Name: Learn English - TO & FOR
Uploaded: 2018-04-02T08:17:18.000Z
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Future simple

Hello there everyone. My name is Ronnie and today i'm going to teach you something you something that is a little bit confusing for me.

Modal verbs - A2

Past simple

One of my Brazilian students asked me this question: Teacher, what different "to" and "for" in English sentence?

Uhh, I don't know. I'll tell you tomorrow. So, it's tomorrow. The difference is kind of difficult to explain, but I'll try my best, for you.

Oh, it's for you. So this is how this works.

You can think of it in this way: "to" we're always going to use as a transfer or exchange or change of something, okay?

"For" we're always going to use as something beneficial or good for the person.

If you guys understand the word benefit or if you don't understand the word benefit, it means a good thing.

So, if you want to transfer or exchange something you're gonna do it "to", if you want to do something for someone in a good way it's gonna be "for".

these words, these sentences are actually in the past tense

it does not matter if you are using past, present, or future

what matters is what is happening in the sentence

so, because this is a good thing that's happening

I'm going to benefit you, it's gonna be good

Magical mystery beer; invisible beer, and I'm going to give it to someone.

I've used the future tense, these sentences I've used the past.

I will do that, or I will do something, "to" you- uh oh,  "for" you- hmm.

So if I do something for you I'm going to help you; maybe I will wash the dishes, or I will give you a ride to class.

Okay? So I would say, I will do something or do that, "for" you.

This grammar is in, the simple present tense,

so we have past, future, and present tense.

when someone sings, do they do it to exchange something?

Or do they do it because it's pleasureful, or beneficial , or good?

So, let's just check out what we're actually transferring and exchanging in these sentences.

If you say "I go to school." you're transferring your body.

So you're going from one place to another place. Going back woo-hoo!

"I will do that for you." I'm going to do something to help you.

"I'm going to talk to you." When we talk like I said we transfer information.

info. Info is a short form of information, just so you know.

"I gave the beer to her." I'm actually, physically giving her beer, I'm transferring beer from my hand, to her hand.

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Learn English - TO & FOR

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