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1)It's a rain season now.
2)The weather is bad todays.
3)I have to wear a raincoat in autumn.
4)My raincoat is long.
5)Therefore, I don't wear a raincoat when I ride a motorbike.
6)I'm short sighted.
7)I cannot see people clear.
8)Rainwater enters into my eyes very often.
9)My eyes sting because of it.
10)Thus it's very difficult to drive in a rain season for me.
11)After a 10-minute trip I arrive at work.

Lesson 16
Link: There is/are, and other forms
My mark: 91.5
Wrong sentence:
9. There wasn't been any claim for the gold bracelet that was found yesterday.
Correct: There hasn't been

Lesson 17
Link: There, Their, They're
My Mark: 75
Wrong sentence:
1.They're so much work
Correct: There's

3.They're kids are great!
Correct: Their

that theirs now working like mad!
Correct: they're

4.and theirs stranded
Correct: they

Lesson 18
Link: TLE : To have
My mark: 100

Lesson 14
Link: Question tags
My Mark: 90
***Wrong sentence
7. We have understood the lesson, haven't they
Correct: haven't we

Lesson 15
Link: Questions : how to ask them
My mark: 90
***Wrong sentence
10. Peter wrote a letter. Who did write a letter?
Correct: Who wrote a letter?

Link: Surprise; Contradiction; Short answers
My mark: 70
****Wrong sentences:
1.' Oh Mom, I was so hungry at lunch that I ate all my vegetables! ' 'Lucy, did you do?
Correct: did you ?

4.'You were so frightened that you shouted like mad!' 'No, I weren't'!
Correct: No, I didn't !'

10.'For a few years, women have been equal to men!' ' They've not'!
Correct: They're not !

Lesson 11:
Link: How to choose the right auxiliary
My mark: 76.5
Wrong sentence:
1.Don't worry, obviously, he hasn't[ tell lies in such circumstances.
Correct: wouldn't
Explanation: For the speaker, the fact is clear

3.I shall like to receive such a present.
Correct: Shouldn't
Explanation: <To like > is always followed by an infinitive when preceded by “would”.

5.You shouldn't never eat so much ice cream now. You’ll be sick.
Correct: should
Explanation: <Should > is here the auxiliary expressing both a piece of advice and a reproach.

7.You wouldn't drive over 60 on that road; it’s too dangerous.
Correct: Mustn't
Explanation: “Mustn’t” here indicates an interdiction.

Lesson 12:
Link: Learn English: to be in present simple
My mark: 100

Lesson 13
Link: Passive-active
My mark: 30
Wrong sentence:
2)We shall miss her... ! She shall be missed
Correct: will be missed

4)Nobody had expected to be confined again! Being confined again had been expected
Correct: hadn't been expected

5)Children don't like this syrup at all! This syrup wasn't liked
Correct: isn't liked

6)Do you need any translator to understand what is said? was any translator needed
Correct: Is any translator needed

8)She should take her umbrella, it's raining! Her umbrella should been taken
Correct: should be taken

9)They were building a new school when we were there...A new school 's going to been built
Correct: was being built

10)They smoke herrings in the Northern Countries. Herrings were smoken
Correct: are smoked

*****Structure:
1)Present simple
Active: S + V(s/es) + O
Passive: S + am/is/are + P2

2)Present continuous:
Active: S + am/is/are + V-ing + O
Passive: S + am/is/are + being + P2

3)Present perfect:
Active: S + have/has + P2 + O
Passive: S + have/has + been + P2

4)Past simple:
Active: S + V(ed/Ps) + O
Passive: S + was/were + P2

5)Pass continuous:
Active: S + was/were + V-ing + O
Passive: S + was/were + being + P2

6)Past perfect:
Active: S + had + P2 + O
Passive: S + had + been + P2

7)Future
Active: S + will + V-infi + O
Passive: S + will + be + P2

8)Future perfect
Active: S + will + have + P2 + O
Passive: S + will + have + been + P2

9)Be going to
Active: S + am/is/are going to + V-infi + O
Passive: S + am/is/are going to + be + P2

10)Modal
Active: S + modal verb + V-infi + O
Passive: S + modal verb + be + P2

Lesson 9:
Link: Have you got / Do you have
My mark: 90
*Wrong sentence:
1.Mom, look! Tim's father have bought a brand-new car, a red one, this time.
Correct: has
Explanation: It's Present Perfect Tense.

Lesson10:
Link: He's or His
My mark: 100

Sorry, I don't ignore your words, I just wanted to learn grammar tests for a few days. I will be back to corrections my old posts soon. Now, I still don't know how to correct my sentences.

Lesson 7:
Do: Insistence - Contradiction - Confirmation
My mark: 80
**Wrong sentence
1)No, not really, but I'm sure you'll explain... = Confirmation
Correct: Insistence
Explanation: This is the emphatic form. When speaking, should stress the word; when writing, do it in italics.

