how's it going Aubry what are you up to today oh what am I up to today my kids went to school it
actually rained last night and it might rain later so it's very exciting in the desert when it rains
because it's so rare and it smells so good oh I love that does it rain more in September than any
other time of the year in Arizona yeah we have a monsoon season in August and September where
it will just dump buckets of rain and then there's flash floods that can actually be really dangerous
yeah so yeah it's this monsoon season but also really nice to have some weather any weather
outside it's just sunshine in the desert is nice I think a lot of our listeners live in places where
there are monsoons right I know we had one in Colorado I don't know if it was technically a
monsoon we had flooding um in Colorado a few weeks ago so heavy rains crazy it's been happening all
over the in the west all over there in Las Vegas there was some crazy flooding recently yes nuts
yes I love it what are we getting into today are we talking about I feel like we're talking
about grammar and intonation Nation I never would imagine those two things would come together but
they are and you don't think about these being related but this is something your teachers
didn't teach you you guys is that sometimes the grammar you use can make it easier for you to
have interesting intonation and that's what we're going to show you today this is going to be great
but I want to start with a question for you Lindsay okay highlight one of the grammar forms
for teaching let me know when you knew that you were moving away what's something that you wanted
to do in Boston before moving oh that's a great question I wanted to make sure I spent lots of
time on the Esplanade the Esplanade is an area where you can walk along the Charles River and
it's Sunset so I wanted to make sure I joined like my run groups and went on lots of runs along that
River because it is gorgeous and there's a lot of runners in Boston for that reason okay so before
moving to Colorado you wanted to get in all the running and the beautiful places before moving
to Colorado I wanted to get in all the running you you got it that is awesome so yes we're using one
of our grammar forms there but we're gonna share this came from a question in a live stream that
we did where someone asked can I just use simple sentences to make grammar easier or do I have to
be using you know compound and complex sentences and this is what we're talking about today no guys
don't just use simple sentences it makes your speech so choppy it's not how natives talk but
you can also really simplify the way you create these interesting sentences so that's what we're
here to help you with today yeah I mean at your level you you must use complex sentences if you're
still using simple sentences you know you're not Reaching Your Potential right of connection right
that ability to connect when someone hears you say something in a more advanced interesting
way we don't want to miss that guys exactly and on top of that you don't want your intonation to
be boring or monotone and when you only use simple sentences that you can't help it because you don't
have enough room in the sentence enough happening to get that interesting intonation so it's going
to necessarily sort of be flat and monotone we don't think about this the way to get interesting
intonation is to have interesting Clauses in sentences grammar that makes it easy to use that
interesting intonation I love it so the answer is yes you have to speak more in more complex
terms and the reason is not because you want to be look smart and sound fancy it's because we want
you to sound interesting and again as Aubry said when you're using simple grammar you're stopping
your sentences right your choppy stops all the time that's the problem exactly right so imagine
Lindsay's intro if she just used simple sentences and say I moved to Colorado I wanted to run a
but if you can say before moving to Colorado I wanted to go running and hit all the cool spots
there's so much interesting intonation because the sentence is more complex oh it's so much
better I love it then I guess what our listeners are going to want from us now is how do we do this
how do we sound interesting due to more advanced grammar using this Advanced grammar how do we get
through it now we've been sold that we should do it now how do we do it exactly so we're going to
give you three very simple ways to do this the first one is the one Lindsay used there this is
an adverb clause with before it's an excellent way to clarify when something happened but in a
way that makes your sentence so much interesting right yes and so just so that we make sure we know
so an adverb clause this is when we find words together in a group right that form a dependent
clause and they act as an adverb they take that place right they take that role as as an adverb
in the sentence but we're going to show you some examples right now guys so don't get too wrapped
up in the technicalities here exactly it's pretty basic when you look at it right so an example is
before moving to the city I lived in a super small town for most of my life and you see how
we're joining these two simple sentences instead of I moved to a city I lived in a small town
before that right you're creating this interesting complex sentence by starting it with that adverb
clause yeah and not only would the simple version of that uh be boring it would also be confusing
to me right yes I don't know how these two things really connect to each other in a timeline fashion
exactly this adverb clause with before clarifies that it makes it smoother it makes it more clear
like you said and because of that this is actually really good for job interviews when you're sharing
past experiences instead of it having be choppy and disjointed and confusing it makes it really
clear yeah so here's an example guys that you might use in a job interview yeah because in a
job interview Aubry you're talking about the whole span of your career in many ways and certain jobs
