Useful English Words Phrases to Speak Like a Native
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hi everybody welcome back to ask Alisha
the weekly series where you ask me
questions and I answer them
maybe first question comes from do we
sit again hi again Dewey Dewey says
what’s the meaning of for good I’ve
heard stay for good here for good
nothing for good but I didn’t clearly
understand them yeah great question for
good means forever or it means for a
very long time so like he’s here for
good or we’re gonna stay for good your
last example nothing for good I’m not
sure I’ve never seen that expression
before so I’m not quite sure about the
meaning of that but for good means
forever so I hope that that helps you
thanks for the question ok let’s move on
to your next question next question
comes from byron hi Byron Byron says hi
Alicia my question is do you recommend
using apps to practice speaking I was
using this method and I just found
people from another country whose accent
is different from the American accent
Thanks I think that this kind of thing
really depends a lot on the app you’re
using there are many different apps that
you can use to study many different
things so I don’t know that I can
suggest like apps are great or apps are
bad it really depends on the app that
you’re using so if you’re not happy with
the conversation partners that you found
on the app you’re using now try a
different app if you’re having trouble
finding a partner that you really
connect with or that works really well
with you another thing you can try doing
is just recording yourself speaking and
comparing that to a native speaker so
you could use just your phone to do this
like record yourself saying the same
thing as a native speaker set so if you
watch our videos for example you could
listen to something I said or something
like Devi or Michael said and then try
to say that again and record yourself
saying it and then compare it just to
kind of get an idea of where you can
improve this is actually a really
interesting exercise I think because
when you are speaking
you think you sound a certain way and
then when you hear yourself you sound
really really different so this can
actually be a really good way to
practice another thing I know that on
our website we have another voice
recording function where you can compare
yourself to a native speaker and that’s
specifically on the English class 101
website so that’s another tool you can
check out but for apps yeah like I said
I think it really depends on your
conversation partner and what other
services the app might offer you so you
could just try out a few different
things and see what you like so I hope
this answer helps you and I hope maybe
you found another technique you can use
to work on improving your speaking
skills thanks very much for the question
okay let’s move along to your next
question next question comes from Henry
K Ferrera
hi Henry K Henry K says hey Alicia I
love your videos
today my question is about chatbot in
the beginning I was very shy about
chatting with other people in English
I’m not anymore but I want to know if
chatting with chatbots
is a good tool for improving your
speaking skills what do you think um I
think something like this could be good
maybe for improving your basic like
sentence building skills I’m not sure
what kind of chatbot you’re talking
about to my knowledge I’ve seen chat
BOTS
where you can type things to a chat bot
and the computer will return an answer
to you maybe you’re talking about a
speaking kind of chat bot so that could
be possible I don’t know but I would say
that these sorts of things could perhaps
be useful for like making basic
sentences or making very simple
conversations so perhaps in the very
beginning something like that could be a
nice addition a nice supplement to
whatever you’re doing but I think you’re
going to miss out on a lot of other
really important stuff if you only use a
robot to practice a robot is not going
to do the arms and us and use
interesting vocabulary words the robot
is just programmed to do one thing so if
can remember that and maybe use it as
like a method of refreshing yourself
every once in a while perhaps but I just
think that you’re missing out on a lot
of things if you’re only using a robot I
think as soon as possible you should be
practicing speaking with other real
people so that you understand really and
truly how people use the language and
then you can also be learning from them
so I would probably not recommend
relying too much on a chat bot for your
studies I think the purpose of learning
a language is to be able to communicate
with someone else in that language so if
you only use it to communicate with a
robot then it’s kind of defeating the
purpose of your studies so I would say
use it with other people as much as
possible and try not to use a chat bot
that much so I hope that that helps you
thanks for an interesting question okay
let’s move on to your next question next
question comes from Alisha hi Olesya
Olesya says hi Alicia what future forms
should we use when arranging official
appointments or events in the future
for example which is correct the
interview will be held on August 9th at
10:00 a.m. Moscow time right or the
interview is on August 9th at 10:00 a.m.
Moscow time right yeah this is a
fantastic question so actually both of
the example sentences you sent are
polite and they are correct however if
you want to always be sure to sound
professional and polite use the passive
form so you use the interview will be
held that sounds a lot more professional
so the reason that a passive form is
preferred when making arrangements in
like formal events or like in an
interview situation is because we don’t
always know exactly the person who’s
going to be doing that event so in the
case of an interview for example you may
not know exactly who is going to be
giving the interview who is going to
lead the interview so instead saying the
interview will be held is much better
it’s much softer remember we use passive
voice when we don’t know the person
doing the action or when the person
the action is not important so this is
really useful in like business
situations and other formal events when
the activity is the thing that needs the
focus not necessarily the person or the
people doing the activity so it’s better
to use the passive form here you can use
the active form so like for example
you’re having the interview at 9:00 a.m.
