English Expressions for the Beginning of a New Year

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in this lesson i’m going to talk about

expressions

for the new year that means i’m going to

focus

on goals and resolutions and then we’re

going to talk about

making plans so that means making plans

to achieve your goals and we’re also

going to talk about

goal deadlines so by when

will you achieve your goal the grammar

points for this lesson i’m going to

focus on

the grammar points i’m going to focus on

for this lesson are

will and going to for making your plans

and for your goal deadlines i’m going to

focus on

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uh study topic study topics rather uh

first we are going to look at basic

expressions for the new year

so resolutions and goal expressions you

can send me your resolution

live in the chat or send it in a comment

later

second we’re going to practice your

plans talking about your plans what are

you going

to do in 2021 we’re going to focus on

using

going to and will lastly we are going to

talk about your deadlines when are you

going to

finish your goal when are you going to

achieve your goal we’re going to use

by and until to practice these okay

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basic expressions let’s start with basic

expressions

happy new year happy new year many

people are writing happy new year in the

chat

perfect so happy new year you can use

this until

about the middle of january i guess

usually the first time you see someone

you can use happy new year

and then like after mid-january it

sounds a little weird

you don’t have to say it you might also

see

this expression here’s to a good

year this is here is here is

here’s to a good year is like it means i

hope it’s a good year i hope it’s a good

year

here’s two is a common way to say like

let’s hope together here’s to

something so you might hear here’s to

uh other like uh celebration

you might hear this expression used it

means like let’s hope together

for something okay all right so let’s

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okay so first what’s your new year’s

resolution what’s your new year’s

resolution

resolution this means goal so your new

year’s

resolution means your goal for the year

it’s very common to choose a goal for

the year

in january resolution

is the word we use for this type of goal

a new year goal okay so let’s look at

some examples

with this pattern you can send me your

resolution in the chat if you’re joining

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okay so my resolution is to

infinitive verb phrase so here

when i say infinitive verb phrase i mean

a phrase a goal phrase that begins

with an infinitive verb so infinitive

verb means the base

form of the verb like the dictionary

form yeah

let’s look at some examples here my

resolution

it’s hard to see my resolution is to

start a business

my resolution is to start a business

start

is the infinitive verb okay all right

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okay my resolution is to start a

business

okay so that’s one example of a very

common

new year’s resolution yeah another one

my resolution is to save

ten thousand dollars so maybe you have a

money saving goal

yeah okay or my resolution

is to stop eating junk like to stop

eating junk food okay so

make sure you use this infinitive here

to stop

to save to start and so on okay

uh many people are writing about

language learning resolution so

conwell says my new year my new year

resolution make sure

uh my new year’s apostrophe s yeah

my new year’s resolution is to learn

french is to

learn english with alicia don’t forget

this too yeah

to verb my new year’s resolution

is to make a lot of money okay um my

resolution is to earn

some people let’s see elban wrote much

money we can’t use much

uh we don’t use much in positive

sentences earn

a lot of money uh okay wow there are

many

comments coming in my resolution is to

start a new job guillerme instead of

join a new job

start a new job on facebook um

poovey my solution is my solution oh is

to start to practice

english for my test make sure not

solution

resolution there’s an re at the

beginning

resolution resolution okay all right

other ones there are many ones there are

many comments on facebook i’m sorry i

missed a few

kian said my resolution is to improve my

english skill more good and remember

specific goals are good goals right make

it specific

okay um all right let’s look at the next

pattern though

this one is a is more general so

to answer this question you can use the

word goal

it doesn’t have to be resolution i’ll

talk about the difference

here resolution goal what’s the

difference so resolution

as i said sounds official yeah so we use

resolution at the beginning of the year

a new year’s resolution goal

can be used at any time of the year for

something you want to achieve

yeah so you can use this at the

beginning of the year also that’s fine

so my goal for the year

is to infinitive verb phrase so you can

use this pattern

also some examples my goal for the year

is to buy a house or my goal for the

year

is to open a store or

my goal for the year is to run a

marathon

so again you can use my goal for the

year

or my resolution is something

so these are basic expressions we can

use to talk about our resolutions

and goals you can use this pattern any

time

of year except well just change year

to like month or week yeah my goal for

the week

my goal for the month my goal for the

summer you can change

year to a different time period some

more examples are coming in

ruby says my new year’s resolution is to

improve my

english good my new years don’t forget

this little apostrophe s

new year’s resolution um

saeed says my resolution is to start

building

confidence good okay that’s a good one

nice um

let’s see my goal for the year is to win

a trophy says babna

great great okay excellent raquel says

my goal for 2020 is to get

my visa to canada don’t forget your verb

is to get

my visa to canada fantastic okay you

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okay so expressions uh for the beginning

