Speaking English – How to talk about mistakes and regrets

Sounding like a native speaker isn’t all that difficult! I’ll teach you how to talk about mistakes you’ve made, or regrets that you have about the past. I’ll also give you an easy pronunciation tip that will help you send more natural when you use these words.

Please leave a response below.

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.

We regret something from the:




In everyday speech, the "have" is usually pronounced like:




We use the __________ form of the verb.





Which sentence is correct?





Which sentence is correct?







60 Responses to “Speaking English – How to talk about mistakes and regrets”

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  9. Fj~ :

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  14. chaimae :

    hello i like the way you teach English i have understand the lesson well and have no mitake while doing the test .by the way i thank u for the proununcation of have i didn’t kmow before .i always say it as it is written.
    thank u lots.

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  18. mag1cal :

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  24. Stefan :

    The past participle of run is run and not RAN :)

    • DogMan :

      haha yo need to watch it to the end of her leson man!

      • Stefan :

        yep you’re right i should have watched it till the end…. :) clever of her

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  27. cupertino4 :

    Hi Ronnie

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  28. cupertino4 :

    forgot something, could you please send me some information about the skype teaching? Thanks a lot

  29. Saleem :

    Hi Ronnie

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  32. love1986 :

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  36. constantin145 :

    the way she teaches is funny and make you have good time with it

  37. constantin145 :

    if she comes to Newyork i would like to take her to a nice dinner

    if she is not married lol

  38. Deegii :

    Thanks, I did not know how my regret to anyone when I have seen your lesson. Now I undestand little be, next time I want to use your advice.

  39. Le Lan :

    Hi teacher, nice to meet you. I think I’m improving my English by your lessons. I hope to get many ways from your teaching, example: pronunciation, grammar, speaking… and your friendly.Thank you so much.
    Best regard
    Le Lan, a friend from Vietnam

  40. fathye :

    thank you ,now I could regret my mistakes

  41. Riva :

    This lesson was very helpful for me.
    Thank you!

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    Hi,teacher
    I like your teaching very much and i learned many things from you .could you please help me haw do I use the web lessons one by one. Please email me.This is my email adrees.asha_lul06@hotmail.com

  43. george nicky alex :

    hi,
    thank you ,realy i got it..

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    MARVELOUS WAY OV TEACHING…..

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  46. chakra :

    I like your way of teaching. It’s very nice. I don’t know how to thank you. Could u please add me in your skype ID list. I want to improve my english.

  47. PC :

    hi, I´m from brazil. I found this site this week. Great job.

    You are a great teacher, please continue.

    See you.

  48. Mohammadx :

    I really like your way of teaching English.
    Thank-you teacher you are the best!

  49. Mohammadx :

    I really like your way of teaching English.
    Thank-you teacher you are the best!
    By the way I am Mohammad,nice to meet you miss Mayan.

  50. mehran :

    hello
    I have found your site recently . your video is short but very good & useful. I m lerning english & I enjoy you teaching thank a lot

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