Not Only... But Also Advanced English Sentence Structure
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you’re here Franz welcome welcome today
we’re going to be talking about a common
Senate structure that might be difficult
for you it might already be easy for you
but no matter how you feel about it
today we’re going to repeat it so much
that I hope at the end of this lesson
you’ll feel really comfortable with it
and you’ll know that you’re using it in
the right way and that you can master it
and use it in conversation use it in
business use it in any situation that
you’d like so let’s start with a
question I have a really important
question for you today it’s something
that everyone who’s participating can
understand and relate to I want to know
what is a benefit of learning English
ooh what is a benefit of learning
English there are a lot of benefits of
learning English for me learning another
language English is my native language
but for me learning French for example
learning French has a lot of benefits
and a lot of them are kind of personal
like it makes me happy it makes me
satisfied I can talk with other people
from France and that’s not necessarily
for my job it’s not necessarily to have
some kind of advancement in my life but
it’s personal satisfaction so your
benefit for learning English that you’re
going to share and right here doesn’t
have to be some giant thing it can be
personal - oh we’ve got some great
benefits get a better job how telexes I
can get a better job
speak with other people make lots of
friends connect with the world yes so
let’s take two of these examples let’s
take connect with the world and get a
better job
connect with the world and get a better
job we’ve got two things here two
benefits both of these are great things
and we can combine them to get
they’re to use our Senate structure
today so I’m gonna write on my trusty
clipboard I brought it here to my
family’s house I’m gonna write these two
things combined together in a sentence
if you know how to use not only but also
or you want to try to combine them go
ahead write a comment or just write it
in your notebook think about it yourself
I’m gonna write it here so let’s say how
about English helps me not only get a
good job but it also it is English here
it also helps me to connect with people
this is kind of a long sentence but
that’s okay we have advanced in its
structure here to help you make long
sentences people around the world so
here we have two of your of your samples
to benefits of English I’m gonna
underline here English helps me not only
get a good job but also helps me to
connect with people around the world so
both of these things are they’re not
opposites they’re similar they’re both
benefits so with today’s sentence
structure we need two things that are
similar we don’t want a good thing and a
bad thing we want two good things or two
bad things so you might say something
negative about a rainy day ah on a rainy
day not only can
I exercise but I also can’t walk to the
car without my shoes getting wet we have
two negative things so let’s make sure
that we can write this sentence using
today’s special sentence structure I
challenge you to use two benefits of
English and make your own sentence using
not only this comma because we’ve got
two parts of our sentence but also the
second benefit we need two things that
are both good or both bad all we’ve got
beautiful sentences already excellent
I’m gonna read some of the comments here
my computer screen at my parents house
is a little lower so I’m going to read
over here we have English helps me not
only to look smart
but also it lets me read data sheets
from a wide range of hardware Oh
beautiful sentence George we’ve got this
excellent
it helps may not only look smart but
also it helps me to read a wide range of
materials excellent and I think that’s
really true that a lot of materials
especially if you work with any kind of
international field engineering or
anything else a lot of data is going to
be in English so English helps you to
read that data and as you might have
noticed in this sentence let me choose a
different color here it the second part
of the sentence you can put it here
between our two words or or you can put
it here after them but also it helps me
to connect with people
so you could say English helps me not
only get a good job but also it helps me
connect with people I would say that the
main
is that in conversation English speakers
are more likely to separate it so my
first example but it also we’re more
likely to separate it but it’s perfectly
fine if you want to keep it together and
you’re going to hear people use that so
it’s not unusual but if you want to try
to make sentences separating it I
recommend it
let me read some of your other sample
sentences Hiroyuki says English helps me
not only make friends around the world
but it also helps me get a job
I hope the English will definitely help
you get a job and if you can use English
in your job perfect that would be great
you’ll be able to improve English even
while you’re working how English helps
helps me have not only good experiences
but it also keeps my brain young oh so
if you want to keep your mind young
forever
excellent excellent let’s see how we can
make this Oh with native English
speakers Estela says English helps me
not only to speak to native English
speakers but it also helps me to read
fantastic books oh yes I think that’s
another great thing about English is
that when you aren’t really any language
