• 2-Intermediate
• expressions
• grammar
• speaking

6 ways to talk about a missed situation: “I was going to”

How do you talk about something that you planned to do but didn’t? In this lesson, I will teach you six different ways to explain what happened and what went wrong. You will learn to explain, for example, why you were not able to finish your homework on time or why you were late for work. This will be useful to you just about every day, so don’t miss this opportunity to add some common phrases to your English!

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456 COMMENTS

WELCOME, GILL. GREAT LESSON!!!

READER

I was going to check my mail, but I realized there was a new lesson by a new teacher; so I watched the the video lesson instead.

Excellent topic for your fist video lesson on EngVid Gill.

Welcome to this marvelous website.

Regino

just I can say
yes you are right.
I agree with you

M kartal

Thanks Gill for making my English greater than it was, i have already started using this lesson. My English has really approved.

wadani3333

obviously welcome,nice to listen to your enchanting british accent

marvilla

Thanks a lot for this lesson Gill. it’s very usefull.

djjmax

Welcome in Envid. Its so nice listening british accent. Usuful lesson. Hope to see you again.

MAX

Welcome Gill !
I whish u great time in engvid with 9 other best teachers.Hope to learn a lot from u. My favorit teachers in engvid are Ronnie,Adam,James and hope u be the 4th.

Bakhtyari

Excellent! Thank you Gill! and welcome to EngVid !!!

buquica

Oh Gill, it is such a great lesson. I absolutely adore you, your beautiful accent, good tempo of speaking and your way of teaching. Can’t wait the next one :) Thank you very much.

TaraM

Hi I want to improve my English via Skype : english_fluent Thanks

keep-up

any time, just call me

deltazulu

would you want to speak to improve our
language

ozcan129

Hello Gill, very useful lesson , thank you :)

demiana bebawy

thanks so much Gill welcome to EngVid.

asala

Many thanks, Gill! Your lessons are incredible useful for me :-)

idurancris

Thanks a lot for the lesson!

thanhvo15

Excellent lesson Gill, thanks a lot! :)

Penasso

What A lovely teacher

keremgolbasi

Hi Gill! I am glad with your EngVid debut and to learn with you also!

Thank you very much for this profound and comprehensive lesson!

I couldn’t take 100%, unfortunately. If only I had studied English more the past years, then I would be better now.

Fabio Cicerre

Welcome Gill, I loved this lesson. Thanks!

suelibarroso

Thank you Gill for sharing this great lesson us.

Odair J. P. Santos

Hi Gill! I liked the lesson a lot! Thanks! Your diction is very clear. Come back soon!

Valderí Andrade

Hello!I liked very much the lesson. See you soon.

andrew

I was watching only James’s lessons but also I really liked your first lesson. And it was really helpful to improve my English. I am expecting more lessons from you.Thank you.

ahwet1

Try to listen others too. Ladies first so Emma, then Adam, and Alex. Good luck!

MKJMKJ

Hi Gill thank you for the lesson, I could like to know more about newspaper vocabulary, some words we can see often but could be interesting know more about.
Thank you a lot!

Nicolly Machado

Certainly your lesson is very important,thank you so much Gill and welcome to Engvid team.

fatihaeng

Hi Gill, welcome to EngVid and nice to meet you.
I really enjoyed your lesson, your speaking is very clear and so i got 10 out of 10….Thank you, i hope you’ll do many more lessons for us, i’ll be very glad because it’s a true pleasure listening to you,so please come back soon!

Rosa Casiero

Do you live near the “Ghirlandina”?
Bye bye

Luke

Yes, i live near the Ghirlandina, do you like Modena?
Where do you live? Bye

Rosa Casiero

I like Modena but live in Sassuolo, read my profile. I think we can help each other! Bye

Luke

Hi, as I compriend you are from Modena. Am I right? I come often in your city I’d like to meet you for practice a bit English with you. Do you want too?

dfantauzzi769

Ah sorry I have a Skype nickname donatello133 if you want contact me I’ll be pleased. byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

dfantauzzi769

Hi Gill, nice to meet you for the first time ! I hope you´ll continue teaching at Engvid. I like your accent and your rhythm. See you soon !

oscargutierrez502

i had every intention of sleeping early today but i have noticed that new video has popped up , so would not have bothered me to watch it as it is i have been more than happy for seeing it , as a matter of fact i have to state very clearly that i am in love with your accent , welcome to my favorite website and thank you for sharing ,i just want to let you that i have enjoyed the lesson a lot and i can not wait for the next one .

Mossab Mahmoud

Hi, teacher Gill. I don’t have idea when to use “i wanted to” and “i want to”. Can you teach this topic? Thabk you.

emilytan

very very useful, thanks a lot madam and welcome to engvid i like your way of teaching ;)

Astric

Thank you dear Gill for your slowly and clearly pronountiation.

sepp57

Thank you for the lesson Gill and welcome to engvid.
I like your accent it sounds pretty well.
Ok until your next lesson.
Bye.

sandoval0992

Welcome mam …useful lesson & very nice accent ..

Devashish

8/10 Hi, Gill nice to meet you, welcome to our family, cheers.

Jorge Pedroso

Hi Gill, welcome to Engvid, it is a nice chance for me to learn from your great and useful lesson, and we are much desire to learn more and more from you.

best wishes.

umartk

Hello and welcome to EngVid! I like your lesson very much!

panda7

thank you so much teacher

Dew Nawapond

thanks for the lesson. It was hard, but I got 100!! you´re a excelente teacher!!

Andreagiugliani

Hi, read my profile. My sister-in-low come from Brasil so i need some help with portughese. We can help each other with english. Bye for now

Luke

I watched you at first. Realy amazing lesson. I rushed to my BOSS and quicly finished test. 6 of 10. If i gonna go to meeting me BOSS, may be i had made 1 or 3 mistakes. Anywewe thank you for thiss lesson.

onixx98

Great lesson, Gill! Very useful topic!