right so there’s nothing incorrect about
that but using you can sound really
direct there and you might run into some
problems where maybe the person you’re
contacting is not the person giving the
interview so using the passive voice
avoids that
so in conclusion for this really if
you’re ever kind of in a formal
situation or a business situation and
you have this kind of question try to
use the passive voice instead of the
active voice that’s a pretty good rule
of thumb to follow I hope that this
helps you thanks very much for an
interesting question let’s move along to
your next question next question comes
from Carlos Cordoba hi Carlos Carlos
says I always struggle with the use of
in and on for example when I’m referring
to a quote that I read in a book should
I say you can find it on page number or
in page number also how do I use it for
locations for example when should I use
in or on or at yeah prepositions are
always a tough point as a quick regular
reminder we do have a couple of
prepositions videos on the channel these
are good introductions to prepositions
of place and prepositions of time
regarding your question your specific
question though when you’re talking
about books
we’ll say read it in a book in a book
when you’re talking about something
that’s on a page we use on on a page if
you want to get even more specific and
talk about a line of text we say in a
line of text so the reasons that we use
these prepositions first the in
preposition for a book when you imagine
a physical book like a cover two covers
and then the contents are inside it the
contents of the book are enclosed by the
covers so we imagine we have to open a
and go inside the book to find things so
we use in for the contents of books we
use on four pages so you can kind of
imagine a book as being like two layers
almost there’s the paper and then there
are the words so the words are on top of
the paper kind of like on the surface of
the paper so we use on to talk about
things that are on the page the things
that are above the paper then we use in
to talk about lines because we’re
looking for something like specific
inside one line or two lines of text so
it’s within like line number three or
line number four so some examples in the
book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone there’s a mistake on page seven in
line five that’s not true so I hope that
this helps you understand when to use in
and on and again I would recommend
starting with the videos on the channel
for information some more information
about other prepositions thanks very
much for the question okay let’s move on
to your next question next question
comes from NH I me hello hi nee nee says
do wild animal and Wildlife have the
same meaning no they have very similar
meanings though so first wildlife is one
word it’s a noun it’s an uncountable
noun
wildlife means all the living things
that are not humans so that’s like
animals and fish and lizards so it’s
like all the creatures in an area that
are not human that’s the wildlife in an
area examples let’s go to the wildlife
park we need to protect the wildlife in
this area wild animal however is a
phrase wild is an adjective
animal is a noun so a wild animal is an
animal that has not been domesticated
domesticated means trained so for
example a pet cat or a pet dog is a
domesticated animal that’s an animal
that has been trained so a wild animal
is something that does not have training
some examples did you see any wild
animals on your camping trip The News
said a hiker was attacked while
wild animal so thanks very much for the
question I hope that that helps you
alright that’s everything that I have
for you for this week thank you as
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may my bears wolves antelopes lions
tigers Cougars Jaguars rats mice a whale
a crab is a wild animal deer rabbits
coyotes squirrels and must know autumn
vocabulary words autumn let’s go sweater
the first word is sweater sweater that’s
that long sleeve often knit garment that
you wear maybe your grandma has given
you a few over the course of your life a
sweater it is a very very it’s like the
quintessential quintessential means like
the regular the expectedly
like the of course item for autumn so in
a sentence my favorite sweater is wool
it’s warm in this sentence I got
spaghetti sauce on my favorite sweater
oh I’ve done that I’ve done that
everybody has done everybody surely okay
windy windy windy so strong winds in
autumn I suppose in some cases windy in
a sentence if it’s windy in autumn you
should go fly a kite
in this sentence I can handle the cold
but I hate when it’s windy mmm for sure
okay cool cool cool in this case refers
to the weather so it’s not quite cold
but it’s not warm either it’s cool it’s
cool we also might use the word brisk so
it’s not cold it’s like that kind of
like refreshing there’s a little like
fluffy lling in brisk I don’t know what
that means
wah-wah that’s how I feel on a brisk
damn like yeah no but cool cool cool is
kind of it’s not quite cold the
difference
cool and brisk cool is kind of a mild
feeling mild type of weather brisk has a
little bit of like bite there’s a little
like freshness to it cool is very mild I
think in a sentence I love going to the
park on cool autumn days in this
sentence these cool sunny days are my
favorite time of the year this is cool
alright autumn the next word of course
is autumn autumn also known as fall both
are ok to use autumn is that season in
your country depending on where you live
in the world where trees will change
color the weather goes from hot to less
hot goes from hot to cool people start
wearing sweaters or maybe like I don’t
know just the temperature starts to drop
a little bit after after summer when
it’s warm so you can use autumn or fall
both are fine in a sentence autumn is my
favorite season yes true here
autumn is my favorite season because of
the weather indeed cold the next word is
cold cold cold is the uncomfortable
feeling you it’s just too
the temperature is too low you feel
uncomfortable it’s cold so in a sentence
I like cold days because I can drink hot
chocolate and this sentence I can’t
stand the cold I’m moving to Hawaii
chestnut the next word is chestnut
chestnut is a food that you can eat it
is a type of nut it is a thing that you
eat in autumn can roast them they smell
kind of nice you can put them on desert
youth all kinds of things with them so
in a sentence you can make lots of
desserts with chestnuts but in the
sentence Oh chestnuts roasting on an
open fire this is a popular this is the
opening line the opening lyric to a
popular holiday song chestnuts roasting
on an open fire ok
falling leads the next expression is
falling leaves in autumn leaves change
color maybe and I start to fall off of
the tree so falling leaves is kind of an
image of autumn are an image of fall
there’s kind of that that nice image of
those beautiful like gold and red leaves
falling so in a sentence let’s rate
the falling leaves up and jump in them
the falling leaves reminded me of
bittersweet memories oh gosh onward
Thanksgiving weirdo Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving we’ve done a couple of
videos about Thanksgiving so if you like
I’m sure somebody will put a link like
here here here here here
Thanksgiving is and let’s see I know we
have this holiday in the u.s. I believe
Canada also has a Thanksgiving though
I’m not familiar with the date
Thanksgiving in the US is celebrated in
November and we eat food together with
our families a huge turkey usually and
some other autumn foods too in a
sentence
Thanksgiving is great but I always eat
too much that’s true
this sentence says Thanksgiving is the
busiest traveling time of the year I
didn’t know that that’s true Halloween
the next one is Halloween Halloween I
love Halloween or at least I loved
Halloween when I was younger these days
it’s like no right yeah yeah you have
your fun Halloween is a really fun
holiday where you can dress up as a
character you can dress up as somebody
else there’s a creature a monster or
whatever when you’re children you can go
out and get candy from the people in
your neighborhood as an adult there are
lots of fun parties to go to as well
Halloween in a sentence I was once in a
flash mob for Halloween that is true in
this sentence this Halloween I’m going
to dress up as a spooky ghost spooky
means scary but not like super scary
spooky is like cute scary that’s spooky
leaf okay
leaf last word is leaf Alicia leaf is
that thing that sonically grows on a
tree maybe it looks like this maybe
looks like this maybe looks like there
are many different kinds of leaves yeah
you might find them falling and mass
from trees you might find them scattered
on your streets during autumn point the
plural of leaf is not Leafs but leaves
so in a sentence gingko leaves smell
really bad when they fall that is true
they smell really bad
this sentence says she stepped on the
leaves on the sidewalk five sentence
patterns that you can use as a beginner
of English let’s go the first expression
that you can use as a beginner is
personally I think that or I would just
use I think that
personally makes it sound a little bit
more polite I think you can use this to
introduce an opinion for example
personally I think that pizza is amazing
personally I think that dinosaurs would
have been delicious personally I think
that cars should be made to enjoy with
friends personally I think that you
shouldn’t worry about it yes it’s
probably much more useful sentence than
dinosaurs would be the next expression
is what does blah blah blah mean so
we’re here is the word you don’t know so
for example what does pasta mean what
does Stegosaurus mean so a word like
Stegosaurus is a really strange word
that you probably don’t know Stegosaurus
is a type of dinosaur we’re gonna marry
dinosaurs I don’t know
Jurassic we’re in a Jurassic Adventure
at the moment so this is a pattern you
use when you don’t know when you don’t
