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Go beyond “good” and “bad” by using your senses – I’ll show you how. We use the words “good” and “bad” to make quick, general judgments about how we experienced something. These words are shortcuts that give other people a sense of our feelings about a new food we tried, a movie we saw, or about any experience we have had. However, everyone – whether they’re an English learner or someone whose first language is English – comes to a point where they want to use more precise vocabulary to express themselves. In this lesson, I will teach you how to use your senses to expand your vocabulary and to find the words you are really looking for. Yes, this method is challenging to use in the heat of a real conversation, but it is possible, and it will help you to grow your communication skills. Don’t forget to keep the conversation going in the comments. How did this video make you feel? engvid.com/increase-your-vocabulary-by-using-your-senses
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Go beyond “good” and “bad” by using your senses – I’ll show you how. We use the words “good” and “bad” to make quick, general judgments about how we experienced something. These words are shortcuts that give other people a sense of our feelings about a new food we tried, a movie we saw, or about any experience we have had. However, everyone – whether they’re an English learner or someone whose first language is English – comes to a point where they want to use more precise vocabulary to express themselves. In this lesson, I will teach you how to use your senses to expand your vocabulary and to find the words you are really looking for. Yes, this method is challenging to use in the heat of a real conversation, but it is possible, and it will help you to grow your communication skills. Don’t forget to keep the conversation going in the comments. How did this video make you feel? engvid.com/increase-your-vocabulary-by-using-your-senses
For private classes and more resources, visit my website at EnglishAlex.com !
More videos to improve your vocabulary:
How to use sense verbs in conversation youtu.be/iIO76NMYLfI
Improve your vocabulary: Adjectives & idioms for how people look youtu.be/DBVwSP2AKBM
![23 Easy English Phrasal Verbs for Beginners
You want to learn *phrasal verbs,* but you don’t know where to start. START HERE. I’m serious. I have made a lesson with 23 phrasal verbs that every English learner should know. These are NOT complicated intermediate or advanced phrasal verbs—these are phrasal verbs that are easy to understand and practice for A2 beginners. Let’s start with the basics: *stand up, sit down, turn on, turn off, wake up, get up, come in,* and more. My goal with this lesson is to help you develop your confidence and teach you vocabulary you will hear all the time in movies, TV shows, and daily English conversations. What are you waiting for? Come on! Let’s learn together. https://www.engvid.com/the-first-23-english-phrasal-verbs-you-should-learn/
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In this lesson:
0:00 23 Phrasal Verbs for Beginners
0:36 come on
0:57 hurry up
1:36 come in
2:06 hold on
2:53 wake up & get up
4:08 put on & take off
5:43 turn on
6:18 turn off
6:55 turn up & turn down
8:16 sit down
9:03 stand up
9:31 pick up
9:57 put down
10:51 go in
11:16 go out
11:38 stay in
12:15 go back & come back
13:43 get on & get off
15:38 100 Practical English Phrasal Verbs
Transcript:
Come in. Hello, Im Alex, and today we are going to learn 23 phrasal verbs that are perfect for English beginners. Why are phrasal verbs important? We hear phrasal verbs everywhere. At the bank, at the grocery store, at the mechanic. Yes, phrasal verbs can be a challenge, but I promise that the phrasal verbs in this video are good for your level. So lets go. I said lets go.
Another way to say lets go is come on. So come on means come with me or follow me. So you can say come on to your friends if you want to leave a place.
Another easy command phrasal verb, easy command phrasal verb is hurry up. Hurry up. This means go faster. Say it. Hurry up. Okay, so hurry. Maybe your friend is in the bathroom. I dont know why Im writing. Your friend is writing a book in the bathroom, and you want your friend to finish in the bathroom. You say, hey, hurry up. Go faster. Finish faster. So repeat hurry up.
Next, at the beginning of the video, I said come in. Come in means enter. This one is very logical. Come, come in, inside. So when you open the door to a person, you can say, ah, come in. Come in. You say it. Come in.
Finally, hold on. Okay, so hold on. This means wait or stop. So if your friend is walking very quickly, you can say, hold on. Hold on. Because you want them to wait for you or you want them to stop because you want to catch them. Catch, catch them. So you can say, repeat after me. Hold on. Okay, good. Its okay? Okay, I told you these are good for your level. Lets continue.
The next two phrasal verbs are wake up and get up. We use these phrasal verbs to talk about the morning when we open our eyes and when we leave our bed in the morning. So repeat after me. I wake up at six oclock. Wake up. I stop sleeping. I open my eyes. Next, repeat after me. I get up at six oclock. So get up means you leave the bed. Sorry if I didnt give you enough time to say it. So you can use this one or this one. People use both to talk about the time they stop sleeping in the morning. So me, I wake up at 5.50 in the morning, but I get up at six oclock. How about you? Tell me in the comments.