Jlourenco38

Hi Gill. I admire your lesson and experience. Thank you for joining EngVid team. Thanks to this, we can watch free beneficial videos.

ramazan5000

Hello! It was a great lesson. I’d like to take your new lesson very soon.

paguman

Thanks for this great and useful lesson, Gill!

kragota

Hi Gill, thanks for your help. I have listened your class and I have admired your streight of point. See you soon.

sandro301

Thanks a lot ! Great lesson!

desilijic

Hi Gill.. Good for the students that like British accent like myself! :-) I’ve read you live in London. .. But your accent isn’t a cockney or an estuary one…. I mean. Please could you describe your accent? Forgive me but I’m a bit curious about it…. After that … If you like or you are in the mood, what about lesson or more about zero to third conditional? I’d be very grateful for that! Thanks for you help… Marcello

Marcello60

hi Marcello — thanks for your question! You’re right, I don’t have a Cockney/Estuary accent. I’ve lived in London for many years, but originally I come from the Midlands area (further north), so I have a mixture of Midlands and RP. Ciao, Gill :-)

Gill

Thank you for your answer! :-)… But what’s about the next lesson? I’m looking forward for it… And I think I’m not alone in this waiting… Isn’t it?

Marcello60

Thanks very much GillL .I am very weak in English Is there an easy way to please. This is my special Emile (sidou-07@live.fr) Or skype (cimahed)

sidou02

Hi, me too, I need to know about conditionals!

betcheva23

Welcome on board teacher Gill.
It will be a pleasure to study with you!

Are you the Jade’s mum? You look like each other!

aiace

hi Aiace — sorry if this is a disappointing answer, but no, I’m not Jade’s mum ;-)
Thanks for your kind welcome!
Ciao, Gill

Gill

You must be her sister then ;-) Welcome!

hiubhp

Welcome to Engvid!!
I hope you’re having fun as we are. I just want to say that we’re very lucky to have such great teachers on this website that provides us interesting and useful lessons every week!
Thanks for being a part of it!!

henry19

Thank you! It’s a very useful lesson.

waynezhang

good lesson, Gill, we wait for another one

moezbesbes

Hey mrs Gill

Thanks for being a part from Engvid,, we r so happy and lucky in the same time to see u and 4 getting a chance to know u,,, and in the same time I would like to thank kareem 4 requesting this lesson ;)..
Best of luck mrs Gill :D

Rena jackson

Hi Rena,

What are you think abou chat with me to improve our english? My Skype is ‘caiofig68’.

Thanks a lot!

I’ll see you there.

caiofig

Be welcome. Al Jr. from brazil says thank you.

bochecha

Thanks a lot for your lesson.

galina spirina

Wellcome a board Gill. The lesson was usefull and interesting. Good luck!

gvardiola

If someone wants to practice please add ninguem00001 (skype) :)

Danny758

Feel free to add my skype,,,

Edinho

I love breathing pure English air:)
Welcome Gill!

byte

Thanks for your lesson and i believe that it will help me alot to improve my English skills.

Chan DC

Hello Gill, and welcome to this web site, It is a pleasure to learn with you, as well with the other teachers. I`ll be waiting your next lesson. Have an excellent week!

m@rtha

Hi Gill, Welcome to Engvid ! The lesson is great. :) Thanks a lot.

tientruongthanh94

Very usefull lesson, tks !

Luke

Ohhh tks Gill, very usefull lesson !

Luke

Excellent lesson teacher!!! It is grateful to hear an clear british clear accent!!. I think in England is not very frequent..bye!!

Sergio32

Thank you, Gill!
That was really good!

Antoshka007

Welcome to engvid :-) Very useful lesson. Good to polish up my skills with good teachers :-) Waiting for next lessons :D

amc1979

Welcome! I love teachers from England, because british accent is easy for beginners, like me!

carlos 2138

Hello everyone, and thank you so much for your kind words of welcome :-) Please keep watching — there will be another lesson soon!
Best wishes, Gill

Gill

Thank you Gill, i’ll be waiting for your new lesson, it’s great to have you here!
My best regards.

Rosa Casiero

Hurry, I’m looking forward to it haha, welcome again!

GuiBSR

thank you Gill , Please make a lesson about Meeting and Negotiation .

Mohamed Fares

great and interesting lesson, thank you Gill :)

rouak

I do not know how to thank you, you really have a smart idea, thanks again

Asharaa

Very interesting lesson, teacher Gill. You speak so clearly that makes easy to understand you. Thank you.

Danddan

Thanks a lot for your lesson.

hrizi1991

Hello Gill!
Welcome!!!
Very usefull lesson.
Thanks a lot.

enoch1812

Thanks a lot. Very useful lesson.
Hope to watch your new lesson soon

Trans.Ahmed

Dear Gill, I would say thank you for your lesson and thank you for the time you would spending here at Magic EngVid.

ilfabri1966

Hello gill, Thank you very much for share knowledge with us.

JavieR C.

Thanks.

papemaguette

You are an excellent teacher. Thanks for the lesson and welcome to Engvid!

Janilza

thank you! :)
I learned a lot form this lesson

HayaHmeli

Hi Haya,

What are you think abou chat with me to improve our english? My Skype is ‘caiofig68′.

I’ll appreciate that.

Thanks a lot!

caiofig

Bonjour Gill,very beautiful accent, i hope one day i will have..

sagittaire

Welcome to Engvid, and thank you, Gill :)

Happy04

Tank you ans welkome

arguig

Very good lesson. thank you :)

BrancoC

It was a great lesson , thank you , i felt like my mother was teaching me.

Nabil 27

great

davy0601

Welcome Gill.

Carvalho42

Thanks so much! The lesson is so good!!!

