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  • Hey guys.

  • Look at this sentence.

  • And now look at that sentence.

  • One of them is wrong.

  • If you don't know which one is wrong, I suggest you keep watching.

  • Hello guys my name is Fanny and in this video I'm gonna talk to you about a major

  • spelling mistake in English.

  • Among students, but also, among native speakers.

  • It's a difference between 'it's' meaning 'it is'.

  • And 'its' being the possessive adjective.

  • Okay let's and take a few sentences  and I'm sure you'll get it.

  • So we have 'It's a sunny day'.

  • In this case 'it's' is the verb 'to be'.

  • So it means 'It is a sunny day'.

  • If we take the second sentence:

  • 'The dog ate its food'.

  • This is not the verb 'to be'.

  • It's the possessive adjectives  for an object or an animal.

  • So the food belongs to the dog. It is its food.

  • Okay so these are two different cases

  • but sometimes when we write, we confuse the two,

  • and we will write the dog ate it's food with apostrophe s.

  • you know getting confused  between its possessive adjectives

  • and it's being the contraction  of the verb 'to be'.

  • This is a very common mistake.

  • if we take for example the sentence:

  • 'Its my pen'.

  • Now look at the sentence.

  • What do you think?

  • Is this right? Or is this the wrong spelling?

  • Well it's wrong.

  • 'It's my pen' is the verb 'to be'.

  • Now the best tip that I can give you

  • if you get confused, try and say it with the full form.

  • Try and say 'It is'.

  • If it makes sense, then it's the contraction of the verb 'to be'

  • and it should be apostrophe 's'.

  • If it doesn't make sense, then it's probably the possessive adjective.

  • So for example, I can say, 'It is a sunny day'.

  • That makes sense.

  • Can I say the dog ate it is food?

  • No, I can't. that doesn't make any sense.

  • Okay if I say, 'It's my pen',

  • What do you think? Can I say 'It is my pen'?

  • I can.

  • So it's actually the  contraction of the verb 'to be'.

  • So it should be 'it' + apostrophe 's' + my pen.

  • And just so you know one last thing.

  • Be careful because sometimes in some cases

  • 'it's' can also be the contraction of  the verb 'to have' and not 'to be'.

  • If we take those two sentences:

  • It's been great to meet you.

  • It means - It has been great to meet you.

  • 'It's got four legs' means it has got four legs.

  • Okay so the verb in those cases is 'to have' so be careful.

  • Okay guys I hope you now understand the difference

  • between the contraction of the verb 'to be' and the possessive adjective 'its'.

  • Thank you for watching the video.

  • Make sure you watch the other videos as well.

  • Thank you guys for watching my video. I hope you liked it

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  • Hello, guys.

  • My name is Fanny.

  • And in this video, we're going to focus on 'there'.

  • The word, 'there'.

  • it has three different forms, and they're quite confusing for students.

  • Now, we're going to talk about spelling mistakes and pronunciation mistakes.

  • Ok, just so you know.

  • Now the first sentence, There is a house.

  • It is the very basic for 'there is' in English to show something.

  • If we take the second sentence, It's their house.

  • It's a different form of 'their'.

  • In this case, as you probably know, it's the possessive.

  • Ok?

  • The house belongs to them.

  • It's their house.

  • And in the third sentence, They're in the house.

  • It's obviously the contraction of the verb, 'to be', so

  • They are in the house.

  • Ok, so three different forms.

  • Now, listen very carefully.

  • I'm going to pronounce the three forms.

  • There Their 

  • They're

  • Now, can you hear a difference?

  • I can't.

  • There is no difference, guys.

  • The pronunciation is exactly the same.

  • And because the pronunciation is the same, many students gets confused when they write.

  • And they make spelling mistakes.

  • Ok?

  • So be really careful when you write.

  • You have to know whether it's the basic form 'there is',

  • The possessive adjective, 'there', or the contraction of 'they are'.

  • This is very important not to make spelling mistakes.

  • And when you pronounce them, don't make it more complicated than it is.

  • The sound is exactly the same.

