How to Talk About Media in English Basic Conversation Phrases
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my name is Alisha and today we are going
to talk about how to talk about media in
English today I’ve made again three
parts to our lesson I’m going to talk
about past media so how to talk about
past media what you saw what you heard
what you listened to how to share your
opinion about it and then we’re going to
move to future media the things you have
planned again how to talk about that and
then finally we’re going to end with
talking about predictions so making a
guest and talking about rumors so the
things you’ve heard from places so we’re
going to begin in just a moment great I
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started on today’s topic then so I want
to begin today’s lesson with past let’s
talk about past media to begin today if
you join our lesson our live lesson two
weeks ago I talked about this grammar
point I want to start with is just
grammar point so for today’s lesson I
want to give you some patterns you can
use for different types of media
so that’s movies TV books and so on oh
is it okay alright so I want to begin
with a simple pattern like this let’s
use just for now so I just plus one of
your media related verbs so I just saw I
just watched I just listened
- and I just read so keep in mind these
are all simple past tense verbs simple
past tense so one point that lots of
people have questions about is what’s
the difference between saw and watched
here
the basic difference if you’ve seen the
video we have on the channel I talked a
lot about the differences between these
two words if you watch something at home
if you’re if you’re like um if you’re
watching TV or if you’re watching a
movie at home I’m already using it use
watch here so it’s something at home use
watch so we use that a lot for TV if you
go to a movie theater use saw so this is
not a perfect rule for all situations
but it’s kind of a good guideline so if
you watch something outside your house
you can use C or past tense saw if you
watch it at home use the verb watch so
here’s a past tense verb for the media
you want to talk about and again this
just is used to describe a very recently
finished action so I have this timeline
I always use these if this star is now
the present and back here is the past
when we used a simple past tense without
just I saw that I watched that I heard I
listened to that it’s just some time in
the past you can add something to make
it a specific point in time if however
you want to explain that something
happened very recently very recently you
can use just so I just saw that so I
just saw that movie I just watched that
movie or I just watched that episode or
I just listened to that album I just
read that book also another note here
this read re ad your pronunciation in
past tense
red is the correct pronunciation okay
and then finally I mentioned if you want
to include a specific point in time like
maybe back here somewhere maybe it
wasn’t a super recent action but you
want to be specific you can include this
at the end of your statement it’s a
little maybe hard to read but for
example I saw that last night or I
watched that last weekend I listened to
that yesterday or I read that this
morning on the way to work so these are
kind of how we can build some simple
past tense patterns about the media you
have experienced so if you have some
like examples you can send them in in
the chat and I will try to check it out
so like I saw the new I saw a new
episode of like a youtuber that I liked
maybe last week and UEFA that she made
it yeah so that was last week I don’t
really watch that much media I guess
yeah okay so try it if you like send in
a few examples of things so yeah simple
is good I watched that last night nice
okay um then when you want to talk about
your opinions when you want to talk
about your opinions how do you do that
so simple past tense these are a few
expressions you can use or a few
patterns you can use to share your
opinion so for example again past tense
I liked I loved or I hated it I liked it
I loved it or I hated it so like and
love both positive love is just stronger
I liked it I loved it I hated it so uh
my new Star Wars movie henryka on
YouTube says the new Star Wars movie
what did you think I liked the new Star
Wars movie actually that was good I
liked it
so you can use these past tense verbs I
liked it I loved it I hated it if you
want to use an adjective to describe
something that you saw use one of these
so I thought it was
adjectives so the new Star Wars movie I
thought it was good I thought it was
interesting I thought it was exciting I
thought it was dramatic I thought it was
boring maybe you can choose a negative
adjectives to use here I thought it was
great
so choose an adjective to end this with
if you want you can use this one this
sounds a little bit more negative
because we’re adding this negative
didn’t at the beginning of the statement
I didn’t think it was something so I
didn’t think it was very good I didn’t
think it was very interesting I didn’t
think it was very exciting so if you
want to make kind of a more negative
comment you can use this pattern to do
that I didn’t think it was I didn’t
think it was something so there are
these small points that many learners
miss I’ve noticed I didn’t think it was
this is a great example of something
that many learners miss okay so this is
a quick review of some simple past tense
grammar points so I’ll refer to the same
