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!
Take an English quiz based on this lesson!
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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Friday, January 30th 2009
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?
Friday, February 6th 2009
@DogMan, “I am learning” means u are still learning and so do I :D, but I think “I have learned” is correct one :).
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
Monday, March 2nd 2009
and I liked the quiz given below the video!!! Thanks a lot!!!
=)
Glad it helped you!
Friday, March 6th 2009
that was a very interesting lesson, ms. rebecca. thank you.
My pleasure.
Saturday, March 7th 2009
It’s an intresting lesson.
Sunday, March 8th 2009
hi ribaco im glad your lesson reali thanks againg about your lesson and bye bye
I really like this lesson…
Congratulations
Monday, March 23rd 2009
Sometimes I’m really confused between ‘-ed’ and ‘-ing’. Your lessons are so helpful for me. Thanks.
thanks miss
i have full mark in these quiz
because i benfit alhot from you
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!
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. :)
Monday, May 4th 2009
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
Monday, May 4th 2009
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.
Saturday, May 9th 2009
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.
It was very interesting for me.
Thank you,Dear Rebecca.
You’re welcome, Renaldo. Glad it helped.
Thursday, July 23rd 2009
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.
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.
Tuesday, July 28th 2009
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.
Monday, August 3rd 2009
superb Mrs. Rebecca you’r superb.
Monday, August 3rd 2009
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.
Monday, August 3rd 2009
i love u rebecca you are superb
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.
“Hi. I’m not James, I’m Rebecca…” LOL :))).
Thanks for the lessons.
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.
This lesson is very useful.
Thank you!
Saturday, December 5th 2009
i liked the way put your explaination
Saturday, January 23rd 2010
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
Sunday, January 24th 2010
i m realy intrestad to learn english i watched your teaching its very good
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!
Sunday, February 21st 2010
hi,rebecca.thank you for your all help again.
Friday, February 26th 2010
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.
Saturday, February 27th 2010
Hello, Rebecca! Your lesson is interestING! And I’m not bored! I understand!
Thanks!
Monday, March 1st 2010
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