  • Ok, guys.

  • Back to our listening test now.

  • Am I saying number one, number two, or number three?

  • Listen very carefully.

  • There / Their / They're.

  • What do you think?

  • Well I hope after watching my video, you now know

  • that is can be number one, number two, or number three.

  • Because the pronunciation is always the same.

  • Ok?

  • I hope you really understand.

  • And I hope this helps you.

  • See you in the next videos

  • Thank you guys for watching my video. I hope you liked it

  • If you did, please show us your support. Click like, subscribe to the channel,  

  • put your comments below

  • and share with your friends. See you.

  • Guys!

  • Do you speak English good?

  • Or maybe you speak good English.

  • Or maybe you speak English well.

  • One of those sentences is wrong.

  • I sure hope you know which one.

  • But if you don't

  • or get confused like many students and native speakers.

  • keep watching.

  • Hello, guys.

  • My name is Fanny.

  • And in this video, I'm gonna tell you about a very common English

  • mistake that many students make even native speakers.

  • Mostly when speaking English.

  • It's the difference between the words 'good' and 'well'.

  • Do you know the difference between the two words?

  • It's not so much a writing mistake.

  • It's more of a speaking mistake.

  • Especially, in familiar contexts, but you need to know about it and to fix it,

  • if you want to show off and speak good English.

  • So let's get started with a few examples.

  • 'He is a good tennis player.'

  • Do you think that sentence is right?

  • It is right.

  • Why?

  • Because we have the adjective 'good' and then the noun 'tennis player'.

  • An adjective, as you know, describes a noun.

  • Okay so how is the tennis player?

  • The tennis player is good.

  • Okay?

  • When you say, 'You speak good English'

  • That's also a correct sentence.

  • You have a noun – 'English'.

  • And an adjective describing that noun – 'good'.

  • So how is your English?

  • It's good.

  • Third sentence is also a correct sentence.

  • 'Your English is good'.

  • As I've just said, an adjective that describes a noun.

  • Now if we say, 'This tennis player plays well'.

  • Is this correct?

  • It is correct because in this case,

  • you have no adjectives, but you have an adverb.

  • Now an adverb describes a verb, another adverb, or an adjective.

  • In this sentence, it describes the verb 'plays'.

  • Okay, how do you play?

  • You play well.

  • So 'well' is an adverb.

  • 'You speak English well' is also correct.

  • The adverb, 'well', describes the verb 'to speak'.

  • Okay so there is a difference.

  • The adjective is good.

  • The adverb is well.

  • So when you say, 'You play good',

  • do you think that's right?

  • I don't.

  • It's incorrect and you will hear many native speakers tell you that.

  • Tell you, 'You play good'.

  • But this is incorrect.

  • Why?

  • Remember what we said, 'good' is an adjective.

  • It describes a noun.

  • Do you see a noun in that sentence?

  • I don't.

  • But we have a verb, 'you play', so what you need is not an adjective,

  • it's an adverb.

  • 'You play well'.

  • If you say, 'You speak English good',

  • again incorrect.

  • Because you need to describe the verb 'speak'.

  • So you need an adverb.

  • 'You speak English well'.

  • Okay?

  • So it's very important for you to know the difference between adjectives

  • and adverbs.

  • Especially in this case, with 'good' as an adjective

  • and 'well' as an adverb'.

  • So please try to remember these rules.

  • Try to use it properly and speak good English

  • Thank you guys for watching my video. I hope you liked it

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  • put your comments below

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  • Hello Funny. Your a great teacher.

  • Wrong!

  • Hello guys. My name is Fanny.

  • and in this video I'm gonna tell you about the  most common English mistake in the universe.

  • Now even native speakers make that mistake.

  • My mother makes that mistake.

  • And to be honest, sometimes I do.

  • Its not so much a speaking mistake. It's a writing mistake.

  • It's actually to write the possessive  adjective 'your' instead of

  • the contraction 'you're' from 'you are'.

  • This is the most common English mistake

  • But you need to fix it if you want to speak proper English.