2)'Oh dear, I liked this film...' 'I understand that, I do too! It's a great film!'
Correct: did
Explanation: the sentence was in the preterite, the auxiliary used will be in the preterite too.

8)She said she'd follow my advice and she does
Correct: Did
Explanation: "she would follow" has the structure of a conditional. Following the time sequence, we must turn the auxiliary in the preterite: "she did".

10)Lucy never tidies up her room, but Claire does every evening.-->Insistence.
Correct: Short form
Explanation: This avoid the repetition of the verb "to tidy up one's room" in the 3rd person singular.

Lesson 8:
Gone or been
My mark: 58.5

**Wrong sentence
3.Patrick has been to his friend’s for the night. He’ll be here tomorrow.
Correct: gone
Explanation: He isn't back from there, since he should spend the night with his friend.

5.'She’s went out for a few minutes. She’ll be back in ten minutes.
Correct: gone
Explanation: indicates that she left the house, but that she's going to come back.

8.'Have you already gone to an Australian restaurant?' 'I did and had kangaroo…'
Correct: been
Explanation: is a question about a fact. "Have you ? " or "haven't you ? " If he had been there, he would have been back.

9.Those days of affluence have been! We’re in a crisis now!
Correct: gone
Explanation: "Going, once, going twice, gone ! " are the words uttered by an auctioneer during a sale. The object for sale has gone and won't come back.

Lesson 4
Contractions and auxiliaries
My mark: 81.5
**Wrong sentence:
2. Your cousin’s optimistic. He’s told you that he’d pass all his exams in June; he’d better study seriously, but he’d rather have fun with his friends.
Correct: would
Explanation: "He'd rather" = He would rather" expresses a wish, something which isn't realised at that moment, which is still unreal.
5. He’d hit me before I’d found the opportunity to punch him too
Correct: had hit me
Explanation: Here is a difficulty that you have to overcome. "Hit" may be either "the infinitive without to", or the preterite, or even the past participle. If we look at the end of the sentence closely, we'll find out that "hit" can here only be a past participle and a part of a past perfect. => "He had hit"
before I’d found = had found the opportunity to punch him too.
"Before I'd found" = "before I had found" => the contraction of "had", a part of the past perfect.

Lesson 5:
Do - don't - does - doesn't
My mark: 90
**Wrong sentence:
7. It is a really cheap restaurant, it don't cost much to eat there.
Correct: Doesn't
Explanation: verb form He/She/It +does

Lesson 6:
Do/does/did: affirmative, interrogative and negative forms
my mark: 77
**Wrong sentence:
1.Lucy likes chocolate and making chocolate cakes. She wants to make one with her mum.' don't I take six eggs out of the fridge?”
No Lucy, we don't wanna six eggs, but only four.”
Correct: do I take
Explanation:
Lucy wants to make a chocolate cake with her mum and offers to take eggs from the fridge: interrogative form of an "ordinary" (irregular) verb=> "Do I take...?"

5.“Well, Lucy, if you didn't ate the chocolate I bought yesterday, we would have enough…'
Correct: didn't eat
Explanation: "Yesterday I bought" implies the use of the negative auxiliary "didn't eat".

+“Err … Well Mum! I think we had bought more chocolate, then…”
Correct: Have to buy
Explanation: We have to buy" is the equivalent of the modal auxiliary "must", expressing an obligation.

Lesson 1: Active->passive
My mark: 100.

Lesson 2: Apostrophe (with video).
Apostrophe
My mark: 87.5.
Wrong sentence: He's bought stamps --> He is bought stamps.
Correct: He has bought stamps.

Lesson 3: Be in the simple past tense.
Be in the simple past tense
My mark: 91.
Wrong sentence: Was Mike good at school? No, he wasn't hopeless.
Correct: No, he was hopeless.

I always had to do a lot of grammar exercises. It was incredibly boring. It was easy for me to forget how to make correct sentences after a few months if I didn't review grammar.
Therefore, I'd like to learn using Method 1 this time, then I can apply my knowledge in my daily communication. When I speak with my colleagues or my boss, I often spend much time considering what I should say. In addition, I also want to focus on grammar to improve my writing skills because I often have to send emails to suppliers in English or send orders to foreign companies. I'll start with 2-3 grammar tests every day.
Thank you for your advice^^.

1. A bus is the most common mode of transportation for Vietnamese.
2. Most buses in Vietnam are only three colour buses - blue, green, and yellow.
3. A bus colour indicates whether it's public or private.
4. Every day students and workers take buses to go to school or work.
5. People who do not take a bus ride their bikes.
6. A big population and a big number of motorcyclists had leaded to crowds and traffic jams.
7. The government imposed a ban on motorcycles on public roads.
8. However, it didn't reduce a traffic jam in Vietnam.
9. Therefore, the government extended highways and improved widening of roads.

