How To Stop Making Grammar Mistakes in English

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am teacher Tiffany let’s jump right in

step one study and rewrite now remember

that you need to recognize your problem

area or the difficult grammar before you

start these steps okay

so part one the first step starts with

studying three to five different grammar

sources each source should explain the

grammar rule in a way that is slightly

different from the other sources so once

again you want three to five different

sources now let’s go to the part right

here to understand this you can find

them these grammar sources in grammar

books grammar websites from a teacher

you give an English teacher and an

institute or maybe someone online you

follow that teaches grammar or you can

even use a video like a YouTube video

or maybe a different video you watch

online now part two of this step is the

next thing you need to do is rewrite the

grammar rule in your own words again

rewrite the grammar rule in your own

words okay in other words you need to

paraphrase the grammar rule by using

words you can understand this is very

important okay you can understand so

again let’s look at the bottom first

keep one we want to look at is write it

in a notebook y’all remember I mentioned

to you in a previous lesson about the

importance of having a notebook you can

watch my lesson in the top right I have

linked to a lesson that talks about

using a notebook when you study English

and then the next key is make notes

regarding how and why the grammar rule

is important now what you’re doing is

actually assessing the grammar rule okay

assessing or analyzing the grammar rule

you’re trying to see if you understand

what is the most important aspect or

aspect

of the grammar rule you are studying

okay now again the how and the why

alright so let’s look at this a little

closer and an example so we have an

example here the present perfect tense

this is a very common grammar rule in

this grammar rule now on the left side

right here you’ll see that we have the

explanations so I have found three

different sources one right here one

right here and one right here now my

sources came from the internet but

different websites okay so I used

different websites now what I’ve done is

I’ve looked at these three different

explanations of the same grammar rule

but from three different sources and

what I have done is I have rewritten the

grammar rule in my own words so let’s

look at the way that I wrote out the

grammar rule Cassatt it focuses on an

action or a situation so where did I get

this from if we go back and look at the

first source we will see where I got

this information from right here it says

action or state now I chose to instead

of saying state I chose to say action

right here alright so let’s keep going

so I said the action or situation is

described by using the verb to have so

where did this come from

well if I go back to my second source

reading through it

I’ll see ah they also said the verb to

have so I got that from my second source

and then let’s continue then you add the

main verb which is the verb plus II D it

connects the present to the past now

where did this come from

you guessed it my third source right

here we see between the present and the

past here we go let’s do this as well

indicate a link all right so let’s keep

going step to find now the

step starts with finding ten different

example sentences using the grammar rule

each sentence should be of a different

style or of a different pattern so again

it needs to be a different style or a

different pattern so here again at the

bottom we have the key points the first

key point is you can look for sentences

on Google in grammar books and magazines

on blogs or in other sources next the

key is that each of the sentences needs

to be a different type of sentence for

example past present future etc so let’s

look at this closer so again we go back

to our example the present perfect tense

so there are ten different example

sentences here and what you’ll see is on

the left side I have given them

different categories this is a past

tense so what is it

she said she has worked here since she

graduated from University now well the

rule is present perfect tense so she has

worked here right she has worked but the

fact that in the beginning I put she

said it’s in the past tense right good

all right so the next one was present

all right so the sentence says yes I

have written three letters today all

right so I have written now this again

is the grammar rule but for this one I’m

saying present because I’m talking to

you right now and I’m just telling you

about my day okay

all right next we’re going to go to the

next one future

okay future and remember for this step

it doesn’t have to be too difficult

all right the sentence itself you’re

just giving it a different format all

right here we go the first line of her

speech tomorrow will be I have lived a

good life now again this is the grammar

rule right here but her speech to morrow

all right this is the part that we’re

looking at

for the different style of the sentence

okay the future aspect all right let’s

keep going now let’s skip forward a

little bit to the right side all right

easy let’s look at the easy one okay

easy just means the sentence is easy

it’s not complicated alright so I have

been to New York now this sentence only

has how many words one two three four

five six words so it’s a very simple and

easy sentence alright let’s get down

let’s say we want to do a question

alright well the question we have is

where have you been for the past two

hours

well again since we have this right here

it’s a different type of sentence okay

it’s actually a question so this is what

I’m saying when you want to find ten

different example sentences okay get

creative with it this is how you learn

to apply the grammar rule and actually

understand it alright so step three

memorize now the third step starts with

memorizing all of the example sentences

from step two each sentence will help

you remember a different way of using

the grammar rule okay again each

sentence will help you remember a

different way of using the grammar rule

I wanted to emphasize that and the key

put them on flash cards based on the

category or type of sentence now don’t

worry I’m going to show you how this is

done so again we go back to the present

perfect tense and we had ten different

example sentences now I’ve given you an

example right here with one style of

flashcards so in this area right here

you’re going to write which grammar rule

you are studying okay then right here in

this section you’re going to write the

category of the sentence now on the back

of the card is where you write the

sentence so you’re going

to be a memorizing this sentence right

here alright ok so if we look at all 10

flashcards from the 10 sentence we had

this is what it would look like ok we

have the past we have the present the

future the plural the singular the easy

the medium let’s go a little faster the

hard the question and finally free

now remember free means you can do

whatever you want a general sentence

whatever sentence you want to use ok all

right

step number 4 record and listen ok so a

fourth step starts with recording

yourself saying each of the sentences

three times very important now the key

there are ten sentences so reading each

one three times will end up being one

longer audio file

okay so part two is the next thing you

should do is listen to the file at least

three times you’ll notice that I’m using

three a lot okay this is very good the

first time you listen to it it’s brand

new the second time you feel a little

comfortable by the third time you feel

very very comfortable so that’s why it’s

important to work in threes when you are

doing this step okay all right and the

key right here hearing your own voice

will help you to remember the grammar

rule and the examples easier and faster

so when and where can you listen some of

you may not have time to do this at your

house for an hour or longer but what you

can do is in the morning if you have to

take the bus or you ride on a taxi or on

your way to work or on your way to

school

you can listen in the morning or in the

afternoon maybe you have lunch or you

have a short break time you can actually

listen during that break time in the

afternoon and even in the evening maybe

you go home and you are relaxing in

front of your TV or on

couch you can also use that time to

listen okay all right so step number

five apply the fifth step is to apply

the grammar rule by changing the ten

sentences you will delete certain words

from each sentence and replace them with

words or situations that apply to your

life this is very important and again

remember I’m gonna give you an example

okay the key is to remember that you

only need to change a few words

my advice is one to three words at the

most okay so let’s look at an example

all right on the Left we have the

original so these are three of the

sentences we looked at before the first

one she said she has worked here since

she graduated from university now what’s

gonna happen is I want to apply this to

my life so instead I’m going to say my

best friend said she has worked here

since she graduated from university so

now I changed this information right

here instead of she I applied it to my

life by saying my best friend okay all

right now let’s look at the next example

right here now we say yes I have written

three letters today so I want to change

this and apply to my life so now I can

say yes I have written two essays today

so again what information did I change

instead of three letters I say two

essays all right and the final one right

here the police officer down the road

said that there has been a big car

accident on the highway well I want to

change the sentence to apply to my life

and I will say my neighbor down the road

said that there has been

big car accident on the highway what did

I change instead of the police officer I

said my neighbor very good so again you

pick something that applies to your life

because this makes it easier for your

brain to hold on to this information and

remember it later this is why it’s so

important for you to do this step when

you’re trying to work with and remember

a grammar rule in English now if you

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