know the meaning of the word and you
would like someone to explain it to you
so if you say what does Stegosaurus mean
then someone can say oh it’s a dinosaur
it’s kind of like it’s a sort of short
guy and it has a bunch of spikes on its
back and it has a long tail and it gets
into a fight with a Tyrannosaurus Rex if
you saw the movie Fantasia by Disney
okay in this sentence what does
complication mean it means problem okay
the next pattern you can use is can you
tell me more about blah blah blah so on
a topic that you would like more
information about you can say can you
tell me more about the soccer game last
week can you tell me more about the plan
for the party next week so something you
would like more information about you
can say can you tell me more about this
thing okay so in a sentence can you tell
me more about your sandwich options that
is a useful sentence that is a useful
sentence okay in this sentence here
don’t have that back home can you tell
me more about it
mmm this is used to the reverse pattern
okay
the next expression is if it were up to
me if it were up to me I had to teach
this in a class couple weeks ago
actually if it were up to me means if I
could make the decision if this was my
if this were my decision blah blah blah
so meaning if I could make the choice
this is what I would do but one point
here is the nuance is it is not my
decision this is not my decision but if
it were my decision I would do blah blah
blah so for example if it were up to me
every day would be Saturday woo but it’s
not right so that’s that’s always the
underlying that’s always the kind of
basic nuance of this phrase some this
decision is not mine okay here the
example is if it were up to me I would
take my boss to dinner oh my things just
got scandalous the next pattern is I
feel like blah blah blah you can use I
feel like when you introduce a
suggestion or something that you would
like to do especially for food drinks or
activities so for example I feel like
coffee
I feel like Italian food I feel like an
action movie there’s some activity or
something you would like to do at the
end of this pattern
I feel like bowling this afternoon
something needs to go here some sort of
activity of course you can use this
expression to talk about your feelings I
feel like something but this something
must be a noun it must be a noun like if
you feel really great I feel like a
million bucks
for example if you feel really bad I
feel like garbage that’s a nice
expression that somehow it just came out
of my head anyway you can use this in
two ways but this must be completed with
a noun phrase at the end of the sentence
when learning a new language it’s easy
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I don’t think I’m making any progress
what if I never reach my goals we all
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native speaker piss a slang term for
urine for example don’t piss your pants
you can say this when you’re really
scared or anxious for example if you’re
about to go on stage to make a speech or
perform someone can say don’t piss your
pants you can do it pissed off to be
really angry when I’m angry I can say
hey I’m really pissed off at you right
now
why did you do that for loser used to
describe an uncool person in high school
my friends and I would use this a lot
and we would say hey loser how’s it
going idiot used to install people by
saying they’re not intelligent of all
the mean things that you can say this is
on the lighter side but people still use
it shoot this is used to show
disappointment or frustration without
using a stronger curse word shoot I
spilled my coffee shut up you can use
this when you want them to be quiet or
there’s something surprising that you
just heard you can say shut up no way
ticked off to be really angry you can
say this with pissed off so this is
actually an older term not many people
use this as much anymore because most
people actually just use pissed-off
fool this is similar to saying someone
is like a clown you can say you’re
acting like a fool right now
jerk this is a light insult used to
describe someone who is mean for example
if there’s someone bullying another
person that person is being a jerk whip
this means someone who isn’t strong
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creepy this is used to say that someone
makes you uncomfortable
teacher’s pet this is used as an insult
to classmates who try too hard to
impress the teacher or for someone who
is especially liked by teacher
scaredy-cat an insult for people who are
easily scared tattletale a person who
tells authority figures information in
order to get someone in trouble nerd
a person who is smart but not cool
ginger this is an insult for people with
red hair bimbo used as an insult for
women who aren’t smart jock used as an
insult for men who are into sports and
aren’t smart show off someone who takes
every opportunity to display their
talent clown used to say that someone is
silly
top 10 language learning strategies
let’s begin the friending or dating
someone who speaks English watching
movies or listening to music in English
read English newspapers or magazines
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learn eight words Americans overuse
let’s go definitely I’m definitely going
to call her this weekend people use this
word to mean that they will 100% do
something it can also be used to agree
with someone unbelievable
did you see the news this morning it’s
unbelievable you can say unbelievable
when something is shocking or strange it
can also be used to express
disappointment for example jenny is late
for dinner again unbelievable
literally I literally thought I was
going to die
usually this word is used to emphasize
something in an exaggerated way the word
sort of means that something really
happened a certain way but Americans
usually use this word to exaggerate
hilarious everyone thinks my friend is
hilarious but he’s not that funny
hilarious is like saying something is
extremely funny it is often used to
exaggerate how funny something was nice
that guy with a nice hair just made a
nice catch totally I totally love your
new dress you can use totally with a
verb to show how completely you do
something for example if you totally
hate something it means that you
completely hate it it’s usually used as
an exaggeration like like I try so hard
but like I still failed anyway this is a
filler word that people insert into
their sentences sort of like it doesn’t
follow the literal meaning of the word
seriously I’m seriously going to tell my
teacher what I really think of her class
seriously is just a way to say you will
do something but it usually means you
want to do something but you won’t
really do it today we’re going to talk
about four techniques to help you stop
translating in your head and instead
start thinking in your target language
this will allow you to have
conversations with ease read smoothly
and better understand native speak
these are four methods to help you think
in a new language
number one surround yourself with your
target language this way you’ll be
completely immersed in the language
without realizing it
you’ll learn pronunciation sentence
structures grammar and new vocabulary
play music in the background while
you’re cooking or have a radio station
on while you study just use one of our
endless podcasts available to you these
are easy to listen to in the background
while doing other things number two
learn through observation this is how we
all learned our native languages as kids
words will develop their own meanings
that relate better to your target
language rather than meanings that are
translated directly number three speak
out loud to yourself even if you’re a
little embarrassed it forces you to
listen to how you speak it makes it much
easier to spot simple grammar mistakes
number four practice daily if you
practice everything for only one day you
won’t retain the information you learned
the brain can realistically only focus
for about 30 minutes so studying a
little every day allows you to absorb
better follow these steps and have
patience you’ll soon be able to achieve
your language learning goals just make
sure to remember these four methods and
ways to help improve your pronunciation
this is gonna be a good one I think so
let’s go sing along to a favorite song
alright so the first tip for improving
your pronunciation is to sing along to a
favorite song so if you should add
though this favorite song should be in
your target language so if you’re
studying English pick a favorite English
song and sing along to that song or try
to sing to the song just from memory too
so singing along to your favorite song
can help you with pronunciation can help
you with the rhythm sometimes of the
language you’re trying to learn so it
can be really fun and it can be a good
way to
practice your pronunciation in a
sentence I like singing along to my
favorite songs read out loud the next
tip for your pronunciation is to read
out loud so reading out loud you can
choose something that’s interesting for
you and your in english if english is
the language you’re studying so pick
something maybe it’s a news article or
maybe it’s a book you’re interested in
maybe there’s an author you’re
interested in find something in your
target language in English and try
reading it out loud so don’t just read
in your mind but read the words out loud
speak them so that you can get
comfortable pronouncing those words and
you can try reading the same passage or
the same sentence multiple times to make
it smoother so this can be a really good
tip for and I think it also improves
your natural ability to pick up grammar
too because if you’re reading something
like in a book for example you can kind
of pick up the natural rhythm of grammar
and you also slowly get a feeling for
the correct ways that words should
connect together so this I think is a
really good tip in a sentence I
