't say when I will see you we say when I see you when I'll see you tomorrow I'll give it to you when I finish high school I'll go to college The same rule applies when we use the word if just like when we don't use will with the if clause, so the sentence said if you will go I will also go if you will go es incorrect we will say if you go if you go I will also go and we turn it into a contraction and say if you go I will go too if I have time I will call you remember don't use will twice okay let's move on to the next this is the past . conditional and the sentence said if you had tried it you would have liked the same we don't use wood twice with the if clause we don't use would be so we should say if you had tried it you would have liked it If we use the past perfect with the if clause in the past conditional If she had studied she would have passed the exam, let's say that naturally if she had studied she would have passed the exam and now let's change the order of the words she would have come to your party if you had invited her and let's say that naturally faster where we do contractions she would have come to your party if you had invited her what did I do there I deleted the H I didn't say I invited her I said invited her I didn't say if you had invited her I said if you would have invited her if you had invited her let's say the whole sentence again she would have come to your party if you had invited her How did it go if you made one or two mistakes.

I think it's very good. These are difficult things, right? Especially the conditional past tense, which is very difficult for many people to learn. There are so many different grammatical elements that must be correct and in the correct word. order that is very difficult for many of my students if you still have difficulty with some of these grammar rules I recommend that you get a good grammar book and review the rules and study them in detail, but if you know the rules maybe when you are speaking still It doesn't sound right, sometimes that happens to you, that's very common, it happens to many students.

They can pass an exam and they can get a perfect score on an English test, but when the time comes to speak English, the grammar doesn't come out correctly. Why? Do you know why it's because you're not practicing speaking enough? I always say if you don't have anyone to speak English with, speak English to yourself, talk to yourself out loud, listen to yourself making those sentences, it will go from your ear to your brain, it will become more permanent, that's how you fix those errors permanently in the description below. I'm going to post the names of some grammar books that I highly recommend you purchase. books for advanced English learners my channel is called Exact English is the same name as my training center I have had in Los Angeles for over 20 years why did I choose the name Exact English because my goal is to help advanced English learners ?

English learners correct their mistakes and speak accurately, and that means accurate pronunciation, accurate accent, using the correct idioms, phrasal verbs, and speaking English with accurate grammar. All those things are important. The goal of accurate English is to help you speak English with confidence. Clarity and precision. If you haven't subscribed to my channel yet, please subscribe and click the notification bell to know when I'll post my next video. Thanks for watching and keep practicing your English to learn all the rules for a good American accent. You can buy my online video courses at Accurate

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