Quan Huynh Anh

Oh it was a great lesson.It will help me alot.
ur way of teaching is very good.Thanks

jyotiNijjar

wel dan

hamidullaharif

Wonderful lesson Gill, welcome to this fantastic website. I love your british accent and am hoping you teach us with many more lessons.

acidkike

I want to start from scratch in learning English ….. thank you

mishasy

you are welcome. good lesson!

turalrahimli

Hi Gill, nice to see your first lesson on Engvid. This lesson it’s been very useful for me.. now i can say:
i was going to study english very soon this morning, but my allarm clock didn’t work, so i couldn’t wake up very soon !!! :)

Flavio90

WELCOME to engvid Gill :-)
I am pleased to meet you because i got one more dedicated teacher.I just loved your accent.I must appreciate you energy and enthusiasm as well :)to be frank,i am really impressed by it.Now i am pumped to get the next video from you.Many thanks for this one.

TEJALKK

Hello Gill, your first lesson was great.
i tried to find out more videos for you but didn’t find.
can you do more videos for us i love your way in teaching , and i hope my English is good enough.

abdelhafiez

This is Gill’s very first lesson! Don’t worry, more are on the way :D

engVid Moderator

Thank very much im here to learen

bakree22

thank you

AhmedNassr

Hi Gill,thanks a lot for this usuful lesson.

ismailovish

Hi Gill
welcome to engvid, your accent is very nice, we need teachers like you. Your lesson was very interesting. Thank you.

Frank

Hi Gill. Welcome to Engvid ! I love your accent, it makes me think of my english teacher. I’d have a question about question 4 of the quiz : I put “decided” instead of “going” and it didn’t sound wrong to me. Is it really wrong “to be decided to do something” ? Maybe I’m just translating from French :-). Thank you in advance for your answer.

edig

Hi Edig — thanks for your kind words :-) In question 4 it should be ‘He was going to do some gardening’, because that’s how the construction works when we use ‘going’. If we use ‘decided’, it’s a different form of the verb (-ed rather than -ing) and the construction is: ‘He decided to do some gardening’. I hope that helps to explain :-) All the best with your English studies!

Gill

a new great teacher is here. Welcome :)

Saiful Anwar

I’m very glad to see your first lesson. Your are wellcome.
In your presentation, you said you found this site by chance because you looked for rude words for one lesson.
About this subject ask Ronnie. She is a specialist.
Anyhow she is a marevllous and funny teacher.
About you I’m sure you will help me to perfect my English. Kind regards

vilainpetitcrapaud

I just listened to you. Congratulation for this very clear lesson and your nice accent !

vilainpetitcrapaud

Hello Gill
That’s a very good lesson. Thank you!!
I would like have a lesson about “graded and ungraded adjectives”

Thank you!

Luciana

Pleased to meet you, Gill! Thanks for the lesson, it’s not badly :) Go ahead!

Upichka

Hi Gill and Welcome , Thanks a lot , really glad to see your lesson ,come back soon ^^

Ltfbnr5

Hi Gill
I have learned your lesson very well. And another one have learned: (would have pp) pattern . Thanks. Also your rythm is good for me.

tezene900

Dear Gill,
You heve have done your best. please CAN WE SAY IN ENGLISH ?: (You have enlightened me???) to refer that you have helped me to learn a lot from your class???..or what we must say to refer or to say that?
——
You are welcome.

moh-avid

Hello Moh-Avid — thanks for your question. If you tell someone they have done their best, it may not sound like a compliment, because it can imply that their ‘best’ wasn’t good enough — though it depends on the tone of voice you use! But if you want to tell someone that they helped you to understand something, here are two suggestions: ‘You did a good job’ or ‘You have really helped me to understand’. I hope this helps – all the best with your studies :-)

Gill

Thank you and you did a good job.

have a good day.
Moh.

moh-avid

Hi Gill, I am happy to welcome you.

roshavbg

Hi ! How are you ?I am from Bulgaria too! I like these lessons !

Anni6278

Welcome, Gill! You have so clear accent.
Thanks for this useful lesson.

APicon

New teacher??? I have joined engvid since 1 january 2015 I have never found you Gill???

chakim hamzah

Welcome new teacher!

Jesus bless you Gill!

Hugs from Brazil!
:D

tiagoamericoo

Gill, you are a wonderful teacher. Looking forward to seeing your next video. Cheers!

OscarCan

I´ve liked this teacher!!

victor igor

That was very good watch you.. I got everything you said. thanks

Arash Niroumand

Thank you for your first very educational lesson.I wish to Watch many more videos with you.I hope improve my English thanks to your very pleasant accent

alainbeneteau

Thank you so much Gill! ;-)

Carol509

Welcome Gill!!! Thank you for this lesson!!!

drikaleite

Very useful lesson. I hadn’t had any idea before that this simple case has so many ways to be used. %) Thank you and welcome!

brat2

i love my new teacher

mhammad mhanna

Welcome Gil! Iam really glad to watch your lesson. Thank you!

MARIA ISABEL CAMARGO

Welcome Gill. It was a very helpful lesson. Tks!

gtf19

I am Tom from Brazil. I would like to say that I liked too much this Teacher. I could understand everything that she thought. This a lot

tomluizaraujo2@gmail.com

If only I knew it before… Thank you Gill

Olivier777

Hello,this is the first time I watched your video teacher GILL.Your are a great teacher.I wish if we had teachers like you in my country.I am a student in the English department, at university in my country of course.I would like to advice me about how can I improve my writing and about how can I increase my vocabulary.THANKS in advance professor.

uness555

I forget to say “WELCOME PROFESSOR”.

uness555

Welcome Teacher Gill I would like to thank you very much for your good English lesson.

