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Assume or Presume?
Many times students “presume” that their bad grammar in English is correct because they base it on false “assumptions”. If you never want to be so “presumptuous”, WATCH THIS VOCABULARY LESSON!
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Test your understanding of the English lesson by answering these questions. You will get the answers and your score at the end of the quiz.
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thank u ^^
1000000 thanks
could you please,please…give me tips/ways to write a letter?what are the important things?
please write as soon as posible,thanks
that was good ,but i still mix up in them
Thank you so much teacher James.
I have a question about “proven” I tried to get the meaning from Dictionaries but I couldn’t.
Hi, jalalsfs. “Proven” is the past participle of the verb “to prove”. It means to confirm that something is truth based on arguments or evidences.
Greetings from Brazil :)
hi I like your way of teaching it’s great but if you add interactif courses it would be better since we need to practice our english with native speakers.Thank you.
It proved to be really difficult to know the difference between those two, I scored only 80 out of 100. Anyway, this has been very interesting and and quite unusual way of explaining the matter. Thanks a lot for it!
Based on previous lessons I presume ,James is good Teacher…
Thank you for this lesson. This side is great!!! But can you help me??? If I say I guess or I assume, it´s all the same or is there a difference??
I disagree with the third question. Usually the police ask about murders, criminals and so on. And I don’t need any evidence to suppose such questions, because this way of things seems obvious.
Like the sun that comes up every morning.
James is a great teacher!!!!!
James you rock!!!! Really enjoy your videos, they have helped me tremendously.
Nice lesson James. Surprisingly I never care about presume and assume but after this lesson I assume that I will use them in more more efficient manner :-) By the way your presumption in the last question is correct and many of us surely revise it again. Thank You :))
I’ve learnt something new. TQ!!!
Actually I never cared about the word presume any way I’ve learned something new today . thanks a lot James . forgot to say I got 70 of 100 possible .
Happy New Year, James and EngVid.
You are doing great job!
Best regards!
Well Done James, I am assuming that you and your colloquies at Engvid.com will have a very happy New Year !!!! It was very helpful lesson, Thank-you.
Not too bad!!! Thank you James, nice lesson.
THANK YOU JAMES YOU’RE A GREAT TEACHER. HAPPY NEW YEAR GOD BLESS YOU TODAY AND EVER…!
I got Only the last One incorrect.
that was just your presumption;but I got the rest of correct.
I didn’t assume it !!!!
thanks for this lesson
happy new year,nice lesson,thanks
Hi Mr.james .I thank you all so much , wish it find here center has teachers like you here in iraq
Thanku you Rani. You are a great teacher. Your way of teaching is so good. Please upload videos on tenses.
Wonderful lesson, I’ve got 9 out of 10 on the quiz, so I presume that James is great teacher.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TEACHER
useful lesson. I liked the sentence in the quiz that says James is on trial now FOR STEALING COMIC BOOKS. LOL
Expect or Suspect or Anticipate
That is similar topic compare to this lesson.
Would you make some footage about those worlds? Please.
My first lesson in this new year. I assume my good student personality again.
2. Don’t presume that you know me! We’ve just met!
If I want to impart some knowledge, I will use Assume else if I want chide you, I will use Presume.
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3. I assumed the police at least asked them some questions about the murder.
If I want to say something about experiences about the police, I will use Presume.
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8. Thomas the Turtle had an unassuming smile when he saw the beautiful new turtle at work.
You said: unassuming = normal
Really? Have you got an normal smile if you see the beautiful woman?
Hi F70,
These are very pertinent and insightful comments, man. I assume that you are a competent speaker of English. However, your remark about question 8 in the quiz was a bit philosophical. I think we can behave unassumingly(normally) even when we are in the presence of a beautiful woman
Loved the lesson. Loved it even more when I saw native speakers making mistakes! Best wishes!
great lesson as always.thank you james for every single word you teach us, i assume you’ll add more videos to enrich this beautiful collection.
thank you very much teacher
I assume that I need to lear English,And presume that I don’t know.
thanks for a great lesson, James. It has helped me to understand the difference between assume and presume
I have two questions false. Assume and presume have the same meaning than the french verbs assumer, présumer (If I understood this lesson and my dictionaries)
I don’t know how think a native English speaker but I think theses two verbs are ambiguous :
In my language I must take care before to use assumer or présumer!
please Jame would you tell me if native Engish speakers have the same problem than me ?
