NEED vs WANT Using English Verbs Correctly
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ok uh as I do every week I want to share
a little point from my life how I
actually
used the grammar point that we talked
about in the previous week in my own
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okay um as I said I tried to share
something from my life every week last
week the grammar point we talked about
was the if conditional I talked about a
few patterns that we can use with the if
structure so if something then something
else so actually I did use it in my life
I didn’t even realize it until yesterday
when I was looking through like Twitter
and Instagram to find an example but I
used it in a tweets I used the if
conditional here I was talking about an
event I said if you’ll be in Tokyo on
December 3rd reserve a ticket so here I
used the command form so my if
conditional my if clause was if you’ll
be in Tokyo December 3rd and then I made
a command reserve a ticket reserve a
ticket so this was how I used the if
conditional in my life over the last
week since we talked about it so this
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wants and your needs
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is 4 minutes past the hour here so I
want to start in on today’s topic which
I said is expressing once and needs so
there are a lot of different ways that
we can express these sorts of things but
we have to choose an expression that’s
appropriate for the situation so if
you’re too casual
or you’re too formal you might sound a
little bit strange so I want to start
today with a very very simple example I
want to start by talking about how to
express you want an object some kind of
object that you want so I mentioned at
the end of last week’s lesson that this
is kind of a useful useful grammar point
or useful expression or a way of talking
about something you want for like your
birthday or maybe for Christmas or a
different holiday you celebrate in your
country so typical questions that we ask
in these situations are like what do you
want for your birthday or what do you
want for Christmas
what do you want for a specific holiday
so I want to begin with this with this
question just a simple question about
your next birthday
so for your answer for this first
question please use an object an object
we’re going to talk about actions or
activities later so for this first
example please use an object so this
should probably be a noun phrase you’re
going to use so our first question for
today is what do you want for your next
birthday what do you want for your next
birthday so your answer should be
something like I want object for my next
birthday I want some object for my next
birthday so again we’ll talk about
activities and actions later for this
one let’s just warm up with an object an
object so this should maybe I would
imagine in most cases this would be a
singular singular noun or perhaps a
countable noun but what do you want for
your next birthday what do you want for
your next birthday so for example I want
a new wallet for my next birthday or I
want a new bag for my next birthday or I
want a lot of money or something like
that what do you want for your next
birthday
Oh Facebook your first month as his
cruise I want a new smartphone very nice
I want a new smartphone for my next
birthday good
your first nice one I haven’t seen it on
YouTube yet what do you want for your
next birthday is our question an object
an object some items some object that
you want here what do you want for you
next birthday here’s our question Eric
your first on YouTube nice I want a bike
for my next birthday good Tanveer says i
want a gift for my birthday okay that
works that works on facebook fab says I
want a new iPad for my next birthday
great very nice
Leandra on YouTube nice I want to go to
London for my next birthday yes so we’re
going to talk about activities here
later I’m good
Adamo I want a trip to Japan from a next
birthday good I want a new phone for my
next birthday I want a car for my next
birthday I want a new house for my next
birthday a new guitar from an ex
birthday a new soccer ball from a next
birthday a lot of people want cars okay
on Facebook I want a pair of earphones
for my next birthday I want a new laptop
for my next birthday great at something
else I don’t know I want a new car a lot
of people want a new car it seems I
don’t even have a car on YouTube I want
a new lipstick for my next birthday good
I want a PlayStation 4 whoo that sounds
fun I want youth for my next birthday
yeah wouldn’t that mean nice good
I want a gaming computer I want a car I
want a new iPhone fantastic these are
great a good morning emmy in from
Azerbaijan I want a Christmas tree on my
birthday do you have a December birthday
and sounds like you might alright so
this is the kind of the first the
simplest expression we’re going to talk
about today you guys have done fantastic
this was easy for you I think how to
express you want an object before your
