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hi everybody welcome back to ask Alicia

the weekly series where you ask me

questions and I answer them

maybe first question this week comes

from ghoul hi ghoul glow sent us hi

Alicia what is the correct pronunciation

of s and th sounds when they come one

after another especially when we talk

fast for example it’s 3 p.m. here is the

thing is that possible he is thin could

you please pronounce these sentences

sure yeah this is a tough one so when

we’re speaking quickly we make the S

sound as short as possible sometimes

it’s just ants and we drop the it sound

like in its sometimes it turns into a Z

sound so I’ll say these sentences at

regular pace it’s 3 p.m. it’s 3 p.m.

he’s thin he’s thin he’s thin here’s the

thing here’s the thing here’s the thing

is that possible is that possible is

that possible so we’re not pronouncing

all the sounds clearly in that last

example is that possible becomes is that

possible is that possible it’s like a Z

sound everything gets combined into

there so in the first example sentence

it’s a quick soft S sound it’s 3:00 p.m.

we’re not exaggerating the th sound so

much there it’s like the th sound

happens but the tongue doesn’t come out

between our teeth he’s thin thin thin so

I hope that helps you next question the

next question comes from Maxim

Romanovich hi Maxim Maxim says hi Alicia

nice day isn’t it indeed about two weeks

ago I started learning English by

watching serials without translation in

my own language is it normal that

recently I started to notice I could

talk in English to myself about a

half-an-hour am I getting crazy with

English thanks for sending this no

that’s awesome I think that’s really

cool umm sometimes you guys do send your

comments like oh wow I can understand

things now or I can use English more

than I could before so I don’t think

that’s weird at all I think that’s great

I think that’s just

proof that’s evident that your

dedication and your studies are paying

off in other words you’re making

progress so I think that’s great so

thanks very much for sharing this

comment and good luck in your continued

studies it sounds like you’re enjoying

yourself that’s awesome

great thanks very much for sending this

let’s go on to the next question next

question comes from soo Miah abdullah hi

soo Miah

soo Miah says hi I have a question what

is the difference between portal and

date Oh interesting question okay

portal portal is something used in like

science fiction stories we use portal in

science fiction stories and you might

sometimes see this on the Internet as

like a hub a web hub for something but

portal is used to refer to like a gate

between dimensions it’s like a special

kind of like dimensional gate so portal

is not commonly used in everyday speech

maybe some of you have played the game

portal that was a really popular game

where you had a gun and you could shoot

the gun like on a wall and a portal

would open here you could shoot another

portal on another wall and walk through

it so it’s like some kind of dimensional

like sci-fi word gates however is the

much more commonly used word we use gate

to talk about this like entrance to a

house or to someone’s yard or so a

garden for example so a gate is much

much more common we see them in our

neighborhoods in our cities all the time

so typically in most situations I think

Gate is the better word portal is like a

science fiction kind of gate it’s

usually like the image is like a circle

gate is like something that swinging is

open something like this I hope that

helps you interesting questions thanks

very much

next question next question comes from

one punch in Taiwan punk punk punk says

hey Leisha could you please clarify the

phrase we got you back I came across

this expression on my email from my bank

it said we’ve got you back on fraud I

want you to check does your email say

we’ve got your back or we got you back

these are very different expressions so

I’ll explain first the expression we’ve

got we have got your back means we

support you

we’ve got your back imagine like a

friend watches your back a friend is

behind you watching your back

the back side of your body like to

protect you to make sure nothing bad

happens to you so when someone is

watching your back to say I’ve got your

back something like that means I support

you I’m looking out for you I’m trying

to protect you

however we got you back we got you back

means we got revenge on you for

something you did something bad in the

past and someone got you back means they

got revenge on you someone took revenge

for something bad in the past so we’ve

got your back and we got you back are

very very different expressions I think

your bank is probably saying we’ve got

your back in regard to fraud in other

words the bank is trying to protect you

if you want to use this expression in

everyday life like a friend is going to

do something difficult or dangerous you

can say I’ve I have I’ve got your back

sometimes we also make it more casual we

drop half there and say I got your back

I got your back meaning I support you I

am looking out for you

interesting question thanks very much

for asking let’s go on to the next

question next question comes from Ronald

Royce high Reynolds round says one how

to study new words and remember them two

how to speak in an American accent

number one how to study words and

remember them to study words and

remember them you could try using a

vocabulary flashcard tool like unki unki

is a great flashcard tool it’s a

computer-based tool so that’s great for

flashcards I think you can download sets

of flashcards to help you study

vocabulary words and expressions other

things you can do once you’ve practiced

those words make sure you use them so

use the words right with the words speak

with the words so don’t just input input

input but create using those new words -

how to speak with an American accent

practice speaking with an American

accent that’s what I did when I was

growing up and that’s what speakers all

over the world do to gain their accents

they practice speaking using that accent

so if you want to speak with an American

accent I would say practice speaking

with an American accent I have an

American accent so if you want to

practice speaking you can try to

practice speaking like me if you want to

if you want to get some ideas about

American accents you can check the

English topics series on this channel

where you can see Michael Davey and of

course me I’m talking in English but in

a more casual setting so you can get an

idea of how our accent sound in everyday

conversation so if you want to see what

an American accent sounds like and use

that as a way to practice your speech

you can check that out for sure those

are all the questions that I have for

this week thank you as always for

sending your questions - remember to

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/ ask - Alicia thanks very much for

