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"Jean-Luc, clean ______ room, now!"





"_______ my only friend in the whole world, Benji"





"If you don't do ________ homework, I will beat you with a thorny stick."




"_______ going to be late for the show!"






"_____ can pick _____ friends, but ____ can't pick _____ family."






"Please stop picking _____ nose in public."





"I hate ____."




"I hate _____ face."






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73 Comments on “Commonly Confused Words in English: YOU’RE & YOUR”

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Avicenna

Thank you very much for your teaching us.

Sunday, May 10th 2009
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rudolfjib

thank you, I´m new learning eng..

Thursday, May 14th 2009
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michèle

Thank !!!I am beginner in english I love this exercices

Friday, May 15th 2009
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Marycon

I am just starting to learn english i wish that this site will really help me a lot.. Thanks to all the teacher here..:)

Friday, May 15th 2009
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minhphuong1989

thank! enjoy…!

Sunday, May 17th 2009
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Manzoor Ahmad

Thanks very much all teachers and which person make this site
this very very help full for us again thanks

Monday, May 18th 2009
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    Thanks so much for acknowledging the great work put in by Josh, the creator of the engVid website. This was his brainchild and now so many students have benefited.


    RebeccaESL
    Saturday, June 27th 2009Reply to this comment

    Hello rebecca,
    I love all your lessons that you’ve provided. Thanks
    Question…
    what’s the difference between weren’t and wasn’t


    andycswp
    Wednesday, August 26th 2009Reply to this comment

      RebeccaESL

      We would use these verbs in the following way:

      I wasn’t hungry.
      He wasn’t hungry.
      She wasn’t hungry.
      It (the cat) wasn’t hungry.

      You weren’t hungry.
      We weren’t hungry.
      They weren’t hungry.

      Hope this helps.

      Friday, August 28th 2009
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krishna

thank you

Saturday, May 23rd 2009
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freeman118

Thank you very much and much appreciated.

There is a good online English lesson and learning to much.

Tuesday, May 26th 2009
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kmyath

You’re a really good teacher.I like your voice and your way of teaching.

Wednesday, May 27th 2009
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Reynaldo

Where I were before to find this wonderful site?
Only I can say Thanks to every teacher for this help!!

Wednesday, May 27th 2009
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bnewon

Thank you so much.

Friday, May 29th 2009
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yasir

Thanks to our teachers Rebecca ad Valen

Friday, June 5th 2009
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rudolfjib

hello teacher, thank for you help

Saturday, June 6th 2009
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eyad

I appreciate your great efforts done and will be done . And thank you very much for the simple way of teaching and the clear and understandable english language and i think this is the way english should be taught ( using simple explanations and also attractive ways ) thank you very much teachers James / Rebeeca/ Valen / Alex and all of you

Saturday, June 13th 2009
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Snikersy

Hello Rebecca!
I’ve found this site a few month ago so I’ve used it for improvement my English. I think I have intermediate level.
But there are some things that I don’t understand :(
For example I don’t understand the difference between “shall -should-will-would” – in which cases we have to use this words?
And the same with “can-could-to be able to-ought to”.
Could you explain this thems in your next lessons?
Thank you!

Sunday, June 14th 2009
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Rafael

Thank you very very much!!!

Tuesday, June 16th 2009
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Trung

Hello teacher,
I’m vietnamese. your lesson is helpful to me. You are greate!

Saturday, June 20th 2009
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ELIZABETH VALER

Thank very much !!!!

Sunday, June 21st 2009
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youghourta

Useful lesson from great teacher, thank you very much.

Monday, June 22nd 2009
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guini

Hi there. Thank you for clarrifying the difference of the two words and there uses. I have a favor to ask. Do you or can you do online chat so that I may know on what part of the sentence I’m missing or needs some improvements.

Saturday, June 27th 2009
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jaideep1975

i m from losangles, your lesson is very usefull thanks teacher

Sunday, June 28th 2009
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nguyen van lam

thanks engvid very much!

Monday, July 6th 2009
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moner

very nice thank you

Saturday, July 11th 2009
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aldammak

Thank you very much for clear that

Thursday, July 23rd 2009
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RebeccaESL

Glad I could help to clarify this point.

Monday, July 27th 2009
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donia

Thanks a million Rebecca. You are a good teacher and your method in teaching is so good.

Wednesday, August 12th 2009
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Yosvany Lopez Alvarez

Dear Professor Rebecca,
I was seeing your videos a few days ago. In my opinion these ones are very good. I have to take the TOEFL by September 26. What do you recommend me in order to improve my English?
Best regards,
Yosvany

Friday, August 14th 2009
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    The TOEFL is a challenging exam of Academic English. There are several skills you need in order to get a high score: not only reading, writing, listening and speaking but also grammar, spelling, vocabulary, punctuation as well as note-taking, skimming, scanning, summarizing, citing and synthesizing. Time management is also important.