that you learn when you learn English
you can read articles or books or other
things in that original language so if
there’s a movie that you love if you
love Star Wars for example if you can
understand and hear the main characters
speaking in English instead of dubbed in
your native language or instead of with
subtitles if you’re listening to them
speak in English in the original
language that Star Wars was written in
it’s a rich experience and that’s
something that’s definitely a benefit
let’s
to make a negative sentence I want to
practice this using a negative situation
because so far we have two benefits of
English so let’s talk about something
negative I’m going to use another piece
of paper how about let’s let’s talk
about mmm something that maybe maybe you
like maybe you don’t like but we are all
here learning English online you’re
using the Internet to learn English so
let’s talk about some negative things
some reasons why you’re not learning
English in a classroom right now so for
me I’m always learning French online
there’s so many wonderful things
podcasts YouTube videos movies trying to
find people to talk with on the internet
so I’m not learning French in a
classroom let me write a sentence here
and then if you want to imitate
something similar with English feel free
we’re making this negative so two
negative things if you have had positive
experiences in the classroom
it’s okay great wonderful I’m so happy
but we’re going to talk about two
negative things if we say um I’m not
learning English in a classroom I’m not
learning English in a classroom it’s
it’s not only
difficult to find a good time maybe
you’re busy I imagine probably so it’s
not only difficult to find a good time
but it’s also hard to find a good
teacher when you go to a school maybe
you’re lucky and you get a great teacher
Wow excellent
excellent but a lot of us have had
negative experiences and the school just
gives you any teacher any teacher that
they want you don’t really have much of
a choice so we’re talking about two
negative things here not only but also
not only is it difficult to find a good
job or to find a good time but it’s also
difficult to find a good teacher you
need convenient time on the internet and
you need to find a good teacher and on
the internet you’ve got plenty of
choices and the cool thing about the
Internet is that you can have 30
teachers online if you want you can
enjoy my lessons you can enjoy other
English teachers lessons and that’s why
we’re all here on the internet because
it’s not a competition
it’s really a wonderful English learning
community online so you have a lot of
choices and you can really use them all
instead of just one teacher in the
classroom so let’s see some of your
negative sentences using two negative
things oh we have a great sentence
learning English in a crowded classroom
is not only boring but also expensive
and useless oh this is a beautiful
sentence so I hope that for you I hope
you didn’t have this experience but I
imagine you’re writing this sentence
because you have some personal
experience learning English in a crowded
classroom is not only boring but also X
pensive and useless so learning English
in a classroom is certainly from my
experience more much more expensive than
learning English online or in another
area we could say oh great great
so Gabriela says I’m not learning
Italian in a classroom but it’s not only
difficult to find a good school it’s
also hard to find a good time so for you
it’s difficult to find a good school and
it’s also difficult to find a good time
we’ve got two negative things here oh
thank you me Jenner says your lessons
this is a positive thing not a negative
part your lessons are not only your
lessons not only helped me to be a good
speaker but your lessons also helped me
to be a good listener we’ve got two
positive things your lessons not only
helped me to be a good speaker but also
to be a good listener I hope that that’s
true for you it’s my goal to help you
really feel comfortable with different
expressions and sentence structures and
when you have the chance to use English
in the real world you’ll have kind of
like a bank account full of English
materials that you’re ready to use oh
we’ve got some other great sentences so
John says I don’t want to learn English
in the classroom because it’s not only
boring but also stressful not only
boring but also stressful so in my
sentence maybe my sentence is a little
more complex than that so let’s try to
write let’s write a simpler sentence
like that because I like that idea just
using two words how about learning in a
classroom is not only boring
but also expensive alright so here we
have our lovely expression we’re talking
about today not only but also so if you
would like to make two full sentences
and combine them together that’s when
we’re going to use it’s because we’re
repeating the subject the subject is
learning it in a classroom
but if you would like to make this
shorter nicely complex but a little more
simple great way to use it still type of
sentence then we can use not only plus
an adjective but also something else so
let’s say a quick let’s make a couple
quick sentences about other things that
are great in your life maybe we can talk
about food food in your country so
yesterday my dad bought four bought for
me a sub sandwich a sub sandwich is a
special kind of sandwich that’s long and
there’s a couple different kinds of meat
and lettuce and maybe there’s some