watching this week’s episode of ask

Alicia and I will see you again next

week bye hi everybody welcome back to

cop words my name is Alisha and today

we’re gonna talk about ten different

ways to remember words so these are

actually some ways to remember words

that you have sent in to us so I’m

really excited to see what your

recommendations are I study other

languages so let’s talk about it let’s

see I associate new words with words

that sound similar in my native language

if you’re studying English your native

language might share some words so like

I’m studying Japanese and for example

the word chocolate sounds very very

similar in in Japanese so in English the

word is chocolate in Japanese the word

is choco doodle so it sounds similar so

that’s an easy word for me to remember I

learn about the roots of words and how

different words are related to each

other many words in English have roots

in very very old languages like Latin so

a word like omniscient for example can

be broken down into maybe two parts

the Omni Omni meaning all or everything

and she int the shins part relates to

knowledge or knowing so together the

word means all-knowing omniscient maybe

you can guess the meaning even if it’s

the first time you’ve seen the word okay

I listen to songs and memorize the

lyrics this is also a common way to to

help kids learn things too through songs

opposite of B plus or minus the square

root b squared minus 4ac all over 2a

it’s a quadratic function equation

because it’s a song it’s still in my

head Thank You mrs. Sam I often watch TV

or YouTube videos that are designed for

young children that’s how children in

the native language learn so it’s a

great tool for you don’t be embarrassed

to do that I do that in English we have

Dora the Explorer

we have Sesame Street I speak as often

as possible with native speakers a

native speaker can go up that’s that’s a

strange thing that you’re saying so

there are a lot of small factors that

you can’t get unless you’re speaking

with a native speaker so this is a

really really great tip if you’re

interested in doing this with us we have

on English class 101.com a special

subscription which is called the Elise

level of subscription where you get to

actually study with one of our teachers

here so if if you don’t have somebody

that you can study with now that might

be a way to do it please check that out

if you’re interested I try to use the

language routinely in the context of

daily life when you’re alone just doing

stuff at home like making breakfast or

cooking or doing the laundry if you use

the language just to say like now I’m

going to I don’t know cut vegetables or

oh I need to do laundry later today or

thinking about your appointment whatever

another good example is really I put my

phone into my target language you’re

telling little stories when you’re

having conversations with people so get

used to telling yourself the story I use

repetition reading writing and speaking

words over and over again keep repeating

in your studies even if it feels like

you know you’re not making any progress

you are just just the act of doing that

repetition can be helpful for you if a

football player never throws a football

he’s not going to be able to throw it

very well

is he you have to repeat repeat repeat

and then when you’re faced with the

actual situation where you need to throw

the football you need to use that

vocabulary word you’re ready you already

know how to say the word so yes repeat

it’s good I try to think in English so

it becomes natural to my thought process

I do this I think about what I need to

do I think about what I have done I

think about what I’m going to do and so

in that way you can practice past tense

future tense and present tense recently

this has been happening to me I’ve

started dreaming in Japanese from time

to time where I dream bilingually it’s

exciting I think I try to use the word

in a simple sentence so I learn whole

phrases not just individual words yes

this is a huge tip so vocabulary is

important of course if you don’t know a

key word you might miss the meaning of

something but context is important too

so there might be two words which seem

very similar like big and large for

example but when should I use large when

should I use big like if your clothes

shopping and you say mmm do you have

this in a big size it might not be the

correct way to use the word instead do

you have this in a large size is the

correct phrase so learning how to use

the correct vocabulary word at the

correct time is important and you can do

that through studying sentences and

phrases instead of just vocabulary this

is why reading is important I feel

reading as much as possible especially

the newspaper helps me to remember words

when I was a kid I just read everything

I was I was so into reading I loved it

and I think that it helped it actually

helped my language skills improve even

in my native language again at first

it’s really hard to do and you might

have to use a dictionary a lot but

you’ll learn gradually more natural

speaking patterns more natural writing

patterns too which will help you to

sound more natural when you speak and

maybe he can help your listening skills

too when you can listen for those

patterns that you see in textbooks that

you see in newspapers and novels

whatever it’s a great tool reading and

thank goodness that’s the end so those

are 10 tips that you can use to remember

new words and new phrases try them out

I’m going to be doing my best with my

target language I hope that you do too

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the bathroom hi everybody my name is

