TOO vs SO Advanced English Lesson

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everything that we talked about today

today we’ve got an important topic we’re

going to talk about two commonly

confused words so and two but before we

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so today we’re going to be talking about

two important words and I hope that at

the end of today’s lesson you’ll feel

comfort

and confident using them yourself and

also knowing the nuance between them

because there is definitely a difference

between these two words and a lot of

English learners feel uncomfortable with

this let’s start with my first question

we’re going to talk about one of the

words first and then we’re going to talk

about the second one the first one is a

little more clear a little more general

I want to ask you what is the hottest

month in your country the weather is the

hottest what is the hottest month in

your country for me I live on the east

coast of the US and I live in the south

so that means that August is the hottest

month for me July is really hot as well

August is hot

September can be pretty hot too what is

the hottest month for you oh we’ve got a

lot of great answers coming in from

those who are here live July August

April June February

alright May let’s try to use this month

with today’s important vocabulary word

so our first word today is so so I’m

gonna write this here on my trusty

clipboard first we’re going to talk

about so how can we talk about the

hottest month and include the word so

let’s make a pretty clear sentence

August is so hot really clear only four

words great August is so hot and is

there any kind of alternative meaning

here we have our key word so here what

do you think the word so

means well I actually already used an

alternative meaning to this word a

couple seconds ago we could say that

this word just means Mary or really

August is really hot August is very hot

August is so hot we’re using this to

emphasize something that is not positive

or negative this is the important key

I’m not giving my personal opinion about

if I like it or if I don’t like it the

word so is simply to emphasize that it

is very hot I’m not gonna give my

opinion about if I like it

and if I think that it’s a good thing or

if I think it’s a bad thing that’s going

to be the second word the second word

too is going to show your opinion about

it but let’s wait a moment to talk about

• let’s continue with the word so using

it to mean very and what I’m going to do

I have written here a couple I’m calling

them quick questions quick questions and

I want to see if you can create a

sentence simple sentence like August is

so hot can you create quickly a simple

sentence using so to answer these

questions there are a lot of possible

answers but I want to make sure that we

have options to see sentence structure

I’m going to be reading some of your

sentences I’ll be giving you some of my

own as well are you ready for these

quick questions to test to see if you

can use so I haven’t explained it an

awful lot yet but I want to see if you

can use it my first question is oh how

would you feel if you hadn’t eaten all

all day it’s at the end of the day maybe

7 p.m. and you didn’t eat breakfast

you didn’t eat lunch how do you feel hmm

what do you think can you create a

sentence using this I love your answers

I would feel so hungry

me too do you know what in fact if I

didn’t eat for just a couple hours I

would feel so hungry because nowadays as

many of you know I’m gonna have a baby

in about one month maybe in two months

it depends so I’m always hungry I would

feel so hungry alright question number

two let’s imagine that you go to your

favorite concert maybe you’re in love

with Pink Floyd you’re a fan of Pink

Floyd and when you come home from the

concert how would you describe this

concert you love the musicians you love

the atmosphere how would you feel about

this concert what are some words that we

can use to describe it and make sure we

use our emphasize err so so oh great

party says I enjoyed it so much I would

be so excited it was so loud it was so

amazing lovely let’s take a look at the

sentence really quick I want to write

down some of your concert sentences

because I think they’re important for

understanding the full sentence

structure let’s talk about the concert

I’m gonna write it but we know it means

the concert it was so exciting

it was so loud it was so

cool so here we’re using so to emphasize

you could say it was exciting it was

loud it was cool

great but if you want to emphasize extra

emphasize this great let’s use so in the

situation what about this second word

that we always need to have after so hot

exciting loud cool you need to make sure

that we have one of these descriptive

words directly after so it was so what

it was so boring it was so fantastic we

need to have a descriptive word directly

afterwards so that’s our simple sentence

structure and another note are all of

these positive things or are they

sometimes negative so boring so exciting

so loud hmm are they all positive or all

negative hmm not really

this is a mix we’re using positive and

negative descriptive words directly

afterwards so this is our key we’re

using so to talk about positive or

negative situations and you don’t really

know in this case my opinion about it it