verbs and some of this some similar
ideas in today’s lesson in example
someone said I just listened to one of
maroon 5 songs a couple of minutes ago
how was it I don’t listen to maroon 5
they’re still around huh Wow good okay
I saw a newly released movie at the
cinema with my wife nice great great
good ones
um I II don’t see any others I just
watched a new series last night oh
that’s an interesting point actually
series is a word we use in British
English series and a season this is a
good bonus vocabulary word series and
season I think in British English they
use series to mean like one group of
episodes of something so there are like
eight episodes in a series I think the
British TV uses this
in the US for US TV we say season like
the first season there’s 8 episodes in
one season so that’s a 1 vocabulary word
that maybe is used a little differently
British English series and then American
English season season we use the words a
little bit differently like to talk
about a type of show this is a new
series in American English okay all
right I’m going to what time is it ah
we’re 10 minutes in oh my gosh let’s
take a quick break then and then we’ll
go on to a future media after that so
let’s take a look I chose a few media
related words the first media related
three things
uh the first one I want to share with
you guys is this one it says singing
here but it’s not just about singing on
it actually this is this is about music
actually so I’ll show you the back for
those of you who are interested in music
these are some great music related
vocabulary words and questions that you
can use to talk about music so your
genre
genre means type of something so the
genre of music you like like yeah pop I
know hip-hop my I love house music maybe
funk is good too I like that so how to
talk about your favorite types and some
good questions you can use so I like
this song that’s a present tense example
we just talked about past examples so if
you’re interested in music and you want
to talk more about this you can check
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download this via YouTube or Facebook so
check this one out if you like music
this is a great one for you and there
are other things too I’ll show a couple
more of it
oh hey with that let’s continue on so if
you’re just joining today we’re talking
about how to talk about media in English
so I started with this past tense point
how to like we kind of reviewed some
simple past tense and sharing opinions
now let’s move on to future tense so um
by this future media
I mean how to talk about your plans the
things you want to see or the things you
want to read concerts you want to go to
or you’re planning to go to so same
timeline if the star point is now then
this kind of checkmark in the future
represents your plan your upcoming plan
so here I’ve used this contracted this
reduced gonna which is going to just a
quick reminder I’m going to so keep in
mind too that we don’t use will to talk
about these kinds of plans we use will
for like quick decisions we make in
conversations so for this to talk about
your plans that you’ve decided
please use going to or gonna get out
also native speakers we don’t say I’m
gonna we say I’m gonna I’m gonna so I’m
gonna watch I’m gonna see I’m gonna
listen to I’m gonna read something note
also these verbs are present tense over
here we used past tense and both has
tips so I’m gonna watch that show or I’m
gonna see that movie I’m gonna listen to
that album I’m gonna read that book
again if you want to be specific about
the time that you’re going to do this
plan you can use something like this at
the end of your sentence I’m gonna watch
that tonight I’m gonna listen to that
next week I’m gonna read that next month
I’m gonna see that tomorrow for example
so these are some simple ways you can
talk about your upcoming media plans
okay now I want to focus in on kind of a
smaller point right here sharing
excitement so if there’s something you
are really really excited about a
concert or like a new
album coming out from your favorite
artist you can use one of these two
patterns they look really similar but
the grammar is different so it’s I can’t
wait to verb and I can’t wait for noun
so I hear a lot of mistakes here because
of these different prepositions actually
so I can’t wait to see that movie I
can’t wait to watch that show I can’t
wait to listen to that I can’t wait to
read this book you can use these two
expressions for things other than media
as well any kind of excitement that you
want to express you can use these
patterns to do that I can’t wait to do
something like that so if there’s
something you’re looking forward to send
it in the chat is there something that
you’re looking forward to I’m looking
forward to oh I’m looking forward to
tomorrow not two going out tomorrow
night
like yeah yeah that’s gonna be fun we
have a we have celebrations planned for
tomorrow night that should be fun
I’m not gonna read that on the air
control desk is typing things I
shouldn’t be reading on the air okay uh
I don’t see anything I’m gonna watch a
new spoken English class okay someone
says I can’t wait to meet you oh I
wonder if I will meet any of you someday
that would be exciting I have met a few
people actually surprisingly it’s very
nice I can’t wait for the new god of war
game Oh is there a new god of war I
loved playing that game it’s so like
intense and kind of grotesque it’s
awesome great other ones I’m going to
see a star is born tonight I heard that
was really good