Alisha today we’re gonna be talking

about the top 10 favorite English words

we asked our fans on Facebook what their

favourite English words were and these

are the top 10 that came out so let’s

talk about them come on the first word

first phrase is come on come on is a

phrase that’s used to encourage other

people like let’s go to the party come

on or you could also use it with

downward intonation as in come on when

you feel upset about something

someone has stopped in front of you in

the middle of the street and you’re

trying to walk but they they just don’t

move you can say come on though don’t

say that out loud maybe because they

might get upset with you come on over

that’s a good one yeah come on over to

my house or come on over to the barbecue

this weekend it’s gonna be a good time

so you can use it as part of its

separate phrase as well not just by

itself believe the next word is belief

belief is used a verb it’s a verb when

you trust in something or that you feel

that you know that something exists or

something is possible or something is

capable many people use it as in like I

believe in you to show that they think

that the other person or the other group

of people is capable of doing something

or people use it for their faith as well

like I believe in God or I don’t believe

in God

for something that youth you have your

faith in and another person or in

religion whatever that might be

consistency consistency is a noun the

consistency of a liquid can be really

thick or kind of thin or you can also

use consistency to talk about something

that’s important that you need when

you’re studying a language for example

consistency so consistency refers to

doing the same thing the same way over

and over and over again studying every

day or making a habit out of studying

creating consistency in your study

patterns will really help you in

learning another language and watch our

videos every week we’re consistent

friend-friend that’s good I’m glad that

that was a word that was chosen from the

Facebook thing friend yeah so someone

that you feel close to or someone that

you get along really well with is your

friend mmm in a sentence

I went out drinking with my friends

yesterday and that was a bad idea

friend also can be used for the people

who follow you or the people who you’re

connected to on social media so your

Facebook friends maybe Twitter you can

have Twitter friends maybe Instagram

friends people that you haven’t actually

met but that you somehow have a

connection with online people are now

calling them your friends but whether or

not they’re true friends remains to be

seen what is a true friend a true friend

is someone who you can tell all your

things - and they won’t judge you for it

gatecrash this this gatecrash means to

go to an event without having been

invited to the event I’ve also heard

just crash I haven’t heard it with gate

but I just heard crash isn’t to crash a

party so in a sentence

I once crashed a house party hmm I

wasn’t invited but someone somehow we

had a connection and we just showed up

and had a good time but usually gate

crashes are perceived as their very

unwelcome like you shouldn’t be there

great great is just a positive word how

are you I’m great

Oh how was that movie it was great any

time that you want to express some sort

of positivity you could use the word

great great you’re great Eileen pizza is

pretty great I haven’t eaten beads in a

while Pizza I don’t know I love the

phrase I don’t know I talked about this

phrase in one of the English topics

videos that we did with Michael we’ll

check that out if you haven’t already I

don’t know of course is used when you do

not know information you don’t know the

answer your teacher asks you a question

in math class or something and you can

say I don’t know for I have no ideas so

you can use it in this way but I like to

use I don’t know a lot to transition in

my speech when I don’t have a good idea

or when I’m out of things to say and I

want to kind of pass the conversation to

the next person I go I don’t know I

don’t know you can use this when you’re

trying to make a decision for example

and you kind of want to encourage the

other person to like help make the

decision so one person might say what do

you want to do and you can say I don’t

know what do you want to do I don’t know

what do you want to do and eventually

somebody has to make the decision but

you can kind of pass back and forth with

I don’t know I don’t know in this sort

of soft way never mind never mind means

don’t worry

about it or maybe like stop thinking

about that I don’t need to think about

that anymore never mind like you want to

move on in the conversation you can say

never mind are you making embarrassing

comment never mind what is happening

there was there’s like a creaky cracky

thing happening I just used it never

mind no it wasn’t on purpose so I just

use never mind I was pretty good passion

passion passion refers to something that

you feel very strongly about positively

usually so you can feel passion for your

studies you can feel passion for your

hobby you can feel passion for your

family or your friend I think we use

passion moreso to talk about like a love

relationship of a romantic relationship

so you could say I have passion for my

wife I have passion for my husband or

like I have passion for this hobby that

I do it’s a really positive word so in a

sentence let’s see I think a

relationship should be full of passion I

have passion for music I do I have

passion for music I’m constantly

listening to music from the moment I

wake up in the morning I literally have

headphones in in my bed and I’m

listening to my latest the latest new

things on my soundcloud stream that’s

true sparkler why did you guys pick

spark sparkler a sparkler is a small

firework like a handheld firework that

you can use like a fourth of July you

light one end of it and it kind of makes

that sound to it cuz it kind of burns

and you can write stuff and if you take

a picture with a like a long time err on

the camera or whatever you can spell out

boobs one of my favorite things to do on

the 4th of July in America is to light

sparklers with my family and friends and

that’s the end so that’s were let’s see

how many 10 those were 10 really cool

words that you guys chose from Facebook

thanks a lot for participating and

sending in those words it’s interesting

to see what you guys chose thanks again

for watching today and we will see you

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calm

the only thing I want for Christmas the

series to chill hi everybody welcome

back to ask Alicia the weekly series

where you ask me questions and I answer

them

maybe thanks very much as always for

submitting your questions remember you

can submit your questions to me at

English class 101.com slash ask - Alicia

first question question comes from Carla

hi Carla Carla asks how do you native

speakers use to have I have seen I’ve I

have got formal and informal sure we use

the verb to have for a lot of different

meaning there’s a grammatical function

for the verb have when we pair it with

the past participle form of a verb like

I have plus past participle to make the

present perfect tense or I had plus past

participle to make the past perfect

tense so there’s that kind of

grammatical function of the verb have

however if you just want to use the verb

have in everyday situations like I have

a phone or I have a camera or I don’t

have any money for example then to have

in that case just means to own something

or to hold something to be keeping

something so please consider the

sentence that you’re looking at with the

verb have in it if it comes before a

verb in the past participle it’s

probably a past perfect or a present

perfect expression if you’re seeing

something after the verb have like an

object in my examples like a phone or a

camera or money then it’s probably

referring to owning something or keeping

something so those are probably two of

the most common ways that you’ll see the

verb have and it’s variations in at

least American English speech next

question the next person asks two

questions so the next two questions are

from SLR Ciotti where we’re saya D I’m

sorry

question one from essa can you explain

through thorough though and thought they

sound similar yes indeed they do sound

similar and they even look similar in

writing for sure

however these words have different

meanings

and different functions in speech and in

writing let’s look at through to begin

with though through means to pass into

something and to come out the other side

of something so for example to go

through a tunnel or if you’re looking at

a document for example to go through a

document means to read through read all

of the content of the document from

beginning to end

so through something is to begin at

something and pass through all of the

content to pass through everything and

come come out the other side or to

complete something so we also use the

word through to mean finished in

American English like are you through

with dinner or I’m through with my

homework so through those are a couple

of different ways we use the word

through the second word thorough

thorough so different from through

thorough means comprehensive thorough

means completely thorough means well

done it has typically a positive meaning

so for example she was very thorough in

her explanation of the word through or

she was very thorough in her explanation

of the word thorough sorry she was very

thorough in her presentation meaning she

gave a lot of information in her

presentation thorough means well done

containing a lot of knowledge a lot of

information in something thorough so

please be thorough in completing your

homework or he wasn’t very thorough in

cleaning his room so thorough means well

done completely done finished so

considering everything considering all

points of something even the small

details is considered thorough so we can

