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I will improve your English in 10 minutes here are some mistakes I hear all the time as an English teacher if you can fix these mistakes you will be on your way to Greatness but I only have 10
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minutes so start the timer first up I want to talk to you about this a 10 years old boy now this would be fine if we said the boy is 10 years old however here we have taken the years old and
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made it an adjective we've put it before the noun so we need to take away the S so we say a 10year old boy this would be exactly the same for a tway trip we don't say a twod days trip we would say
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a twod day trip or my meeting was 2 hours long it was a 2our meeting so if the length of time or the amount of time goes before the noun make sure you take away that s so the boy is 10 years
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old he is a 10-year-old boy great start next up I want to talk to you about this so a lot of my students say things like this I don't know where are you I don't know what do you want I don't
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know where do you live I don't know what is it now what's the problem with that the problem is we are using question formatting where are you that's a question what do you want that's a question where
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do you live that's a question however I don't know is a statement I don't know it's not a question it's a statement so we can't suddenly put question formatting in there so we have to say I don't know
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where you are so if you've swapped it round for making it a question swap it back around okay so I don't know what you want you don't need the do in there because it's not a question
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I don't know where you live take away that do you don't need it I don't know what it is okay so just remember if you're starting a sentence with I don't know or she doesn't know or he doesn't
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know it's not a question anymore it's a statement okay or the same with I'm not sure I'm not sure where you live I'm not sure what you want so make sure you only do question formatting if
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you are actually asking a question very good we're doing very well for time okay next up we have tell okay a lot of my students get confused with tell they say things like um I told to her that I liked
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her or they say she told to me to carry on or I told that I love this job so what's the problem with this the problem is tell needs to have someone attached we need to be telling someone
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so if you just say I told that I love this job who who did you tell I told her that I loved this job or I told my boss that I loved this job that's fine but there needs to be someone that you're
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telling and also we don't say tell to so we don't need to say tell to her so I told to her that I
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liked her you don't need it you just say I told her that I liked her much better instead of she told to me to carry on she told me to carry on so you've got tell and then straight away tell me the
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person tell me tell her tell us tell you okay so really have a look at that one because you might
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think that you don't make that problem but trust me I have taught Advanced Learners who make that mistake still and a lot of my students doing it so really check when you're speaking just be careful
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when the word tell comes out be careful with what you're saying okay now I want to talk to you about the first conditional so if you know anything about the conditionals we use them to talk about
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hypothetical events likely events and the first conditional is all about the future think about the first conditional in the future so we use to talk about likely events in the future now this
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is what I hear a lot if you will get a better job you will earn more money if you will see him he will say hi now the problem here is we've got too many Wills okay if you will get a better job you
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will earn more money so in the first conditional in 95% of cases you never say if you will okay there are some exceptions but it's so little that just imagine we never say if you will okay so with
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if you need to do the present simple so if you get a better job just the present simple if you get a better job then tell me the likely result of that you will earn more money you can swap it around
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you will earn more money if you get a better job just make sure that if goes with the present simple so the other example if you see him he will say hi so not if you will see him he will say hi
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just if you see him he will say hi so really have a look at that one again this I hear this one all the time I think people get confused because they know the first conditional is about the future so
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they think okay the future will will will but the if does not go with the will the if is with the present simple okay try and remember that one okay next up a really easy one I hear this a lot I
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think it might be an americanism he speaks English good he dances good oh you did so good you did so
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good so the issue here is good is an adjective what we want here is an adverb so he speaks English well he did so well you dance so well so if you're talking about a noun you can say good
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good dog good pizza really good house if it's a verb we need well she sings so well honestly I love her voice she sings really well so it's kind of an americanism which makes me think that maybe
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in 50 years time this won't be incorrect because maybe language will evolve and we will decide hey it doesn't matter but for now it's grammatically correct to say he speaks English well okay the
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next thing I want to talk to you about a very very common mistake is this one we are 12 people in my family we are six at the meeting we were seven we don't say this so if you're talking about a group
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of people and you are in the group you need to say say there are or there were of us there were
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seven of us in the meeting in my family there are six of us at the concert there were thousands of us so really learn this phrase it's a very useful phrase and I don't think people learn it so when
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they have to describe a group that they are in they just say we were six but it's not it's their were six of us or there are two of us well done you're doing so well okay we've got this next up
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we're going to talk about overusing the perfect tenses when you don't need to so if you're not aware of what the perfect tenses are maybe just revise those but specifically I want to talk to
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you about the present perfect so for example I hear my students saying I Have Been to Spain last year or my daughter has gone to school yesterday now the issue with this is we only need to use the
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present perfect when there is a connection between the past and now or if it's something that started in the past and continues now we don't need it if there is a specified time point when it finished
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so for example last year is finished it's done so you don't need to say I Have Been to Spain last year last year is finished I went to Spain if it is finished you just need the past simple
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I went to Spain last year or my daughter has gone to school yesterday yesterday is finished you don't need the present perfect you don't need to explain that it's continuing now or it's still
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relevant now so just say just say my daughter went to school yesterday the same with the past perfect so the past perfect we use it to talk about an order of events in the past so two things happened
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in the past this one happened before the other so if you're not talking about an order you don't need it so last week we had gone to France then what then what there's no order there it doesn't
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matter it's finished it happened last week so just say last week we went to France there's no order you're talking about or earlier today I had seen a movie and then what you know we there's no second
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event so you don't need it earlier today I saw a movie so you only need the past perfect if you're talking about an event that happened before something else in the past and you only need the present simple if you're talking about something that started in the past and continues
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now woo we did it well done well done oh my goodness well done you did such a great job feel free to watch this video back just in case you missed anything cuz we were going pretty
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quickly thank you so much for being here be sure to subscribe and I will see see you next time ta
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 44 sentences and 1689 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:31. The speaker talks at a natural 161 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/ (noun) — A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
- earn /ɝn/ (verb) — To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- format /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/ (noun) — The layout of a publication or document.
- swap /ˈswɑp/ (verb) — To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).
- noun /naʊn/ (noun) — A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea…
- confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ (adjective) — unable to think clearly or understand
- phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ (noun) — A short written or spoken expression.
- tense /tɛns/ (noun) — The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- pizza /ˈpi.tsə/ (noun) — A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
- exception /əkˈsɛpʃən/ (noun) — The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
- goodness /ˈɡʊdnəs/ (noun) — The state or characteristic of being good.
- subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/ (verb) — To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
- incorrect /ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/ (adjective) — Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
- evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/ (verb) — To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- specify /ˈspɛs.əˌfaɪ/ (verb) — To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
- carry on /ˈkæɹi ˈɑn/ (verb) — To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.
- take away /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ (verb) — To remove something and put it in a different place.
- go with (verb) — To choose or accept (a suggestion).
- look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
- start in (verb) — To begin (to do something); to get started.
- come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verb) — To be discovered; to be revealed.
- do in (verb) — To kill or end; to defeat.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 55 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/, exception /əkˈsɛpʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/, hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like conditional, earn, format.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if you see him he will say · if does not go with the will the |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have taken · we've put · you've swapped |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are using · you're starting · are actually asking |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | need to take · have to say · needs to have |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.