    If possible, find an experienced teacher or join a good TOEFL preparation class in order to learn specific techniques to score well on each section of the exam.

    Work from a good guidebook, such as Delta’s or Barron’s. Complete as many practice tests as possible and analyze your responses to see where you need additional practice.

    Learn how to answer both of the writing tasks very well and also master the correct approach for the six speaking responses. You have more control in these areas.

    Also, check my TOEFL website for all kinds of tips and strategies.

    All the best to you on Sept 26!


    RebeccaESL
    Friday, August 14th 2009Reply to this comment

safola max

Thanks my great teacher you made my day

Thursday, September 17th 2009
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RebeccaESL

My pleasure! Thanks, you made mine too!

Sunday, October 18th 2009
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stadragoljub

very nice thank you

Saturday, November 7th 2009
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ramu

hello sir/mam
my name is ramu from India. i’m a graduate. i’m making mistake while speaking ENglish and losing my confident. i’m feeling embarrasse. u r requested to give some tips for speaking English confidently. please help…

Wednesday, December 9th 2009
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    Be positive, do your best, study the right ways to speak….never feel ashamed while trying to improve. You can learn from each mistake. Perhaps you could find an English-speaking friend or teacher to help you with conversational English. My best wishes to you, Ramu.


    RebeccaESL
    Wednesday, July 28th 2010Reply to this comment

the sweet algeriane girl

thank you so much madam rebecca for all the lossens there because of them i dont have any problems in grammer my name is imen and iam from algeria , and blive me you are the most great teacher i have ever seen , i mean you give such amaizing lossen and the way you talk it help people learn good but actualy i have a littel problem and i hop you can help me

Tuesday, December 22nd 2009
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gloria

Hi Rebecca,

I know maybe this is not the right place to ask you about this because it doesn’t have to do with “you’re and your” but I don’t know where I can ask you about a lot of things that I can’t differentiate like “It’s important TO me or It’s important FOR me” or the fact of using the verb in infinitive or in gerund (ing) when I’m using it to start a sentence like in “BEING an English student or TO BE an English student”. What I really would like to know is if there’s any significant differences in the meaning or if there’s a specific situation in which I should use one or the other one. Thanks for this wonderful site. I wish I had found it before. Congratulations!

Gloria

Tuesday, December 29th 2009
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    “It’s important to me that my friends remember my birthday.”

    We use this when we are talking about how something makes us feel.

    “It’s important for me to take my medicine on time.”

    We use this when we are talking about something that is necessary for us to do.

    All the best!


    RebeccaESL
    Wednesday, July 28th 2010Reply to this comment

ann

hi i was saw your video and i would like to learn how to speak english to the other person thank you

Sunday, January 10th 2010
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Pavoreal

Rebecca I like how you explain your class.

Tuesday, March 30th 2010
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Ale

Thank you Rebeca!. I love your class.

Friday, May 7th 2010
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jeferson

you’re the best teacher!
nice

Tuesday, May 11th 2010
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jai

thankyou for your teaching ,this made my summer valuable. you are the best.

Friday, May 14th 2010
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Tiago

Congratulations for such great lesson!

I have one question though: I didn’t understand what you say at 3:18. I think it’s something like: “Your SA is fantastic!” What is SA?

Thank you in advance!

Greetings from Brazil! =)

Thursday, May 27th 2010
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    It’s not SA, it’s “essay”. This is a paper you write, for an exam or for university, for example. It can be a few paragraphs or many pages long. A piece of writing about a subject.


    engVid
    Friday, May 28th 2010Reply to this comment

dlareg

this very helpful to us!!thank you!

Monday, July 12th 2010
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Easmin

Thanks for Excellent Lesson.

Sunday, August 8th 2010
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hella

OMG, I wrote “favourite” instead of “favorite”=) I would fail my TOEFL exam=)

Friday, August 27th 2010
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nur

thanks for you lesson i did lern from you

Saturday, August 28th 2010
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Bangladesh

thanks for you lesson i did lern from you

Saturday, August 28th 2010
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kabita

i understood the difference between you’re and you.thanks for it.but am always confuse when i am write this sentence.when i am chatting with someone.

1.tell me about yours ??
2. tell me about you?
which one is correct ??
1st one is correct or 2nd one is correct??
i think 1 one is correct but i am still confuse about it…
please mam clear me to write something

Friday, September 3rd 2010
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