sometimes read out loud to practice
pronunciation that’s true
repeat lines you hear in TV shows the
next tip is to repeat lines you hear or
the words you hear in TV shows or movies
things like that so this means not only
words don’t only repeat single
vocabulary words yes maybe you find a
vocabulary word that is really
interesting or it sounds funny or
something like that but by repeating a
full sentence or a full line in a TV
show or in a movie you’re putting the
words together so not just one word but
making a whole sentence so feeling kind
of the flow of your language that you’re
studying so this can be a better way to
actually practice making sentences and
repeating sentences instead of just
words so you can repeat after characters
and TV shows I sometimes do this when
I’m like watching Japanese TV oh and
then I try and spit it back out
it’s hard to do sometimes when it’s like
the first time you’ve heard a word or
the first time you’ve heard a grammar
point but you can still understand that
sentence it’s interesting so try to say
it and it’s kind of fun actually in a
sentence
try repeating lines from TV shows to
practice practice speaking in phrases
not single vocabulary words the next tip
this is very similar to my TV show tip
is to practice speaking in phrases not
in vocabulary words not just single
vocabulary words even if you’re not
repeating lines from TV shows when you
practice speaking don’t just speak in
noun so sometimes for example I’ll hear
people just use noun like they’ll use a
noun and maybe a verb like I tomorrow
Beach something like that and yes we can
probably guess based on that how like
the the meaning the speaker’s meaning
but you need to practice making a whole
sentence so yes you know those words I
tomorrow in beach and the listener can
probably guess what you mean but you
need to practice all those little words
in the middle like like I’m going to the
beach tomorrow so make a full sentence
practice making full sentences don’t
only practice single vocabulary words
make the whole line it’s really good
sometimes I think my students get
irritated like they’ll like I forced
them to practice full sentences like so
I’ll say like mmm have you ever been to
Germany and they’ll say yes I’m like
okay for the purposes of practice can
you make a full sentence and they’ll say
I have been to Germany like that’s an
extreme example but like I try to push
that you know making the full sentence
it’s it’s silly sometimes but just
trying to do that okay so in a sentence
speaking in entire phrases is helpful
for practicing the rhythm of a new
language speak a lot with your teacher
and ask them to be strict with you on
words okay so the next tip is to speak a
lot with your teacher and ask them to be
strict with you so this is kind of two
tips in 1 1 speak with your teacher
so if you
have a teacher make sure you’re speaking
in their class if you if wherever
possible sometimes I’ll have students
join my class and maybe they feel shy or
whatever and they don’t speak very much
but please speak with your teacher so
that your teacher can correct you your
teacher can give you at least if they’re
a native speaker or maybe even if they
aren’t a native speaker your teacher can
give you corrections and if you don’t
speak your teacher cannot help you in
most cases so please speak with your
teacher and if you like you can tell
them please be strict about my
pronunciation so sometimes people will
say please help me with my pronunciation
specifically and then I can stop them
every time they make a mistake and we
practice that sound especially 80h
sounds like that like using using your
mouth a little bit differently can be
really uncomfortable for some people but
if you’re a teacher can point out those
things like th sounds the this that
these those those th sounds ending ER
sound practicing those with your teacher
can be a really good way to work on your
pronunciation so in a sentence speak a
lot with your teacher they can correct
you and help you improve try recording
yourself speaking and play it back the
next tip for practicing your
pronunciation is to try recording
yourself speaking and listen to it play
it back and listen to it so this it
might sound a little bit strange but
when we’re speaking maybe we don’t hear
certain things that certain maybe our
little idiosyncrasies or our the little
special things that we do when we speak
maybe we don’t hear them as we speak but
when we listen to ourselves later we
notice them so for example when I watch
this video when I watch any of these
videos I notice little things that I
didn’t notice at now when I’m filming
the video so the same can apply to your
pronunciation when you listen to
yourself speak you might hear something
that you don’t notice when you’re
speaking so this can be a good way to to
kind of remove yourself to go
outside your body a little bit and
listen to yourself from the listeners
perspective so this might be a tip to
try in a sentence sometimes you hear
yourself more clearly on a recording do
shadowing exercises
alright the next tip for pronunciation
is to do shadowing exercises so a
shadowing exercise there are textbooks
and and I think resources on the web so
on the website I’m actually I think you
could use the website any English
listening or anything in your target
language when you listen to that as the
speaker is speaking you quickly repeat
back what the speaker is saying so as
you’re listening to it you repeat it
almost immediately so you’re trying to
to match their pronunciation as closely
as accurately as possible this is called
a shadowing exercise so I’ve seen some
cases where people are textbooks will
recommend doing you know 15 minutes of
shadowing each day or something like
that or maybe you can do a shadowing
exercise listening to a podcast or
listening to the news or something you
might find on the website here so that’s
a really good way to work on your
pronunciation and to get familiar with
using those sounds kind of more
naturally the way a native speaker would
so this can be a good tip to improve
your pronunciation in a sentence try
shadowing a native speaker to improve
your pronunciation chat with native
speakers so yeah the next tip is to chat
with native speakers so chatting with
native speakers of course is a great way
to make friends
be to pick up new vocabulary see to get
familiar with grammar and slang but also
it can help your pronunciation not all
native speakers speak with exactly the
same pronunciation so you might hear
slight differences depending on the
country depending on the region in the
country and native speaker comes from so
there are many different kinds of
pronunciations or many diff there are
many different pronunciations but when
you chat with native speakers you can
kind of under
stand the different pronunciations that
are out there and maybe it can help you
be more consistent in your presentation
in your pronunciation too so this could
be a good way to improve your
pronunciation but of course it’s
important in general for learning a
language I think in a sentence chatting
with native speakers is an important
part of learning a language do
pronunciation drills the next tip is to
do pronunciation drills so if you know
that there’s a sound if you know that
there’s something that you always
struggle with try drilling it so do a
drill to drill something means to repeat
a lot so you might hear this word used
for like like sports and fitness like
you drill a skill you which means to
practice something a lot and intensively
so if you know that there’s like the th
sound it’s really difficult for you
maybe take ten minutes and do a
pronunciation drill on those sounds for
you know every day for a month or
something so if you know that there’s a
specific sound that’s difficult for you
consider trying just some very specific
pronunciation drills so that can mean
just making that sound repeatedly or
maybe reading a text out loud that has a
lot of that kind of pronunciation I
think you can find a few different ways
to drill to practice intensively those
parts of pronunciation that are
difficult for you so in a sentence try
doing pronunciation drills for the
sounds you have trouble making find
words that are particularly interesting
to you so I think maybe this is the last
tip is to find words that are
particularly interesting to you so maybe
there’s a word that sounds really funny
or maybe you found a really long word in
English or a really interesting word a
word that has an interesting history
whatever if you can find words that are
interesting to you then maybe you can
put some extra emphasis on pronouncing
them correctly so if you’re actually
enjoying the words that you’re learning
then I think it’ll become more important
for you to express that accurately in
yours
each and so focusing on those words
maybe and and in pronouncing those words
correctly perhaps that can help you
apply that same pronunciation in this
interesting word
maybe the pronunciation of that word or
some of the parts of that word you can
find that in other words in other places
throughout your target language so if
you enjoy a particular word and focus on
expressing that word pronouncing that
word accurately it can help you maybe
apply that pronunciation in other parts
of the language so give it a try
in a sentence take extra care to
pronounce words of particular interest
correctly hi everyone its Jon from
illite and next to me is Alicia from
English class 101 visit our second video
we are doing with Alicia and English
class 101 hi everybody I’m Alicia from
English class 101 comm thanks so much
for having me on Eli Chang it’s great to
be a part of your video oh and what is a
topic today today we’re going to talk
about the top 5 mistakes that English
learners make oh that’s not the position
of adjectives so the first mistake to
talk about today is the position of
adjectives what do you mean like the
position of adjectives do your students
make mistakes with this me think very
