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Want to improve your English pronunciation immediately? I’ll teach you a simple pronunciation trick to help you say thousands of nouns, adjectives, and adverbs correctly, confidently, and clearly in English. All these words include “-tion”. You’ll learn three easy rules to pronounce short, medium, or long words correctly right away! We’ll review common words like option, information, presentation, situation, vacation, election, competition, and more. We’ll practice words, phrases, sentences, and questions. You’ll save years of learning! For more easy English shortcuts, take my English course, Correct Your English in 10 Minutes a Day: engvid.com/to/rebecca10minuteenglish
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In this video:
0:00 Introduction
2:04 Words with 2 syllables
3:21 Words with 3 syllables
4:54 Longer words
6:30 Practice
9:41 Adjectives & adverbs with -tion
Want to improve your English pronunciation immediately? I’ll teach you a simple pronunciation trick to help you say thousands of nouns, adjectives, and adverbs correctly, confidently, and clearly in English. All these words include “-tion”. You’ll learn three easy rules to pronounce short, medium, or long words correctly right away! We’ll review common words like option, information, presentation, situation, vacation, election, competition, and more. We’ll practice words, phrases, sentences, and questions. You’ll save years of learning! For more easy English shortcuts, take my English course, Correct Your English in 10 Minutes a Day: engvid.com/to/rebecca10minuteenglish
Take the quiz on this lesson here: engvid.com/pronunciation-secret-how-to-say-tion
More pronunciation videos to watch next:
English Pronunciation Fix: Say "OR" words correctly youtu.be/nEeIdCINz8M
English Pronunciation: How to say "ON" words correctly youtu.be/1j-0QPxFVU0
In this video:
0:00 Introduction
2:04 Words with 2 syllables
3:21 Words with 3 syllables
4:54 Longer words
6:30 Practice
9:41 Adjectives & adverbs with -tion


![When to use CAPITAL LETTERS in English
Do you know when to use capital letters in titles? It seems so confusing. Some letters are capitalized and some are not. In this lesson, I focus on the extra-confusing words the ones that are sometimes capitalized and sometimes not! Youll learn the easy capitalization rules for writing about subjects, courses, companies, workplaces, occupations, and job titles. Youll also learn how to capitalize the names of movies, shows, books, songs, reports, articles, and more. You can do this watch and learn! Then take the quiz at https://www.engvid.com/capital-letters-in-english/
TRANSCRIPT
Hi. Im Rebecca from engVid, and this lesson is about confusing capitals. Now, usually when you learn the rules of English capitalization, certain words are always capitalized. Okay? For example, the first word in a sentence, the word I, the names of people and places, and so on. Okay? Some words are always capitalized, but in this lesson Im not going to review all of the rules of capitalization, but I am going to show you about when to capitalize certain words and when not to capitalize them, because sometimes the same words are capitalized in one context, but not capitalized in another context. But its not hard to understand; its actually very easy. Okay? So Im going to explain it to you right now. Lets get started.
So, the first one is in the area of a subject or a course. For example, if were talking about a subject that you study, for example, algebra, then you do not capitalize it. For example, if you say: Im studying algebra this year. Okay? So youre just talking about the subject, and therefore its not capitalized. But if youre talking about the subject as a course, as the name of a course, then you do capitalize it. Okay? For example: This year Im taking Algebra 101. Okay? Thats the name of that course, so you do capitalize it then. Okay? Lets look at another example. Shes studying psychology. This year shes studying... Shes taking Psychology 201. Or: Shes enrolled in the Psychology 201 class. Okay? Excuse me. All right.
Another example: I would like to study business in university. Okay? The person is being very general, just talking about the subject. But: This year Im taking a course called Global Business. Okay? Now youre giving the name of the course, right? So whats the rule here? If were just talking about the general subject, no capital; if were talking about the course, then yes, we do capitalize it. Okay? All right. There is one little exception: When were talking about languages, and this is always true. So if youre studying French or whether youre taking French 101, youre always going to capitalize the name of a language. Okay? And thats just because in English we always capitalize the name of a language; doesnt matter which one. Okay? Thats it. All right.
Now, when it comes to places, lets look at how it works. So, for example, if I say: She works in a bank. Okay? A bank, the bank, its just the place, the building or whatever. Okay? The business. So then its not capitalized. But if I say: She works at the Brookfield Bank, now I gave you the name of the bank, so therefore it is capitalized. Okay? Because, again, the name of something is capitalized; the name of a person, or a place. Right? So then it will be capitalized. Or I say: I went to the library. Okay? I often study at the library. Okay? Just a library in general, not capitalized. Or: I often visit the Toronto Public Library. Now Im giving you the name of a specific library, right? So, of course, it gets capitalized. Got it? Okay.