was so exciting it was so loud maybe

loud is a negative thing for some people

so be negative and this could be

positive and so works with both of those

situations let me ask you two more

questions are you ready then we’ll go to

the second word my next question is

what happens if you don’t sleep well at

night

mmm how do you feel how do you feel if

you don’t sleep well at night

sure how’s your body feel how does your

mind feel oh oh great answer yes someone

in the comments he was here with us live

said I feel so tired pretty clear right

I feel so tired we’re using that same

sentence structure

I feel so plus a descriptive word tired

and in this situation it’s probably a

negative thing usually feeling tired

during the day is not a positive thing

so we’re using it for a negative

situation what about my next question

the final one and then we’ll go on to

the next word what do you think about

this lesson hmm what’s your experience

so far what’s your opinion is it useful

boring too long interesting fun what’s

your opinion so far hmm oh thank you for

your kind comments and I’m glad that

this is useful to you those of you in

the comments are saying this lesson is

so useful great this lesson is so

interesting

this lesson is so cool

helpful wonderful beneficial beautiful

words this lesson is so stunning Oh

interesting great these are positive

things but they’re extra emphasized all

right are you ready to go to the second

word the second word we’re going to talk

about is two two so I want to ask you a

question to start off and my question is

in your opinion and this could be

different for each country for each

person in your opinion

what age is too young to get married

boo in your opinion what age is too

young to get married

of course five years old we’re all gonna

say something like that but maybe

something that’s closer to a normal age

do you think that 20 is too young to get

married

do you think that 16 is too young to get

married what’s your opinion here in the

chatbox we have 18 15 18 17 16 1835

sixteen sixteen eighteen eighteen

fifteen seventeen all right

hmm so you think that eighteen is too

young let’s talk about this Senate

structure because here we’re introducing

the word - I didn’t use the word

so why did I use the word - when is it

too young to get married because here we

have an important like a nuance a

connotation that when we choose to use

the word - instead of so it means that

it is really negative it’s more than

necessary so we have a direct negative

feeling when we use the word - it’s too

young it’s not a positive thing it’s

definitely a negative thing so when you

use the word - we know that you’re

thinking some negative thoughts so let’s

go back let’s go back to this first

sentence August is so hot we could say

August is too hot what if we used to

hear August is too hot this has a

similar meaning because it’s also

emphasizing that

it’s really hot in August but there’s

another layer that’s added and it is

your opinion it means that I think it’s

more than necessary there’s some

negative feelings about it oh it’s too

hot hmm so how can we use this to show

negative feelings

same as before I have some quick

questions and I want to ask you them so

that you can use two and I’ll check the

chat box I’ll give you some Corrections

and some feedback and I’ll also give you

my own sample sentences so that you can

use this as clearly as possible are you

ready for the first question my first

question is well as I mentioned I’m

going to have a baby so that means that

I probably shouldn’t pick up heavy

objects especially things that weigh 100

kilograms I think if I weren’t pregnant

I couldn’t pick it up anyway so I want

to ask you oh can you help me pick up

this box that weighs 100 kilograms

what would you say can you help me pick

up this box because it weighs 100

kilograms do you think that you could do

it hmm in your opinion is it possible to

pick up a box that weighs 100 kilograms

hmm for me it’s certainly too heavy

beautiful sentence SuJu here says it’s

too heavy yes the box is to have you for

you and it’s too heavy for me too

great so this is a way to talk about

it’s more than more than too much it’s

more than is necessary it’s negative oh

it’s too heavy it’s too heavy for you

but also it’s too heavy for me 100

kilograms it’s too heavy

beautiful let’s talk about the seconds

in it mmm I want to know if you visit

the

u.s. why shouldn’t you walk alone at

night I don’t recommend walking alone at

night in the US no matter where you go

even in my city which is definitely not

a big city hmm I don’t recommend walking

alone at night why why shouldn’t you do

it what’s your opinion Gloria has a

great answer it’s too dangerous

yeah unfortunately it’s too dangerous to

walk alone at night in the u.s. if you

visited a city in the US and it was safe

to walk alone at night please let me

know I’d love to go there and experience

that but I’ve visited places around the

world in some other countries and it was

perfectly fine to walk alone at night if

you were careful if you looked around

and made sure that it was a okay area no

problem but in the u.s. it’s highly

unlikely to find a place that is safe at

night to walk alone it’s too dangerous

so let’s write this sentence using using

• I’ll write that here in my notebook