Enkutatash

Thank you so much lovely teacher, I got 10 out of 10 yaaay

Dr.Areej

i really appreciate u that i learn more things of your lesson

Arfanullahkarimi

I am very sad 20%

shathaSalah

Hi Gill, I was so pleased with this lesson and I also like your accent as well. May I ask u to have a lesson in the titled “there is or it is?” I always have problems! :(.

Elham Davoodi

My Skype usman.musazai
I really want practice of English to improve my spoken English more and more

usman.musazai

Hi . There is talks about the existence of something , but It refers to an adjective of some thing : There is a dog in the yard , it’s black. Regards

Soei

It also is used in this way : It’s a book. It’s a girl.

Soei

Hello, teacher Gill! It is very happy to meet you here! I felt that you are very elegant and lovely teacher. I think I am a happy student because I could take your wonderful lesson! Thank you very much about that.

I made decision I should ask you this question which makes me very bother for long…

It is still very complicated to understand to me that the grammar of “comparative” with “THE”.
For example: “The harder he tried, the worse the situation became.”
”The stronger the medicine is, the sicker I feel.” Like those.

I am very looking forward to your next lesson! (Even though, it isn’t the lesson for teaching about the grammar I asked, absolutely!! :) )

maki jp

Hello

I would like also, you dear teacher to teach us about this subject. Thank you for your useful lesson. I am amazed about your accent. I adore your voice.

alinamohamed

Hi Teacher Gill, Thank you for your lesson and welcome to Engvid.

pavanut2

Hi Gill, welcome! It was great lesson! Thanks.

proverbial horse

A GREAT LESSON

DIRDIRAHMET

I enjoyed your lesson Gil. Congratulations for the perfect way that you teach. I had intention to write more, but I need to go to work.

gtgtgt

Thanks Gill for this nice lesson

Bradost

Thank you Gill^^

hugowu

PARABÉNS GILL. A ideia do site é maravilhosa. Que coisa boa tê-los fazendo este trabalho. Parabéns para todos os professores.

Clistenes

Special thanks from Lebanon and I get 7/10 is that good ?

horselover

I’ve loved your lesson! I’d like to suggest all of you to work with long sentences too. It is really good. I feel like if I have more things to say. Learning with short sentences causes a broken vocabulary, and you can’t prolong a conversation because you get used to talk like that. For example, Brazilians like to talk a lot, and feel the need to do this in English. That’s the big question!

jopaalna

I haven´t realized that there is a new teacher on Engvid. She is so good as all the teachers in this project.

Congratulations and greetings!!

abby2

Thak you Gill, you are a lovely person and teacher.

Thank God I could have seen so great lesson and I hope this will be only the first onde among many others you will gift us.

I really enjoyed this time with you.

Thanks!!!

Alex Fernandes

I really liked your lesson. I think it was very useful as I often struggle when expressing what I was meant to do but I didn’t do. And Welcome to EngVid. I am new to this website too!

andreaherrera

Nice job!

Carlsbad

I realy enjoyed the lesson I hope it is not the last .I laked everything topik, akcent,and of cors the pirson.Evrything was perfect. See you .!!!!

Vardanaslanian

Welcome, Gill! Great lesson. Thank you!

halem2013

Be very welcome Gill! You are the player that was missing for this team. Now is complete.Terrific teacher. Thank you for this opportunity.

Bergvolk

Great lesson!!! Gill can you make a video about the differences among “as though”, “like” and “as if”?

Pablo Gaudard

Thanks Gill

wadani3333

Thank you very much. your meterial online is useful .I wonder I got 9 correct out of 10 even thought I am not sure my answer.

Ukrit

Hi, Gill. Welcome and thanks for explain the lesson carefully. You are so close.

Elisenda

Thank you very much, im very happy to have a great, new teacher online. Your lesson was informative for the non speaking-English.

VietNam1984

Hello Gill and welcome to ENGVID world( world of exchange). thank you for the lesson,it was useful.

cheikh sneibe

Excellent! Thank you Gill! and welcome to EngVid !!!

HoangTranHuy

welcome grandma the lesson is very nice like you

hawsa

Thanks you Gill it excellence lesson

Kasma Hem

welcome and thank you Gill
excellent lesson (9/10)

anderson-weider

great lesson .

captainthanawat

Thanks Gill for greatest learning styles and perfect quiz!

wayne88

Thank you, Gill. It was easy and clear explanation. I’ve got perfect result 10/10.

Viola88

Welcome. Your Rock.

bfiguereo

Welcome Grandpa :)

ismail2209

Welcome! I’m sure everyone is happy to have you here.

GuiBSR

thank u so much Gill, and nice to see u here

samgh7

You are welcome Gill.Good lesson.

marceloacaci

nice gill it was interesting lesson

mohamed Saed Ahmed

Surprisingly, one Karim has requested the lesson and I am a other Karim has listened to it for first time . Thank you Gill for such a great presentation.

helimheart

Thanks, Gill. I liked your lesson!

Denison

Thank you Gill, nice lesson

murruroberto

Thanks a lot for this interesting and usefull lesson. May I ask you what the difference between invest in and invest with is?

Tetyanka

Much Useful lessen, Thank you.

aaz998

Thanks Gill, I love your lessons. See you latter!

Maria G.

You’re awesome Gill :)

SimoneTruglia

Thank you Gill ! Your lesson was very interesting and useful, and your accent!!!!! It’s something fantastic!!! Would you make some lessons about pronunciation? Thank you :)!

Old toad

thank you, i like so much your class, i’d like see more classes her.

Cristopher22

Nice to meet you Gill and welcome to Engvid. Thanks a lot for the lesson, it was really interesting and useful.
You’re very nice and your accent is so clear that I’m glad I could understand all you have said.