  • Okay, so let's take a look atfew example sentences together.

  • "Your daughter is pretty."

  • So 'your daughter'.

  • This is the possessive adjective of 'you'.

  • Whose daughter?

  • Yours.

  • Okay?

  • So the daughter belongs to you.

  • That's a possessive adjective.

  • So the sentence is correct.

  • In the second sentence,

  • "You're a pretty daughter."

  • See the difference?

  • Now this is not a possessive adjective.

  • This is the verb 'to be'.

  • But it's the contraction, so it's "You are a pretty daughter."

  • and the contraction is "You're a pretty daughter."

  • The problem here is that 'you're' - possessive adjectives and

  • 'you're' - contraction of the verb 'to be'

  • have the exact same sound in  many English-speaking regions.

  • Okay it's very similar.

  • So when we speak, it's the same.

  • People don't hear the difference.

  • So the very important thing  is to write it properly.

  • And there are so many spelling mistakes.

  • If we look at the third sentence:

  • "Your a nice person."

  • What do you think?

  • Is the sentence right or wrong?

  • Well it's wrong.

  • "Your a nice person."

  • "You are a nice person."

  • So it's the verb 'to be'.

  • Okay, so it's not 'your'.

  • This is the possessive adjective

  • and it should be "you're"- you apostrophe 're'.

  • Okay?

  • I hope you understand the difference between the

  • possessive adjective 'your' and the verb 'to be' contracted so "you're".

  • Okay so spelling is key here.

  • And when you speak English, people don't hear the difference.

  • so it's fine

  • but it's important to know how to write it and in fact if you look at Facebook

  • pages or Twitter accounts, even from native speakers,

  • you will see this mistake.

  • Don't hesitate to correct native speakers. Okay?

  • Everybody should stop making that huge mistake.

  • I hope you now have a better understanding  and you will not make that mistake again.

  • Thank you very much for watching my video

  • Thank you guys for watching my video. I hope you liked it

  • If you did, please show us your support

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  • Hello, guys. Time for a quick listening test today.

  • Listen to me very carefully.

  • 'Whose mother is this?'

  • Now what am I saying?

  • 'Who's'? or 'Whose'?

  • What do you think?

  • If you don't know, or if you have  difficulty with 'who's' and 'whose',

  • this video is for you. Keep on watching.

  • Hi, guys. My name is Fanny.

  • And in this video, I'm going to explain to you the difference between

  • 'who's' 'who + apostrophe + s'

  • And 'whose' in one word, 'whose'.

  • Now it's very simple but it's very confusing,

  • because they both sound the same.

  • So even native speakers make a lot of mistakes. Okay?

  • So listen to me very carefully. It's very simple.

  • 'who's' 'who + apostrophe + s' is the contraction

  • of the verb 'to be'.

  • So it's actually 'who is'.

  • If I say, 'who's on the phone?'

  • It's 'who is on the phone'.

  • 'whose' in one word 'whose'

  • is the possessive.

  • It means who does it belong to.

  • For example,

  • 'Whose bag is this?'

  • meaning 'who does this bag belong to?'

  • And you can say, 'It's my bag.'

  • 'It's your bag.' It's a possessive.

  • If you really don't know

  • just try and replace the 's'  or 'se' with the verb 'to be'.

  • And see if it works.

  • If it works, then it's the  contraction of the verb 'to be'.

  • Let's see together with a few examples.

  • First, 'Who's calling?'

  • Which one is it?

  • Is it the contraction of the verb 'to be'

  • or is it the possessive?

  • Can you say, 'Who is calling?' Does that work?

  • Yes, it does.

  • So it is the contraction of the verb to be.

  • 'Who is calling?'

  • Now a second example,

  • well, let's take our very first example.

  • 'Whose mother is this?'

  • Which one is it?

  • Is it the verb 'to be'?

  • Or Is it the possessive?

  • Can you say, 'Who is mother is this?'

  • No. You can't. It's incorrect.

  • It's the possessive. 'Whose mother is this?'

  • It's my mother. It's your mother.