oh I’m gonna talk about that later um
good so if there’s something else you’re
looking forward to send that along in
the chat so I can’t wait to Ferb for
noun phrases some of you are already
saying this I can’t wait for a noun
phrase
I can’t wait for dinner I can’t wait for
lunch I can’t wait for a coffee later
I can’t wait for sleep
I like sleep good okay um you support me
for editing my own book
I have never edited my own book I don’t
know okay great thank you for the
support um let’s see I can’t wait to
Facebook Thomas says I can’t wait to go
to the concert ah be careful
Thomas you have double O’s on your twos
I can’t wait to one OTO
not two below - um am I really live
right now Anderson yes I am haha I can’t
wait to eat my cocoa cookies chocolate
cookies maybe crystal that sounds good I
would be excited about that too um what
else
I’m gonna watch horror movies tonight oh
that’s right it’s Halloween still in
many parts of the world yeah great okay
nice examples I can’t wait to buy a car
hey Marley I haven’t seen you in the
chat in a while like Live sorry Hey
I can’t wait to buy a card nice one I
cannot wait to have dinner I can’t wait
to eat my fish taco that’s very specific
very specific I would be excited about
that - excellent excellent someone says
I can’t understand how to use past
perfect past perfect I think there’s a
lesson coming out on the YouTube channel
soon about past perfect I can’t wait to
go to the city I can’t wait to watch
Star Wars Episode nine yeah great great
I can’t wait to go to church on Sunday
nice good very positive example
sentences nice work everybody
okay then oh my gosh we’re almost 20
minutes in I will take one more break
and then we’ll go to the most exciting
part of today’s lesson I think so we’ll
take one more break and then we’ll begin
again if you missed it I showed this um
music related I can’t get close enough
to the camera here but I showed this
music related PDF a little bit earlier
for talking about like music music
related words there was one other one
that I wanted
share with you guys so maybe we’ll look
at the music one again
there’s food as well some of you are
talking about this actually food I
suppose some of you said you’re looking
forward to eating food you’re looking
forward to eating fish tacos I think
someone said that’s my favorite comment
today if you want to up your food
vocabulary it’s not so much media
related but talking about things you’re
excited about you can freshen up your
food vocabulary and your opinions your
opinion sharing expressions with these
so we talked about this a couple weeks
ago actually food but I mentioned at the
beginning of this lesson how to share
your opinions so these are some not
media but food related things you can
use this for example it’s very good to
talk about media too so this is another
thing since so many of you are talking
about looking forward to eating
something which is totally jet you can
maybe check that out you can find the
link for that and for tons of other
things I’m not showing you right now but
there’s like 13 17 I don’t even know
there’s a lot now of these on the on the
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good lots of example sentences now I
can’t wait to watch you yay thanks for
watching okay what else I can’t wait to
see my family next week says Mariana
great League ayah says I can’t wait to
be fluent with your help cool thanks for
watching I hope we’re helping you that’s
great lots of good things I can’t wait
to share English knowledge says hafiz'
on Facebook nice Anthony says Alicia who
is your favorite singer and which song
do you play all the time my favorite
singer since I was a little kid as
Michael Jackson I loved him he was just
so like magical singing and dancing and
I don’t have a song I play all the time
it changes a lot
okay I can’t wait to play the piano like
Alicia Oh someone’s been watching my
Instagram okay alright good let’s move
along to the last part of today’s lesson
the last part of today’s lesson is
making discussion about rumors and
predictions rumors and predictions so
this prediction prediction is a good
vocabulary word for this lesson
prediction in this case it’s plural but
prediction means guess a guess
so what do you think is going to happen
this is really useful when you’re
talking with friends about TV shows so
something that maybe you watch every
week or you’re watching together on
Netflix
oh there’s one more word I do want to
talk about in just a moment to being
watching I’ll come back to that okay so
when you’re making predictions when
you’re making a guess how do you how do
you explain that how do you explain that
idea first here this is really good for
TV shows or maybe for like movies like
Star Wars is a great example many of you
mentioned Star Wars so I think character
is gonna again going to is gonna verb so
I think character this can be any
character it could be a group of
characters some examples could be I
think spider-man is gonna die in the
next spider-man movie no I think uh-oh I
can’t say anything about Star Wars
without potentially spoiling or someone
can die I don’t want to spoil oh great
one more vocabulary word to spoil so I
just used this word to spoil I don’t
know if you can see it to spoil SP o IL
to spoil something to spoil something
means to destroy the story to tell
secrets about a story so I just said I
don’t want to spoil the story for you it
means I don’t want to share details
about
the story so I just thought of an
example sentence that use Star Wars but
