THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WRINKLED AND WRINKLES / AVOID COMMON MISTAKES / REAL-LIFE AMERICAN ENGLISH

hello and welcome to English for everyone where we practice real life American English today we're going to talk about two similar words and how to use them correctly so let's get started we're looking at these two words the first word is wrinkled and the second word is wrinkles we're talking about the same thing but we use these two words differently usually let's take a closer look first let's talk about pronunciation wrinkled so we see the W is silent ring for the first syllable use the sound e like green beans re ring make the sound in your nose ring wrinkled not ring cold but ring cold we need a short sound uhuh like cup and up for the second syllable cold cold wrinkled relaxed and closed cold wrinkled wrinkled is an adjective and we use this mainly to describe clothes example the shirt is wrinkled I can say the shirt has wrinkles the shirt has a lot of wrinkles but it's more common to use the adjective wrinkled the shirt is very wrinkled let's hear some examples without them will be is an old man in a wrinkled suit well almost right but you don't have an iron do you it's so wrinkled gave me away a wrinkled suit or bad attitude look look how wrinkled this is let's practice is the shirt very wrinkled that's right the shirt is very wrinkled another example she's ironing the shirt because it's wrinkled the verb iron iron you said long I plus the r i and the end sound iron in a continuous form ironing she's ironing the shirt because it's wrinkled and what do you call that thing she's using it's called an ironing board she has an iron and an ironing board and she's ironing the shirt because it's wrinkled let's practice what is she doing is she ironing the shirt why why is she ironing the shirt that's right she's ironing the shirt because it's wrinkled now let's talk about wrinkles this is a countable noun you can have one wrinkle or two wrinkles and we use this noun to talk about your face or your skin you have wrinkles in your skin we use the preposition in you have wrinkles in your skin and do we say big wrinkles or large wrinkles no we say deep deep wrinkles he has deep wrinkles in his skin so the question can I say his face is old and wrinkled yes you can but we normally don't do that because it's too strong it sounds too strong it's better to say he has wrinkles he has a lot of wrinkles but he's old and wrinkled it sounds bad because it's too strong it's better to use the countable noun wrinkles when you talk about someone's skin let's hear some examples have deep wrinkles in the back of his neck and they make all us normal women with our wrinkles hi Bob our cell feel somehow inadequate a few wrinkles maybe well it was okay now you better turn that frown upside down cuz that's going to put wrinkles in your pretty little head let's practice does he have a lot of wrinkles that's right he has a lot of wrinkles does he have deep wrinkles in his skin that's right he has deep wrinkles in his skin another example can I say she's old and wrinkled you can but it doesn't sound good it's too strong so I say she has some wrinkles use the countable noun wrinkles when you talk about someone's skin so she's getting older she has some wrinkles but that's okay it's natural let's practice is she getting older that's right she's getting older does she have some wrinkles that's right she has some wrinkles this is the way we talk about people's skin use the countable noun wrinkles don't say she's wrinkled she's old and wrinkled doesn't sound good doesn't sound nice it's too strong use wrinkles so remember when you talk about clothes it's better to use the adjective wrinkled the clothes are wrinkled and when you talk about someone's skin it's better to use the countable noun they have wrinkles today we're looking at these three words win earn and gain they're all similar but they're used a little differently let's take a closer look first let's talk about win we use win for money and other things when there's a competition when there's some kind of game involved example if you go to the casino you can win money because it's like a game in the present win in the past won if I I ask a question I use did did he win any money at the casino and I use the present verb win did he win any money at the casino and you answer yes he won some money he won some money at the casino let's practice did he win any money at the casino that's right he won some money at the casino now let's talk about NN NN is used for money and other things but the idea is that you had to work for it if you work for the money you earn the money example he earns a lot of money at his job let's practice does he earn a lot of money at his job that's right he earns a lot of money at his job and you can earn other things too not only money you can earn someone's respect if you had to work for it use the word earn you can earn someone's respect and now let's talk about gain it can be used for many things but the most common is weight we say you gain weight when you get bigger you gain weight example he was thinner before but now he's bigger he gained a lot of weight let's practice did he gain a lot of weight that's right he gained a lot of weight so the most common example of gain is weight we do use it for other things like you can gain perspective or you can gain an advantage but weight is the most common and remember gain is not used for money it's used for things so remember if you're talking about money use win or earn win if it's a game and earn if you have to work for it and gain is most commonly used for weight so we have to remember the position of both is important if we're using a simple verb both is always immediately before the verb both is before the action example they both have a car have is your verb so both is before the verb the position is important we put both before the verb they both have a car or with the action work they both work in an office work is your verb so both is before the verb they both work in an office let's practice do they both have a car that's right they both have a car do they both work in an office that's right they both work in an office but if you use the verb to be both is after the verb to be example are they are both hungry I cannot say they both are hungry both is after the verb to be they are both hungry or we are we are both hungry again both is after the action are if I change are to the Past were again is a form of to be so both is after were example they were both hungry example they were both hired at the same time the verb were they were both both is after the verb to be hired is another verb so it's between the two verbs they were both hired because both has to be after the verb to be they were both hired at the same time let's practice are they both hungry that's right they are both hungry were they both hired at the same time that's right they were both hired at the same time we can also use both with the preposition of both of example both of them or both of us both of them example the food is for both of them let's practice is the food for both of them that's right the food is for both of them and sometimes the preposition of is optional example both of my sisters or both my sisters it's more common to use both my sisters with no of but both forms are correct I can say both my sisters or both of my sisters example both my sisters live in the US so we're using both with possessive both my sisters both your sisters both his both her any possessive we can use both and the of is optional example both his parents are still alive that's right his mother is still alive and his father is still alive so both both his parents are still alive let's practice are both his parents still alive that's right both his parents are still alive so remember we cannot say my both parents it's both my parents both is before the possessive both my parents thank you for watching and if you like this video subscribe to our Channel and if you want to become a member click 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Length: 11min 27sec (687 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 28 2024