use thorough for presentations for

activities that require small details a

thorough safety check for example so

these are actions that are done

completely fully to the small details so

that’s thorough next right here is

though though though you can think of

though in the same way you think of the

word but so it’s used to contrast

information it’s used to express a

difference in something so you could

follow someone’s opinion with an

expression like though so for example I

think summer is the best season though

winter is pretty fun too

so you can think of though in the same

way as you think of but a though B so

you’re presenting a

and then a contrasting opinion be and

you’re connecting those two ideas with

though in the same way you would but so

though though although is similar we use

although and though and but in similar

ways what’s the difference but is much

more casual and but is use much more in

casual conversation and everyday

conversation if you’re writing a

document a formal document or if you’re

making a formal statement you could use

though in place of but so though shows

contrasting information the last one on

this list is thought thought thought is

the past tense of think when used as a

verb so I thought you were coming today

or I thought it was going to rain later

or I thought this was such a great

afternoon thought is used as the past

tense of think we can also use thought

to refer to an idea as a noun so I had a

thought for example or do you have any

thoughts about this project so we can

use thought as a verb past tense of

think or as a noun to refer to an idea

so again that’s through thorough though

and thought some of you might be

wondering how do I remember which is

which when I’m reading or when I’m

listening

you have to pay attention to the grammar

of the sentence they all have different

grammatical functions so you need to

think about the grammar surrounding the

word two-on-two question do from SF what

does love to hate me and when can I use

it love to hate means it’s something

that you really really dislike but it’s

sort of enjoyable to dislike so for

example this is an expression we can

apply to reality TV so many people think

reality TV is not very good

entertainment or it’s not very

high-quality entertainment however it’s

really really fun to watch so maybe for

example you just hate a character on a

reality TV show but somehow you enjoy

watching that TV show too so something

that you feel very strong dislike for

and yet you really enjoy it at the same

time that’s something you can love to

hate you love to hate that thing next

question next question comes from Bowie

Dent a bow a bow a den day I’m going to

ask

when can I use ever in a present perfect

sentence like I have ever ever means at

any time or at all times you can use

ever when you’re asking a question like

have you ever bla bla bla have you ever

been to France have you ever eaten ramen

have you ever taken a trip to the

mountains for example we can use ever

when making questions that’s one but

because ever means at all time or at any

time we may not use it to answer a

question like that have you ever blah

blah blah we usually say yes or no in

that in response to that we can say I

have never ever taken a trip to France

or I have never ever forgotten my key

use for example I have never ever blah

blah blah but in that case it still

means never an expression like never

ever just emphasizes the word never so

to use ever we need to pare ever with a

verb in a sentence so we can’t say I

have ever just I have plus a verb we

cannot say I have ever that’s incorrect

I have at some at any time or at all

times it’s it’s redundant it’s it’s not

necessary we can however use ever in a

negative expression like I haven’t ever

been to France or she hasn’t ever eaten

cheese for example so we have to pare

ever with a negative to make a response

we use ever for present perfect tense

questions and paired with a negative

have or has to make a response to make a

negative response so please keep those

two in mind next question next question

comes from Baja hey Baja nice to see you

again bajas question is what does - mean

and when can we use it ok so the word -

as a verb means to run very quickly for

a short period of time so for example I

dashed to the station to catch my train

or I dash to the classroom for my test

he dashed off to the flower store to buy

a bouquet for his mother for example so

these are very very short periods of

time and very high speed that’s 2 -

however we can use dad

as a noun in a way that does not refer

to running we can use it in writing as

well sometimes we use the word - to

refer to these lines we see in writing

you might see hyphens and dashes and M

dashes these all have different

functions in writing

hyphens may be used to connect words and

dashes can be used to show periods of

time and M dashes can kind of show extra

information in a sentence so we call all

of these dashes this is kind of the

category that we assigned to each of

these so there’s the verb - - and

there’s also - as a noun which means all

of these sorts of things so thanks for

that question mark next question next

question comes from Ricardo Villarroel

hey Ricardo welcome back Ricardo’s

question is what’s the difference

between several sundry and various okay

I’m not quite sure how sundry fits in

here several means a few of something so

think of several as higher than a couple

or a few but it’s not quite at many yet

so maybe as a good hint the word several

sounds a bit similar to seven maybe it

doesn’t necessarily mean exactly seven

of something but it’s a bit higher than

a few and it’s not quite at the level of

many or a lot of the next word you asked

about sundry sundry is something we use

for household items like everyday small

household items we usually use that in

the plural form like shops which sell

sundries so this is quite different from

the words several and various so sundry

is usually used in the plural form and

it refers to everyday items in your

house the last word you asked about

various we use various to describe a

miscellany of things we use it before a

noun typically for example various ideas

or various people or various subjects

various topics so various is used to

describe many different types of

something several refers to quantity

various is just used to indicate that

there are different types or different

kinds of the noun that follows it so

as I said various ideas various flavors

various people meaning different types

of ideas different types of people

different types of flavors so several

quantity various types next question

next question comes from Arnett Jake new

gooood Newton ugly eyebrows are how do

we use well before someone starts

speaking and though after they speak

well is kind of used as a soft way to

begin speaking well it kind of shows

that you are listening to the other

person so it shows you listened to the

other person and you are responding to

them well if that’s the case it kind of

has that nuance well it sort of shows

you were listening and you are going to

respond based on that information

remember though is used to show contrast

so if someone presents you with an idea

or gives you an opinion and you want to

show contrast to that formally you can

begin with though so if for example

you’re in a formal situation a business

situation for example and someone says I

think we should continue with the idea

we proposed last summer for this project

you might counter the opinion or you

might oppose the opinion by beginning

your statement with though

so you could say though that’s going to

cost a lot of money to implement so

though shows contrast in a formal and

polite way next question next question

comes from Michael King hi Michael

Michael asks I want to study at home

self study what should I do

ah yeah okay I have self study and it

can be tough to do but you have the

internet congratulations

so what can you do there are a lot of

things number one define your goal what

is it you hope to achieve

what are you looking to do through your

studies don’t just say I want to learn

English that’s not a very specific goal

give yourself a specific goal to achieve

like I want to pass this level of a test

or I want to be able to do this thing in

my life I want to be able to give a

business presentation in English number

two look for resources that are going to

help you achieve that goal if you need

to work on your speaking you need to

find ways to practice your speaking if

you’re looking for something to help you

with your reading or

you’re writing for example look for

tools that do that if you want to read

look for blogs look for websites that

have the content in your target language

that you want to know more about so

start reading things and trying to pick

up the vocabulary through studying those

things in your target language there are

tons of resources out there but you need

to define your goal first and then start

looking for the resources that match

your goal three may be the most

difficult one for a lot of us is to

practice every day find some way to make

language practice part of your everyday

routine in my case for example I found

that it was really helpful for me to

take 15 minutes in the morning and 15

minutes in the evening during my commute

on the subway to study vocabulary and

that helped me improve little by little

day by day so it was a total of 30

minutes but it added up over time I am

through practicing every day you’ll find

that the resources you’re using will

become easier to understand number four

where possible try to create an

immersion environment if you’re not in

the situation where you’re actually

living in the country or you can go to

the country where they speak the

language you’re studying try to create

some kind of immersion environment for

yourself where you can’t escape into

your native language just as much as

possible try to create some sort of

