Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Do you say “interested in” or “interested on”? “Married with” or “married to”? “Responsible for” or “responsible with”? Watch and correct mistakes made with 12 common adjectives and prepositions. Learn how to use “interested”, “famous”, “responsible”, “afraid”, “related”, “capable”, “involved”, “proud”, “sorry”, “addicted”, and more. Upgrade your English speaking & writing for IELTS, TOEFL, for business situations, and for everyday conversations. For more easy fixes to your English, get my course, Correct Your English Errors in 10 Minutes a Day: 10.bexenglish.com
Learn to fix more common mistakes with prepositions and adjectives!
Master English Adjectives + Prepositions youtu.be/EgxMPbpY-Nc
Prepositions of Time: 6 Easy Exceptions youtu.be/_1YwKxMvLxA
In this lesson:
00:00 Common Adjective + Preposition combinations in English
00:49 What is a preposition?
01:13 What is an adjective?
01:26 What is a noun?
02:08 Adjective + Preposition combinations
05:15 "interested in"
06:04 "disappointed in"
06:32 "involved in"
07:24 "married to"
07:48 "addicted to"
08:08 "related to"
08:43 "famous for"
09:05 "responsible for"
09:31 "sorry for"
10:05 "afraid of"
10:34 "proud of"
10:51 "capable of"
12:29 – Review & Conclusion –
Do you say “interested in” or “interested on”? “Married with” or “married to”? “Responsible for” or “responsible with”? Watch and correct mistakes made with 12 common adjectives and prepositions. Learn how to use “interested”, “famous”, “responsible”, “afraid”, “related”, “capable”, “involved”, “proud”, “sorry”, “addicted”, and more. Upgrade your English speaking & writing for IELTS, TOEFL, for business situations, and for everyday conversations. For more easy fixes to your English, get my course, Correct Your English Errors in 10 Minutes a Day: 10.bexenglish.com
Learn to fix more common mistakes with prepositions and adjectives!
Master English Adjectives + Prepositions youtu.be/EgxMPbpY-Nc
Prepositions of Time: 6 Easy Exceptions youtu.be/_1YwKxMvLxA
In this lesson:
00:00 Common Adjective + Preposition combinations in English
00:49 What is a preposition?
01:13 What is an adjective?
01:26 What is a noun?
02:08 Adjective + Preposition combinations
05:15 "interested in"
06:04 "disappointed in"
06:32 "involved in"
07:24 "married to"
07:48 "addicted to"
08:08 "related to"
08:43 "famous for"
09:05 "responsible for"
09:31 "sorry for"
10:05 "afraid of"
10:34 "proud of"
10:51 "capable of"
12:29 – Review & Conclusion –

![Improve Your ENGLISH FLUENCY with BINOMIALS
Want to sound more fluent in English? Binomials are expressions made of two words connected with ‘and’. These word pairs will enhance your vocabulary, improve your fluency, and boost your exam scores. In this class, you’ll learn “first and foremost”, “pros and cons”, “live and learn” and 18 more expressions. I’ll even show you how to score high on your IELTS or TOEFL exams with binomials. Let’s take your English to the next level right now! Next, test your understanding with the quiz: https://www.engvid.com/improve-your-english-fluency-with-binomials
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In this lesson:
0:00 Use binomials to improve your writing
1:37 Binomial Types: Synonyms, Antonyms, Repetition, Advice
2:46 pick and choose
2:59 peace and quiet
3:08 bright and early
3:26 first and foremost
4:05 neat and tidy
4:27 safe and sound
5:01 here and there
5:15 off and on
5:27 pros and cons
5:55 up and down
6:04 this and that
6:38 sooner and later
6:58 more or less
7:09 rain or shine
7:38 win or lose
7:51 live and learn
8:19 forgive and forget
8:41 day by day, step by step, little by little
8:52 hustle and bustle
9:34 How to use binomials to improve your writing
15:18 Full writing example with binomials
TRANSCRIPT:
Im Rebecca from engVid.
In this lesson, Im going to show you how to get a higher score on the speaking and
writing section of your IELTS or TOEFL or PT or any other exam, English exam that you
might be taking, and also just a way to speak more fluently in general, okay?
And that is by using something called binomials.
Now, what are binomials?
Binomials are two-word expressions that are joined by a conjunction.
A conjunction is a word like and, or, by, and so on, okay?
Now, what are the characteristics of these binomials?
So, as I said, theyre two words, theyre joined by a conjunction.
Usually, they are the same category of words, so we may have a noun-noun, verb-verb, adjective-adjective,
adverb-adverb, okay?
And they have to follow a certain order.
You cannot really change the order because people are used to hearing them in a certain
way.
So, now, lets look at lots of examples, then after that, Im going to show you exactly
how to use them in an IELTS exam.