  • It's his mother.

  • Okay?

  • Now one final example.

  • 'Who's in the house?'

  • Come on, guys.

  • Which one is it?

  • Is it the verb 'to be' or is it the possessive?

  • It's obviously the verb 'to be'.

  • You can say, 'Who is in the house?'

  • Okay? I really hope you understand the difference.

  • It's a very common mistake.

  • But it's not difficult to fix.

  • Okay. So keep practicing.

  • Practice makes perfect.

  • Thank you for watching guys

  • Thank you guys for watching my video. I hope you liked it

  • If you did, please show us your support. Click like, subscribe to the channel,  

  • put your comments below, and share with your friends

  • See you.

  • Sometimes my students come to me. And they say, 'Teacher, I worked so hardly.'

  • Guys, this is the last thing  you want to tell your teacher.

  • I think it's time for me to let you know the difference between 'hard' and 'hardly'.

  • Let's get to it.

  • My name is Fanny. And in this video, I'm going to tell you about

  • the difference between 'hard' and 'hardly'.

  • Because so many of my students  keep making this huge mistake

  • they use hardly as an adverb  and this is incorrect, ok?

  • So it's time to fix that mistake.

  • Let's look at some example sentences together.

  • Ok, so if I say,

  • 'I'm a quick runner.' or 'I run quickly.'

  • The meaning is the exact same.

  • There's no difference.

  • But in the first sentence, I use an adjective.

  • 'I'm a quick runner.'

  • And it describes a noun.

  • Because as you know, an  adjective describes a noun.

  • In the second sentence,

  • 'I run quickly.'

  • I go with an adverb.

  • That describes a verb.

  • Okay.

  • Most of the time,

  • you can go from an adjective to an adverb

  • by adding 'ly'.

  • So from 'quick',

  • we have the adverb 'quickly'.

  • Same thing goes for the second sentence,

  • Well, the third actually.

  • 'She's a beautiful dancer.'

  • 'She dances beautifully.'

  • The meaning is the same,

  • but in the first sentence, we use an adjective.

  • 'She's a beautiful dancer,' it describes a noun.

  • 'She dances beautifully.'

  • That's an adverb

  • 'beautifully'

  • We added 'ly'.

  • So when you say,

  • 'You're a hard worker.'

  • You might think that you can say,

  • 'You work hardly.'

  • You add 'ly',

  • go from an adjective to an adverb. Right?

  • Well, I'm sorry guys, but this doesn't work.

  • It's incorrect, because 'hard' is an exception.

  • 'Hard' is an adjective and an adverb.

  • It's the same word.

  • So you will say,

  • 'You work hard.'

  • Okay? 'You're a hard worker.'

  • 'You work hard.'

  • 'Hard is an adverb as well.'

  • Now, the word 'hardly' does exist in the English language.

  • The problem is that the meaning  is completely different.

  • 'hardly' means almost not.

  • So actually, when you say,

  • 'You hardly work.' Or 'You work hardly.'

  • It means, you practically don't work.

  • You really don't work.

  • Okay?

  • So you'll understand if you tell me,

  • 'I work hardly.'

  • I'm gonna get really angry.

  • Okay?

  • So this is a huge mistake that you need to fix.

  • The adverb of the adjective 'hard' is 'hard'.

  • And 'hardly' means almost not.

  • So for example, 'I work hardly.' means

  • 'I almost don't work.'

  • And 'I work hard.'

  • means 'I work a lot.'

  • I hope you understands the difference  between 'hardly' and 'hard'.

  • It is a common mistake, but you need to fix it now

  • if you want to be a good English speaker. Thank you guys for watching my video

  • I hope you liked it. If you did, please show us your support

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  • This is the bestest English video to watch.

  • I'm sure you'll understand better as I explained the most commonist

  • English mistakes when using  superlatives and comparatives.

  • There's something wrong.

  • You don't know?

  • Well, if you don't, keep watching.

  • Hello, guys.

  • My name is fanny.

