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I have been practice about sentences in the past. Well, I've been trying to improve my grammatical and speaking skills reading and listening about past sentences. I think that it's really easy for my speak with future sentences, but... I'm usually get confused about the past, it has been difficult for me, I never undestood this. That's the reason why I writed this notebook, I had been practice along 1 week just focused in my past sentences skills. Yesteday I was reading a lot about reported speech and I thought that I was improving a little more. Also I have been taking VideoCall by Skype with some friends (English speakers) and I tried a lot. I know it is really useful to learn how to express youself in the 3 verbal times. Well, that's it , and thank you beforehand. I'll really appreciate all your corrections. I hope you all the best.

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I have been practicing  about   sentences in the that use past tenses.

Well, I've been trying to improve my grammatical and speaking skills by reading and listening ____ * about past sentences.  (I feel like something is missing in this sentence.  For example, you could say, "by reading and listening to lessons about past sentences."  Or, depending on what your intending meaning is, you could say, "by paying close attention, when I read or listen, to sentences that use past tenses"). 

I think that it's really easy for me to speak with future sentences, but I'm  I usually get confused about the past -- it has been difficult for me, I never understood this. That's the reason why ** I wrote this notebook -- I had been practicing along for 1 week just focused in on my past sentences skills. Yesterday I was reading a lot about reported speech and I thought that I was improving a little more. Also I have been taking VideoCalls by Skype with some friends (English speakers) and I tried a lot. I know it is really useful to learn how to express yourself in the 3 verbal times. Well, that's it , and thank you beforehand. I'll really appreciate all your corrections. I hope wish you all the best.


* it would also be correct to say "I'm usually confused about the past"  or "I usually feel confused about the past"

** it would also be correct to say "That why I wrote this notebook"

"wrote" is one of our tricky irregular verbs in the past tense.  We have a lot of those in English, don't we?   :-)


It must feel really good to realize that you are making progress in understanding how to use verbs in the various past tenses.  Learning a language is complex, so it is good to be patient with yourself.  I don't know if they use a similar saying in your country, but there is an old saying in English: "Rome wasn't built in a day."


Please let me know if you have any questions about any of the editing suggestions I have made.   I'll be happy to try to explain further or more clearly.



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I have been practicing writing sentences in the past tense.

Well, I've been trying to improve my grammar, speaking, reading and listening using the past tense. I think that it's really easy for me to speak about the future, but... I usually get confused about the past, which has been difficult for me, and I never undestood it. That's why I wrote this notebook. I had been practicing about 1 week just focusing in my past sentences skills. Yesteday I read a lot about reported speech and I thought that I was improving a little more. Also I have been taking VideoCalls by Skype with some friends (English speakers) and I tried a lot. I know it is really useful to learn how to express youself in the 3 verbal times. Well, that's it , and thank you: I'll really appreciate all your corrections. I hope you have all the best.

very well written!

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