Learn Vocabulary Through Conversation COMMON Advanced English Lesson
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm and i’m dan her husband and
today we’re gonna talk about the word
common deeply are you ready I’m ready
let’s go today we’re gonna talk about
three different ways to use the word
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description let’s start with the first
one alright Dan I have a question for
you what is something that’s common for
Americans to do on the weekend
well something that might be common for
an American to do would be go to the
park or maybe a common activity would be
to see a movie on the weekends and I bet
you most Americans commonly go to a
restaurant on the weekends oh sure maybe
just to relax or avoid doing the dishes
like me so Dan used the word common to
talk about something that happens often
maybe it’s kind of a habit or it’s just
a routine it’s not unusual yeah it’s
something that’s not unusual and this is
the most common way to use the word
common it’s the most often used so
that’s our first way but let’s take it
up a notch let’s take it to the next
level and talk about the second way for
the second version I have another
question for you are you ready yes okay
I want to know what do you have in
common with me hmm
something in common yeah what do you
have in common with me well I think we
have a lot in common
first of all we both like to go outside
a lot so we’re outdoorsy people we like
to hike and play games and see views
outside so our outdoors enos if so to
speak we have that in common yeah I
think something else that we have in
common is that we like cats
mmm-hmm we love cats yes we like cats
and hopefully our son will also like cat
yes so far so good so we have a couple
things in common we like common
activities we have some common interests
you could say we have a lot in common
with each other so this expression in
common with someone a long time ago I
made a youtube video about this but I
think it’s good to combine it in this
video with the word common to help you
repeat it and remember it so I want to
know for you what’s something that you
have in common with your family members
do you have anything in common with them
maybe you have nothing in common with
them what do you have in common with
them the third way to use the word
common is actually the least common yeah
the least frequently used in daily
conversation but for this video I want
to make sure that you’re learning
multiple ways to use it because we’re
going deeply this isn’t just the most
common ways we’re using it a lot today
but this word is gonna be a little more
scientific so if you watch documentaries
if you like learning about nature you’re
probably gonna hear this so I want to
ask you Dan the other day we were
walking in the woods and we saw a lake
and we heard something what did we hear
in the lake well we heard a common toad
aha so this is just it might be a
scientific term but it just means a very
common animal but it’s actually in the
actual scientific name sure so some
animals are actually called in the Latin
and scientific name a common toad right
but you can also use this as a general
term you mean it’s not a special kind
it’s just normal it’s nothing too
extraordinary yeah if you went to the
city and you saw a lot of pigeons you
would just say yeah it’s a common pigeon
yeah they’re everywhere right and
special nothing special poor pigeons and
now it’s your turn
to use today’s deep expression yes you
should tell us in the comment
what is something common to do in your
country mmm what do you do on the
weekends what’s a common activity to do
on the weekends in your country let us
know and let’s learn about each other’s
cultures that’s a great way to learn
about international activities thanks so
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