  • And in this video, I'm going to talk to you about huge mistakes that my students

  • keep making when using superlatives  and comparatives in English.

  • And it drives me crazy!

  • So I want you to fix them if you keep making them.

  • Okay.

  • So let's and take a few examples.

  • For example, “I am more taller than my sister.”

  • This is absolutely incorrect.

  • I hope you know this.

  • The comparative form of 'tall' is 'taller'.

  • You don't need more.

  • Okay. 'more' is a double comparison.

  • It's grammatically incorrect.

  • So you just say, “I am taller than my sister.”

  • Second example.

  • His house is the beautifulest in town.”

  • Wrong!

  • You have to say, “This house is the most beautiful in town.”

  • As you know, when it's a long word, the  superlative is 'most' plus the adjective.

  • And then we have, “His older  son is badder at math than her.”

  • This is also incorrect because as you know,

  • 'bad', is an exception.

  • The comparative form of 'bad' is 'worse'.

  • So you should say, “His older son is worse at math than her.”

  • “I'm tireder than yesterday.”

  • Again this is incorrect.

  • Because the comparison for 'tired' is “I'm more tired than yesterday.”

  • With two syllable adjectives, it's a little bit tricky.

  • Most of the time when they end in 'y', you just add 'er'.

  • When they don't, you use 'more'.

  • So in this case, we say, “I'm more tired than yesterday.”

  • And finally, “This is my most happiest day.”

  • Again, double superlative.

  • This is incorrect.

  • You can just say, “This is my happiest day.”

  • Okay.

  • I know you know the rules, but please stop making these mistakes.

  • If you do, that would be really nice.

  • Thank you for watching.

  • Bye. Thank you guys for watching my video

  • I hope you liked it. If you did, please show us your support

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  • Hello guys.

  • My name is Fanny.

  • And in this video I'm going to talk to you about a

  • very common writing mistake.

  • Now it's not so much a speaking mistake,

  • but it's a writing - a spelling mistake

  • that a lot of students make  and I want you to fix it.

  • It's the difference between 'than' t-h-a-n and 'then' t-h-e-n.

  • Now as you can hear the sound  is practically the same,

  • but the spelling is different.

  • so you need to know the difference.

  • Let's take a look at two example sentences.

  • First we have, "John is taller than Sarah."

  • So in this case, we have 'than' t-h-a-n.

  • Which is a word that we use for comparisons okay.

  • When we want to compare two things.

  • John is taller than Sarah.

  • I am more beautiful than you.

  • Okay?

  • In this case, you will use t-h-a-n.

  • Now if we look at the second sentence.

  • I went to school, then I went home.

  • Now in this case, 'then' is spelled t-h-e-n

  • and has a very different meaning.

  • We use 'then' t-h-e-n as a word to mark a sequence of actions.

  • Okay.

  • So it's a time word that we use in English.

  • "I went to school...

  • First action.

  • and then I went home."

  • Second action.

  • Okay?

  • So two different meanings.

  • Different spellings.

  • And it's a very common writing mistake.

  • My students keep making this mistake and it drives me crazy.

  • Okay?

  • So I hope that you now know the  difference between the two words.

  • Please be good students - avoid that horrible English mistake,

  • Thank you very much

  • Thank you guys for watching the video. I hope it has helped you and  

  • see you in the next videos. Thank you guys for watching my video

  • I hope you liked it. If you did, please show us your support

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  • Hello, guys.

  • Let's have a spelling test.

  • I'm gonna tell you two words

  • and I want you to tell me about their spelling.

  • The first word is '?'.

  • Now what's the correct spelling?

  • Number one?

  • Number two?

  • Or number three?

  • hmm

  • Second word now.

  • '?'

  • Again, what's the correct spelling?

  • Got it?

  • Okay. well.

  • The answer the correct answer  was number two in both cases.

  • If you got that wrong, please keep watching.

  • Hello, guys. My name is F@nny .

  • And in this video we're gonna focus on two verbs:

  • 'choose' and 'lose'.

  • Now let's have a look and a few sentences.

  • First, I made my choice.