immersion environment so that you get

used to hearing those sounds and kind of

the natural responses that people have

to those sounds too number five I think

one more really good tip for studying at

home is asking questions so there are

other people who are learning your

language and other people who are trying

to study we see it a lot on this channel

too and you guys are fantastic about

helping your fellow classmates when you

have a question and you can’t find the

answer for it ask someone don’t let

yourself get stuck also think about the

resources you already have if it’s a

question about vocabulary you can check

the dictionary if you want to deepen

your vocabulary you can check a

thesaurus if you have a specific

question about how an expression is used

try asking a native speaker try posting

on a message board try posting in the

comments try posting on our website so

if you have a question reach out and ask

chances are if you have the question

it’s going to help somebody else to ask

the question and get

answer if you have a question ask good

luck with your self-study next question

next question is from Harley passes hey

Harley welcome back what does

uncountable mean this refers to a group

of noun that we do not count with

numbers alone so for example bread is

uncountable instead we use a counter

word between the number and the

uncountable nouns so in my bread example

we use one loaf of bread one slice of

bread there are different words we use

to count the individual pieces or the

individual units of the uncountable now

uncountable nouns means nouns which we

cannot count with just a simple number

before then now we need to use an

additional counter word next question

next question comes from Taylor hi again

Taylor what’s the difference between

look into my eyes and look me in the eye

I would say that we use look into my

eyes in more romantic situations or you

might hear this in like movies maybe

there’s something magical that’s

happening and I don’t know which is

casting a spell and she says look into

my eyes look me in the eye is typically

used in a more aggressive situation its

youth than an expression like look me in

the eye and say that look me in the eye

tends to be a more aggressive statement

look into my eyes sounds more romantic

or mysterious next question from Yong ki

Yong Yong hee I’m sorry what’s the

difference between I like to take naps

and I like to take a nap or I like to go

for walks and I like to go for a walk so

when you’re speaking generally

especially in a sentence like I like to

you need to use the plural form of the

noun you can’t use the singular form of

the now because you’re talking generally

about all cases of that noun or all

cases of that action you’re talking

about a regular activity you like to do

something you have done more than one

time something you are going to do

repeatedly presumably into the future so

you need to use the plural form next

question next question is from soo ha

how do we write a good paragraph number

one you need to think about the position

of your paragraph in your overall

document let’s think about writing in

document in terms of three parts and

introduction of body and conclusion in

the introduction section you need to

introduce the key information your

reader needs to know what they’re going

to read about later in your documents so

if your paragraph is in the introduction

you need to think about how to introduce

your information there

second the body section of your document

should be where you include your

evidence your supporting materials your

opinions any references that you have so

if your paragraph falls in the body of

the document you should have these

things in mind if your paragraph is in

the conclusion of your document at the

end you should be concluding or

finishing your ideas it’s typically a

good idea to summarize the ideas you

presented in the body and the

introduction of your document in the

concluding session do use transitions

when you’re writing it’s good to

transition from one sentence to another

and to use good transitions between

paragraphs themselves so some example

transitions could be 1st 2nd 3rd or next

then finally after that moreover

additionally furthermore so transitions

help the reader connect the ideas that

you’re presenting in your writing 3

avoid trying to include too much

information in one sentence remember you

need to try to present your ideas as

clearly and accurately as possible so if

you find you’re just writing and writing

and writing and the sentence is becoming

extremely long take a moment and look at

the goal of this sentence what are you

actually trying to communicate if you

need to break it into smaller sentences

and connect them with transitions next

question next question comes from Juan

Garcia high lawn lawn asks I would like

to know how to use down up off in on and

out after a verb and why it’s necessary

oh dear Juan this is a very big question

your question is about phrasal verbs

these are all called phrasal verbs verb

plus adverb or preposition

there are an enormous amount of phrasal

verbs I cannot possibly talk about all

of them in one video phrasal verbs are

necessary because they are part of

speech they are simply a type of verb

type of expression so you need to know

them because they will help you to

communicate effectively so if you want

to know more about specific phrasal

verbs

I would suggest checking a dictionary

okay thanks very much for submitting

your questions again this week great

questions as always thank you so much

you guys make me think really hard

remember if you’d like to submit a

question please send them to me at

English class 101.com slash ask - Alicia

alright so thanks very much for watching

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next time my hi everybody my name is

Alisha and today we’re gonna be talking

about ten of the hardest words to

pronounce according to you guys so we

collected some information from you on

Facebook thanks very much for sending in

your ideas and these were the top ten

most difficult words for you to

pronounce so let’s get started

absolutely absolutely absolutely might

be tough to pronounce absolutely means

100% absolutely is an agreement phrase

are you going to that music event next

week absolutely yes 100% definitely

absolutely loot like a loot hell ute

dude big rhyme big rhyme apparently

means dirty I have never heard nor used

this word before but perhaps it’s

difficult to pronounce big rhyme the

door to my apartment was big rhymed in

the storm last week breakfast the next

word is breakfast breakfast is hard to

pronounce but that is the meaning of

breakfast you’re breaking the fast so

fast is a period of time without eating

and to break means to just well in this

case breaking something it doesn’t refer

to like crushing a thing but stopping

something to break the fast of the night

in other words so you’re fasting during

the night you’re not eating so you wake

up in the morning you break the fast but

we don’t say break fast we say breakfast

in a sentence this morning from

breakfast I ate a bowl of cereal with

grapes and I had a coffee too colleague

colleague yes colleague many of my

students struggle with this they say

colleague or they say colleague you or

something cuz the spelling of this word

is really really strange there’s that

gue at the end and we’re more commonly I

feel it’s just co-worker colleague

sounds slightly more formal to me then

coworker somebody who you work with or

somebody who you have a business

relationship with in some sense could be

a person from another company could be

somebody from your own company anyone

who you do business dealings with is

your colleague can be your colleague in

a sentence I’m going to a networking

event with my colleagues next week

miscellaneous that mis see miscellaneous

so just as the spelling I think maybe

it’s confusing for this word

miscellaneous miscellaneous just means

others stuff or just other uncatted

Erised stuff I keep a lot of

miscellaneous items in a drawer in my

house maybe they don’t they don’t really

fit into one category like it’s not

kitchen things it’s not clothing it’s

just sort of a mixture of things

miscellaneous things negotiation the

next word is negotiation negotiation

yeah there are two T’s in this but

neither T is a hard T they’re both very

soft that Sh

sound because they’re followed by the

eye and another vowel that she a

negotiation negotiation refers to a

compromise between two people you’re

trying to make a decision and you

negotiate in this case that’s a noun

form negotiation business negotiations

continued for more than a month with

this important deal realm realm I see

why this one’s hard it’s that rolling

part the room it’s a weird word isn’t it

it’s used to talk about just like the

kind of a fantasy world is sort of the

nuance of this phrase the realm in a

sentence

lets us go to the realm where the elves

live and eat their bread unfortunately

the next word is unfortunately

unfortunately unfortunately just means

too bad you can use this to to start bad

news for example like unfortunately I

can’t come to work today because I’m

sick or unfortunately I broke my arm

at the basketball game last week or

unfortunately my haircut is bad

vocabu-larry vocabu-larry vocabu-larry

just refers to the

words in a language my vocabulary in my

second language is really really low I

need a bigger vocabulary so that I can

express myself more clearly world world

oh I see why this one’s hard world world

hard to pronounce that rld I think

together is tough Plus that w at the

beginning as well it’s such a short word

but you have to say so many weird things

at the same time world your tongue is

going yeah Wow like this in a sentence I

have traveled all over the world and the

best food is in

my stomach that’s in so those were 10

hard to pronounce words give them a try

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you don’t need new shoes you need new