Silvi@

welcome and thank u our new teacher … by the way if any one want to practice with me ,add me on FB or skype…caganokat@hotmail.com….

cagan

Welcome Gill!!!… nice lesson… thank u very much!!!

mynameisdoq

hello, mrs gill welcome to engvid this is my fist video i’ve watched. really i enjoyed it and it was too helpful cause of the way how you speak and the topic was interesting as well

yaniss

Hi . Miss Gill frankly I appreciate your jobs
& thank you
I got 10 out of 10
If you are not busy please can you explain what is the difference between present perfect continues and past perfect by when can I use it
Because I can’t understand it with my teacher and i hope you help me
Thank you
Anfal

falfoooli

Welcome, mrs. Gill! Very interesting lesson. Thanks!

Laryssa

YES!
I got 100! thank you Jesus! :D

and thank you Gill for your awesome lesson…
please keep posting new videos here!

HUgs
can I make a suggestion..?

tiagoamericoo

Hi Teacher Gill,thank you very much for your coming and giving me a good lesson, because I have a great interest to speak and to write english. so long

Enkutatash

Hi Mrs. Gill, Thanks a lot, this lesson was really interesting.

hend.m

Welcome teacher,it was a good lesson,i wish you all the best!!!!In the meanwhile i take this opportunity to say Helloooooooo

Nico1985

thanks gill for this lesson

bakoory

Thank you very much Gill. I love your british accent and I hopefully you´re enjoying teaching english to us. You do it very well.

Hernanalvarado88

Hi Gill, welcome to engvid.com. Your first lesson’s great. I love it. Thank you very much.

cody

Mrs. Gill, a very warm welcome to the EngVid world! Your lesson is amazing and the way you teach, so calmly, really made me understand every single word you had said on the video. Therefore, I would like to ask you for a lesson about voiceless and voiced consonants, especially in the past perfect verb tenses.

In the meantime, thank you so much for your attention.

rmanenti

thanks grandma this lesson is really useful

Ahmed E.

Charming old British accent. Welcome!

KATRIN777

WELCOME to engvid Gill :-)

Amiir

Hello Gill! Is a great lesson I learned a lot. Thanks and welcome :D

per2505

Welcome Gill) You remind me Mrs. Marple, i’m fan of agatha Christie))))

PolinaPony

Thanks a lot, Gill! Simply great!

Edinho

Hi everyone, maybe somebody can explain to me why in the last question: ” If only she had thought….”
Why in this case I don’t need to use WOULD or I can change it by the HAVE but using the past participle?
Greatings and thank for your help!

betcheva23

Thanks a lot, Gill. Bye.

Fabri

Excellent! Thank you Gill!

onderaksut

Welcome Gill, I loved your lesson. :-)

Bontot

Hello Ms. Gill,
Welcome to EngVid,i learned a lot form your fascinating lesson. I would like to suggest you to please keep preparing of this kind of lessons, and kindly talk a little fast. I am one of the permanent followers of this website that I learned a lot.

Hope to see you again with a gorgeous lesson.

Hasib Nasir

Anyone who wants to improve his/her spoken, please add me in Skype: hasib.nasir2

Hasib Nasir

where r u from and what do u do?

vikralapavankumar

I am from Kabul-Afghanistan, working in international organizations named, GIZ.

Hasib Nasir

I’m from Afghanistan,

Hasib Nasir

Happy to see so many contributions and comments under this video. :) Thanks Gill for joining Engvid.

David

Great lesson, Thanks Gill!

particul07

oh nice thank you for your selection pic
pirlo

lovelove 2010

Superbe lesson, Thanks Gill. Going forward looking for your videos.

anjigvr

Thank you very much

larysa6165

Thank you Mrs. Gill. It was a very useful lesson. I understood completely and did my best. I have 100.

HERNANCA

I just wanna say thank you very much. Gill you are a wonderful person with a great English accent.

gregukmansfield

Hello, Ma’am. Thanks for this lesson. I like the way you explain.

alvir95

it is the frist lesson i see on this web and i think i loved this web cause of u ,, U R great :)

dr mohamed

Great Lesson! :-)

Vebo

nice lesson

BABAR NASEER

It’s great lesson,Thanks Gill.

Samana

best regard

lovelove 2010

Hi thanks my teacher

rawezh

Hi Gill. I loved it. It was really helpfull.

Alberto Marins

I’m looking forward to your next videos :-)
Thanks Gill

lisi90

hi Gill, your voice is clear and easy to understand. I can hear every single of your words. thanks for useful lesson.

duongtranvn

Thank you for you effort but sorry I did not understand the meaning of the lesson you can use different marker
finally I am happy for you being here

mo7amedkma

Dear Gil, you are great. I like your teaching method; your voice sounds great. To improve my listening skill, I want to ask you to choose an actual and social subject and talk about.
Thanks

fereydoun22

Lesson is very vE-ery cool, but test very very bad. I’me love this lesson, but I hate this test. ((((

Vladkabatkovich

Thank you Gill, your lesson is very beautiful!

AlessandroItaly

Great lesson .
Thank you so much Gill

Muhammed-V

I have to wear a sun glasses when I want to watch your lessons,because you’re bright(excellent teacher)

benaki93

Thank you Dear excellent teacher (Gill)

drhazim

Gill Thanks for this lesson; excellent job.

tony bendeck

Gill! Thanks a lot for the lesson!

aliskawizard

When I find out we have a new teacher, I was very happy, but when I saw your lesson, I was even more happy than before! I love your accent… your pronunciation: it’s terribly nice and clear. Thank you so much, Gill. Thank you for coming! We are lucky students

cristina

Thanx alot gill

mahmoudmk

Hey! Welcome to EngVid!!

GasparLarissa

Thank u so much Gill ,,

good lesson and it was really helpful .. because this is realyy has alot of using in our speaking .. so i’ll keep trying to use them in my real life in speaking not only keeping it in my note book ..

again big thx for you

Nona Zraki

Very well-explained lesson!Easy to understand:D Thank you Gill!!

