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Harrys English has made incredible progress since I started teaching him. His pronunciation is getting better and better. Please have him review the past form of verbs, as I noticed that he had forgot some of them, and read as many as he can, the sentences in the past that he wrote in his homework, in order to familiarize him with the usage of past tense. In terms of most of the children not being able to differentiate between a and e as well as n and ng, I would like to provide some tips:

Could you please run a quick check through it? I have to send this to the parents tomorrow.

Much obliged for your help

Eng_teach_in_germany · Accepted Answer

Harry's.

Marius Hancu · Answer

he had forgot
(which is present in dictionaries)
is 50 times less frequent at Yahoo than
he had forgotten
which I would take as preferable

Eng_teach_in_germany · Answer

I agree.. 'he had forgotten' is correct.

Davidrock65 · Answer

What about the past form of verbs? Is it correct?

Eng_teach_in_germany · Answer

I would say 'past forms of verbs'.

Goodman · Answer

Davidrock65
Harrys English has made incredible progress since I started teaching him. His pronunciation is getting better and better. Please have him review the past form of verbs, as I noticed that he had forgot some of them, and read as many as he can, the sentences in the past that he wrote in his homework, in order to familiarize him with the usage of past tense. In terms of most of the children not being able to differentiate between a and e as well as n and ng, I would like to provide some tips:

Could you please run a quick check through it? I have to send this to the parents tomorrow.

Much obliged for your help

I see some structure and punctuation problem with this paragraph. The middle part of the paragraph is running too long, combined with improper punctuation which made it unclear.

Harry's English has made incredible progress since I started teaching him. His pronunciation is getting better and better. Please have him review the past forms of verbs, as I noticed that he had forgot some of them, and read as [much]many as he can, the sentences in the past that he wrote in his homework, in order to familiarize him with the usage of past tense. In terms of most of the [ is this a fact?] children not being able to differentiate between "a" and "e" as well as "n" and "ng", I would like to provide some tips

Clive · Answer

Hi guys,

I'd like to offer a few more thoughts.

Best wishes, Clive

Harry's English has made incredible progress since I started teaching him. I hope this means you will get a huge raise. I'd prefer to say that 'Harry has made incredible progress in/with his English since I started teaching him'. His pronunciation is getting better and better. Please have him review the past form of verbs, as I noticed that he had forgot some of them, and read as many as he can of the sentences in the past that he wrote in his homework, in order to familiarize him with the usage of past tense. In terms of 'In terms of' seems a bit vague. Do you mean 'Because Harry, and most of the other children are not able to differentiate . . .'? most of the children not being able to differentiate between a and e as well as n and ng, I would like to provide some tips:

Davidrock65 · Answer

In terms of 'In terms of' seems a bit vague. Do you mean 'Because Harry, and most of the other children are not able to differentiate . . .'? most of the children not being able to differentiate between a and e as well as n and ng, I would like to provide some tips Yes, that's what I mean here.

In what way does In terms of seem a bit vague? Is there any other word that I can use to replace in terms of ?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CORRECTION!! MANY MANY THANKS!!!

Clive · Answer

Hi again,

In what way does In terms of seem a bit vague? Is there any other word that I can use to replace in terms of ? 'In terms of . . . ' just introduces a new topic. It just means 'Now I want to talk about this topic . . .' But it doesn't tell me why you want to talk about this new topic. That's why I said it was vague.

I think you should tell the parents why you want to provide these tips about pronunciation. Also, why are you telling them about other children instead of just talking about their child? Is it because you want to comfort them by telling them that his is a common problem?

I suggest you should be clearer and more direct about these things. That's why I suggested the word 'because'. It's very explicit.

Best wishes again, Clive

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