of the year we just talked about

basic expressions uh happy new year

resolutions now we’re going to talk

about your plan

so we’re going to focus on the grammar

points

will and going to i’m not going to talk

in detail about the two grammar points i

just want to refresh

your mind and give you some examples

to think about so let’s take a look

going to and will the question the key

question for part two here

is what are you going to do in 2021

what are you going to do in 2021 so that

means

like what steps are you going to

take to achieve your goal yeah so the

small parts

yeah like every day or every week or

every month

we can use going to and will

to express these yeah so let’s look at

some examples

and then after let’s talk about the

differences

between these okay first going to

so you might say i’m going to write

a book i’m going to write a book or

i’m going to study three times a week

or i’m not going to drink alcohol

so many different types of gold right

negative this one is a negative

i’m not going to drink alcohol so

these express a plan we had before the

conversation this is when we use going

to we’re sure that’s this that’s the

feeling of going to

i’ve decided this is my plan i’m 100

sure okay let’s compare this to

will will so for example

i think i’ll start a new

hobby i think i’ll start a new hobby

here’s will

i think i will i’ve reduced it i’ll

is i will i will i think i’ll start a

new hobby

or i’ll probably go to

a language school i’ll probably go to a

language school

or i don’t

think i’ll watch a lot of tv

i don’t think i’ll watch a lot of tv

this is the negative

i do not think i will i do not think i

will

or maybe i probably won’t watch a lot of

tv

so will is used to express

things that we’re not 100

sure about we have not decided yet we

decided

in the moment in the conversation yeah

so should i use will should i use going

to this is a very common question

remember will not 100

sure plan decided in the conversation

so for example this one i think i’ll

start a new hobby

this i think is very common with will

it’s like saying i’m not sure but maybe

i think i’ll start a new hobby

this is also very common i’ll probably

i’ll probably also one point i notice

many learners

don’t say this sound clearly

many of my former students said i

probably

i probably don’t say i probably please

say

i’ll probably i’ll probably

i’ll probably do something okay

um good again in the negative you can

use

i don’t think i’ll watch a lot of tv

or i probably won’t to use

won’t in that pattern then in comparison

going to

we use going to for 100

sure plans so we’ve decided we

thought about it before the conversation

we chose

the goal we made the resolution yeah 100

sure plans decided before the

conversation

so i’m going to write a book that sounds

very confident

yeah or i’m going to study three times a

week

okay so very sure very confident plans

all right i’m going to check some of

your examples now

uh madrista on youtube says i’m going to

give up drinking beer

nice example sentence okay um

let’s see babna says i think i’ll start

a new restaurant that’s a good example

sentence too

um some other ones uh it’s very bright

here

um some others can you give the form of

will and going to i’m not sure what that

question means can

you phrase it a different way reyna says

i’m going to work out every day

very nice example okay orlando says i’m

going to stop

smoking cigarettes i’m going to stop uh

stop and start this is i don’t have time

to explain this in

this point in detail but for for like

goals and resolutions

stop and start often are followed by

a a word that has an ing at the end

start

working or stop smoking or stop drinking

stop followed by the noun form of that

word so stop

smoking cigarettes okay

okay um manuel says i’m going to study

uh a master’s degree so i’m going to

maybe study

for a master’s degree okay uttam says

i’m going to make a new

film very very nice okay um

other examples there are many lots of

people are talking about

language learning fantastic okay sounds

good to me

so will and going to these you can use

to express

uh the smaller steps in your plan

also we’re going to review this topic

next week in more detail so

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some more okay fantastic so this is part

