Will be in vs go??

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im doing a celftesol course and im having to do a learner profile and im trying to pick up on what my learner has said wrong but i cant quite seem to pin point what problem it is.

i havent had my first lesson with him yet but i i need to do it soon i and i wanna work on this problem but i would look foolish if i went to the lesson and could explain his problem to him

in a few intstances he has said "when i will be in..." instead of 'go' e.g. when i will be in the cz" i will bring flowers when i will be in" its a problem which tense? he needs to say it in future continuous not future perfect,

is this right?

AFE · Accepted Answer

Hello Tony!

Could you please give another example? And also what is this student's native language?

Cheers

Nick

CalifJim · Answer

ToNy Brittain Jonesbut i I would look foolish if i I went to the lesson and could not explain his problem to him

If you're going to be teaching others English, you will need to set a good example by spelling out words in full and capitalizing as necessary.

ToNy Brittain Joneswhen i will be in the cz" i will bring flowers

You seem to be "texting" on a phone rather than writing coherent English. What in the world is "cz" supposed to mean?

ToNy Brittain Joneswhen i will be in" its a problem which tense?

It's a problem with tense and word choice. In English we don't use "will" in that kind of "when" clause. Use the present tense -- not the future.

When I will be in - wrong.
When I am in - correct.

As for word choice, it's nearly impossible to assign meaning to "i will be in the cz", so I'll take your word for it that "go" is what the student intends to say. In that case, you can point out the following:

When I will go, I'll bring ... - wrong.
When I go, I'll bring ... - correct.

CJ

ToNy Brittain Jones · Answer

of course sorry that was my first post and i'd been working on coursework all day and was quite frustrated, he's a 21 guy (Bruno) from Czech Republic (CZ) and has the tpyical problems with articles that native have from around this area so i have that to bring to the table.

in relation to the examples i gave maybe it would be easier to see if i gave the full example

i ask why did he choose to learn english

he replied "it is very import enlgish is import and in these days when i would be in czech republic and would like to find some job i need english for this so english is very important "

also

i had bruno do a writting exercise about different european countries customs when greeting people and in one of the answers he wrote 'i would bring a flowers (not red which are symbol of love)when i will be in germany.

(as you can see the articles are an issue)

i hope this helps to show the situation a bit better

Will be in vs go??

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