I've just told you she said I wasn't listening he said I know she said he
said she said boring definitely in today's video I'm
going to show you how you can improve your English writing skills by using
different words from set so let's go
I'm Deirdre Nicholas from palm tree teaching TV teacher speaker and your
personal English language coach now if you need to write essays or stories if
you're a student or if you write at work such as emails or articles you need this
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teacher who needs to support your students
you also need this video now set is a simple and easy word but it gives no
clue as to what the emotion of the speaker actually is it's a neutral word
so in the conversation earlier did you have any idea whether the speakers were
happy sad angry no you can sometimes use it of course but it shouldn't be
overused and there are lots of more advanced and colorful words that will
improve your English writing skills and which you can easily use you can show
emotion in a piece of writing by using different words from said and I'm going
to show you how so let's dive right in so if you want to show that someone is
angry try these argued barked bellowed complained
fumed accused snarled grumbled so in the sentence it would be what do you mean
you're going to be late again fumed Susie and another example might be
my husband forgot our wedding anniversary today grumbled and now
perhaps you actually want to show somebody our being happy or excited so
words to use instead of said for excitement and happiness you could use
beamed gushed giggled squealed yelled babbled exclaimed so it could be like
this I can't believe I got such a high grade in my exam she squealed or look
everybody I've just got a kitten as a birthday
present beamed John now before I share my next words my lovely subscribers if
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so let's dive back in words to use instead of say for a for
example trembled whispered stuttered and stammered shuddered shrieked groaned so
there's a monster behind you she shrieked or I've just had an
accident on my bike he groaned and how about using a word instead of said to
show surprise
so words to use instead of said for surprised gasp exclaimed marveled so for
example how did you make such a wonderful cake she marveled now of
course sometimes you may want to use something which is not so emotional like
these which are more general and can be used in many situations instead of set
so for example stated replied noted commented added agreed continued
declared mentioned inquired suggested so for example as I was saying before I was
interrupted we need a new football team continued
Peter oh I see you forgot your homework again noted Miss Jones
so make sure that you use some of these in your English writing it'll boost you
up at least a level get creative and get more advanced and I think I like to
think of some of these words as the the salt and pepper on top of your English
meal so I've got lots of other videos of course on my channel made to support you
as English learners and as English teachers which you should watch I'll put
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