G'day, you mob! Pete here, from Aussie English!
If you want to sound more fluent when speaking English, it's incredibly important to learn and use
advanced words instead of simpler ones.
In today's video, I'm going to teach you 10 advanced words to use instead of the
word 'very'.
And don't forget to stick around to the end because we're going to practise these words in
sentences while focussing on the rules of linking, on stress,
and you're going to be able to improve your pronunciation and accent.
The lesson is going to be way easier to follow as well if you grab today's worksheet in the
description down below.
And don't forget when you grab these worksheets, I'll also email you all the future
worksheets to lessons just like this.
All right, let's go.
So to begin with, let's turn the simple words into advanced
versions. Very quiet.
Introverted, reserved.
Very busy. Swamped, snowed under.
Very easy.
Effortless. Straightforward.
Very painful.
Excruciating.
Very old.
Ancient. Outdated.
Very noisy.
Deafening, rambunctious.
I like that word. That's a good one.
Very often, frequently, regularly.
That's a tough one to say.
Regularly, regularly.
Regularly?
Very annoying.
Exasperating.
Very beautiful.
Gorgeous, stunning.
Very boring.
Dull, tedious.
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All right. Now it's time for the most important part of today's lesson.
We're going to use what you've just learnt.
So I've created a bunch of sentences using today's 10 advanced words so that
you can learn them in context.
Listen to me say the sentences, and then repeat them after me so that you can practise
your pronunciation and accent.
Remember: Pay attention to how I link and stress the words in each
sentence. You ready to go?
Let's do it. She's quite an introverted person.
She's quite an introverted person.
So there's some interesting linking going on here.
Quiet and introverted, quiet and introverted.
The T in the word quite is turning into a T flap:
'quiet-nd' 'quiet-nd', and that's linking to 'and'.
And then the N in 'and' is linking to 'introverted'.
She's quite an introverted person.
And which words are being stressed?
Quite, introverted, and person; the important words in the sentence.
The adjectives, the verbs, and the nouns.
She's quite an introverted person.
I'm absolutely swamped at work.
I am absolutely swamped at work.
Which words are being stressed?
I'm absolutely swamped at work.
Absolutely, swamped, work.
And where is the linking happening?
'I'm absolutely', 'swamped at', work.
So the M and A at the start of 'absolutely' are linking together: I'm
absolutely. And then the D at the end of the word swamped, which is actually a
T sound, links to the word 'at'.
'Swamped at'.
It actually turns back into a D sound, huh?
I'm swamped at work.
Wow. Interesting.
When he plays the guitar, it looks effortless.
Where's the linking here?
'When he' we get H deletion here, 'when he'- the H
disappears and it links to the N sound at the end of the word 'when'.
'When he', when he plays the 'guitar-it', we get the
linking R there, at the end of the word 'guitar' and it links to 'it'.
'guitar-it', 'guitar-it'.
When he plays the guitar, it looks effortless.
And then we link 'looks' and 'effortless'.
'Looks-effortless'. When he plays the guitar, it looks effortless.
When I broke my leg, it was excruciating.
Quite a bit of linking here, too.
'When I'.
'When-I'.
'leg-it, 'leg-it' was
excruciating. When I broke my leg, it was
excruciating. Left a little pause there between 'leg' and 'it', let me link
those. When I broke my leg, it was excruciating.
And which of the important words being emphasised or stressed?
When I broke my leg, it was excruciating.
The library's books were outdated.
So there's linking here between the words 'were' and 'out'.
We have that R sound appear and link those two, 'were-out'.
'were-out'.
And which words are being stressed?
The library's books were outdated.
You'll notice there in the word outdated.
This is a compound adjective, we have multiple words here.
It's actually the second word of the two that's being emphasised.
Outdated, the library's books were
outdated.
Whenever Dad plays his music, it's deafening.
Whenever Dad plays is music, it's deafening.
So the linking here happens between the words 'plays' and 'his', and we have H deletion where
the H disappears and you'll hear 'plays-is'.
'plays-is'.
And then between the words 'music' and 'it's' that 'ckh' links to
'its', 'music-(k)its'.
Whenever Dad plays his music, it's deafening.
And which of the words being stressed?
Whenever Dad plays his music, it's deafening.
They frequently chat together on the phone.
I wonder if you can hear what's happening with the words 'chat' and 'together', so 'chat'
ends with a T sound, 'together' starts with a T sound.
We've got two T's next to one another, they merge.
They merge together and you just have one T sound: 'chat together', 'chat
together'.
Then 'together' links to 'on'.
'together-on', 'together-on' 'chat-together-on'.
They frequently chat together on the phone.
So which are the words to being stressed?
They frequently chat together on the phone.
My nephew can be exasperating sometimes.
'be-exasperating', we're linking those two with a 'yuh'
sound.
'be-y-exasperating', 'be-y-exasperating'.
My nephew can be exasperating sometimes.
And the words here being emphasised are 'nephew' and 'exasperating'.
My nephew can be exasperating sometimes.
Your flowers are just gorgeous.
We're linking the words 'flowers' and 'are', 'flowers-are'
'flowers-are'.
Your flowers are just gorgeous.
And which words are being emphasised?
Your flowers are just gorgeous.
'Flowers' and 'gorgeous'.
All right now for the last one, guys, good job making it all the way to the end.
The book began to get a little tedious.
Linking between the words 'get' and 'are'.
The T, what happens to that?
It turns into a T flap because there's a vowel on either side.
'get-a' 'get-a'.
The book began to get a little tedious.
And which words are being stressed?
'Book', 'began', 'get', maybe even 'little' and 'tedious'.
The book began to get a little tedious.
In fact, I don't think I'd emphasise little as much.
It would mainly be on 'book', 'began', 'get', and 'tedious'.
The book began to get a little tedious.
Great work, guys, so don't forget to learn new vocab.
Create your own sentences with target vocab that you're trying to learn.
Think about how the words are connected, where the stress is on the key words, and
you'll feel much more confident when you're speaking English.
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I'll see you next time.
Cheers.