Hello students, and welcome back to the English Danny Channel. I'm teacher John
and I'm here to help you become great at using English. Today's lesson is going to
be about improving your English by learning how MOST, MOSTLY and ALMOST are
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English students can often get confused by these three words: MOST, MOSTLY and
ALMOST. I definitely understand how this can be confusing, these words look very
similar and sometimes their meanings can be only slightly different. Today we'll
look at the main differences between these words and also really look at how
to use them correctly. Also, stick around until the end of the video to learn how
to use ALMOST correctly. So let's talk about the word MOST. MOST is the
superlative form of the word much, and is used to form superlative adjectives and
adverbs. It is used with the word "the" for example, rock music is the most
interesting to me. Meaning: rock music is my favorite. That was the most delicious
food of my life. Meaning: this is the best food. This means that whatever noun comes
after the word most is your favorite; or something that you think is the best. You
are comparing the noun to other things. When there is no comparison, you don't
need to use the word "the," for example: most
rock music is interesting to me. Meaning, you like about 90% of rock music. Most food
is delicious to me. Meaning, you like about 90% of food.
In informal speech MOST can be used the same as the word VERY. For example: that
movie was most unusual. Meaning, very unusual or you are most kind. Meaning,
very kind. Most is also used with long adjectives or adjectives with three or
more syllables. For example, it is the beautifulest painting in the room. WRONG!
It is the most beautiful painting in the room. CORRECT! The word beautiful has
three syllables beauty full so we must use most before it when making a
superlative statement we can also use most before a noun phrase as a
determiner usually we do not use the word of unless there it is another
determiner or pronoun such as ah the or my for example most of apples taste
sweet wrong most apples taste sweet correct
most the apples taste sweet wrong most of the apples taste sweet correct most
my apples taste sweet wrong most of my apples taste sweet correct
now let's talk about the word mostly mostly is an adverb that means mainly
most often or in most cases let's look at some examples of how to use this word
the weather here is mostly sunny but sometimes it rains so maybe either
weather is 90 percent sunny or 10 percent rainy school is mostly fun but
sometimes it can be difficult so maybe school is 85% fun 15% difficult now
let's talk about the word almost almost is an adverb and it can be difficult to
use correctly it has a very similar meaning to the word nearly you can use
almost when talking about progress for example I am almost finished with my
homework measurement for example I am almost 185 centimeters tall counting for
example there are almost 30 people in this room saying something is similar to
something else for example cats are almost like tigers but smaller negative
or non-assertive words such as never or ever
nobody anybody or nothing anything for example I almost never watch TV
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