often I hurt my students say that this
is a house beautiful so have you ever
heard that before yeah actually my
students are Japanese they often make
the same mistake because the word order
in Japanese uses the noun first and then
the adjective
oh yeah the same in Vietnamese because
people usually translate from our mother
language to English so in Vietnam we
have yeah means house ok and that means
beautiful then we translate it we have
yeah that means house beautiful but
naturally is it’s incorrect right right
so what is the right order the right
position as active yeah so we should put
the adjectives before the noun so in
this example sentence beautiful house is
cursed just me
this is a beautiful house right can you
explain that well I mean there are some
phrases that are just we just use the
same kind of patterns for them so using
just a simple adjective and a noun
together whatever the adjective or maybe
there are more adjectives we want to use
like in this example of a beautiful
house or you I think you said like a red
house for exist we should put the
adjectives together before then now and
always like that’s a beautiful red house
yeah normally sometimes I hear some
students say that address red long when
you want to describe their dress
actually what is either correct one
right so in the same and the same as we
saw with the first example sentence we
should put the adjectives before the
noun so in this case I think it was long
and red yeah yeah that’s a long red
dress a long red dress and it should be
the correct one right that’s correct
yeah yeah so everyone makes sure to put
the adjective in front of the now the
order of personal pronouns you and I or
I and you good okay so the next mistake
to talk about is the order of personal
pronouns so an example of this is like
you and I or I and you yeah it’s very
funny for this because many people just
say I and somebody just something yeah
hold that a lot a lot in Vietnam so have
you heard that in Japan I see yes I have
heard that like I and Chun I’m making a
video yeah not quite so is it not
correct one right right that’s right
it’s not correct so we should say Chun
and I are making a video that’s the
correct sentence yes so in your opinion
what could be the reason for this mystic
the reason for the mistake oh that’s a
trip well it depends on the country for
your students I would imagine it’s
perhaps a word order issue for
Vietnamese because in Vietnamese we
usually say Zoey that is mean I am
when you are in a situation where you’re
doing something with other people it
does sound kind of strange to say I and
you or I and Chung did something so as
you’re saying I think it’s better to put
I at the end okay so when you want to
put yourself in a list with the others
remember to put yourself at last four is
what I would say our lists are and I am
making a video it’s going to be perfect
one
exactly sounds good confusion over
active and passive voice and the next
mistake will be the confusion over
active and passive voice mmm this is a
really common one I think yeah do you
have an example of how this works um yes
of course because it’s very common
mistake for example in Vietnam people
sometimes say I worse went out with my
friends yesterday that’s a perfect
example like it’s better to use just a
simple active voice to explain that I
went out with my friends yeah it should
be I went out with my friends yesterday
because in this case is a active
Morrison right exactly
passive it’s not passive this case
exactly exactly yeah I’ve heard another
example of it like something just a
simple action like an everyday action
like in passive voice the door was
opened by my teacher for example it’s
like a sentence like that we can
understand the sentence but it doesn’t
need to be in passive yeah it’s
naturally that’s right we should say
that my teacher opened the door yeah
yeah natural and it’s easier to
communicate I think exactly exactly so
if you’re thinking like how do I know
when should I use active voice when
should I use passive voice when you want
to express like the person doing the
action is not so important or you don’t
know who did the action like for example
if your phone was stolen yeah yeah but
we don’t know who who stole the phone so
you know boys use passive voice men yeah
or if that person is not important use
passive voice yeah
and sometimes if you try to translate
from your mother language to into
English so don’t try to translate what
Mike was so another daily life example
could be like maybe my mother cooking
dinner for example so I could say my
mother cooked dinner in the active voice
or dinner was cooked by my mother in
that sentence in the active sentence
it’s clear who is the person who cooked
dinner it’s my mother like she’s the
important part if I say dinner was
cooked by my mother you know he’s more
important not so nice dinner was could
say my mother cooked a dinner that’s a
much better choice so for daily use we
shouldn’t you active or inactive voice
isn’t very nice incorrect use a present
continuous so number four will be
incorrect use present continuous mmm
that’s a very common problem I’ve heard
absolutely absolutely so using the
continuous with a verb that we probably
should not use the continuous form with
yeah for example if I want to say that I
love my boyfriend a lot people would say
that I am loving him I’m noting him
normally we just say I love him
we don’t need to put it in present
continuous in this case or when people
talk about the sports or their hobbies
that they enjoy they might say for
example I am liking baseball I am liking
football for example but in the same way
we should not use the continuous tense
there let’s just use the simple present
tense I like baseball
I like football so when you’re using
these like mental state or emotion or
feeling verbs usually we use them in the
simple present tense of course sometimes
we use a word like thinking mm-hmm yeah
sometime I still hear that people say
I’m thinking about
something exactly exactly why we use
thing in kya present continuous mhm and
in which K we don’t use that in present
continuous exactly well in that case
that’s a perfect example using the word
think in the continuous tense that’s
sort of like an action like at that
moment I’m thinking about something
that’s an action in my mind that’s an
action yeah exactly so in that case it’s
okay to use it in the continuous tense
so we have to clarify the verbs is an
action or the verbs a chi of emotional
state - right exactly status your
example of like I am loving my boyfriend
it sounds a little like that’s a little
different like but what other another
crazy examples can we think Oh sometimes
my students say understanding you use it
like they say like I am not
understanding thank you that’s very
helpful for me but you should say I
don’t understand I don’t understand in
the present tense okay yeah so can you
give her some verse usually in simple
present not in Brandon materials yeah so
we talked about for example like and
love know and understand fear mmm meat
yes a lot exactly exactly so those very
like emotion related words those are
definitely good examples of this so just
make sure to think about your verb yeah
think think think are you thinking about
your verbs answering the negative
questions and the next mistake and a
very common mistake is answering the
negative question ah answering negative
questions so for example a question that
begins with a negative word right yeah
yeah okay
for example I would take an example okay
yeah first of all people wouldn’t ask
you
mhm don’t do one to learn English don’t
you don’t you yeah don’t you want to
learn English people would say
yes I don’t oh no I don’t yes I do no I
don’t you can fusing right actually the
native speakers sometimes get confused
with this point - but it’s good - it’s
good to discuss this yeah yeah so the
correct answer to someone asking don’t
you want to learn English you can say
yes I do well I hope you do if you want
to learn if you want to learn English
yeah do you say yes I do but if you hate
English
just say no I don’t mmm I think people
especially native speakers use the
negative question to make the question a
little more polite or maybe to make the
question a little softer that’s it but
just like you said just think of it like
a simple yes/no question don’t you want
to learn English do you want to learn
English we use them in the same way they
mean the same thing so can you give us
another example sure another example
maybe a daily life example mm-hmm
let’s see didn’t you go to that party
last weekend and then you can answer
with yes I did in this case it’s a past
tense negative didn’t you go to that
party so you can answer yes I did or no
I didn’t in the same way that you would
answer did you go to that party last
weekend if you get confused then just
think of it as a simple yes-or-no
question replace it with new don’t you
want to learn English if you say yes so
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stuff that so then we’re talking about
these examples of these problems but
what do you think are some ways that
students can learn these good word
choices these more natural word choices
yeah my advice would be try to use a lot
of authentic materials like TV serie
newspaper songs movies a lot a lot to
see how native speakers
choose a what do you have anything is
there like a favorite like TV show or
book or something that you really
enjoyed that help to you I really enjoy
friends you know it I know it many
people many people love using friends
for study and and it was such a popular
show among native speakers yeah yeah
yeah it’s a great resource and it’s
funny check it out
friends yeah and if you enjoyed the
video please let us know by giving this
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so we know do you like it and it’s God
you wouldn’t give it a lot of motivation
to make another video I usually like the
the teacher’s surname so like mr.