it’s too dangerous here we’re definitely

showing a negative opinion that’s the

key factor for the word - we’re showing

that you think oh it’s more than

necessary it is negative it’s too

dangerous

what if we use that for the concert it

was too loud ooh that shows that you

have negative feelings about it maybe if

you love Pink Floyd you love that

concert environment where it’s really

loud you don’t need to use - because the

loudness is not a problem for you but

let’s imagine that you brought your

parents maybe your

parents would think up the concert was

too too loud it was more than necessary

they have some negative feelings about

the concert so when we use to Plus this

lovely descriptive word here we are

showing negative feelings all right I

have one more question are you ready

let’s let’s imagine that you have a big

project tomorrow it could be a project

for school maybe it’s a presentation for

work you have some huge thing that you

need to do tomorrow and your friend

calls you and says hey do you want to go

to dinner with us tonight we’re getting

together we’re going to your favorite

restaurant tell me why can’t you go to

the restaurant with your friends why

can’t you go out with your friends how

are you feeling at the moment you’ve got

a big project to do tomorrow maybe you

have to organize some PowerPoint slides

maybe you have to write some notes you

have to practice how are you feeling hmm

lovely we’ve got some great sentences

coming in I want to write them down

first of all let’s write the clearest

one I’m too busy

I’m too busy I have too much work I am I

feel too let me use this great word here

I feel too over

overwhelmed ooh

overwhelmed we can imagine that if you

imagine the situation of your you’re in

the ocean and a huge wave comes over

your head it’s a pretty terrible feeling

because you’re kind of out of control

you don’t know what’s happening if that

has happened to you you know exactly

that feeling what am i doing I’m out of

control I need air I have to get up

that’s similar to overwhelmed you have

too much work to do you’re trying to

focus on too many tasks at the same time

I feel overwhelmed and in this situation

you want to emphasize it too overwhelmed

I have too many things I need to do

tonight

I know it’s my favorite restaurant but

really I can’t go so this means you have

too many tasks and you feel like I can’t

handle all of them right now I need some

peace and quiet

so these are strong feelings yes you’re

feeling not ready to have an enjoyable

night with your friends so as we saw so

far all of these sentences need a

descriptive word directly afterwards so

hot so exciting so loud so cool too

dangerous too busy too overwhelmed this

lovely descriptive word so you can

really use your descriptive vocabulary

and if you want to use just a simple

word like so good this cake is so good

this lesson is so cool okay those aren’t

the most advanced words but you know

what native speakers use them all the

time so don’t feel bad using basic words

like that with the word so or with the

word - so before we go today I’d like to

say a final sentence all together no

matter where you are right now Vietnam

India Russia Japan Brazil Italy let’s

use this sentence all to get

try to say it out loud try to imitate my

pronunciation and it’s going to use both

of today’s keywords so which doesn’t

really show your personal negative

feelings and two negative feelings

there’s a negative connotation with this

word are you ready for our sentence I’m

gonna say it one time and I want you to

write it in the chat box write it in the

comments below say it out loud

use those speaking muscles are you ready

let’s say it’s so important to learn

English and it’s not too hard maybe for

you sometimes you feel like learning

English is extremely hard it is too hard

but in reality when we take pieces of

English like today we just took two

words for the last 20 or 30 minutes and

use them a lot explain them a lot when

you break down English into these pieces

it’s not too hard you can do it so let’s

say the sentence slowly I want you to

imitate my pronunciation watch my mouth

and try to use it yourself are you ready

it’s so important to learn English and

it’s not too hard let’s say this quickly

it’s so important to learn English and

it’s not too hard it’s so important to

learn English and it’s not too hard even

though I’m using too so usually as we

mentioned to is going to have that

negative feeling

I made it negative it’s not too hard so

here we’re changing that negative

connotation with two to be positive oh

it’s not too hard you might say uh some

days it’s too hard but here we’re

repeating it’s not too hard you can do

it break it down into easier pieces

that’s what we’re doing today and that’s

what I always try to do for you in these

lessons to break it down so that it’s

not too hard because it’s so important

to learn English for traveling for

yourself your personal fulfillment maybe

for your job for communicating with

friends from all over the world so I

hope that today this lesson was useful

for you I recommend going back watching

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trying to answer these questions quickly

maybe you can expand your vocabulary and

use other descriptive words take this

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