fee too much information hi everybody

and welcome back to top words my name is

Alisha and today we’re gonna be talking

about your top 10 language learning

goals for the year sounds good right

let’s go I’ll finish the survival

phrases series on English class 101 comm

by listening to two lessons a day the

first goal is I’ll finish the survival

phrases series on English class 101 comm

by listening to two lessons a day wow

that sounds like a good goal two lessons

a day that doesn’t sound too bad I

suppose having never listened to one of

these because I speak English already

but what I mean if it’s if it’s only

like two or three minutes you could do

that like one in the morning and one of

the night I’ll finish reading one

English book by reading ten pages a day

I’ll finish reading one English book by

reading ten pages a day oh that’s a

really good goal actually actually I

have this goal for myself for Japanese

and I’m doing a terrible job of it

because I picked a book that was too

hard mmm so I guess if you want to do

this you should pick a book that’s just

a little challenging for you I think

that’s the best thing to do something

just tough so you learn what you read

I’ll pass my English test the next goal

is I’ll pass my English test pass my

English test so hopefully all of you

will pass any English tests that you

have coming up or get the score that you

want on your English certification exam

again I think it’s just an everyday

thing like studying every day making it

a habit is the best I’ll memorize five

English songs whoo oh the next one I

used this technique when I started

learning Japanese actually this goal is

I’ll memorize five English songs songs

were great because like the melody helps

the words stick

your head but it does make things a

little bit weird because you might end

up using like an intonation pattern or a

speaking pattern that’s not so natural

but you can at least kind of remember

phrases or remember how words are

supposed to fit together even if it’s

not necessarily grammatical you know you

might still be able to use it actually

this is a surprisingly easy one if you

just take time listen to the songs and

repeat after the singer the same way

that you would for a song in your native

language this one’s a pretty fast goal

withing

I’ll finish memorizing 350 words with

flashcards on English class 101 calm the

next goal is I’ll finish memorizing 350

words with flashcards on English class

101 comm 350 words with flashcards I

wonder how long that would take 350

words if you learn I don’t know 350

words I feel like you could do that in

like a couple months pretty easy if

you’re ambitious a couple weeks that’s a

good one I’ll write 10 postcards in

English to my english-speaking friends

the next goal is I’ll write 10 postcards

in English to my english-speaking

friends that’s sort of cute actually I

would be sort of happy to get a postcard

from a friend like you don’t get

postcards these days and like a

handwritten one from someone who’s

studying like English I’d be really cute

I’d like this hey all my friends

watching this video will you send me a

postcard okay how’s anyone and Mike

really bad Japanese you can make fun of

my handwriting looks like an elementary

school student I’ll learn how to talk

about past present and future events so

the next goal is I’ll learn how to talk

about past present and future events

this should really already be a goal

this is pretty much what language is

like language is a tool to talk about

past present and future events and

potential events as well if you’re

watching this video you’re probably

studying it right now I’ll master 150

words by memorizing five words a day

the next goal similar to one we just saw

a few minutes ago is I’ll master 150

words by memorizing five words a day

that sounds pretty good

words a day sounds fine just make sure

to review so you don’t forget the five

words you learned the day before find a

way to make sure that you don’t forget

the words you’ve already learned but

five words a day seems pretty reasonable

if you can stick with it I’ll become a

better English writer by journaling

every day

the next goal is I’ll become a better

English writer by journaling every day I

think this is a really good goal to have

actually just doing something writing

something creating something in your

target language in this case in English

is great I do this in Japanese like I

don’t hand write but I use sometimes I

use like Twitter or Instagram like just

to try to say what I would like to say

in of course in English but also to try

and say it in Japanese as well so I use

writing as a way to like just try to

create language every roughly every day

or so

I’ll watch one history documentary a

week to learn more about the United

States the next goal is I’ll watch one

history documentary a week to learn more

about the United States oh this is

interesting this is a cultural goal

really so watching the documentary is a

nice nice way to practice your language

but because this this goal has a history

documentary in the in the goal name

you’d be learning about the culture of

the country the culture behind the

language that you speak a little bit

that’s a really good goal actually I

like that one okay that is the end that

was the last one all right so those are

ten goals for learning English this year

so maybe this is maybe maybe one of your

goals was included in this list if you

have a different goal for your language

learning this year please leave it in a

comment let us know how it goes

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soon bye whoa that’s a big goal watching