In the speaking section, were going to take eight different topics, were going to show
you how you can get a higher score just by using these expressions, and then well look
at a piece of writing and see how that is enriched by using these simple expressions,
okay?
Here we go.
So, first of all, what you see here is that binomials are of different kinds, okay?
These are just some of them.
If you look them up on the internet, youll see lists of lots and lots of binomials, okay?
But the categories are something like this.
There are binomials, which are synonyms.
What does that mean?
It means both words mean basically the same thing, okay?
So, if they mean the same thing, youre asking me, So, why do we need to repeat the word?
Well, because this is the beauty and the music of the language, okay, of the English language,
and sometimes we use these kind of pretty expressions just to make things more interesting,
more lively, more dramatic, more fluent, okay, and more expressive.
So, they could be synonyms where the two words mean the same thing, they could be antonyms
where the two words are opposites, they could be where one word is repeated after another word
for emphasis, or it could be some kind of advice, okay?
So, lets look at some of these examples.
Synonyms, pick and choose.
So, here we see two verbs, right?
I love to go to the library where I can pick and choose any book I want, okay?
Or, peace and quiet, two nouns.
I love to take a walk in the park because of the peace and quiet.
Or, bright and early, were going to see.
Here, these are two what?
Two adjectives.
Were going to see in our next section how we can use this expression, bright and early,
in one of your IELTS speaking questions, okay?
Very possible for you to use it.
Next, first and foremost.
So, first and foremost is a very kind of educated and cultured expression.
Its also used in a lot of business situations.
So, instead of just saying, First, I want to tell you about this.
We say, First and foremost, its like first and most important, okay?
I want to say whatever.
So, if you were to use this expression when youre speaking, when youre writing, its
an excellent way to begin any particular explanation or topic, okay?
In any part of your IELTS exam or TOEFL.
Okay, neat and tidy. […] Improve Your ENGLISH FLUENCY with BINOMIALS](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xv_-ZJ6EOms/mqdefault.jpg)


![Parallelism: The secret to great writing
Parallelism or parallel structure is one of the secrets of great writing. It gives greater balance and power to the way you communicate. It will help you get higher grades, improve your job prospects, and look more professional. In this lesson, I explain all about parallelism what it is and how to use it correctly. This easy but important lesson will take your English to a higher level. Follow up by watching my lesson on the Magic of 3 to strengthen your English even more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FcAub-xqGQ&index=94&list=PLxSz4mPLHWDZgp8e6i0oyXOOrTAAaj0O7&t=0s
Take the quiz on this lesson here:
https://www.engvid.com/parallelism-great-writing/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi. Im Rebecca from engVid. This lesson is for you if you want to learn how to communicate more powerfully in just a short time. This lesson is about something called: Parallelism or Parallel Structure. Now, in case youve never heard of it, or if youve heard of it but youre not sure what it is, I just want to tell you that its something really important, especially in academic circles or in the business world. All right? And also socially. So, whether youre speaking, or whether youre writing, this principle of parallelism will help you to communicate more effectively.
So, first of all, what is parallelism? So, its a speaking or writing technique in which you communicate more powerfully by balancing different parts of your sentence, and Im going to show you lots of examples so you understand exactly. So, when we create a sentence that has parallel structure, it means that when we have a list of items in our sentence, all of the forms of speech should be the same. For example, you have verbs, verbs, verbs; nouns and nouns; adjectives and adjectives; adverbs and adverbs. Now, that seems obvious, but in real life when people speak and write, they dont always do that. So Im going to show you: What are the benefits of using parallelism? and also exactly how to use them in a sentence.
So, some of the benefits that you will get when you start creating sentences with parallel structure are that your sentences will have more weight, theyll be more balanced, theyll have more rhythm to them, theyll have more style, more clarity (theyll be more clear), and also youll be able to emphasize things more. And as a result of all that, your speaking or your writing will be much more dramatic and much more powerful. And you may not realize why, but its really important that this parallel structure exists. Now, in addition, its not just something to make it better, its not just something to improve your communication. In academic circles, if you dont follow these parallel structure rules, its actually considered a mistake in writing; its considered very weak writing, bad writing, poor writing, and you will get lower grades as a result of that. Okay? So its really important, especially if youre in the academic world or writing anything serious or in the business world, to write this way.
Lets look at some simple examples first. Okay? So, this sentence, the first one: Janet sings and dances. So here, what do we see? We see verbs and verbs: Janet sings and dances. If somebody didnt write this sentence properly, they might write: Janet sings and is dancing. Now, here it didnt match because this was present simple, so this should be a verb in the present simple; they should both be verbs, they should both be in the same tense, and so on. Okay?