pickles or tomatoes and then it’s folded
and you can eat it this is a really I
really like it it’s a really easy way to
have lunch and it’s not so unhealthy so
if you know the store subway subway this
is the same kind of sandwich Subway
sandwiches but in the u.s. we have a lot
of options in my opinion they are much
better as in they have bigger sandwiches
better quality meat and just an
interesting variety and combination so
yesterday my dad bought me a sub
sandwich I was really excited so for
this idea using today’s concept with a
sub sandwich it’s from actually from the
local grocery store they have amazing
subs so I could say
sub sandwiches are not only inexpensive
but they’re also pretty cheap sub
sandwiches are not only already here in
my on my clipboard sub sandwiches are
not only pretty easy to get but they’re
also pretty cheap let me write this here
sub so I want to know for you what is
some kind of food that you enjoy and
tell me two good things about it some
sandwiches I wonder if you’ve ever had a
sub sandwich before and if you’ve had
one from Subway it’s a good start but if
you come to the u.s. there’s a lot of
other places you can go and get high
quality really mmm as you can tell I
like it really great sandwiches alright
sub sandwiches are not only maybe I’m
hungry too maybe there’s some extra in
the fridge from last night should I eat
a sub sandwich for breakfast
mmm if it’s in the fridge I’ll let you
know how it goes sub sandwiches are not
only cheap but they’re also tasty so
here we have two adjectives not only but
also and then we’ve got our two words
cheap and tasty cheap and tasty so let
me know about food from your country oh
we’ve got lots of great things here ice
cream is not only inexpensive but it’s
also suitable for the weather in Vietnam
right now ice cream is not only
inexpensive but it’s also suitable for
the weather we’ve got two things that
are positive excellent
oh we could also say
about about lots of different kinds of
food so if you’re thinking about a food
sentence make sure you write it in the
comments that chocolate some kinds of
chocolates are not only hard to find but
also too expensive to buy so they’re
hard to find and too expensive to
negative things together chocolates are
hard to find and difficult to buy or we
could say some chocolates are easy to
find and easy to buy not only are they
easy to find but they’re also easy to
buy so I eat too many eating donuts
anam says eating donuts is not only
yummy but it’s available easily in my
country it’s easily available so we
could say donuts are not only yummy but
they’re also easily available so maybe
for you it’s hard to resist because
they’re yummy yummy means tasty
delicious yummy it’s just an informal
word they’re yummy and they’re easy to
find of course you can say and they’re
yummy and easy to find but if you want
to expand your sentence structure and
use something a little more complex
that’s what we’re here for today talking
about not only but also donuts are not
only yummy but also easy to find maybe
too easy too easy to find so as we
finish our wonderful lesson about not
only but also I want to say a full
sentence together with you something
that is helpful for you to repeat out
loud I want you to say it out loud even
if you whisper if you’re talking quietly
it’s okay but I want you to hear your
own voice even if it’s quietly if it’s
loudly great speak loudly
but I’m going to say one sentence using
today’s concept and it’s your chance to
write this Cantus sentence in the chat
in the comments write the sentence and
repeat it after me
we’re going to say it a couple times
slowly then quickly and I hope it will
help you to remember today’s concept and
to feel comfortable with it and have fun
imagining that our friends in Indonesia
in Egypt in Brazil in Russia all around
the world are saying the same
together we’re going to say the sentence
about English together it’s going to be
short and simple but I hope that it’s
true for you are you ready
learning English is not only fun but
also useful learning English is not only
fun but also useful learning English is
not only fun but also useful and I hope
that that’s true for you I hope that it
is useful as in you’re able to use it in
real situations maybe that means that
you can read BBC articles you don’t need
to only read articles from your native
country or maybe that means that you can
watch TV shows in English even if you’re
using English subtitles you’re still
using it’s useful it has a purpose so
let’s say the sentence all together
learning English is not only fun but
also useful I hope that with lessons
like today it’s fun enjoyable
interactive and you can really find a
new way to find happiness in English so
I’m going to say the sentence slowly if
you want any pronunciation practice now
is your time you can watch my lips watch
my tongue and try to imitate exactly the
way that I’m saying it learning English
is not only fun but also useful learning
English is not only fun but also useful
let’s say it quickly learning English is
not only fun but also useful learning
English is not only fun but also useful
learning English is not only fun but
also useful thank you for saying this
with me from around the world you’re
awesome and I hope that learning English
is not only fun but also useful for you
you that is my dream for you enjoy
English find it useful and continue to
learn when something is fun you’re going
to continue to do it so I hope that
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