REMEDIAL WORK _ PART 1

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What's the news for today? We're going to start a new series called REMEDIAL WORK that aims at helping you solving some common mistakes you commit during the classes.


To begin with, it's important to make some considerations about "commiting a mistake". Believe it or not, it's good when you're wrong, teachers love that (in a good sense, of course)! Do you know why? It means that a learning process is going on and that you are really experimenting with the language. FYI, acquiring a language without making mistakes is, fortunately, impossible. You can smile now! So, be free to use the language spontaneously and do not panic about grammatical issues, I know it sucks! lol


However, am I saying that studying hard, concentrating on your difficulties and improving skills are not worth considering? Of course not. Commiting mistakes is part of the learning process as well as improving and stopping commiting them. Having this in mind, here you have some examples of recurrent slips you should start to brush up. Ready?


PERSONS? PEOPLES? PEOPLE? CHILDS? CHILDRENS?
If I'm not mistaken, my friends and I teach, in chapter 3, some cases of the irregular plural in English. I know, I know...too much information! So, here's your chance for a refresh.


"There is a person at the door. I think it's a child." (singular)
"There are some people waiting for you at your house. All of them children asking for candies." (Plural)


HAVE? THERE IS? THERE ARE? THERE HAVE? EXIST?
I love when you confuse it. It means that are you thinking about what you're saying, but also making use of some (natural) translation. Don't worry when it happens, it's also part of the learning process. You wanna be safe, don't you? lol The thing is, TER (the way we use in Portuguese) can be HAVE or THERE TO BE in English. HAVE when it means possession, and THERE TO BE when it means existence. Take a look:


"I have a beautiful house in Ipanema." (It's mine. I bought it.)
"There is a house on sale in Copacabana. Do you have money to buy it?" (The meaning of existence)


I HAVE SURE? I HAVE CERTAIN?
When you wanna say that you KNOW what you are talking about and that people can trust you, here's how you should express it.


"I am sure you'll pass the exam."
"It's certain that you'll pass the exam."


Are you relieved now? I hope it was useful.
If you have any questions, be free to ask us and stay tunned for the next tips!


Bye!