The next two phrasal verbs are used to talk about clothes and other things that you put on your body. For example, rings or earrings or necklaces or watches for the time. So you can put something on your body or take something off your body. For example, repeat. Put your shoes on. Take off your coat. Good.
Now here you will notice I put your shoes in the middle of put and on. This is because many phrasal verbs in English can be separated. Many cant, but many can. For now, just know at the beginner level, just know some phrasal verbs you can separate. Okay? So you can say put on your shoes or put your shoes on. You can say take off your coat or take your coat off. Is that okay? Okay, you are doing great. Lets continue.
Next, we have four phrasal verbs that use the verb turn. We will go one by one. So the first example says turn on the light, please. So we can use turn on to mean start something, start a machine or something electronic. You can turn on your phone, turn on your TV. You can turn on the light in a room. For example, the opposite of turn on is thats right, turn off. So listen to this example. Could you please turn off the light? This is a question. It is a request. And I need to put a question mark with that. Sorry, if it looks a little funny. So turn on, start, turn off, close, close or like end. So turn off the TV, turn off your computer, turn off the light.
Next, we have turn up and turn down. So this means to increase something, turn up or decrease something, turn down. For example, can you turn up the volume? I cant hear the TV. […] 23 Easy English Phrasal Verbs for Beginners](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vqrWUxPlxPY/mqdefault.jpg)
![How to Talk about Friends in English
People need friends. Let me teach you how to introduce and describe YOUR friends in English! Get ready to ask and answer common friendship questions, too. For example, *“How do you know each other?” “How did you meet?”* and *“How long have you known each other?”* This is a great lesson for *B1–B2 intermediate English learners* who want to practice their speaking and listening skills. After the lesson, do the quiz on EngVid at https://www.engvid.com/how-to-talk-about-friends-in-english/ and practice talking about your friends in the comments.
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More videos about English for everyday life:
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https://youtu.be/pX91MG83Etc
In this lesson:
0:00 Talking about friends in English
0:38 My friend Phill
1:28 How to introduce a friend
2:52 How to describe a friend
4:19 How do you know each other?
5:48 How long have you known each other?
7:06 How did you meet?
8:12 Staying in touch
9:30 Things friends say
12:16 Test your comprehension
TRANSCRIPT:
People need friends. Friends give us someone to talk to, to share our ideas, and our experiences, and our thoughts with. From the bottom of my heart, I hope you have people like that in your life, because that is the topic of todays video. We will talk about friends. You will learn how to introduce your friends, how to talk about the length of time you have known them, about the characteristics of your friends, and much more.
To begin, I want to tell you about one of my friends. Huh. Do you know Phil? This is Phil. Hes a really good guy, and hes one of my oldest friends. We have known each other since high school. We actually met through another friend. We became friends because we were both into video games, basketball, and movies. Today, we still keep in touch regularly, even though we live far away from each other.
Did you catch all that? If not, thats okay. I will repeat this information at the end of the video, and you will be able to talk about your own friends in the same way when we finish. So, stick around.
And first, we are going to talk about how to introduce a friend. So, at the beginning of the video, I introduced Phil. I said, Do you know Phil? Right? So, when you introduce one of your friends to a family member or another friend, you can say, Oh, do you know Phil? or Have you met? Have you met Phil? I can also say, This is my friend, Phil. Right? This is my friend, Phil. A little more formal, Let me introduce you to Phil. And more casual, if you have a friend and your friends name is James, say, James, Phil. Phil, James. A little more friendly, a little more casual.
So, repeat after me, just to practice your speaking, your pronunciation here. Do you know Phil? Have you met Phil? This is my friend, Phil. Let me introduce you to Phil. James, Phil. Phil, James. Good.
When you describe your friend, usually you use adjectives. You talk about ways that make them unique, for example. If Im talking about Phil, I can say, Oh, hes a funny guy. Hes a good guy. Hes a smart guy. For example. So, you can use... Think of any adjective, really, that fits your friend. Hes an interesting guy. For example. Guy is used for men. You can also talk about female friends, you know, She is really creative. Shes really ambitious. Shes really caring. For example. Right? So, you have many ways here.
And lets do hes into. This means he likes, right? These are his interests. Hes into tennis. Hes into fitness. Hes into rap. For rap music, for example. Okay. Repeat after me. Hes a good guy. Hes a smart guy. Shes really creative. Hes into tennis. Good. Okay.