Lets look at more examples. We enjoy reading and cooking. Here we have two gerunds: reading, cooking. Next: I like to watch movies and to travel abroad. Okay? Now, you see how that seems really balanced? Okay? So we have: to watch movies, so we have an infinitive and a noun, and to travel abroad. To travel, infinitive and a... Well, its not a noun, but its like a noun, it functions like a noun.
Next: The reasons for my view are political, cultural, and social. So here we have three adjectives. Now, up til now we had two, now we have three. And if youve watched my earlier lesson on: The Power of Three or The Magic of Three, you will know that this is really special. This is like parallelism on steroids. This is like the best kind of writing you can do, and a lot of very famous leaders and writers write this way, using parallelism in threes to make things much more effective. So, if you havent watched that other lesson, I will tell you where you can get it; its called: The Magic of Three on our website. So: The reasons for my view are political, cultural, and social. Three adjectives.
The police acted quickly and carefully. Okay? So we have here: quickly, carefully, two adverbs. And last: We enjoy comedies, dramas, and documentaries. So you have here three nouns. Right? So thats whats important: nouns with nouns, adverbs with adverbs, adjectives with adjectives - you get the idea. Okay? Now, if you get the idea, work with me, stay with me. […] Parallelism: The secret to great writing](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y8pIidfrSG4/mqdefault.jpg)




![“MY” or “MINE”? “YOUR” or “YOURS”? | English Grammar – Possessive Pronouns & Adjectives
*“My”* or *“Mine”? “Their”* or *“Theirs”?* Do you know which word to use in every situation? Watch and learn the easy English grammar rules to know which word to choose – every time. I will show you the simple difference between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns, so you’ll always make the right choice. You’ll also learn how to pronounce these words correctly so you don’t make mistakes when speaking. A short investment of your time: a lifetime of better English. Test yourself with the quiz at engVid.com here: https://www.engvid.com/
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More of my beginner grammar videos:
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Transcript:
In this lesson, youll learn how to show that something belongs to someone in English. Okay? Now, there are basically two ways in which we do this, and Im going to show you exactly what they are, how to use them, and how not to confuse them. Okay? Its really easy, and Im sure youre going to get it. So, lets get started. So, you can see that Ive divided the board, here, into two parts. Right? You see some words here; you see some other words here. Now, just for you to know and for anyone whos interested in grammatical terminology: These, here, are called possessive adjectives, and the ones over here are called possessive pronouns. So, what does that actually mean? Lets see what it means in terms of actual usage. So, lets look at the example at the top. This is my book. Here, Ive used my - a possessive adjective. My book. Or I could say: This book is mine. Now, whats the difference between these two sentences? Well, in the first book... in the first example, we saw that after the word my, we had the word book, which means after these possessive adjectives, you need to have a noun. Okay? A noun could be a person, a place, a thing. Right? Or an idea. My book, my friend, my home, my car. Right? My idea, my opinion. So, after these words - okay? - these possessive adjectives, you have to have a noun. But if the sentence construction or the question construction is different, then you use these possessive pronouns, like here: This book is mine. So, after these words, these possessive pronouns - you do not have any noun. So, you cannot say: Mine car - no. You can only say: My car. Okay? All right? Thats the basic rule, and thats all there is - that these must be followed by a noun, and these must not be followed by a noun. Okay? But lets understand a little bit more about them now - okay? - one by one.
So, of course, these represent, what? These are used as... to show possession, but this one is... these are the subject pronouns. Okay? These are who they refer to. So: I... okay? I, and This is my book; you and your book; he - meaning a boy or a man - his book; she - referring to a woman or girl - her book. Okay? We - that means you and me, or me and a few other people - we, This is our house, our book. Okay? Or they, those people over there... okay? Not me; them. Okay. They and there we... then use the word: their car, their book. Okay? So, repeat after me: My book, your book, his book, her book, our book, their book. Okay? Now, something else about English - I said: book, but I could have said: books. In English, these possessive adjectives, these words dont change based on the word... the noun that we use. So, the noun could be singular or plural; I still say: my; I dont change that. Okay? It doesnt have to match, like in some other languages. Okay? So, I could say: My books, your cars - okay? - his friends, and so on. Doesnt matter. Also, it doesnt matter in English if the item that we put here, if... especially if were talking about a person - is male or female. So, I could say: My husband, or somebody could say: My wife. Right? Or: My son, my daughter, and it doesnt matter. Again, this word doesnt change based on if its singular or plural, or if its male or female. Okay? So, thats one easy part about English. Sometimes easy. Sometimes English is actually easier in some ways than some other languages. Okay? Now, whats the other equivalent of this? The possessive pronouns, which we use mostly at the end of sentences. Right? For example, if somebody says: Whose...? Whose cellphone is this? […] “MY” or “MINE”? “YOUR” or “YOURS”? | English Grammar – Possessive Pronouns & Adjectives](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZyhKi0pRwEw/mqdefault.jpg)