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let’s go on to the other important topic
for today the word need so we talked
about how to use want in our first
example sentence but I want to talk
about need so there’s a key difference
between want and need with need we use
it for something that there’s maybe like
some responsibilities or there’s
something that’s necessary about that
like we an object is necessary for our
life or for our work for a study
something like that so of course we can
want objects and and need them we can we
can have both but sometimes we don’t
always need the things we want so for
example like I want and need water
everybody does but if it’s like
chocolate cake I’m talking about then
you know I may want chocolate cake but I
don’t actually need
cake so it’s important to make it like
to distinguish to tell the difference
between the two I want to make one point
though you will hear native speakers
sometimes substitute the word want for
need so like they’ll say oh my gosh I
need chocolate cake right now
but in those cases when it’s a
non-essential object people will use the
word need to express a very very strong
desire for something so you see this a
lot in like social media like Twitter
Instagram that kind of thing you’ll see
that people will use need in place of
want for example all right but I want to
actually try to use the word need in in
today’s practice so our next question is
going to be about something you need in
your life so the question is what do you
need in order to do your job or your
studies successfully you’ll see the
question here in just a second what do
you need in order to do your job or your
studies successfully oh that question
coming I think our question is coming
but think about that so again what do
you need in order to do your job or your
studies successfully successfully so for
example like to edit something I need a
style guide to edit correctly so the
answer to this question should be I need
plus noun phrase to do my job or I need
plus a noun phrase to do something to
study for example so let’s think about
it for your job or for your studies what
do you need what do you need so I’ll
make a sample pattern here so to answer
this question you’ll use I need plus a
noun phrase plus two whatever so I need
plus a noun phrase to study to work so
for example we need a team of people to
make these live streams so here in this
case I changed my subject we need plus a
team of people is my noun phrase and
then to do these live streams so I need
or we need and so on so what do you need
to do your job or your studies
successfully what do you need Andrei’s
on Facebook says I need a lot of money a
good
Razia says I need to improve my English
ah okay good point
Manasa says I need more time to study
great hmm
Anderson on YouTube hi you say I need
more room and silence more slick a big
space maybe I need a large space and
silence that’s good um Wesley says I
need a notebook good I need to learn
English yeah many of you are saying I
need to practice English I need to learn
English more for sure to do your job or
to do your studies Eduardo says I need
to add more professional experience to
like progress in my job or to develop my
job good someone says I need wine really
to do your job or your studies Daniel
says I need more hours per day to finish
my homework good someone says I need to
speak I need to speak English and
Japanese fluently okay I need silence to
study good I need more hours to finish
my tasks to finish my tasks great I need
music to do my homework okay good I need
peace to do my job right okay I need to
find a job yes some of you have written
like I need to find a job and need to
find a job many of you are students I
think I need your lessons to study
English I hope it’s helpful I hope it’s
helpful um
other things I need to talk with a
native speaker a native English speaker
to improve my English great very nice I
need to sleep I need sleep to wake up
early tomorrow okay all right um
other things I need someone to help me
with my English great yeah lots of you
are saying that ah pan meal Romero on
Facebook has a great question what about
don’t need to and when and how do we use
needn’t Oh need it is really not used
much in American English so this
person’s question great question they’ve
asked about the negative don’t need to
so in the negative form don’t need to
means it’s not necessary to it’s not
necessary to so when we make a negative
with need
we would put don’t between the subject
and the verb so I don’t need bla bla bla
to study so like I don’t need wine to do
my job or I don’t need I don’t know I
don’t need a dog to do my job for
example so this means it’s not necessary
it is not necessary but this person
asked about this word very interesting
this word needn’t needn’t I mean need
not need not so like you need not bla
bla bla meaning you don’t have to you
don’t need to do something however in
American English needn’t is really not
used is really not used I’m not sure
about British English I’m not a British