Johnson or like Ms Smith didn’t you go
didn’t you goat sounds a little
suspicious that’s all right you know
maybe you’re checking your friend like
didn’t you go to that party last weekend
don’t you want to study with us should I
say it one more time a little less silly
good one
hi everybody welcome back my name is
Alisha and today we’re going to be
talking about some English tongue
twisters I’m joined again by Michael hey
everybody so today we’re gonna be
talking about some things in English
that are difficult to say that might be
difficult for you and they’re probably
gonna be difficult for us to explain so
let’s get right into it Michael
what is your first tongue twister my
first tongue twister is how much wood
would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck
could chuck wood one more time a little
bit faster how much wood would a
woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could
chuck wood excellent and there is a
traditional response to this one you’re
familiar with the response so once you
tell me it’s a question write this this
is it ends in a question there’s a
question mark on your car and the
traditional response is it wood chuck
all the wood that a woodchuck could if a
woodchuck could chuck wood yeah I have
it on one of my cards actually I think
too this was totally unplanned I would
like to point out yeah here it is it
wood chuck all the wood that a witch I
could if a woodchuck could chuck wood so
you can you can use this with your
friends
if you want all right let’s do it real
quick ready okay how much wood would a
woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could
chuck wood
it would chuck all the wood that a
woodchuck could if a woodchuck could
chuck wood hey all right there’s one
down okay uh let’s see we’ve talked
about that one already so I guess I’ll
go with another classic one that I’ve
known since I was little this one uses
the P sound a lot Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled peppers
lots of P sounds in this one can you
speed it up for us well I don’t know if
I can say it in the first place Peter
Piper picked up Oh Jim I know man Emma
do you mean even you mean in Menominee
yeah have you not heard this one before
I have it okay Peter Piper picked a pack
of pickled peppers hold on one more time
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers for me it helps if you snap okay
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers Peter Piper picked a peck oh my
god I can’t do it maybe it’s better if
you don’t read it
those are Peter no no I can’t do it
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers that wasn’t very good I was one
more time one more time Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers what
three more times Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper
picked
I did I can’t do it Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled peppers there we go
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers Peter Piper picked a peck of
pink
oh man that’s tough the piece man I
can’t do the piece oh wow please can do
you either okay go to your next one
what’s your next one
uh now my brain is frazzled now okay uh
I just like this one I’ve actually never
heard this before but I like it because
there’s a lot of th’s in it and a lot of
foreign people who are learning English
let me say that a lot of non-native
English speakers have trouble with th
that’s been true for a lot of my
students regardless of where they’re
from with their native languages so the
33 thieves thought that they thrilled
the throne throughout Thursday well I’ve
never seen this fun
yeah I’m either but I just thought it
was good because they remember th so the
33 thieves thought that they thrilled
the throne throughout Thursday better
want to give it a try yeah I’m gonna try
the 33 thieves thought that they
thrilled the throne throughout Thursday
hmm
that’s a good one that’s a really good
one for th sounds I think it’s
I think the consonant sounds like the
hard consonant sounds like the P sound
or the well maybe even the W sound a
little bit like it’s easy to say that
quickly but this one’s really tough to
say quickly I think and clearly the 33
thing you thought that they throw this
smoothly okay I guess I’ll go to my next
one I really have no faith that I’m
gonna be able to say this at all this is
like the hardest thing that I think I
was able to find I don’t have to read it
slowly the sixth sick sheiks sixth
sheeps sick yeah okay yeah the sixth
sick sheiks sixth sheep’s sick yeah the
sixth 600 like the second word you can’t
even say it it’s really hard one more
time write this the sixth sick sheiks
six sheep sick sixth oh that was good
that’s good that’s way better yeah we’ll
just even on that one that’s the six six
sheiks sixth sheeps sick that’s really
hard it’s really I don’t think I can say
it any faster than that the sixth sixth
sheiks sixth oh okay I’m I’m I’m at a
loss of words okay one more time okay
the sixth sick sheiks sixth sheeps sick
the sixth sick what at once is okay
what’s your next one my next one is the
soldiers shoulder surely hurts another
one I’ve actually never heard but I
liked it because everyone knows Sally
sells seashells down by the seashore the
s and the SH is confusing and many times
in English like surely there’s no Sh but
it makes that that Sh sound so it’s a
fun one
the soldiers shoulder surely hurts the
soldiers shoulder surely hurts wanna
give it a try
the soldiers shoulder surely hurts this
is the tough part here for me anyway is
this the soldiers shoulder making that
sound really clearly a step the soldiers
shoulder surely hurts yeah yeah you make
it sound so easy
Wow professional not really okay on to
the last one this one is really short
actually it’s only two words but it’s
tricky it’s really tricky I can’t say
this fast
Irish rich ok Irish by itself is fine
wristwatch is fine but together they’re
really hard to say
Irish rich Irish wristwatch
really hard Irish wristwatch yeah
they’re slow ok Irish oh wow it’s really
hard
doesn’t it seems easier than it is I
risked watch Irish with Irish wristwatch
Irish wristwatch Irish wristwatch nice
there we go Irish Irish
I can’t this one’s hard this is really
hard for me but yeah only two words it’s
just it’s just that combination of the
shin the roof it’s just I can’t I got
nothing on that one alright do you have
any more no I think that’s it oh wow
that was a good one no it’s really tough
it’s really tough okay we’ll give them a
try please give them a try and if you
have any tongue twisters preferably in
English please share them with us in the
comments there are great ways to
practice their pronunciation and you can
impress your friends if you can do them
quickly thank you again for joining us
and we’ll see you again soon bye
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everybody my name is Alisha welcome back
to top words today we’re going to talk
about ten job interview questions and a
few responses to those job interview
questions so let’s go tell me a little
about yourself statement number one is
tell me a little about yourself or tell
me a little bit about yourself
this is a very common interview
introduction question or the first
question in an interview tell me about
yourself is just an open question please
share or basically introduce yourself
this usually means you should share what
you studied in college your work
experience any like personal projects
you’ve tried to do or have successfully
done other experience you think
relevant so this is an invitation for
you to give like a general introduction
about yourself in an example sentence
well I got my bachelor’s degree in
biochemistry how did you hear about the
position how did you hear about the
position how did you hear about the
position this question means how did you
learn about this job that you are
interviewing for how did you find this
job opening so how did you hear about
the position and this is where you can
explain maybe where you found the
information about the job so you found
it on the internet in the newspaper you
heard from a friend you were contacted
by a recruiter so there are a few
different ways that you can share with
your interviewer how you found the
