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English Grammar Tip – Are you bored, or boring?
I’m bored? I’m boring? Not sure of the difference? Better watch this basic English grammar lesson then, or you could be saying something rather rude about yourself!
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DogMan
1nce again rebecca proofs she is not boring 1 bit! What about I am learning/ I am learned? Is it correct, the second one? I read it on a book, but teacher told me (my stupid ignorance teacher from india) it is not correct to say “I am learned”. is it?
@DogMan, “I am learning” means u are still learning and so do I :D, but I think “I have learned” is correct one :).
waqas
Hi Dogman
Thanks kindly for the feedback.
As wagas said, in the sentence “I am learning”, learning is a verb in the present continuous tense, not an adjective. It means you are learning right now.
The word “learned” ( pronounced ler -nid) is an adjective. Technically, you could say “I am learned.” – it would mean that you have a lot of knowledge or are scholarly. So usually, we would not say that about ourselves, because it sounds a little pompous ( like we’re showing off). We could certainly use it to talk about other people though, as in ” He /She is a learned professor.”
Hope this helps! Good luck!
Rebecca
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bolf
and I liked the quiz given below the video!!! Thanks a lot!!!
=)
Glad it helped you!
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eudes
that was a very interesting lesson, ms. rebecca. thank you.
My pleasure.
RebeccaESL
rajkumarkalshetty
It’s an intresting lesson.
fowz
hi ribaco im glad your lesson reali thanks againg about your lesson and bye bye
marcos
I really like this lesson…
Congratulations
Rachel
Sometimes I’m really confused between ‘-ed’ and ‘-ing’. Your lessons are so helpful for me. Thanks.
ahmd
thanks miss
i have full mark in these quiz
because i benfit alhot from you
RebeccaESL
Thanks to eudes, rajkumarkalshetty, fowz, marcos, rachel and amhd for your feedback.
Like any language, English has many small grammatical points such as these, which must be mastered in order to speak and write well.
If you’ve understood this lesson, you have already improved in an area where many ESL students make mistakes. Great work!
brucejohnlove14
Hi!!!
Rebecca thanks for your lessons you a teacher awesome
Thanks. Glad you’re enjoying the website.
By the way, you should say:
You’re an awesome teacher. :)
RebeccaESL
Mohsen
Dear Rebbecca,
I am a new student to this site. I do enjoy listening to your vie does, but I do have a question for you. I was wondering if you have any videos for verbal instructions in the passive tenses please let me know. The reason I am asking this questions because the majority of students are having problems with this part of grammar.
Thank you
Mohsen
We do actually have some lessons on this website dealing with the passive tense. Please check them out here:
James: Passive Introduction
Ronnie: Easy Introduction to Passive in English
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Mohsen
Dear Rebbecca
I have a lot of relatives living there. Why can’t we say,,
I have a lot of relatives are living there.
Please let me know.
Thank you
Too many verbs.
You can say either:
I have a lot of relatives living there.
or
A lot of my relatives are living there.
Hope this helps.
RebeccaESL
Julia
You are so great mam. I love how you teach! Thank you so much!:) what can I say? 5 stars! :)
May God Bless You!
Thanks, Julia. Bless you, too, and all the best with your English.
RebeccaESL
Reynaldo
It was very interesting for me.
Thank you,Dear Rebecca.
You’re welcome, Renaldo. Glad it helped.
RebeccaESL
Sujith
I am Sujith. I am from Sri Lanka. You are teaching us English very well. Your lessons are packed with useful facts. You really know the correct way to teach English. I am interested in watching your videos. I need to thank you. You are so excellent. You are successful.
RebeccaESL
Well, thanks Sujith. So many compliments all at once! You are very kind. I’m very happy the lessons are helping you improve your English. All the best to you, and do tell your friends about our site so we can continue to add more videos.
you are very kind an generos teacher no like my teacher in the school
Jakob
juanita
Rebeca,
really thanks because I was confused about that.
You can’t believe that I have been studying english for long time and the diference between bored and boring were terrble for me. But now, I undesrtand those. really thanks
you are a good teacher thanks
So glad I could help you understand the difference. My best to you, Juanita.
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sam
superb Mrs. Rebecca you’r superb.
sam
Mrs. Rebecca when we say”you may sit here or you can sit here so what is major difference in it?
Thanks for your positive feedback, Sam. So glad I could help you.
Usually, “may” is more polite than “can”.
Hope this helps. My best wishes to you, Sam.
RebeccaESL
sam
i love u rebecca you are superb
larisa
I’m a new user. Thank you very much for your pleasant voice and smile.Hope to know alot of interesting things with your help.
Hamza
“Hi. I’m not James, I’m Rebecca…” LOL :))).
Thanks for the lessons.
RebeccaESL
Glad you are all enjoying and learning from the lessons. Keep checking out the new lessons from all the teachers; there may be one which targets your mistakes exactly!
My best to each of you.
Riva
This lesson is very useful.
Thank you!
kassim
i liked the way put your explaination
sohailamin
hi i m realy imperess to your teaching i like you very much you r a good teacher . i sohail amin this is my id sohailamin786@yahoo.com plz send me your id so i can cuminicate to you bye allah hafiz
sohail amin
i m realy intrestad to learn english i watched your teaching its very good
sergeyuliba
Hello, Rebecca! I think you’re one of the clearest teachers in the site. You know, I can’t get in the forum, I don’t know why, it’s just some kind of a technical problem. So I have a question for you. Please make a lesson about when and how to use “have had”, “had had”, “will have had”, “should have had” and stuff like that.
I really y appriciate what you’re doing here. Thank you!
noureen khurshedi
hi,rebecca.thank you for your all help again.
thuytrang
Hello, Rebecca! Thank you for your lesson. I always confused “-ed” with “-ing”. Now I understand. I like the quiz very much. It’s very helpful.
Alenika
Hello, Rebecca! Your lesson is interestING! And I’m not bored! I understand!
Thanks!
chhay
hi
i just want to say that your lesson was very interesting but it will help me more when you write down the examples on the board for me
yucaba
please help me,i did not see any answer about my quwestion,i do not know how to get inside de comment
Tips
I am a new user. it was really exiting me. your explanation is simply superub.
Silas Ng
I like T.Rebbecca. I am intrested to learn your interesting teaching. Thanks. Teach more ENGLISHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Fran
thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!
Well explained and easy to understand.
Now I can pass it on to my friends, thanks again.
emraan hashmi
Rebecca madam i love ur teaching styles. i love ur way of explaning …plzzz plzzz upload ur new lessons of past tense….ilove u ..teacher…..maaa maa maa maa
abdullah-ksa
thank you a lot
achillies
Hi, Ms Rebecca i would like to suggest an idea and i hope it will help all of us. concerning the grammar lessons i think it will be helpful if you make the lessons in a specific order in goal to take us step by step to the level where we can master all tenses. for example simple present first then past ……
thank you and i hope i will hear soon from you
regards
Edgard
Lovely Rebbeca, A pleasure to say hello to you. I found very interesting your lesson but I have a big doubt: Can I say.??… I am boring also??…I mean trying to describe me like and adjetive??…in the sense I´m not enthusiastic……Is it ok ? or wrong,? because in Spanish can be like that… thanks before hand…regards by the way I´m from Chile.
Yousef Alghamdi
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You’re amazing….
saneeta
this lesson is very useful for me thanks alot for such a kind lesson……..cheereo
CRAZY
hi rebacca,
i like ur positive way of approach & ur teaching style.can you please tell me,difference between im bored &i was bored.
thanks
.
san ei
I really god it now.. Thank u so much..
Be happy ever.. :)