the same movie every day that is a

really hardcore

I wonder what what movie would you watch

clearly like there’s any other choice

yeah

I was gonna say like Star Wars but

that’s probably that’s probably not a

very good choice because it’s like

science fiction I would want to use a

movie that’s like you know you can pick

up like lines from actually use them

maybe like a comedy then or even like it

sounds dumb but like a romance or like

what’s that call it chick flick yeah you

know like this like cheesy romance

movies those might be good yeah honestly

because there’s so much like normal

dialogue in those yeah wow that would be

quite a goal wow if anybody does that 10

points for you hi everybody my name is

Alisha and today we’re gonna be talking

about the top 25 English phrases so

let’s get started the first phrase is

hello hello of course is used as a

greeting you can greet your friends you

can greet your co-workers your family

with this phrase just by saying hello

hey hi what’s up hello so yo pretty much

any time of day you can use hello hello

the next phrase is good morning good

morning is used as a greeting in the

morning you can kind of feel when

morning ends for you good morning is

nice and polite or even just morning

with your close friends or close

co-workers the next phrase is good night

good night is fine we don’t use this to

greet other people we use it when we’re

saying goodbye to other people at night

family members particularly mothers and

fathers to say good night to their

children before they put them to bed you

can say it to your friend in a text

message or in an email if you’ve been

talking for a while

good night so the next word to talk

about is goodbye use it when you say

goodbye to your friends when you leave

your friends goodbye

bye of course take care have a nice day

peace out that’s another way to say

goodbye okay the next phrase is I’m plus

your name of course this is a way to

introduce yourself you can use I’m in my

case Alicia I’m Alicia - introduce

yourself in any situation new friend I’m

Alicia

okay the next phrase is what’s your name

what’s your name is used to ask someone

else what their name is so what is your

name sounds a bit try to use what’s your

name

if you forget someone’s name you can say

sorry what’s your name or sorry what’s

your name again

next phrase is nice to meet you nice to

meet you anytime you meet someone new

nice to meet you is fine good to meet

you is a little more casual great to

meet you sounds very excited pleasure to

meet you sounds like maybe a formal

situation or a business

okay the next phrase is how are you how

are you is an it’s just a friendly way

to check in with the other person you

can use it with friends your family your

co-workers maybe even your boss to a

certain degree how are you how you doing

the next phrase is I’m fine thanks and

you if you saw English in three minutes

we talked a lot about this phrase

instead of I’m fine thank you and you

say I’m good thanks how are you just

shorten it make it a little bit more

natural how are you good how are you

great how are you not so good how are

you okay and so on so when someone says

how are you offer I usually say I’m good

this week i bla bla give some

information about what you’ve been up to

maybe a hobby something that you did

recently an event something interesting

you saw whatever people want to make

that connection with you and it’s a good

chance for you to continue speaking the

next word is please PLEASE as a polite

phrase used when you want something from

someone else you can use this as a

response when someone offers you

something like in a restaurant for

example would you like more water would

you like something to drink oh please my

next phrase is thank you thank you is

used to express your appreciation you

can use thank you with everybody the

next phrase is you’re welcome you’re

welcome when someone says thank you you

can say you’re welcome no biggie

I use no biggie as in no biggie is short

for no big problem next where it is yes

yes of course yes means is any positive

expression someone asks you a question

and the answer is a positive answer you

say yes yep uh-huh yeah we know next I’m

guessing I knew it yep the next word is

no no is a negative response to

something when you have to give a

negative answer so as you can probably

guess the long form of no is negative I

like to use nope it’s very very casual

not gonna happen my parents would use

that with me to soften that a little bit

if you want to show a negative response

to something like let’s go for dinner

tonight what do you want to do like do

you want to go out not really

hmm no I don’t think so mm-hmm to soften

it the next word is okay okay

this word comes from copyeditors okay

when they had to check a manuscript they

had to label the manuscript all clear

AC but because they were copy editors

and they have a very very sick sense of

humor they thought they would mark it

okay for all clear to make a joke

because o and K do not start all and

clear but it caught on among everybody

in the world anyway okay is used to

agree with somebody else well it can be

used actually to express a positive or

kind of a slight negative I feel

transitioning in your conversation you

can say okay now we’re going to talk

about blah blah blah okay

the next phrase is excuse me excuse me

it’s used to get someone’s attention in

English when you don’t know the other

person for example in a store a

supermarket maybe a stranger on the

street you need to ask directions you

can use excuse me you can use excuse me

in the supermarket excuse me can you

tell me where the hot sauce is if you’ve

done something rude in public you can

use excuse me I personally do not do

rude things in public ever I’m sorry is

the next word we’re gonna talk about I’m

sorry is used to apologize when you have

made a mistake or someone you know it’s

made a mistake and you’re connected to

it or you just feel bad you can use I’m

sorry you made a mistake at work I’m

sorry you forgot to feed your cat I’m

sorry sorry about that you bump someone

next to you oh sorry what time is it is

the next phrase when you need to check

what time it is

what time is it when you ask someone

else what time it is maybe you say this

to yourself to check your watch check

your phone check a clock pretty

straightforward phrase there aren’t

really any short version so that’s an

easy one where is that plus a location

so you can use this for a building or a

store we don’t we’re not going to use

this where is the for a place a city

name or a state name or a country name

to do that you would need to remove the

but where is the bank where is the

post-office you can use this to ask

directions to ask for help in your house

or at work where is the copy machine

where is the file

I need where is the bla bla bla where is

the bathroom is perhaps a very important

question to know the next one is may I

use the restroom may I use the restroom

is a polite and soft expression that you

can use if you

to use the toilet you need to use the

washroom and when you’re at someone’s

house for the very first time when

you’re in a place that your that is new

to you you can ask may I use the

restroom

more casually can I go to the bathroom

to be very polite you can say may I go

to the bathroom

the next phrase is I would like to order

something you can use this at a

restaurant probably or in any situation

where you need to place an order I’d

like a pizza I like beer can I get the

check please this will be used at a

restaurant when you’ve finished your

meal and it’s time to go can I get the

check please in a very very casual

situation you can just say check please

that’s fine the next phrase is see you

soon see you soon is used with friends

and family members perhaps when you

expect to see them again soon after

saying goodbye to them this is used at

the end of the conversation you’re going

separate directions

see you soon see ya is also good or just

see you to make it a little more formal

you can say I’ll see you again soon make

a full sentence out of it that way the

next phrases see you later see you later

is very similar to see you soon but the

point is would see you later is that

you’re probably going to meet that

person again later on in the same day

the last phrase is really really is a

very useful word because you can use it

to show you were interested in a

conversation with upward intonation

really really tell me more or to show

that you’re not so interested in the

conversation with downward intonation

really so there are many other words

that you can use similar to really in

this way like seriously or oh oh and so

on so it’s a really good practice for

your intonation so those are 25 very

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hi everybody my name is Alisha and today