lead into another job right we need that don't we yeah yes so maybe you would say before my current
position I worked as a project manager at Intel for five years not only is this a very interesting
high level sentence but like you said Lindsay it's so clear the timeline yeah when you had the job
and what happened it makes it very professional right and the fact that you did put this into a
complex sentence your intonation was different right right after that comma right before my
career in position I worked as a project manager at Intel for five years there is a little bit of
a pause right Aubry yes but it's a hanging pause kind of yes to add engagement the person you're
listening to in this job interview the person you're speaking to they need to stay engaged oh
my gosh they need to be paying attention to what you're saying the worst thing you can do is use
a monotone in simple sentences maybe their mind starts wandering and they're not going to think
of you as the ideal candidate but if you keep them engaged and interested and you're clear with
your time frames yes and you're at the top of the list yes imagine if you have all these facts you
have an amazing resume you worked at Intel maybe Apple who knows right you've done these amazing
things in your career but now you can't string it together into something that sounds compelling
you're out right it's such a bummer I know right we want to make sure that doesn't happen to you
guys we want to help you get the winning career that you want right that's why we're here today
together good stuff yes okay second one yes so this is a relative Clause with the word who
another complex sentence and this is where we're creating a dependent clause that has a subject and
a verb okay I can't stand alone as a sentence because it's not an independent clause right
sometimes we call this an adjective Clause because it functions as an adjective it gives information
about a noun so give us an example Lindsay yeah let's go straight to the examples right here we
go my dad who's always watching cooking shows actually is not a very good cook oh I love that
sentence it is packed and loaded with interesting stuff and imagine if it were all simple sentences
right my dad watches cooking shows he's not a great cook though it's just like there's more
monotone for sure because I just don't have the space in a complex sentence to make it interesting
100 happier that's just to create this complex sentence with a pretty simple Clause gives you
the chance to have that interesting intonation yeah at that point if you are putting these into
simple sentences you're almost reading off bullet points about your dad and at that point after the
first bullet point I'm gone mentally I'm out I know right suck me in with interesting intonation
with the complex sentence here's another example I would say this about my daughter I'm extremely
proud of my daughter who worked very hard to earn excellent grades yes it could be simple sentences
but it's so much more interesting engaging when it's a complex sentence I love it and just because
we have these commas we have this complexity Aubry let's go through the intonation and again how we
our listeners heard how it's different but I want to kind of pick it apart real quick all right
yes I love that so I'm definitely going to add interesting intonation to emphasize the adjective
um extremely extremely proud yeah I'm extremely proud of my daughter and then like you said
there's a comma there so there's a pause right and then I'm again picking up the intonation
who worked very hard and I'm emphasizing that adjective very hard yes and then we drop a little
bit on the verb to earn mhm and then emphasize the adjective excellent grades yeah I mean my
favorite part about this is that it's it's that pause right there where we see that comma but
it's like a pregnant pause kind of as they call it right it's an it's a part it's a hanging pause I
know something else is coming right it's so good exactly Cliff Hammer hanger you're adding that
interest of like what is going to be said next yes or I'll just repeat the first one because
this one has really nice pauses my dad who's always watching cooking shows actually is not
a very good cook right we have those pauses but we know something else is coming I'm sticking in
that extra bit of information that he's always watching cooking shows and it should be funny
right there we can make someone laugh that's funny yes exactly you have that interesting internet is
not a very good cook listen to the Cadence there right if you just use a monotone and run that all
together you're missing that chance for the humor so good all right Aubry there is a third way our
listeners can use some fancy grammar to sound more interesting what is it yeah so this is to use the
first conditional in the simple present with Will so this is where you have the word if and then
present simple tense and then either will or won't followed by your verb right yes so for example I
might say if people are mindful of each other the world will be a better place oh I love it so this
is kind of dreaming imagining what we could do painting a picture if you listen to this podcast
your English will improve I could imagine in a job interview too we could potentially provide some
suggestions we want to be careful the way we word our suggestions but the ways a company could grow
right oh it could be very confident to this right I could imagine the interviewer asking you know to
find out how much you've researched the company what's the suggestion you have for us to let us
know how we could potentially grow and this would be the perfect grammar form for that this would be
fantastic it also sounds very confident because you're short you're using will this is something
that's definitely going to happen you know if you improve your landing pages you will have more
leads on your email list right there are certain things we could say and do so for sure and the
grammar is lending toward that confidence as well as the intonation that sort of naturally comes