Gaburious

thanks Gill this is very beneficial lesson

devrimnazlican

Thanks alot for the lesson. waiting the next one

Maryam Zaky

This is the first time I learn with you (first lesson, first video). If only I had known you sooner, then I would have had a lot of improvement… sorry for my mistakes… and thank you for your very good prononciation (not too fast is good for us).

ganery

very useful lesson, thanks a lot!
I am preparing for OET, which is Occupational English Test, for my nursing registration, do you have any suggestion or advice on listening test of it, which is, could be the hardest one for me.
Thanks again!

JIMMY.HOO

hi Jimmy, how was your OET test? have u passed the test yet?

Alik7777

thank u!!!i got 100

nino79

Welcome on EngVid Gill, nevertheless your quiz was a bit hard. I will have to a lot to watch your videos. I’m gonna on the next video:)

Kruca

OK I THANK ALL OF THE TEACHERS WITHOUT EXCEPT. BY THE WAY I’M AN ACOUNTANT AND I FIND A LOT OF PROBLEMS TO GET SOME WORDS REGARDING ACCOUNTING BY ENGLISH;

MAROUANE

Thank you Gill!

Paulina

Very useful.thank u a lot

FiFi91

Another excellent lesson. I hope to see many more videos from you. Thanks Gill

gcontrino

you are a great teacher

moazshono

Thanks a lot…..!

Cancanerk

Thanks Gill

sharaf66

hi Gill that’s good lesson.
but can you make arrange the lesson about situations like as, necessity , expectation, conditions etc.
means that situation vise structure.

zabbas

thank you very mush it is a great lesson

Bilal ben cheikh

Welcome Gil. I am glad to watch your lesson. It was useful lesson. You are great teacher. God bless you. Welcome.

Gulya48

Hi,

What are you think abou chat with me to improve our english? My Skype is ‘caiofig68′.

I’ll appreciate that.

Thanks a lot!

caiofig

Thanks very useful and lovely pronunciation

brc75

Thank you !
it was a great help .. :)

hashmathkhn

thank you! :)

Wera Dice

yeah it is really good tutorial…. from the last example i learned a lot.. i hope i would use it in my practical english…. thank you gill. keep going… -> :)

Ahad

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. – Albert Einstein
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. – Henry Brooks Adams
A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.
thanks Ma’am
rashi

Rashi Sharma

Hi Rashi,

What are you think abou chat with me to improve our english? My Skype is ‘caiofig68′.

I’ll appreciate that.

Thanks a lot!

caiofig

Hello,i’m quynh anh and i’m nine years old.I have a mistake of tense such as present perfect.Can you help me to correct it?

phamquynhanh

thanks teacher Gill you are really
a good teacher

radja

Hello Mrs. Gill and Welcome to Engvid.
I’m quynh anh and nine years old.I am fine.How are you today?
First,I need to thanks you and all teachers who teach on Engvid because and their lessons very helpful to me to speak English.
Could I ask you a small question of tense:such as present perfect?Can you help to me to correct .
Thanks,again.Love to my best teacher

phamquynhanh

welcome to engvid :)
you’re such a lovely teacher, hope the next lesson is gonna be about slang or maybe about the differences between British and American accent

Tima M. Taan

I loved your lesson. Thank you Gill :)

zell

You are so sweet and comprehensible!
Thank you for this lesson :)

katerinapas1

Thank you very much! The lesson was useful for me :)

Ekaterina V

Thanks so much

Omnia aboelmagd

Thank you very much Miss, it was terribly nice and helpful, I have a special request I hope you help me out in it, Posh accent, cockney accent and the other accents in The UK, I think you are the best to show us how and where could people in Your great country use them, kindly accept my request as a very interested studen of you.

Mukhtar

Welcome. You’ve got a lovely accent. You are a real teacher.

aroibas

Thank you Gill for the lesson. I’ve found it very clear and useful.

stefano.ben

Hi Gill! say hello to Brazil. Thanks for the lesson.

Eduardo Gorlomi

Thank you Gill for good lesson. You explanation is very clear.

Ben

Mrs. Gill,
It’s a pleasure learn english with you.
In this lesson, “was going to” means “something that i would like to do, but i could not for some reason?”

Isaias Menezes Silva

You are a good teacher. I like!

LIEGERAMPES

i like your lesson very much,thanks you :)

nguyentamthu94

I liked your lesson and they way you teach too.

visonuk

I liked your lesson and the way you teach too.

visonuk

It was really worth watching. I do like this video. Ma’am can you make a video on YouTube discussing the differences between “less” & “lesser”??

Abb

thanks a lot… it was very helpful to me :)

Suekrue1990

Your lesson was so good. Thanks so much!

Paesa

Hello teacher , would you please explain the difference between GET AND GOT .

zahra

thanks for teaching

samir))

Thank you so much Mrs Gill, I have enjoyed a lot your classes. Every day I can improve my english more and more. Thank you again and congratulations.

SaraCevallos

You are so amasing! Thank you a lot for your lessons!

KatAussie

Nice lesson, Gill… thank you so much…….

Ibunila

Dear Teacher, I found this link from ms. Melanie’s web site. This web site is one of the best site for learners.Thank you!

Sadna

8/10

ann ann

Hi Gill, I really enjoy your classes and accent! Thank you very much for your time. Great work!

lipschutz

Hello dear
Thanks for your nice lesson . But I would like to tell that the second part was a little bit difficult to understand , so sorry to tell you that , it could be something wrong with my intention thanks again

preemy

thank you very much, I got 100%

Ning Archaree

nice lesson thanks teacher

Rasim01

I can clean the “Plan to do ” and ” Didn’t”.

Asan

:( 8/10

V680i@outlook.com

it’s great lesson. Thanks a lots.