Or: He goes to university. Okay? Hes in university, just a regular word so we dont capitalize it. But: He got admission to the University of Oxford. Okay, now were giving the name of the university, so you do have to capitalize it. Okay? Got it? All right. So I hope thats pretty clear so far. All right? So when were giving the name of a course or were giving a name of the particular place, like a bank, a library, university, a school, a business-right?-then youre going to capitalize it; and otherwise, in general, not. Okay.
Now lets look when were talking about professions and titles. So, the rule is like this: If youre just talking about... Lets say: I went to see the doctor. Okay? Or: I need to see a doctor. So if before the profession you say the word a or the-okay?-then you dont capitalize it because youre just talking about a doctor in general; youre not giving the name of the doctor, youre not saying which doctor. So, here we just say: I need to see a doctor. Or: I have an appointment with Dr. Patel. Now this is the name of the doctor, right? So then we need to capitalize the D for Doctor and, of course, his or her name. All right? Next: I would like to speak to the professor. Okay? The professor, again, general, so no capital, but here: You need to make an appointment to see Professor Brown. […] When to use CAPITAL LETTERS in English](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TBukbCw09vg/mqdefault.jpg)




![Speak Confidently at Work: 8 Professional English Phrasal Verbs
Did the company branch out? Go under? Measure up? Could you answer these questions? Join me and learn 8 common phrasal verbs used in business and workplace situations. Understand what it means to step down, call off, take on, fall through, and more. Speak better, more professional English and increase your confidence today. https://www.engvid.com/speak-like-a-manager-8-phrasal-verbs/
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In this lesson:
0:00 8 Phrasal Verbs in Questions
0:41 step down
1:25 branch out
2:14 gone under
3:09 fall through
4:17 measure up
5:13 call off
6:20 take on
7:10 join in
7:52 Test
Transcript:
Has someone ever asked you a question in English which you didnt understand? Im sure that might have happened, and it can happen for many different reasons. One possible reason is that the person used a phrasal verb in the question which you might not be familiar with. So, whats a phrasal verb? A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition which changes the meaning of the entire expression. All right? So, in this lesson, were going to look at eight different phrasal verbs that are often used in business meetings, and conversations, and discussions. All right? Here we go.
So, the first one. Did Mr. Williams step down? So, the phrasal verb is step down. What does it mean? To step down means to leave, resign, or retire from a job or a position. Thats it. Often, this term, step down, this phrasal verb, is used to refer to people in higher positions who might leave, or resign, or retire from their jobs or positions. For example, the CEO of a company, or the vice president, or something like that.
Number two. Should we branch out? So, our phrasal verb here is branch out. What do we mean by that? To branch out means to expand or to grow. A company could expand in terms of its locations. It could open up new locations. It could grow in terms of the number of products, or the kinds of products that it offers, or the kinds of services that it offers, or the type of markets, the population, that its trying to reach through its products or services. So, to branch out, think of a tree. A tree starts off, and then it branches out, right? Goes in different directions. Thats what it means, to branch out.
Number three. Has their business gone under? Our phrasal verb is gone under. What does that mean? To go under means a lot of very negative things if you have a business. It means to go bankrupt. What is that? It means to not have enough money to pay your bills, alright? So, you dont want to be in that situation if you have a business. It means also to fail financially, not have enough money, not be making enough profit or money to keep running your business. To be unsuccessful, same idea. To close down, to stop doing business. But because, mainly, you dont make enough money. So, that is the meaning of to go under.
Number four. Did the deal fall through? Our phrasal verb is fall through. What does that mean? So, this is fall through, okay? In case its not clear, its f-a-l-l, okay? Fall through. So, what does it mean for something to fall through? It means something didnt happen. Something was planned, and then it did not happen, such as the deal, or it failed to happen. Lets suppose somebody was planning to buy a particular house. Now, thats usually a long process, and it was the plan to buy the house, but lets suppose something went wrong along the way, and so the deal or the plan fell through, okay? You have to change the tense depending on what youre saying. So, it could be a plan that fell through, it could be an agreement that falls through, it could be a partnership that falls through, was supposed to happen, and it did not happen.
Number five. Does he measure up? Our phrasal verb here is measure up. What are we talking about here? So, perhaps theres a new employee, and somebody says, Does he measure up? To measure up means to meet the expectations that someone has for a particular job or position, for example, to meet the standards that are expected, to be good enough in that role, in that job, in that position, and to be able to do whatever is required or whatever is necessary. So, somebody that measures up is able to meet the expectations, meet the standards, be good enough, and be able to do whatever is required in that role.
Number six. Did they call off the meeting? So, our phrasal verb here is call off. What does it mean to call off something? To call off basically means to cancel, to say its not happening. So here, the meeting was called off, but all kinds of things could be called off. For example, you could call off a training session or any kind of session, a webinar. You could call off something larger, like a conference, an exhibition. […] Speak Confidently at Work: 8 Professional English Phrasal Verbs](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U2PFFDUA4ic/mqdefault.jpg)