out when you have that pause that grammar form it's almost impossible to read it in a monotone
it feels it just feels wrong and so it's going to help inspire you push you to use that interesting
intonation yeah you guys are going to become 10 times more interesting when you speak English
after today's episode but let's show our listeners exactly how to do it in a role play so what are we
doing here okay so I wanted to do something a little more outside the box for this role play
definitely outside the box I love it you and I Lindsay are auditioning for a Broadway musical and
are we competing for the same position then is that what's happening or we don't know okay I
don't know if that comes up but yes we're like sitting next to each other I'm ready before the
audition so is this your first edition no actually it's not even my first today before coming here
I had another audition down the street my friend who actually told me about this audition may have
been there too oh there were a lot of people there if I get the part it will be a miracle
so fun I love it yeah you really came out and you said hey I have experience like I'm I'm all over
New York City here I'm imagining we're in New York right we're shows in New York and you've got a lot
of London things turning yeah I love it okay so we used three different complex situations sentences
here what was the first one Aubry yeah the first one I used that adverb class with before to say
before coming here I had another audition down the street so I'm just it's just an interesting
way of saying where I was before and that I did something else right it's an interesting way to
just make that connection right I'm I'm having a more interesting conversation with you than if I
just said yes or no right what what would you say and how could you even make this simple I
think this episode is Gonna Fill in the gap for a lot of our listeners It's Gonna Fill in that Gap
to Surge ourselves up to that native like level because what would you even say Aubry without a
complex sentence here the only thing you could maybe say is like yes I had one really earlier
right and look at how choppy it is and how you're closing down the conversation the way I chose it
it opens that door for like yes I want to talk to you I want to connect with you yes I love it I'm
going to a conference next week and I'm going to be using a lot of these complex sentences
to connect with people at the conference right if you just come back with simple sentences you
lose the energy that's the key right exactly yes and then you used a great one with who my friend
who actually told me about this audition yeah I've been there too and you could see how that could be
these choppy sentences you know my friend told me about this audition she may have been there yeah
I mean you get your point across but with way more boring intonation and this is also genius because
now you've added a third person essentially into the conversation my friend now this person if they
want to continue the conversation they can ask about your friend so you've added more material
for this person to ask about and you have more chances for connection okay right I could have
said you know what color was her hair right with her yes there's nothing better than finding that
Mutual connection someone maybe you both know so good and the last one Aubry uh what do we say so
let's see you said there were a lot of people there if I get the part it will be a miracle
right yes exactly so I use that first conditional simple with Will in the present tense right and
I love this I I use this a lot to say if this happens it will be a miracle yes right and yeah
using the conditional just to say it to exaggerate right that's definitely an exaggeration if I get
the part it will be a miracle because there were so many people there yeah so think about it this
could be the start of a really cool friendship right between you two right there in the seats of
the auditorium while you're waiting to audition so good but only if we're using interesting sentences
and we actually sound interesting I'm glad you threw in Broadway here Aubrey it's good stuff
I know so fun I loved going to show those on Broadway in New York City we would try to play
the lottery you can play a lottery for the front row so we could get cheap seats did you ever win
the front row every this is really funny when we played for ourselves we never won but when
friends would come and visit from out of town we would go and play for them we would win for
them every time that does not seem right that does not seem right but at least they got to
go they're only there for a few days they were so excited to be able to go to these fun shows Wicked
was playing at the time Chicago in the Heights some shows that were very long running and and
if you're not in New York when they're playing something you miss this out yeah I think one of
the longest running ones was cats I remember cats was on Broadway for like 30 years I think almost
it was incredible God what a cool thing some of those have such a long run time that but still you
got to go to New York so cool yeah guys if you're interested in Broadway go check out the episode
we did with Alan seals he talked about making it as he's a Broadway producer and he talked about
making it on Broadway making in it in New York City as an actor so go check that one out from
the summer end of June good stuff all right good so what's the takeaway for our listeners today
Aubry yeah guys you need interesting intonation in order to have interesting conversations and
connect with people without them getting bored and checking out so you can have another conversation
later and sometimes grammar is the best way to do that it's amazing that grammar is actually Your
solution to connecting that's the message for today so good good stuff Aubrey exactly right
these complex sentences use these three to create those conversations I love it so good
so good I will see you back here very soon Aubry have a good day thanks you too bye-bye