position how you heard about the job in
a sentence I found an advertisement
about the job on the Internet
why are you interested in this position
next is why are you interested in the
position why are you interested in the
position
this is your chance to explain why you
want this job why are you interested in
this position so usually you should not
say for the money or because this is a
really I don’t know there are a lot of
attractive people with this company I
don’t know you should say something in
response to this question about your
career goals or maybe something specific
about the company that you like or
something very specific about the job
that is available there and how you feel
your skills are a match for that job
so explain why you’re interested in that
position the reason you decided to apply
for that job in a sentence I think I’m a
good fit for the company and its goals
why should we hire you the next
interview question is why should we hire
you why should we hire you so this is
your opportunity to explain why you feel
you are the best candidate for the job
so if you have any special
qualifications you have certifications
you have specific experience you have a
specific goal in mind
this is the kind of question you can
share that information in response to
why should we hire you because I can
speak six different languages and I know
how to create a website in ten minutes I
don’t know so if you have some kind of
special qualifications you can share
those qualifications in response to this
question in another example sentence I’m
a goal-oriented person who likes to work
at a fast pace what do you consider your
strengths and weaknesses the next
question is a common question what do
you consider your strengths and
weaknesses what do you consider your
strengths and weaknesses or what are
your strengths and weaknesses so
strengths means strong points things you
are good at weaknesses is your weak
points things you are not very good at
so you can you should be honest to a
degree but be careful so this should be
in a professional setting keep that in
mind it’s a professional setting if you
want to talk about your weaknesses don’t
say like I eat too much chocolate or
don’t say like I love sleeping or
whatever talk about your professional
strengths and your professional
weaknesses and also with your weaknesses
it would be a good idea to talk about
how you improve those weaknesses or how
you work with your team members or work
in a company to try to reduce the effect
of those weaknesses so for example I’m
very detail-oriented but I often take on
too much at one time so like in my case
that’s the case like I’m very
detail-oriented but I often take on too
much so do too many things at one time
so I could explain okay so I’m very
detail-oriented but if I’m trying to
take on too much I truck maybe I say I
communicate with my co-workers about
what should be prioritized and that
helps me organize my time better so when
you introduce your weakness talk about
the ways you kind of you try to reduce
the effect of that weakness that can be
one technique so your good points and
your bad points in this question tell me
about a time when you overcame a
challenge at work some interviewer
may ask this question tell me about a
time when you overcame a challenge at
work so it’s not really a question
they’re asking you to tell a story so
tell me about a time when you overcame a
challenge at work so they want to hear
an example from your professional
experience about how you solved a
problem what did you do to solve a
problem at work they want to know what
kind of problem it was and how you
approach the problem and the results of
that problem so you could say for
example our company party was scheduled
for the day before Christmas but the
restaurant exploded and I had to find a
new place to have the party I don’t know
that’s a crazy example but giving your
employer an idea of how you solve
problems and maybe the kind of mental
state you have when you solve the
problems can be helpful in making a
hiring decision so in an example when I
was having trouble communicating with a
client I reached out to a co-worker for
support what are your career goals the
next question is what are your career
goals your career goals so not
necessarily in this company but in your
career overall in the interview it’s
probably a good idea to include the
company and where you are currently
interviewing in your career goals but
keep in mind like you should be
explaining a goal or you should be
sharing a goal that is in line with the
company’s work so if your goal is to
open a cupcake shop but you’re
interviewing for like an IT job where
you’re going to be like I don’t know
installing Windows 10 on people’s
computers maybe this doesn’t really
match so make sure that your career goal
and the job you’re interviewing for
align those two should be kind of
aligned it’ll help your interviewer and
it will help you I think so in an
example sentence I want to create a
global advertising campaign strategy so
maybe you’re interviewing for a
marketing job for example you could say
that’s your career goal I would love to
design a global marketing campaign
strategy for example where do you see
yourself in five
the next question a very common one
where do you see yourself in five years
where do you see yourself in five years
this question means after five years
five years from this point in time what
is your vision for you what is your
vision of yourself professionally so
what do you want to have achieved after
five years so a good tip for this
question is to explain where you will be
having made contributions to the company
where you are interviewing so if I’m
interviewing an apple and Apple says
where do you see yourself in five years
Alicia and I say I see myself at
Microsoft like that sounds really bad so
try to share your your goals for
yourself in a five-year period but again
try to align them with the company where
you’re interviewing and explain like how
you plan to contribute to the company
and develop yourself professionally that
can be a really good way to answer this
question for example I see myself in a
managerial position in this company
working on multiple projects for
multiple markets why do you want to work
here the next question is why do you
want to work here why do you want to
work here so similar to why are you
interested in this position that one’s
like that question is very much about
this job in particular but the question
why do you want to work here means why
do you want to work in this company like
in this place specifically so share
something about the company that you
like or share something some reason the
company is attractive to you as a
candidate so maybe it’s the location or
maybe it’s the ability to work overseas
or maybe it’s an international
environment or maybe you can use your
English skills some reason why you’re
interested in working at this company
specifically share that after this
question so example I think there’s a
lot to learn and I think there are
opportunities for promotion do you have
any questions for me last one the last
question is very common do you have any
questions for me do you have any
questions for me interviewers will often
ask this question at the end of an
interview in
fighting the candidate to ask questions
about the company it is usually a very
good idea to prepare some questions for
the interviewer so it’s it’s also a good
idea to research your company or
research the University you’re
interviewing for before the interview so
if you have questions about the company
company policy that sort of thing it’s a
great chance to ask your interviewer
generally however it’s not a good idea
to ask specific questions about pay or
vacation in the interview as you can be
seen as may be to being to money or to
vacation focused that might come a
little later if you say what’s the
salary for this job like unless it’s a
situation unless it’s a kind of a closed
situation that might be to direct a
question but instead ask some things
about the company ask your interviewer
what it’s like to work there what your
interviewer thinks is good about working
for the company or maybe what your
interviewer thinks the company’s
planning to do over the next few years