Now, we have a good beginning. Lets continue with some questions. The three questions we care about now are How do you know each other?, How long have you known each other?, and How did you meet? or How did you become friends?, for example. So, for example, How do you know each other? If you have a person beside you and your colleague says, Oh, whos that? How do you know each other? Oh, were friends. Right? Or, Hes a friend of mine. I can also just say, Hes a friend., Hes my friend., This is my friend Phil., for example, for the introduction. I can also say, Oh, we are good friends. We are old friends. We are best friends., for example. And I can say, Oh, hes one of my oldest friends, one of my closest friends, one of my best friends., for example. So, just repeat after me. I want you to practice speaking to Were friends., Were old friends., Hes one of my best friends.
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![Learn 20 passive GET Expressions in English!
Get is one of the hardest verbs to master in English. In this simple lesson, Ill teach you 20 common get expressions that you can start using NOW. The expressions taught in this lesson include: get blamed, get caught, get dressed, get engaged, get tired, get hit, get invited, get lost, get paid, get involved, and many more! If you want to improve your vocabulary and use common English expressions when youre speaking, this is the lesson for you. Come on. Lets get this done!
Now, watch my video on 4 types of HOW questions in English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_ro9075G2Q&list=PLrPhmmx5j5b-AjltXcrLI4iiqF7lsj_P8&index=5
TAKE THE QUIZ: https://www.engvid.com/learn-20-passive-get-expressions-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Buttoned or open? Buttoned, opened. Open, okay. Hey, I was just getting dressed. Hey, everyone. Im Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on 20 Passive Get Expressions. So, a lot of you guys have been asking me for more lessons on the verb get because it is everywhere in English, so today Im going to look at 20 expressions that you can use in the passive sense with get. So, basically to do a passive sentence with get, you have: get plus a past participle verb. In these sentences, get usually replaces the verbs to be or become. Okay? So if youre speaking in the past with was or were, you would just replace was or were with got. If youre replacing the verb I am, okay? You can just say: I get in the passive sense. I think it will make a lot more sense once you see some examples, because if you feel confused right now, after the examples you will say: Thats better. Okay. Its not so bad. And its really not so bad, so lets look at the examples. Well practice pronunciation in this lesson, too.
So, first: Get asked. If someone asks you to do something, you get asked to do something. For example: I got asked to work overtime. Someone asked me, probably my boss, definitely my boss asked me to work overtime, so I got asked to work overtime. Now, remember, here get is replacing a form of the verb to be or become. So, you could say: I was asked in a standard past simple passive sentence. I was asked to work overtime. But in speaking we often substitute was or were, or other forms of the verb to be in passive sentences with get. All right, lets look at some more examples.
Get blamed. So, if you are blamed for something, this means someone accuses you of wrongdoing, of doing something wrong. So, for example: She always gets blamed for everything. So, if you know, maybe your sister, someone in your family, a co-worker of yours is always accused of doing the wrong thing or is always accused of being the person who does the bad thing: She always gets blamed for everything. I always got blamed for everything when I was a kid. Not really. Usually it was my youngest sister, but just an example. All right?
So, next: Get caught. If you get caught doing something, this means someone saw you in the act of doing something, and its something you didnt want other people to see. So, for example: Dont do it. Youre going to get caught. Youll often see this in, you know, crime dramas or movies where theres a bad guy, and the police catch the bad guy or, you know, a video camera catches the crime in action, so the criminal gets caught. So, if you are caught, you get caught, you are seen in the act of doing something that you dont want other people to see. Okay? So: Dont get caught.
Get done. So, to be completed. Right? So, for example: The project got done on time. We finished the project. The project got done by us-passive sense-on time. All right? The project was done, The project got done.
Next: Get dressed. You probably know this. I did a video on, you know, getting dressed and... What was it? Get dressed and Get dressed up, yeah. Undressed and dressed up. So: I was getting dressed when you called. I wiped that a little bit, sorry. But you see it. Right? Unless youre looking on your phone, in which case, just look at a notebook or something, or keep watching on your phone because the rest of this stuff is visible. So: Get dressed. I was getting dressed, I was putting my clothes on when you called me. Okay?
Next: Get elected. So, in a political election: She got elected President. She was elected by the people to become President. -Who got elected? -She got elected./He got elected. Just so we dont date this video Im not going to mention the most, you know, recent political situations happening in the world because we will all be angry, and were not going to do that.
So: Get engaged. So, before you get married, usually one of the people asks the other person to become their husband and/or become their wife, become their life partner, and they say... You can kind of see me. Will you marry me? […] Learn 20 passive GET Expressions in English!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yzLbKEomlCI/mqdefault.jpg)