we’re gonna be talking about the top 25

english nouns these are the top 25 most

commonly used nouns in English so let’s

get started the first noun is the word

name name of course is used in common

questions like what’s your name my name

is and so on

my favorite actor’s name is Harrison

Ford something like that the next word

is time time is used of course to

express the point in the day is used in

questions like what time is it can you

tell me what time it is I don’t have any

time lately if you’re really busy

have you any time it’s time for my

favorite show house of cards Kevin

Spacey is cool

the next noun is man please be careful

man is one of those words it has an

irregular plural form when you need to

use the plural of the word man you

should say men do not say man’s it’s

very funny but don’t say it

who’s that man or what’s up man you can

use man with men or women interestingly

enough the next word is women women also

has an irregular plural form please say

women when referring to more than one

woman not women’s or woman even though

the the singular and the plural form of

women and women have the same spelling

at the beginning WOM the pronunciations

are different women women so watch out

for that when you say that’s pretty why

man the next word is person person you

can use it to refer generally to either

a man or a woman please be careful

persons plural form becomes people when

you want to talk about another culture

for example you can say such in such

countries people or the people in that

country speak above all language the

next word is thing generally an

inanimate object something that is that

just doesn’t move like a water bottle or

you know a sweater a thing you can use

it when you don’t know the word for

something so thing is very very useful

what is this thing I like many things

for example where the wild things are

the movie that’s already out that I

totally knew about no the next word is

mother mother is the person the woman

who gave birth to you is not exciting

mother is commonly shortened to mom or

mama or mummy

madre if you speak Spanish Mumm Mumm bah

if you’re me mamacita the next word is

day of course day is used in all of the

days of the week Monday Tuesday

Wednesday Friday Sunday time period when

the Sun is out the day or the daytime

have a nice day the next word is world

world just refers to the entire planet

Earth I like to travel all around the

world or I like trying foods from all

around the world in the world of science

this is an upcoming technology or in the

world of literature he’s one of the most

famous authors so worlds can be used to

refer just just to kind of a more

specific hobby or a specific interest or

it’s just a specific person’s life wharf

world’s father father is your dad other

other common words used for father are

dad papa pop

daddy paw Basha while mother is used to

refer to kind of like nurturing kind of

like you know the earth or things that

like kind of give life to others father

at least in my mind there’s kind of this

image of someone who’s a little bit more

strict in your life the next word is

sister a female sibling is your sister

you can also use sister for a female

person that you feel very very close

with so I might call my female friend

who’s I’m very close to my sister my

brother likes to shorten it to sis you

might also hear sista as well if you are

silly sister Whoopi Goldberg was in a

famous movie called Sister Act the next

word is brother brother is a male

sibling you can also use brother to

refer to a close male friend common

variations of brother are brother bro

bra rosy broski depending on what kind

of person you are you can choose to use

any number of those like I might

sarcastically say to my friend cool

story bro look if he’s told me a story

that’s not very exciting in Mario for

example the name of the Mario games is

actually Super Mario Brothers but

brothers is abbreviated as BRS Super

Mario Bros yeah just be careful about

your use of bro because it sounds a

little bit like a college-age boy that’s

kind of the kind of

of the word bro oh brother where art

thou the next word is daughter daughter

is a female child daughter do you have a

daughter I have a daughter I don’t have

a daughter taken its son a male child is

someone’s son son s Oh n is pronounced

exactly the same as s u n son what are

you talking about son the next word is I

II ye I your eye is the round thing that

you used to see with eye is used in a

lot of expressions and idioms in English

as in I’ve got my eye on you

meaning I’m watching you or keep your

eye out for something meaning please

look for something or please pay close

attention I’m waiting for something to

happen the next word is hand body parts

give me a hand

or can I give you a hand means please

help me or can I help you to give

someone a hand head this thing on the

top of your body your head we use head

to refer to the top of things as in the

head of a company the head of a group

the head of the line so whoever is first

in the line whoever is top at the

company they are the head if you have a

head dance the next word is foot this is

another word that has a weird plural

form one foot two feet foot

interestingly enough foot is used of

course to refer to your body part a foot

also is a unit of measurement if you are

from America or I believe one other

country in the world uses this system

sorry we’re not onboard with the metric

thing in America but foot is 12 inches

about this long so if head refers to the

top of things foot is used to refer to

the bottom of things if you’ve written a

paper on Microsoft Word for example at

the very bottom of the page there will

be a space called the footer meaning the

bottom where you can put little notes to

your reader the next word is place place

can be used to refer generally to a

location commonly to refer to friends

homes or apartments let’s go to your

place or can we have the party at your

place is a little bit more natural than

I want to go to your house the next word

is work be careful about using work as a

noun and work as a verb your work refers

to your job your

sponsibility er tasks at your office or

your workplace you can use it in a

phrase like I have a lot of work to do

or please help me with my work I like to

go to work it can be used to just refer

to anything artistic in general so it

can mean it can be a painting it can be

a building it can be a sculpture it can

be I don’t know whatever anything

artsy can be referred to as work as in I

really like that new work by that artist

or did you see so-and-so’s new work

twerk the next word is weak weak refers

to the seven-day period that we have

decided is one week here in the modern

world commonly used in expressions

relating to your activities as in I go

to the gym once a week or I see my

friends twice a week or I have to work

every day of the week Monday through

Friday is referred to as weekdays

Saturday and Sunday weekend next word is

month month is there are twelve months

in a year my favorite month depending on

which country I’m in I generally like

autumn months like October I think I

usually like the month of October

September October is good because it’s

not too hot and not too cold halloween

is coming and that’s my favorite holiday

Hannah Montana my next word is a year

year refers to the time period usually

365 days there are leap years where

there is an extra day in the month of

February what year were you born or I

was born in the year of the rabbit

depending on which calendar you like to

use it can be used to introduce a story

as in many years ago I went to bla bla

bla year the platypus next is the word

one the number one the first number one

of something to refer to somebody who

you loved and who left your life you can

say oh he or she was the one that got

away the next one is the number but it

can be using a number of expressions

like what’s your phone number or give me

your number or here’s my number it means

phone number but we don’t always say

phone that’s the end of this top 25 most

common nouns in the English language

maybe you’ve used some of these you

probably have keep them in mind and have

fun with them thanks very much for

watching this episode and we’ll see you

again soon bye

overhead one do you like trees yes yeah

right Matt hi everybody my name is

Alisha and today we’re gonna be talking

about the top 25 english verbs by

frequency so let’s get into it me is the

first English verb the refers to

existence I want to be an astronaut I

think you would be a great person for

this job

be yourself let’s be friends I could

have been a writer if I wanted to be the

next verb is have I have a dog I have an

idea what do you have how many do you

have how much money do you have do you

have any friends how have you been

have you seen my mom I can’t find her

have yourself a merry little Christmas

the next verb is do do you want some

pizza do you have a dog so why do you

need if they do do be do be do if you’re

Frank Sinatra I do the things that you

do better say say say say what you say

name say you love me do you know what

I’m saying

know what I’m saying the next verb is

get get a life get a job get a haircuts

get a better suit Stevens what you got I

could have gotten pony but I went with a

lizard instead I’m getting tired that’s

not true the next verb is make make a

cake make your mother proud someone

outside is making a strange face at me

through the window at the moment that is

a true story

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legitimate means the next verb is go go

big or go home I’m going to the beach

you should go to the beach you should go

to the forest go to a baseball game with

me past tense of goes went I went

spelunking on my holiday the next word

is no this is an interesting word

because no is actually not commonly used

in the progressive tense no is commonly

using present tense

to refer to your mental state or your

emotional state so we don’t really say I

am knowing really but we can say I know

I know the answer what do you know about

this issue he couldn’t have possibly

known the location of the treasure how

many people do you know I knew it

the next verb is take take a cake take a

break take yourself to bed you should

take vacation have you ever taken a bath

the next word is see we’ll see I’ll see

you later the next verb is come come as

an expert please come to my house come

to a party I’m gonna come over to your

place later the next word is think think

I think you’re great he thinks pizza is

the best food I’m thinking about lunch

I’m thinking about coffee what are you

thinking about I’ve been thinking about

something that’s a Hanson song have you

ever thought about the meaning of life

look look it’s the next firm please look

at the camera look over there look over

here and look at dog look at your mom oh

my gosh would you look at that look at

the time

look it’s a bird it’s a plane it’s

actually a bird look that’s it is it me

you’re looking for hello next word is

want want what do you want I want food

how many coffees have you ever wanted I

wanted to go to the dry cleaners this

morning but I ran at a time that’s true

the next verb is give give me a break

I’m going to give you a raise Stevens

I’m giving you the ax fired give me a

break

I have given you everything I have go on

tomorrow off right now I could have

given you the world and instead I gave

you a carpet uses the next word use

don’t use a pen I like using chocolate

when I make food are you using me for my

brain

next is fine we could have found buried

treasure last weekend I’m finding Nemo

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next verb tell me a story tell me lies

tell me sweet little life tell me the

truth the whole truth and nothing but

the truth

I am told that you are an extremely good

opera singer I’m telling you to leave

tell lies every day don’t tell lies the

next word is ask ask please pronounce

this correctly it is not ax many native

speakers make this pronunciation mistake

and it really bothers me ask ask me

about my collection of rare doughnut

recipes ask your mom about her life why

don’t you ask your boss to the party how

about you asked your coworker for some

advice about this issue I should have

asked for help but I didn’t the next

verb is work work is work I’m working

now sima team the weather seems nice

today he seemed a little angry this

morning feel is the next word feel I

feel happy feelings feel feel clap along

if you feel like that’s what you try oh

my gosh try is the next word huh I’m

trying my best

I try every day to work very hard have

you ever tried ramen I tried ramen

yesterday and it was really good

do you try to exercise every day I’m

trying to sleep go away the next verb is

leave leave leave me alone leave your

doors unlocked

don’t leave your doors unlocked I have

never left a hot air balloon without

first taking a picture the next verb is

cold call it the next breath give me a

call please call me later call me maybe

Oh your mom on her birthday every year

she’ll be happy Cole Cole you’re a

seagull have you ever called the wrong

number have you ever called a dog by

another dog’s name and that’s the end no

the most fun episode I’ve ever done

anything so those are 25 English verbs

some very very common English verbs give

them a try we’ve talked about a lot of

different grammar forms and a lot of

different ways you can use these verbs

so please practice them and if you like

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