English speaker and I don’t know off the
top of my head but needn’t is not an
expression we use in American English
like to say you needn’t worry about
something it sounds extremely
old-fashioned in American English if I
say you needn’t drink any wine before
you come to work today it sounds very
very strange extremely formal extremely
old-fashioned so instead instead of
using needed please use I don’t need to
or you don’t need to do something I
don’t recommend you use needn’t in this
case alright great though lots of things
and lots of you saying you need to do
some some English studies so I hope we
can practice together
alright sounds great to me let’s move on
to a couple of other points though so
we’ve talked about want for objects and
need for objects things you need to do
but I want to go on to talk about some
of things that are like that our
situation based situation based so in
these cases with I want and I need there
may be closer situations you’re talking
to your family members or to your
co-workers but let’s talk about when
you’re in a service situation let’s say
for example you go to a restaurant or a
bar a hotel a shopping mall something
like that if you use the phrase I want
in these service situations you will
sound in my opinion you’ll sound a
little too casual you
sound impolite I feel because we usually
use the expression I want with close
friends or with family members we talk
about something we hope to receive in
those cases so using I want in a service
situation sounds too direct to me
however there are other phrases we can
use so in service situations I think
you’ll see it saying in service
situations we can begin our expressions
of what we want or what we’d like to
receive with these instead so for
example I’d like so please keep in mind
I’d like this is the contracted form of
I would like I would like much more
polite than I want same thing here
I’ll have I will have this is the
contracted form of I will have becomes
I’ll have I’ll have and one more I think
this is maybe a nice one I like to use
this one this is phrased as a question
can I have blah blah blah so for example
to use these if I’m at a restaurant for
example I could say I’d like a salad
please or I’ll have a beer or can I have
the dessert menu please
so these three patterns are much much
better in service situations I don’t
really recommend using I want in a
service situation it just to me it
sounds very direct and a little - a
little too informal
so in service situation please try to
use I’d like or I’ll have or can I have
to talk about something you want okay
then let’s change to a different
situation so when you are at work then -
at work is a bit different from a
service situation or from like when
you’re talking with your family or your
friends so when you’re at work I do not
recommend using I want to make requests
of your co-workers or your boss it
sounds rather informal and you can sound
kind of pushy so pushy means aggressive
so it’s generally not a good idea to
sound pushy with your co-workers with
your boss so instead like I talked about
in the sir
of a situation try to make it a request
meaning make it into a question form yes
you can see this video later to those of
you who are asking so when you’re at
work um there are a few patterns here we
can use so when you’re at work you can
use can you could you or the very formal
would it be possible for you to these
three are much much nicer than saying I
want you to I want you to blah blah blah
I want you to blah blah blah sounds too
direct too aggressive I do not recommend
using it with your co-workers or with
your bosses it just sounds too strong to
me
so instead please use something like
this like for example when you have a
chance I could say to the crew like can
you help me with the microphone for
example or when you have a chance could
you send me the file making it a request
or I use this one in emails actually -
would it be possible for you to let me
know when you’re free for example this
is a very formal a more formal
expression here so at work try to use a
request to explain the things that you
want this is gonna sound much more
polite and much I think more fluent it
then I want so please use these at work
and the aisle have I’d like and can I
have in service situation so again this
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our topic for today I have one more
point I want to talk about at the
beginning of today’s stream I mentioned
we were going to talk about how to
explain an action you want to do an
activity you want to do so this is
useful when you’re making plans for the
weekend or a vacation so as I talked
about before it’s important to explain
your plan to explain what you want to do
but you don’t want to sound pushy
so again pushy means aggressive so so
that you don’t sound pushy when you
explain what you want to do you can use
an expression like this weekend
I wanna so keep in mind when we are
using a phrase like want to or have to
or need to
it’s very natural to contract these