00000000000000000000

Thank you Gill,

I have been studying english for many years, but I have never gone through these useful ways. I am really grateful for you and looking forward to watching further videos.
Best regards,
Ali

AMA

hello i just want from you if there is no forbidden to explain the tenses that use in this missed situation since i can’t recognize them with my respect i understand the meaning but i can’t use them in my speech

alainputrus

i got 7 correct out of 10

fared1969

Dear Gill, I would like to ask you a question. In lesson “6 ways to talk about a missed situation: “I was going to”” you used a word “want” in Past Continuous form. Why do you use “want” in Continuous

Adelina007

Thanks.8/10

abdal7

Thank you. I like this lesson

mimand

thanks Gill..it helped me a lot

irammaidem

Hi Gill,

A very very useful lesson. Easy for me to understand, but useful (“freshener of memory”).

denis1

Excellent job you’ve made on this is really kinda useful for not only to me but to everyone.
So appreciate what you’ve done so far , and will stay tuned for every single vid you getting involved !

MustChuck

Nice lesson, teacher.100 points.
I was going to buy a present for you, but your birthday was yesterday …..really sorry…I apologize you.
If only I had remembered your birthday, I am sure I had called you. but I was a silly.

Patico

Thanks Gill,

A sample sentence from me,
I was all set to move a new flat but then earthquake happened yesterday and the flat disappeared.

Eyup Ced

Thank you Gill, you are really good teacher :-)

Masiulka

Hi Gill, I learn a lot from you, thanks.

Maliban

usefull thakns a buch

franicoll66

Great lesson, thanks a lot.

mstop17

I had it all arranged to play the match , but I missed the way to the playground
If only I had studied well , then I would have passed the eaxm

osamaelshewy

I would like go to home for the Christmas time , but I forget how much I must paid for ticket .

jachymateus

Great lesson, thank you. Now can you explain about pairs please, for me a jean is one piece, it’s one. I do not understand way in English it’s a pair? I buy one, pay one and use one, a pair are two of them, two pieces. Thank you.

Cristiti

HI!!! EMMA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE PRONUNCIATION MOSTLY ABOUT SYLLABLES,,,AND I WANT TO STUDY MORE, AND MORE .., THANK YOU SO MUCH,,FPR YPUR HELP

josie

Omg!sooo cute! Thank you :)

Nickgr

Thanks a lot.

Teacher2

Very useful lesson.

shams

Thanks.

phamquynhanh

Hi Gill I really love your accent, it is very clear and very British, thanks

Anjarat

Its really awesome.
Thanks Gill.

amar122708

Great lesson! Thank you very much

Vivimi

I enjoy your lesson. Now I’m looking for the native english teacher who speak in british accent. Because I have to pass my IELTS test.

sofyanuli

Ok Gill, I think yuo are the best. I like your class but it is a litlle

psfon

I am so glad that I find this lessons !thank you very much !

Anni6278

Thank you very much for lessons ! I am very glad ,that I find your website !

Anni6278

Many thanks!

Jonathanfromtaiwan

Hi Gill,

If only I’d had the opportunities of listening to your lessons earlier, I wouldn’t have lost so much time attending other English courses.
Many thenks !

Zbigniew

wow …great lesson . than you !

kinda mh

*thank you

kinda mh

I understand both British and American English very well, but I prefer my Arabic English more, e.g. The famous poet William Shakespeare is originally from the Arabian peninsula and his real name is Sheikh Zubair:)))))))) just a friendly joke from Jordan.

Amer_70

Hi Gill! I´d like to known if it is correct to say “I had all intention of returning ….” instead of “I had every intention…”.
Thanks, bye!

luisa.kahil

Welcome Gill, thanks for your great lesson and I’ve a qestion please, you said in the fourth example “she is been reading it”,what tense is this ? And why you didn’t say she has been reading it

Moustafa hassan

Thank you, Gill

RedLO

Thank you very much, dear Gill! Is the phrase “as it is” mean “as a result”? Thanks!!!

MicGal

a great lesson. thank you so much

fatimzara

Gill you are amazing! I got 10 out of 10. Thank you.

Barbarabarbizan

good job gill

javad.gh

Thanks Gill

Silax

Thank you Gill.

Ienaluk

hello Gil , would you be able to make a video for Oet test? especially on reading and writing.
thanks in advanced.

Alik7777

thanks Gil, I have learnt lessons of english grammer that really helped me a lot and I shall keep myself continue with your lessons so I can improve my english.

Himanshu Maithani

Great Gill, thank you for tour lessons. You are fantastic

LucaGrandelis

Great lesson Gill. I enjoy every video from EngVid. Thank you for your help in our learning…

florbatalla

hi Gill,
could you give a lesson about the French phrases commonly used in English like en route,a la mode etc? or Latin phrases like et cetera, mea culpa?
thanks…

cheedam

thanks so much….

Mehdimir

It’s so interesting the lesson. I am starting to learn English. .. because it’s very important to listen to the lessons

CarlesBiggs

10 :D THANKS!

lidiayesseniamunoz

Hello Gill, the way you put things simple really understand the concepts and I am able to remember them easily. I will be grateful, if you could attempt taking lessons on CELPIP exam (speaking, writing). thanks a lot!

Aravind9

I like your voice and your lesson, thank you so much teacher Gill

jelly.quater15

British accent THE BEST!

elephant73

Thank You so much . It is very useful for me

phyu phyu sein

Thanks a lot!! Your lessons are preciouse to me!

valivali

Thanks alot. You’ve done a good job.

Dinesh

I’d like to say thx for every teacher had worked for us

pop97

My name is Aron I’m 30 years old, I lived in Rio de Janeiro but currently live in Washington DC.
This is my Facebook :
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aronhill

thank you !

Farida Laarif

Thank you! Very good job! can not wait for your new lessons.
Best wishes,
Nilofer

nilofer1964@hotmail.com

i got 90%

k.abed

thank you so much madame can you teaching us about modals whos and whome …
pleaase <3

liti bicha

If only I’d learned English earlier, than I would have better results!