if you have not seen it yet I might like
to spoil the story so to spoil a story
is to ruin the story for someone else
you will also hear this as a noun a
spoiler a spoiler is a piece of
information that has like it’s like key
information to the story if someone does
not know the story this piece of
information will like ruin the story for
them so to spoil something okay so when
you make predictions
I think character is gonna do something
I said I think spider-man is gonna die
in the next movie but that’s probably
not true I don’t think because you know
franchise anyway let’s move on then to
another kind of prediction this one I
think he’s or she’s gonna verb and
character so this is sort of a strange
example sentence it might seem but this
is something that you can use for books
actually so if you have like an author
that writes like a whole series of books
so the same characters continue over
many different books you can talk about
the upcoming book with something like
this
I think he’s or she’s so in this case
the heat or the she here means the
author the writer the person writing the
book so like for example what’s such a
game of Thrones that’s a really popular
series a really popular TV series that’s
also a book series so you could make a
prediction about that in the books like
I think he’s where the he here is what’s
his name george RR martin i think yeah
so i think he’s gonna like kill that
character or i think he’s gonna do
something to that character so you can
use this pattern to make predictions
about books specifically alright someone
says I think Lady Gaga is going to be
great in a star is born yeah I’ve heard
really good things about that
nice nice prediction um what else
I think Iron Man is gonna die in the
next Avengers of infinity war oh I
haven’t seen it I haven’t seen it I
don’t know good ones good ones
I think Afridi is gonna complete 506 it
says comrade on Facebook I don’t know
what that means
please enlighten us please share ok
let’s go to this next one then the next
one is very open this is they’re gonna
they’re gonna so this is open because
we’re using this there they just means
anyone in control of media so this could
be like the director like the crew this
could be the company that’s making the
media so like they’re gonna cancel the
show or they’re gonna make new episodes
or they’re gonna change the story a lot
so they just means anyone they’re gonna
do something this is really useful when
you don’t know exactly who is in control
or you just want to speak really
generally about like a piece of media of
work so please use name and another
small point don’t forget this earth
sound this is the reduced form of they
and are there there so they are they’re
gonna they’re gonna alright good then
let’s go on to the last part I want to
mention over here I said rumors rumors I
gotta come back to this to rumors oh
these are the last kind of two main
points I want to talk about today these
two they are past tense statements yes
but they’re going they’re talking about
kind of predictions or things that might
sorry might happen first is I heard I
heard this is a pronunciation point for
many people not heared but I heard I
heard something so you can use this for
information you get with your ears yes I
heard that I heard something you can
also use it for something you read
that’s fine if you want to be specific
about something that you learned about
by reading you can use I read somewhere
that Lavoie so I heard or I read
somewhere like I heard the band is
breaking up for your favorite artists
maybe I don’t know who’s broken up
recently I don’t know ok or I heard the
author is working on a new series or I
heard that Christopher Nolan is making a
new Batman movie I would like that
I liked Christopher Nolan’s Batman
movies they’re good good ok so that’s
one way to express rumors other things I
read somewhere like I read somewhere
that the lead actor is getting fired or
I read somewhere that the series is
going to be cancelled so these are ways
you can talk about rumors
specifically okay I heard that you are
gonna stop working with our company nice
one yeah so that’s a great example from
Mariana on YouTube thanks for that so
you can use these two to talk about
rumors outside of media so like
something at your workplace for example
you can use this to talk about any sort
of rumor got it so this is a really good
expression I think both of these are I
will use this for my last point today I
mentioned this word and I will finish
here the last word a vocabulary word I
want to mention is binge watching binge
watching this is the kind of recent
vocabulary word from the last why this
years or so maybe bent to binge watch so
we can use it as a verb as well to binge
watch means to watch a lot of select TV
at one time so this is possible because
of like Netflix or Hulu those kinds of
streaming like
like TV providers where we don’t have to
wait for a new episode each week now we
can watch like all of a TV show in one
weekend
maybe so when we just sit on the couch
for like hours and hours and hours and
just watch everything we can
that’s called binge watching to binge
so binge actually comes from like just
kind of losing control and like for
example eating a lot like binge eating
or maybe binge drinking like drinking
like excessively so when we want to talk
about watching too much TV we use binge
watching to describe that
so I binge watched a Sherlock two weeks
ago all right so I have to finish there
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