Thank you very much and happy new year to all Engvid teachers !
assume and presume are intersting words,I haven’t herd them so I have some problems when I have to say assume in a sentence.I have some hesitations when I think what I have to say..assume or presume? ;)
Hi, first of all happy new year. I watched the video which i found really interesting but something is bothering me. You “presumed” that in France people are “presumed guilty” but it’s wrong. It’s written in the declaration of human right of 1791. And the most troubling is that it isn’t even say to be true in the american constitution. here is the proof: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumption_of_innocence.
I read the 5,6,9 articles of the american constitution like it is say in the wiki article and i didn’t found any proof. So i conclude that it is an “assumption” made by american people that they are “presumed” innocent and if you take into consideration the patriot act you can be “presumed guilty” that’s scary -_-, (http://www.examiner.com/article/un-patriotic-act-presumes-you-re-guilty-until-proven-innocent)
So have a nice day and thanks for the video they are really helping me to improve my English.
Fantastic lesson! You rock!
I love it the QUIZ I assumed 90 % .. My ” assumed” it is correctly ?
Based on 10 of 10 I presumed that you , Jason, assumed right it was a good lesson for me!
Thanks.
Thank u so much dor this great lesson
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thank you James the lesson was thankfull
o00o0oo0h it was really hard lesson :D
Thank you very much!
I presume most of us will recommend our mates to use this site:)
why don’t engvid teach mathematic
Awsome lesson, very clear explained it, I like it very much…thnaks a lot James
Thank you James, it was a very useful lesson.
Thanks for this marvelous lesson,James
Could you tell me the difference lack, lock, look, luck in pronunciation
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I presumed that you are amazing teacher
ohh thank uh xoh much sir… engvid had helped me to be less conscious when Im speaking english,, I m still starting to learn it ang it was of a graet help that I found your site ;)
Thank you for this interesting lesson :)
Actually we use presume more in the uridical terminology. Some facts are presumed and you don’t need to prove them in the court ,but everything is according the law , what si presumed and what is not.
Hi, James!
Can u please make a lesson on “predominant” vs “dominant”?
One more thing; is it make or do a lesson?
Thanks a million!
Hallo James!Thanks for all the lessons.Please,to you talk slowly.
God it is tricky! I have quite deep curiosity in words and expressions as English is my second language,here I have tried to master the correct meanings of these two quite tricky words.I still feel a bit wobbly about them,but with frequent repetitions I hope I`ll learn it properly.And a big thank you teacher…
thanks teacher james!
about the last question of the quiz,you can say it again!
it was really nice :-)
thanks for these kind of precious lessons. I wonder that what are the differences between “persist” and “insist” ? I am looking forward to watching about it? because I haven’t come up with this issue for a long time. thankss.
kool & interesting
Hello! James.The problem with the retelling of English texts in English. How to memorize English words, that they are not forgotten.? I am Russian. I am 30 th / Thank you!
that’s awesome, presuming i got 10 out of 10 in the quiz ;)
james u r the best and best
Excellent lesson, I did have a great time listening to it.
I presume I will use correctly these two verbs now, thanks :)
This guy is AWESOME!!!
I assume I got a ace at this quiz. :)
Thank you James! You are a great teacher :)
Gosh i got 50% out of 100%
Thank a lot James studies with you it was really fun.!
I got 100% out of 100%. good teacher lol
Thanks James.
I’m not ready for this level yet…I understood it.
Hi.james.im really like it ur teaching in engvid.thankz u=)
I Presume i could use these terms in my usual interactions with my colleagues…. It is always fun to learn new things with you James.
Thank you James for the excellent explanation!
I had to watch it 2 times but I understood it! Thank you so much, James =)
This needs practice
by the way I got 70%
james thank u and i realy understand from u all your lesson but i need explanation different between because and cause
I like the lesson!
Thank you James. I got 70 out of 100.
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i got 5 out of 10 but at first i assumed that i have mastered this lesson
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Thanks a lot )) So now I’m thinking about difference between Assume and… SUPPOSE… ))
James you are best teacher please tell me how i can improve? when i can understand these lession properly? i got 5/10. could you give me some work for practice please.
you are amazing and amazing and woooooow dunno how to thank you plz dont leave us and keep this website i like the quiz its v imp…i like u all…dina ,,egypt
hi! thank you for your helping. i am looking for a english course. do you have any idea? i live in new york. do you have english course?
Thanks James. it very helpful
Thank you for all your lessons!
10 out of 10. Not bad. Based on this result, I presume my knowledge of English is getting better.
I presume you are right!
I scored 7 out of 10
My score was 9/10… I assume It’s good for me, but I presume that it isn’t good to my severe teacher!