I reckon this lesson could be just the thing you need to help you boost your fluency in English.
I mean it's a step-by-step process but if you follow me I really think this lesson could
help. Hi and welcome back to Love English. So in today's lesson Ten Fluency Phrases! Actually
I'm going to share nine fluency phrases because i want you to share number ten i want to illustrate
in today's lesson the importance of learning a language in chunks not always getting stressed
out by the details of the grammar essentially how to speak faster clearer and more accurately
so fluency tips tricks and 10 or 9 10 with your input expressions and fluency phrases in english
number one and two i'm sure i've covered in other classes but i wanted to put together
in this lesson i fancy i fancy i fancy going for a run i fancy having a swim
a fancy a nice burger for lunch today when we use i fancy and pay attention to the structure there
we've got the verb in the ing form which actually in this case is a gerund the noun form of the
verb we're expressing a desire a want rather than saying i want or i would like i fancy fancy going
for a walk do you fancy joining me this is a great natural expression in english that we would use
regularly regularly in spoken english it is colloquial meaning more natural spoken native now
an expression that i used at the beginning of the video i reckon i reckon is simply an informal way
not impolite or vulgar but an informal way to say i think i think i reckon you guys need to study
english a little bit more i reckon you'd probably want a little bit of feedback on your english
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i'm afraid a great expression when you want to say i'm sorry or even no i'm afraid
i can't essentially this is a much better way of saying no but often people might think that afraid
is fear it's got nothing to do with fear in this context i'm afraid is a very
useful english fluency phrase to express regret or the inability to do something
i'm afraid i can't meet you tonight i'm afraid i forgot the report i am really sorry
number four a little bit more informal here he was like he was like i really can't make it tonight
he was like i think it's time i broke up with her i'm really not happy in the relationship
he was like is a very informal way but common expression that we would use in english
to report on what someone has said or how someone feels he was like so in this case we're not saying
he's like a flower it's not a comparative or i like chocolate it's not expressing something
that you enjoy but we're using it to report on someone's feelings or exactly what they have said
in a very informal way you wouldn't really write this and you certainly wouldn't use it in any kind
of formal writing whether that's letters emails or academic essays so she comes into the room
and she was like where's my dinner it's a great expression maybe in fact i'd be surprised if you
haven't heard it when watching english television or certainly if you've been to the uk it is very
very common number five when you want to say that you understand something this can be a little bit
boring so why not use the expression i take it i take it this is when you are trying to clarify
your understanding i take it you didn't spend a lot of time on your homework last
night it's really not your best work i take it she said no when you asked her out for dinner
you don't look very happy so i understand i'm making an assumption about something i take it
do you follow i'm not sure i follow so to follow ordinarily you might think one person
looking and going behind the other and following them in the case that we are using it here we're
essentially saying are you following my train of thought are you following what i'm saying so are
you able to understand so i'm not following or i can't follow essentially you're saying i don't
understand what you're saying do you follow me do you understand what i'm trying to express and
explain now number seven step by step step by step is a lovely slightly idiomatic expression to say
do things a little bit at a time becoming fluent in english is a step-by-step process now i also
learnt this expression in italian or at least the equivalent in italian i think it kind of means
floor by floor piano piano but i love this expression i've used it many times it is so
simple but it's a nice way to try and fake being a little bit fluent in italian so a great expression
in english what do you think you need to do step by step little bit by little bit now number eight
a little bit of grammar here for you but you don't have to worry too much about it i'll be with you
i'll be with you in a minute or i'll be with you in just a minute this is a great way of asking
somebody just to wait that you're not quite ready and you can't quite help them or be there yet so
essentially in this context we're using will to talk about spontaneity i'll get the telephone
i'll help you spontaneity and indeed often offers but i'll be with you in a minute it's saying just
wait a moment so you can see these phrases aren't particularly complicated they're not particularly
difficult to learn and you don't even have to worry about the grammatical structures that go
with them the final one i want to include is one that i think helps you sound much more polite
and sometimes a little bit more formal would you mind would you mind this is the start of an
indirect question would you mind helping me rather than help me or can you help me would you mind
helping me sounds a lot more polite in english and pay attention a little bit to the structure would
you mind helping me would you mind correcting my grammar would you mind helping me with my shopping
bags here you can see we use the gerund after would you mind doing going helping asking
so a great expression when you want to ask somebody to help you to do something a question
would you mind telling me your name it's much more polite in the situation where
you don't know the person very well so that was number nine what is number ten i want you guys
to share a phrase in english maybe one that is very very simple that you use frequently
it could be one of the first phrases that you learned when you were studying english comment
below and let me know i'd be very curious to learn what phrases in english you find most useful
and i may even make a lesson soon on advanced english phrases to help you boost your fluency
so don't forget if you are super committed to learning english or indeed any other language
don't forget to check out pursue and of course follow us on instagram this week to see me
studying with the platform i am personally using the platform to help me study even if i'm just
spending five minutes on it a day at least i'm doing something so thank you so much for watching
i look forward to reading some of your expressions and phrases below and as well hearing about what
you think of the pursuit you can give me a bit of feedback and let me know if you think it really
is as good as i am saying thank you so much for watching look forward to seeing you very soon bye