How to Talk About Regret in English - Videos and Exercise

How to Talk About Regret in English - Videos and Exercise If youve been studying English for some time, youve probably noticed that its not so hard to talk about basic ideas, like what you ate for breakfast, where you are from, or what your name is. But as we get into deeper conversations, it gets harder to talk about more complex ideas. Regrets are one of them. How do you talk about the bad decisions you made when you were a teenager? You need to learn how to talk about regret in English. Weve got some videos and exercises here to help.Talking About Regret In English Grammar Structurewith + past perfectI wish I had/hadnt gotten this tattoo!Along with the videos and exercises, our teachers have a special lesson they can give about regret. Click here to register for a class.How to Talk About Regret in English Video Rewrite the sentences below so that they express regret.1. Since we hadnt booked a hotel, it took us three hours to find a room for the night.If we ___________________________________________spent three hours looking for one.2. I t was silly to have said to your sister that I hated her.I regret that I told ________________________.3. You shouldnt have cheated on the test!I cant believe __________________!4. Oliver messed up his interview, so he didnt get the job.If __________________________________________ the job.5. I regret buying that watch.I wish __________________________.Watch the first 3 minutes of the TED video below about regret, then answer the listening questions. Listening Exercise:1. What year was Johnny Depp engaged to Winona Ryder?2. How old was she when she got a tattoo? When did she regret it?3. Do you have a tattoo? Do you regret it?4. Do you have a lot of regrets in your life?I had drunk the cultural coolaid of our time.What tense is this? Why does she use this tense?Watch the next 3 minutes of the video and answer the questions below:1. Basically telling her husband to stop being such a _____for feeling bad about murding people. (Do you know what the word in the blank means?)2. Regret is the emotion we experience when we think that our present situation could be better or happier if we _____ _______ something different in the past. What tense is this?3. Why do you experience more regret if you miss your flight by 3 minutes rather than 20?4. Do you think this is true? Do you have an example of this? A decision that came out badly but almost came out well?Watch the next 3 minutes of the video and answer the questions below:1. What does she identify as the top regrets? Do you have regrets about these things?2. What are the components of regrets?3. How can we “make our peace” with regret? Nelly Neko Hi, its really too good and thanks for this viedo, but if I do these exercises is it possible you correct the mistakes? or its only exercises ? :)))) LOIEnglish Nelly,If you write your answers here in comments, we will correct them for you ?? Nelly Neko 1. Since we hadn’t booked a hotel, it took us three hours to find a room for the night.If we had booked the hote l we would not have spent three hours looking for one.2. It was silly to have said to your sister that I hated her.I regret that I told you that I had hated your sister3. You shouldn’t have cheated on the test!I can’t believe that you had cheated on the test!4. Oliver messed up his interview, so he didn’t get the job.If Oliver had not missed up his interview he would have got the job.5. I regret buying that watch.I wish I had not bought that watchListening Exercise:1. What year was Johnny Depp engaged to Winona Ryder? (in 1990)2. How old was she when she got a tattoo? When did she regret it? (she was 29, she regreted that she had a tatto just coming out from tattoo place )3. Do you have a tattoo? Do you regret it? (I dot have tattoo, but I am sure if I had I would regret, because sometimes you are getting bored of the same thing and after a while you want to change someting)4. Do you have a lot of regrets in your life? (not a lot, but like evryone I have some regrets)I had drunk the cultural coolaid of our time.What tense is this? Why does she use this tense? (past perfect) telling the truth I cant guessWatch the next 3 minutes of the video and answer the questions below:1. Basically telling her husband to stop being such a _____for feeling bad about murding people. (Do you know what the word in the blank means?) (Unfortunately no )2. Regret is the emotion we experience when we think that our present situation could be better or happier if we ___had_done_ _______ something different in the past. What tense is this? (pasf perferc)3. Why do you experience more regret if you miss your flight by 3 minutes rather than 20?()4. Do you think this is true? Do you have an example of this? A decision that came out badly but almost came out well?Watch the next 3 minutes of the video and answer the questions below:1. What does she identify as the top regrets? Do you have regrets about these things?(education, Carrer, Romance, parenting an so on)2. What are the com ponents of regrets? 1. denial- make it go away. 2. Bewilderment -How could I have done that ?! 3. Punishment- I could kick myself. 4 preservation. 5.3. How can we “make our peace” with regret? 1. to take some comfort in its universality. 2. tell off ourselves. 3. passage of timeP.S thanks too much ?? LOIEnglish Nelly,Thanks for answering! I hope you enjoyed the lesson. You have a couple mistakes using the past perfect tense.Number 3: I cant believe you HAD CHEATED on your test. In this case you do not need to use past perfect you can use past simple: I cant believe you CHEATED on your test.Number 3: Do you have a tattoo? When you answer this you say, I dot have tattoo, but I am sure if I had I would regret, because sometimes you are getting bored of the same thing and after a while you want to change sometingThere are some spelling problems but more importantly is: but I am sure if I had ____ I would regret___, because You need objects after these verbs. Can you fill in the obj ects? nelly neko if I had _tattoo___ I would regret_it__ (is it correct? ) thanks ?? Linh Lino If we booked the hotel before, we would not have spent three hours looking for one.I regret that I told your sister that I hated her.I can’t believe you cheated on your testIf Oliver didnt mess up on his interview, he would have gotten his job.I wish I hadnt bought that watch. Linh Lino 1. What year was Johnny Depp engaged to Winona Ryder? In 1990, with Winona, a writer. 2. How old was she when she got a tattoo? When did she regret it? She got a tatoo when she was 29 years old and she regretted it immediately. 3. Do you have a tattoo? Do you regret it? I dont have one but if I had, I would have regretted it. 4. Do you have a lot of regrets in your life? Sure, we have. I am one of 32% of people who regret about education (at most). I wish I had read more books.I had drunk the cultural coolaid of our time.What tense is this? Why does she use this tense?Its past perfect tense. but I dont really get the meaning of coolaid.1. What does she identify as the top regrets? Do you have regrets about these things? Education with 32%. 2. What are the components of regrets? First, we try to deny it then a feeling of bewilderment (need a dictionary for this word), then we wanna punish ourself for what we have done and repeat it for the rest of our life (perseveration ?!) (to be honest, I had to look the video again) 3. How can we “make our peace” with regret?Whats done is done. It might be the most embarrassing moment you have had in your life and you badly want to change it but leave it in the past. It could be your experience that helps you to not repeat the same mistake but dont look it back. LOIEnglish Linh Lino,Great job. Thanks for responding. Have a look at your answer to Number 4. The question is: DO you have a lot of regrets? Because the question starts with DO if you respond it should be: Yes, I DO or Yes, we DO rather than have. We match the auxiliary question s with the auxiliary responses.