Anek

Hi Anek, what do you mean with your comment
“if only I’d learned English earlier…”
Please let me know. ☺
Many thanks

Kalli

i was going to take some rest on the imternet, but i’ve seen this wonderful lesson of miss gill, and i studied instead. thanks gill

izze

really helpful ,thank you Gill

Fianna-law

Thanks my dear teacher .l like the way you teach

fatimaDZ

Hi
Thanks for your helpful lesson

WaleedFarrash

Thanks a lot!

George Boxing

I’ve just wathced this video and I don’t know how but my english become more better. I guess you are good witch. Anyway thank you for lesson.

Suleiman007

Excellent lesson! Thank you Gill

Blasgo3

Thanks!!!

Kuzel

Hi Dear Gill,

Thank you for the useful lessons teacher Gill.

I need your help to clarify the usage of ‘has been and have been’, since I’ve a little bit confusion about it.

Usually, we use ‘has/have been + past participle’ to talk about the action that had started in past and still in progress. On the other hand, we often use ‘have been’ to talk about the past action but not continued. For instance, “I have been to Britain”.

Thanks in advance.

Ayesha Younas

Thanks for this lesson…

Nextore

Hey! Guys. So happy to be here and able to leave a comment. Lol

Gary Ken

The first time got a 100 mark. Very lucky and happy. Thank you, gramma. Whis you happy and healthy forever.

jlg234bob

As usual it’s great and useful lesson.
Many thanks for this nice and extensive effort.

hassouna

GREAT LESSON! THANK YOU!

berkely11

thankyou Gill

it was a great lesson

JOUMANA

thanks gill great lesson! love your way of teaching

manny79

you did a good job
Thank you

tarata

Great lesson, Thanks!

RyanSui

Thank youuuuuuuuu!!!!

Andydebonnaire

Gill, since I discovered you I hardly see any other english teacher.
Above of all your outstanding teacher qualities, for me the most fascinated thing from you is that I see behind this excellent teacher there is a very wise, extremely intelligent, modest and humble person.
With tremendous desire to share their knowledge, which are too many.
Thank world, for there are people like Gill.

yoandyhypm

Dear Gill,

I have been going through your classes for the past one month.Your Classes are phenomenal and very easy to understand even to the new English learners.Thank you very much for your fantastic work.I Kindly kindly request you to keep this work up and enhance our language royale.
regards,
Jins Francis
Muscat

Jins Francis

Thank you,Gill. I have every intetion of studying English and you help me. Thank you.

kolomXENA

Amazing lesson Gill! You are so sweet and at the same Time you are so professional!

Laly87

excellent topic and excellent teaching.

youchan kim

Such a useful lesson, Gill!

ksu.st

I have finished whole lessons
all of this lessons have been great for me.
and now I am sending a very particular thank from inside my heart.
see you next lesson.

M kartal

Great lesson, Gill!

chinh trong

Excellent prononce. I undestand when you speak. I am studing with you.

engvidlesson

Hi Gill! your explanations are always so clear that I get everyting you teach, thanks a lot! If only I had known you before, then I would have been improving my English since then! bye, see you soon!

Alessandro75

Hello, Gill. I have a question. You said, “I had to spend that money getting the car repaired.” in the video at the second example. Why did you use “getting”? What’s tense of “getting” in this sentence? Thank you.

Zenobia C

to spend sth (on) doing sth. here the preposition on is optional. so the original sentence could be like “i had to spend that money on getting the car repaired”.

whatchamacallit

Hello, Gill, thank you for the lesson,it;s great!

wei-ling

I love the way and the rhythm you teach,Gill. Besides, I feel you very respectful and at the same friendly and close. Thanks a lot

rosi san juan

I loved everything about the lesson, your way of talking and explanation was perfect.
thanks.

Shorash

10/10
It`s nice to meet you, Gill.

Pashel

Thank you for great class!

Isaiasjunior

Fantastic! :)

Martin Drazsnyak

Good day,Gill!
Thanks for your videos and explanations. You are fantastic teacher.

Prene

R/M Please make me learn all use of WOULD HAVE TO where and how to use it. thanks plz.

Ramesh Chand Sharma

Thanks a lot for that lesson.

Cadelle

oh..what a great lesson i like it so much …this is exactly what i was looking for to improve my English..thank you gill

doaa.naguib

not bad，got 60 points，and I learned

choochoobrain

Bright lesson. Thanks for sharing. You tell this so clear.😊thanks again.

Nastya Kolesnik 16 4

I got 100 points. thanks

Nastya Kolesnik 16 4

Hi Gill, is it possible to say “as it is now” adding “now” in order to emphasise the fact that is a current situation? Thanks

frabwood

100/100.Thanks once again, Madam Gill!

Kayo Shin

60% worst , i’ve to work hard .

xtremedranzer

THANKS FOR THIS LESSON .

Amr Gazem

Hi, Gill! Very nice lesson! Thank you so much! I liked a lot this subject of the lesson! I think it is very useful too! See ya!

Marcos Paulo Ventura

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EXCELLENT videos!
I WOULD BE GRATEFULL, IF YOU COULD ADD A LESSON ABOUT THE USE OF PAST TENSES.

piema

I like so much of ot all! Thanks for that!

fern@andes91

Thank you so much

ashwink

Excellent lesson. Its really helpful!

zakariya1981@gmail.com

anyone here who want to talk in english and improve

fasal rahiman

Hi Gill!
I understand your pronunciation very well.
You speak so clearly, by other teachers I don’t understand only about 20…30%.
I hear everyday two or three lessons…it is GREAT…THANK YOU SO MUCH… 👍👍👍

Kalli

Thanks a lot grandma ^^