People cannot care for pets
The cost of the living crisis is worsening, leading some UK pet owners to give up their animals to save money.

UK’s famous Battersea charity is currently caring for hundreds of dogs and cats, and similar centers around the country say they’re receiving record inquiries for dog and cat returns.

Many owners say the additional cost of food and veterinary care isn’t manageable. One owner came to the charity to return a pregnant cat because he was no longer able to afford to care for the cat and her unborn kittens.

The trend follows a surge in demand for pets during the COVID-19 pandemic. UK households are dealing with a huge crisis in their energy bills, and experts warn a recession will come. Some charities warn it can put millions of people into poverty, and they hope that someone will be able to give the animals permanent homes.

****Vocabulary:
+Veterinary (adj): UK/ˈvet.ər.ɪ.nər.i/ and US /ˈvet.ər.ə.ner.i/: connected with taking care of the health of animals: thú y
+Pandemic (adj): UK /pænˈdem.ɪk/ and US /pænˈdem.ɪk/: an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region đại dịch
+Recession (n): UK /rɪˈseʃ.ən/ and /US/rɪˈseʃ.ən/: a period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business are bad: say thoái Kinh tế

• Poverty (n): UK /ˈpɒv.ə.ti/ and US /ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/: the condition of being extremely: cảnh nghèo nàn
• Permanent (adj): UK /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/ and US /ˈpɝː.mə.nənt/: lasting for a long time or forever: lâu dài

1. Many Vietnamese people keep lots of pets in their homes such as dogs, cats, rabbits, monkeys etc.
2. There is a few veterinary care facilities in cities and countrysides.
3. When animals get illness it's difficult to treat them.
4. We have a shortage in care facilities, care equipments and skilled veterinary staff in Vietnam.
5. Many people cannot get a veterinary service for their pets.

1. I tried to read a few pages of the book "Why you can't be taught a foreign language".
2. I didn't think this book would be difficult at first.
3. However, after reading one page I had to write down lots of unknown worlds and the grammar in sentences was quite new for me.
4. Sometimes I didn't know how to analyse a sentence, I didn't understand meaning of sentences.
5. The content of the book can be roughly grasped.
6. Reading took much time for me because I had to look up new words in a dictionary all the time.
7. It took me more than 1 hour for 1 page.
8. I've read 2 pages today.
9. I hope to read the whole book within 2 weeks

Hi, my name is Han, I'm 31 years old and I'm from Vietnam. I'm a member of the office staff (I'm an office worker) in a company which manufactures golf balls for an export to the the United States.
My work often involves a research, an improvement and a product development in the factory. My boss is half Korean-American. Our team consists of only four members: a Chinese girl, a Vietnamese boy, my boss and me. We often use English in our communication. I've been studying English for more than ten years.
The educational environment in Vietnam is quite traditional. Teachers focus only on grammar and vocabulary. My personality is quite introverted, I often avoided communicating with friends at school. When I went to a university, I had lots of opportunities to interact with English people, however, I was afraid to communicate with foreigners, so I wasted a lot of time. When I graduated a university, I realized the importance of English. My previous job was mainly reading and responding to emails in English and this made me feel lazy to practice my listening and speaking skills. When I moved to a work in a new environment and I had to use English, I felt even more tired and depressed. During meetings I always silently listen to other people's opinions, however, I'm unable to express my own opinions clearly in English, despite understanding other people's words.

I used to collect many materials to learn English such as books, newspapers, and magazines. After reading only a few pages I get bored and give up. I subscribed to English training channels on YouTube such as Rachel's English, mmmEnglish, Speak English With Tiffani, apps like Duolingo, Hello Talk, etc. I always feel sleepy when I watch videos in English with theory contents over 10 minutes. I tried to subscribe to channels with entertainment and travel content, however, I pay attention only for 5 to 10 minutes.
Regarding listening skills I often catch only keywords when the sentence is very long. Sometimes I don't understand a speech because people speak quickly. I swallow, link words in sentences. I have a shortage of the vocabulary. When I join meetings I can only understand approximately 50% of what is said, I always think what grammar rules and vocabulary to use because of the habit of translating from Vietnamese into English.
Reading and writing skills. I'm able to read and understand basic texts. One example, it took me one hour just to write an email to respond to the supplier with content ~50-60 words last week. When I read an article with many difficult words I'm very patient to filter out new words, however, I don’t review it in the next day.
If to sum up, all my skills are weak, especially a speaking skill, pronunciation is still incorrect and unclear.
I hope teachers can give me a schedule with an effective learning method. After a few months or years, I can use English at work and in my daily life.
Finally, I want to say thank you all for making a platform like this and helping everyone.