Use of Wrong Tense 1

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Transcript

Hello guys welcome to Part One of using the wrong tenses you know many students they use the wrong tenses when they speak English it makes lots of troubles and communication writing and in different situations and cases we are going to understand these problems and errors and we are going to correct them. So understanding these correction will help you to actually communicate better and improve your English actually dramatically. Okay, let's start with number one. Using the past tense after did instead of the infinitive without to to ask a question. So don't say did you went to school yesterday? This is the mistake many students make.

This is wrong. say did you go to school? Yes. surday did you go to school yesterday? Number two, to make negatives. Don't say I didn't went to school yesterday.

This is completely wrong. Don't make this mistake. Say I did not go to school yesterday. I did not go so we use a simple verb here. Use the present infinitive without to, not the past tense after the auxiliary did. And the answer to a question beginning with did is always in the past tense for example, did you see that picture?

Yes, I saw that picture. Or we can say yes I did. Okay, so we should keep this in mind. We must understand these kinds of errors that happen many times by English students and foreign students. Using the third person singular after does instead of the Infinity without too so to ask questions don't say, does the gardener water the flowers? This is wrong.

This is not correct, we should say, does the gardener water the flowers not waters. Okay because we have does here. And to make negatives, don't say the man doesn't waters the flowers. This is wrong, we should say, the man doesn't water the flowers. The man doesn't water the flowers. This is the correct form.

For third actually, person singular after the auxiliary does use the infinitive without too and not the third person of the present, so The answer to a question beginning with dogs is always in the present tense. Third person for example, does he like the cinema? We can say yes he likes the cinema or Yes, he does. Okay this is a correct way to speak about third person singular. Okay guys, let's go to the next part. Using the third person singular after can mass etc instead of the infinitive without to.

Okay? So don't say she can speaks English very well no this is wrong. We should say she can speak English very well. She can speak English very well not she can speak English very well. After the verbs can, must, May, shall and will use the infinitive without To another third person of the present, this is a very important point. And you must actually understand these points.

Wrong sequence of tenses don't say, Rachel asked me what I'm doing. No, you should say Rachel asked me what I was doing. When the verb in the main clause is the past tense use the past tense in subordinate clauses. This is another very essential point that many students miss when they use these kinds of tenses. Okay, perfect. Using wel l instead of wood, or D in the subordinate clause.

Don't say he said that or he said he will come tomorrow say he said that he would or or he to come tomorrow. Okay this is very important. Using may instead of might in a subordinate clause don't say last Sunday actually al saw told me that she may come say last Sunday. Elsa told me that she might come. Okay, she might come so here made changes to might make changes to mind and subordinate clauses when the verb in the main clause in the past simple tense. Okay?

The conjunction that is never preceded by a comma. This is a very important point. That conjunction that is never preceded by a comma

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