two

for today uh i don’t see other questions

but i do see many

good example sentences which is super

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then we’ll go to part three

focusing on by and until to

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practiced

uh let’s see in part one resolutions and

goals

in part two we covered going to and will

and now we’re going to talk about our

deadlines

how to express uh when we’re going to

finish our goal or when we when we plan

to finish our goal so we’re going to

review

using buy and until in part three here

so

let’s take a look all right

so when are you going to reach your goal

when are you going to reach your goal so

what’s the plan what’s your schedule

really so many of you for example write

and say you know i’m going to improve my

english or i’m going to

uh maybe start a new business or

whatever

but you have to also give yourself a

timeline

right you have to take steps inside the

timeline

to do this so how do we express that

we can use by with a point

in time to do that this expresses a

deadline let’s look at one example

i’m going to write a chapter

in my book by the end of

january i’m going to write a chapter

in my book by the end of january chapter

means one

part of the book one part of the book so

by the end of january here’s my buy

expression

buy plus my point in time the end of

january

is my point in time so this means

uh to imagine on a timeline i

start my book now or i start my chapter

in my book now and i work work work work

work work work

and sometime in the period

before the end of january

i finish it the end of january so

january

31st is my deadline that’s the last

possible day but maybe i’ll finish it

before

i want to express some action that will

finish

between today and the end of january

i want to express the deadline for it i

use

buy to do that okay i’m going to write a

chapter in my book

by the end of january

another example i’m going to run

five kilometers without stopping

by march first i’m going to run five

kilometers

without stopping by march 1st

march 1st here’s my point in time yeah

by march 1st

so that means i’m going to practice

running i’m going to do training

sessions i’m going to go to the gym

uh whatever so i’m expressing

march 1st is my deadline so

this means maybe i will reach this goal

maybe i’ll reach this goal

before march 1st that’s okay that’s

correct in this sentence

i’m expressing the deadline here with

buy

i’m going to run five kilometers without

stopping

by march first okay good some of you are

writing your example sentences fantastic

i’m going to apply for my study visa by

january 1st

january 1st it’s already it’s already

gone

we’re what january 6th or 7th depending

on your time zone now

next january okay all right

uh chosen win on facebook says i’m going

to study

level one korean class by the end of

february okay

maybe i’m going to take level one korean

class

all right nice then let’s continue one

more

example i’m going to finish my job

applications

by next week i’m going to finish my job

applications

by next week here’s my time my point in

time next week

i’m going to finish my job application

so you’ll notice

these are all just basic going to

statements right i’m going to do

something

so your your plan your step plus

by and a point in time this expresses uh

your steps

okay uh some other ones madrid

madridista says i’m going to build my

house by march

first nice okay uh other ones i’m

gertrude it says i’m going to travel to

canada by july 23rd okay that’s very

specific all right

nice nice uh other ones

um ross says i’m going to kill it by the

end of this week do you mean like kill

it like

do a good job or like some you have to

do something else i don’t know

okay uh someone’s him out says i’m going

to eat pizza

next week or maybe by the end of next

week okay is that your goal for the year

no judgment all right okay let’s go to

until then until so what’s the deal

until

in this uh in this lesson i’m going to

cover i’m going to talk about

using have with until

so we use until in sort of a similar way

as by we use until plus a point in time

you see i have have here have until

point in time so let’s look at an

example what do i mean here for example

i have until april

to write my thesis i have

until april to write my thesis

so this means that there’s some

deadline outside me so my school’s

deadline in this case or my professor’s

deadline my teacher’s deadline

and i want to express the total

amount of time i have

i have until april

to write my thesis so

yes this means april is my deadline i

cannot say

i uh i have by april totally incorrect

totally incorrect you can say i’m going

to write

my thesis by april that is 100

correct that is totally true this

expression i have until april

just it shares the total time

the time period you have available i

have until april

another example i have until

summer to choose my college i have until

summer to choose my college so again

you are expressing the total time you

have

so that means from now until summer

that’s it marks the end point of

something

one more i have until tomorrow to study

for my test i have until tomorrow to

study for my test

so again we’re expressing a time period

inside which we can do something

i have until tomorrow to do something

all right

uh i have until may to apply for my

study visa nice example

okay i have until 2020

to spend time with me um

2020 has finished so that doesn’t make

sense we have to use

a future point in time here i have

until uh maybe next week to spend

time alone for example

all right uh oh shang on facebook’s

i was waiting for my friend until

5 pm i was waiting for my friend until

5 pm okay chosen win says i have until

july to study

20 lessons on youtube very nice very

nice

asd says i have until june to drink my

whiskey oh

okay very specific and interesting goal

okay uh jantani says i have until summer

to drop my winter shoes what do you mean

drop are you going to sell something we

use

dropped that’s like a cool like stylish

way to say

release or launch a new product is to

drop something

i’m gonna drop some new shoes okay all

right very nice example sentences nice

ones

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lesson boards here we go boom so

today we practiced uh expressions basic

expressions for the new year

resolutions and goal expressions we

talked about using

going to and will and we also talked

about using

by and until to express our

deadlines okay so this is today’s topic

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about your 2021

goals in detail so that means scheduling

and the steps you’re going to take

so uh like today’s points about going to

and will we are going to review that

and we’re going to talk about uh those

small steps

to achieve your goals so many of you

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to improve your language skills so we’ll

cover

some expressions you can use to describe

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