Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
An overview of all 12 tenses in English. It may seem difficult, but I will show you how to learn all the English tenses in the correct order with my free, complete LEARN ENGLISH TENSES program. When you follow the outline I give, you will begin to see what's common between the tenses, and you'll find that it gets easier to learn each new tense! In this course, you'll learn all of the tenses: PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, FUTURE SIMPLE WITH WILL AND GOING TO, FUTURE CONTINUOUS, PRESENT PERFECT, PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT, PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS, FUTURE PERFECT, and FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS. You'll also have some extra classes looking at the differences between specific tenses.
Make a commitment to yourself to learn all the English tenses this year and start now with the first class, PRESENT SIMPLE: youtube.com/watch?v=Z19NAX_gWxI&list=PLxSz4mPLHWDZ95iyxBNdjxLNI1k8HnVcd
An overview of all 12 tenses in English. It may seem difficult, but I will show you how to learn all the English tenses in the correct order with my free, complete LEARN ENGLISH TENSES program. When you follow the outline I give, you will begin to see what's common between the tenses, and you'll find that it gets easier to learn each new tense! In this course, you'll learn all of the tenses: PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, FUTURE SIMPLE WITH WILL AND GOING TO, FUTURE CONTINUOUS, PRESENT PERFECT, PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT, PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS, FUTURE PERFECT, and FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS. You'll also have some extra classes looking at the differences between specific tenses.
Make a commitment to yourself to learn all the English tenses this year and start now with the first class, PRESENT SIMPLE: youtube.com/watch?v=Z19NAX_gWxI&list=PLxSz4mPLHWDZ95iyxBNdjxLNI1k8HnVcd








![Improve Your English Pronunciation: FAMILY
Do people understand when you talk about family in English? Learn the right way to pronounce all the members of your family. I’ll show you how to avoid the most common pronunciation mistakes when saying parents, mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, nephew, niece, in-laws, and more. We often ask and answer questions about families, so make sure you’re speaking clearly in your everyday conversations. https://www.engvid.com/improve-your-english-pronunciation-family
More of my beginner pronunciation lessons:
https://youtu.be/JIIq4hA-6MQ
https://youtu.be/xo7J0O3ezrk
In this lesson:
0:00 How to pronounce family words in English
1:18 family
1:38 parents
2:31 mother, father, brother
4:37 sister
5:06 Mom, Dad, Mum, mummy, daddy
6:23 son
7:14 daughter
7:54 husband, wife
8:18 fiancé, fiancée
8:57 grandparents
9:36 child, children, kids
10:39 uncle, aunt
11:46 nephew, niece
12:42 cousin
13:55 mother-in-law, brother-in-law
15:42 stepfather
16:49 relatives
17:13 PRACTICE
Transcript:
In this lesson, were going to focus on something which is very dear to all our hearts, and that is our family. Were going to learn how to pronounce properly and correctly all the members of our family, or most of them in any case, alright? Because what Ive realized, having taught for over 30 years all kinds of students and clients from all over the world, that because of various language differences, many mistakes are often made in pronouncing these very basic words. And yet, these particular very basic words are very important to us, right? There are lots of times when were going to be talking about our own family members. There are lots of times when were going to ask others about their family members. So we really want to make sure that we get these particular words and their pronunciation as right and as close as possible, okay? So, bear with me, even if you think, Well, I know that. I know how to say things, you might be surprised, as a lot of my clients sometimes are, as we start to go through the basic pronunciation of family members, okay?
So, lets go through this. The very first word is the word family. Say it after me, family, okay? So wheres the stress, here? Fam, family, good.
Now, the next word I know is mispronounced by so many students from all over the world. The correct pronunciation of this word is parents, pare, just like a pair of pants, a pair of jeans, right? Just like this, a pair. Make sure that the first part of this word is pronounced like that. Think of two parents as a pair and say it like that, okay? The mistake is sometimes this is said as par, so dont do that, okay? Its sometimes said as pa, but we want to say what? Pare, parents, very good, okay? And wheres the stress? Here, parents. Now, these next four wor... Next three words are mispronounced very often for the same reason. They have the same issue in them, and thats the th. You see it here in the word mother, father, brother, okay? So the difficulty for various English learners is in this th, okay? So what you have to be careful of is not to say this like a d. This is not a d sound, its not like the letter d, no, okay? We want a different sound here. Its much softer, its the th sound. Hear it. Lets... Let me say it first so you can hear it, and then repeat it after me, okay? Mother, mother. So my tongue is coming out a little bit between my teeth when Im saying the th part. Mother, mother, okay? The stress is here, the beginning.
Lets say the next one, same issue here with the th. Father, father, okay? Make sure youre saying it soft, like that th, th, not d, okay? Father, the stress is here.
The next one, brother, brother. So also, be careful of the o, dont say bro, thats different. Sometimes in slang, you say Hes my bro, thats different, okay? But if youre trying to say the full word, okay? This is my brother, okay? Brother. Wheres the stress? Here. Brother. Okay?
Lets say this one, here, whats the problem here? What happens is that some people dont say the i properly, they say it too long. But actually, this i is very short, so repeat after me, sister, Meet my sister. Okay? Sister. The stress is in the beginning, and the i is very short, not long.
Now, for mother and father, of course, we have many short words and sort of affectionate terms that we use. In North America, very often, we say mom, m-o-m, mom, dad. If youre saying dad, make sure to open your mouth. Dont say dad, say dad. Okay? Mom and dad. In other places, instead of mom, they sometimes say mum, m-u-m, quite popular in England. And then they have the version which children say, and sometimes adults also, mommy, daddy. Say those, mommy, daddy, or mummy, daddy. Okay? But usually, theyre said by children, but not necessarily always. Okay? Depends on the culture and the country. […] Improve Your English Pronunciation: FAMILY](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q52T7aAMmtQ/mqdefault.jpg)