words it’s a very informal manner of
speaking I suppose but keep in mind when
you express this want to should become
wanna in your pronunciation I wanna I
don’t wanna and so on so please keep
this point in mind and some of you have
been typing wanna that’s fine just keep
in mind though in this like chat
situation that’s fine to use wanna but
don’t use this in like a business email
I don’t recommend that in formal
situations like if you’re writing an
essay for example or preparing something
I don’t know a formal like letter of
recommendation I don’t recommend the
contracted form please use the full form
but for today Oana is great and in your
conversations with your conversation
partners or when you’re practicing using
wanna is much better so let’s use this
to talk about what you want to do this
weekend so this weekend we can say I
wanna blah blah blah and we’re going to
use an action in this case some activity
you’d like to do you can also say I
kinda wanna I kinda wanna I’ll talk
about in a moment or an expression I’ve
been wanting to so let’s take a look at
our patterns our last ones so finally
what’s something you want to do this
weekend what’s something you want to do
this weekend so as I mentioned we’ve got
I wanna for example I wanna go home and
sleep or like I I kinda wanna so I
talked about this word kinda kinda is
the contracted form of kind of kind of
which is like a little for sort of maybe
you know that word too so I’ve included
in my exam I example answer I kind of I
kinda wanna I kinda wanna kinda is a
softener for wanna I sort of one a
little wanting to do something so I kind
of want to cook something new this
weekend for example we also have this
pattern I’ve been wanting to I’ve been
wanting so here if you’ve been watching
our live streams hopefully you know this
grammar by now you recognize this
grammar I’ve been wanting to blah blah
blah meaning this I have been and the
progressive form means from the past
beginning in the past and continuing to
now I’ve wanted to so continuously
wanting to do something so for example
I’ve been wanting to see the new Blade
Runner movie that is so true I really
want to see that or I have been wanting
to get a coffee with my friend for
example so for something you have been
wanting to do for a
now you can use this pattern for
something maybe just an idea you have
for this weekend you can use I wanna so
what’s something you want to do this
weekend hear me on YouTube I want to
watch Thor this weekend yeah that sounds
good too Ragnarok oh right I want to see
Blade Runner really bad I have to make
time uh on Facebook I want to go to the
beach and take some rest I want to go to
the beach in like relax relax sounds a
bit better there okay other things Tapia
says I want to go on a short trip with
my family good Alex yes it is really
live it will be recorded soon though
we’re recording now you can watch it
later but it is really live ah suck guy
hey welcome back this weekend I want to
play basketball with my friends at PSU
nice great okay Gus this weekend I want
to go to I want to go dancing with my
friends very nice very nice
Rosario I want to drink beer with my
friends on the weekend yeah that sounds
really fun okay um
Rosana nice try I have wanted to learn
English how about like I have been
wanting to learn English that sounds
much better very very nice okay yeah on
Facebook I’ve been wanting to see Thor
perfect perfect okay um let’s see I’ve
been wanting to go to the park Ruben yes
perfect I’ve been wanting to go to the
park good read Brandi says I want to
watch jigsaw good I’ve been wanting to
watch English dramas great I want to
sleep all weekend good I want to hang
out with my family I’ve been wanting to
see my Tiger you have a tiger that
sounds very interesting please send us
photos I’ve been wanting to take an
English class from Nestor and on
Facebook good butter I want to be happy
what’s your advice oh that’s difficult
everybody’s a little different I think
Bob on Facebook I want to grab some
beers and have some fun with my buddies
on the weekend great he used the word
buddies have fun with my buddies buddies
is a word for friend your friends your
close friends good on YouTube Farish
says I want to go to my country good
very nice Fatimah says I’ve been wanting
to watch Korean dramas
oh yeah Korean dramas are very popular
these days I think great excellent
excellent so
keep these two expressions in mind to
talk about activities you want to do of
course in this example we’re talking
about things this weekend something you
would like to do this weekend but of
course you can change this for any
period of time so what’s something you
want to do this winter or what’s
something you want to do for your next
holiday or what’s something you want to
do later tonight for example so you can
change this depending on the situation
nice though so this pattern question
pattern and this answer pattern you can
definitely use those okay but I have 15
seconds to end this broadcast so I’m
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