ask something of your interviewer so it
shows that you are interested in that
company and that you want to learn more
and participate more with that company
so make sure to have some questions
prepared when your interviewer asks do
you have any questions for me so example
question what do you think is the most
rewarding part about working here so
those are 10 job interview questions and
a few different ways you can respond to
them so I think those are useful for job
interviews yes but maybe if you
interview for like a university or
interview for a scholarship or something
you can use similar responses to similar
questions so if you have any questions
or comments please let us know in the
comment section below this video ten
ways to report speech let’s go say the
first word is say say as a verb say is a
very neutral word you can use to report
someone’s speech to explain something
someone said in the past so for example
he said the barbecue was cancelled which
is a simple neutral report
tell the next verb is tell tell is used
when one person is giving information to
another to tell someone something they
did not know before don’t say tell me
your phone number that’s weird but like
can you tell me where the station is can
you tell me where to buy a hamburger can
you tell me where to pick up my new car
like so giving someone information they
don’t know or or on the other hand
explaining something one way to another
person so don’t tell me what I can’t do
is a very good lost reference if you’ve
ever watched lost so tell another
example sentence my boss told me I was
doing a good job speak the next one is
speak speak so we use speak when we’re
talking about language ability like I
speak English I speak Japanese we can
use speak in the past tense to report
something but it usually sounds a little
more formal so like I spoke to my boss
about or I spoke to my parents about or
I spoke to my boyfriend or girlfriend
about bla bla bla that using speak
instead of talked makes it sound a
little bit more formal so you can use
speak but it’s going to sound polite in
a sentence my colleague spoke with me
about an upcoming project was like ok
the next one the next two actually are
very very casual expressions so when
you’re speaking with friends and you’re
kind of talking about a quick maybe
somewhat emotional conversation you will
hear native speakers especially
Americans perhaps this is unique
somewhat to Americans use the phrase was
like I was like he was like she was like
this is a very casual way to report
speech and you’ll hear an often very
very quickly together so someone will
say I was like what and then she was
like no and then I was like yeah that’s
the kind of pattern you’ll hear it in
very very quick ways to report
Beach but the subject changes I was like
he was like she was like we were like
this is a way to share what happens
quickly instead of I said he said she
said which might sound a little too
formal we can use I was like he was like
to do that instead so this is a really
fun one and if you can use this
naturally I think that it’ll really help
you sound more natural - so in a
sentence and then he was like I love
that movie was all the next one is also
a similar to was like we have the
expression was all so it was all don’t
worry about all all does not have the
meaning of the whole of something or a
complete something instead was all this
set phrase is used to report speech
usually this one is used when there’s
some kind of emotional emotional aspect
to your conversation or it’s a little
dramatic or maybe a little exciting we
use it the same way as was like in that
very very quick style of speaking and
then he was like and I was all and then
she was like and I was all we used those
together but I was all has a little more
emphasis I feel I tend to use it when my
when I want to express a stronger
emotion and I was all no way or and I
was all what so you can use it for those
very like surprised emotions or maybe
angry emotions was like and was all are
both used in very casual situations so
in a sentence and I was all oh my god me
to talk the next word is talk so talk
similar to say is a fairly neutral verb
when reporting speech you’ll use it in a
situation where someone is giving new
information to you but maybe it’s a
two-way conversation so for example we
talked about blah blah blah for a topic
or my boss talked to me about blah blah
blah so maybe new information is being
exchanged but the conversation is
two-way there
multiple participants with tell it’s
like the nuances sort of one person is
reporting information giving information
with talked it’s there’s an exchange
happening there so keep in mind when you
use the word talk you will say either I
talked to or I talked with someone and
then you’ll usually have a topic so I
talked to my friend about blah blah blah
I talked to my friend about my new
apartment I talked to my boss about a
raise I talked to my boss know I talked
to my dog about what dogs knew so
there’s some kind of there’s some kind
of exchange happening there you’ll need
to use to or with when you’re referring
to the person or entity you’re talking
to and you’ll use about to refer to the
subject so you can use this one yeah
when you’re when you want to discuss
exchanges of information so in a
sentence she talked to me about my
family mention let’s go to the next one
the next one is mention mention is used
when like something is just there’s just
one small point in a conversation like
just a little side note or maybe it’s
not the focus of a conversation but just
something someone says quickly or
there’s just a little thing that you
hear oh you mentioned something about
blah blah blah or you mentioned that a
new project like it’s it’s maybe not the
focus of the conversation but something
that you heard a little bit about that’s
that’s when we use the verb mention we
can also use it in a statement like
please mention any skills you have on a
resume so it’s the nuance is sort of
like a like just a little bit of
information is when we use mention so in
a sentence our manager mentioned
upcoming changes at the company to go on
and on
okay the next expression is to go on and
on so to go on and on means just to talk
for a very long time so maybe you have a
co-worker or a friend or a fan
remember that just talks and does not
stop talking we say to go on and on
that’s the expression we use so in a
sentence the speaker at the seminar was
going on and on about the topic if you
really want to emphasize it you can say
was going on and on and on and on and on
that really emphasizes that the person
continues to speak so if you know
somebody who does that a lot you can use
this expression to talk about them
according to the next expression here is
according to according to is used
actually in the news or like to
officially report something so according
to sources or according to the police
according to the government official
according to my teacher according to my
mother these are like direct reports of
information and their direct reports of
information from a specific source so
according to the newspaper my
neighborhood has 50,000 amazing ramen
shops
that’s not sure but if I want to instead
of just saying my neighborhood has
50,000 amazing ramen shops I’m giving a
source for that so according to my
newspaper this is this is where I got
the information so this is important to
use in news and newspapers and any kind
of official documentation you will see
and hear according to in these cases in
a sentence according to a witness at the
scene the suspect escaped report great
so the next one is report so reports
similar to according to we use report in
more official situations so to
officially share information like to
report to the police to report to your
teacher to report to your boss sometimes
it means to submit documentation like to
give someone a written report sometimes
it’s to share information officially
just just with your voice to report news
or to report an update so when you want
to give and give official information
we’ll use the verb report so in a
sentence sources in the area report
that the accident was not serious thank
goodness all right
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