  • I choose spaghetti.

  • Now the verb 'choose' as you know,

  • .... and means making a choice.

  • And the spelling is with double-o. Okay?

  • There are two O's in the verb  'choose' - present tense.

  • 'I chose pasta, yesterday.'

  • Now the difference is now it's past tense.

  • And the verb in its past form only has  one 'o' and it's pronounced 'chose'.

  • Okay, so 'choose' - present tense.

  • 'chose' - past tense.

  • But then if we take the second sentence and we say,

  • I try not to...

  • ... and I suppose you're gonna tell me  'Loes' because there's only one 'o'.

  • Well, no guys.

  • I'm sorry English pronunciation is really hard,

  • but the sound is the same as 'choose '.

  • Okay, 'I try not to lose anything when I travel'.

  • So there's only one 'o' but it's pronounced lose.

  • 'But I lost my wallet when I went to Egypt'.

  • This is the past form of 'lose' - 'lost'.

  • Okay so try and remember -

  • 'choose' 'chose'

  • So two 'O's - one 'O'.

  • And 'lose' - 'lost'.

  • With only one 'O'.

  • Okay I hope this is clear.

  • Let's now go back to our spelling test.

  • Okay guys I know you're gonna do better this time.

  • So my first verb is '?'.

  • What's the correct spelling?

  • Number one? Number two? Or number three?

  • It's number one of course .

  • And the second verb is '?'.

  • What's the correct spelling?

  • Yes good it's number three.

  • I'm sure you had the right answers.

  • Thank you guys for watching the video.

  • I hope it has helped you and  see you in the next videos.

  • Thank you guys for watching my video.

  • I hope you liked it. And if you did please show us your support.

  • Click LIKE, subscribe to the  channel, put your comments below

  • and share with your friends.

  • See you.

  • Guys, did you do your English homeworks?

  • Wait, what? That's not right.

  • Hello, guys. My name is F@nny.

  • And in this video, I'm gonna talk to you about

  • a very common speaking and spelling mistake in English.

  • And we're going to focus on the words, 'work' and 'homework'.

  • So the first thing you need to know, When the word 'work' is a verb, it can

  • take an 's', if it's the third-person singular.

  • So you will say, 'I work hard.' 'He works hard.'

  • Okay? Very common, very normal verb, okay?

  • So it takes an 'S' with the third-person singular.

  • That's when 'work' is a verb.

  • Now when you say, 'I have a lot of work.'

  • 'work', in this case, is not a verb. It's a noun.

  • And you have to know.

  • When work is a noun, it does not take an 's', because there's no plural.

  • You cannot say, 'I have a lot of works.'

  • It's always singular, because  it's an uncountable noun.

  • Okay? So, 'I have a lot of work'

  • Or you could say, 'I don't have much work.', Okay? Because it's uncountable.

  • Now it can take a plural form, but only if it means not mental exertion like

  • 'I have a lot of work.'

  • But if it means a series of art  pieces or literature pieces.

  • And that's the only meaning of the word  'work' that allows you to use the plural form.

  • So for example, you can  say, 'The works of Picasso.'

  • 'The works of Picasso' meaning  'The paintings of Picasso', okay?

  • So art pieces, that's not the  same as 'I have a lot of work.'

  • Okay?

  • Now, when you use the compound noun, 'homework',

  • it's exactly the same as  'work' as an uncountable noun.

  • It's uncountable, okay?

  • So when you say, 'I have a lot of homeworks.', it's wrong.

  • You cannot use the plural form. It's uncountable. You have to say, 'I have a lot of homework.'

  • If you really want to emphasize the fact that you have many things to do at home,

  • you can use another word and say, 'assignment'.

  • You can say, 'I have many assignments.'

  • It's the same as 'homework', but it is countable. Okay?

  • So in a nutshell, 'work' as a verb, just does take an 's'.

  • If it's the third-person singular.

  • 'work' as a noun is uncountable, unless it  means pieces of art or pieces of literature.

  • And the word 'homework' is also uncountable. No plural form.

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