Open F2F Class Notes 15th August (Raph)

Q: How have you been?
A: I’ve been _______.
E.g.: good, bad, great, not too bad, etc.

Tense (n): 1- a set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance or completeness) of the action.
E.g.: He had trouble writing his sentences in the correct tense.
Tense (adj) 1- (of a person) unable to relax because of nervousness, anxiety, or stimulation. 2- (of a situation, event, etc.) causing or showing anxiety and nervousness. 3- (especially of a muscle or someone’s body) stretched tight or rigid.
E.g.: He felt very tense before his test.

Original:
I am very anxious about my English. I have found that I always make some mistakes in my sentences since I leant English in here. I was never concerned my English grammars in before because I thought that it was ok as long as others could get what I said. However, if there are some tense wrongs in my words, it doesn’t work because native speakers will confuse what I say(said). Sometimes it is right that my words translate to Chinese, but actually, it is wrong in English. I am losting in studying English(I have troubles in studying English). I have no idea how to solve these problems, but I still believe myself that I can learn English as well as native speakers. Could you give me some efficient way to learn?

Edited:
I am very anxious about my English. Since I started learning English here, I have found that I always make some mistakes in my sentences. I was never concerned about my English grammar before, because I thought that it was ok as long as others could get what I said. However, if I write things in the wrong tense, native speakers might get confused by what I say. Sometimes my sentences translate correctly to Chinese, but are actually wrong in English. I’m having trouble studying English and I have no idea how to solve this problem, but I still believe in myself and that I can learn to speak English as well as a native speaker. Could you give me some advice on an efficient way to learn?