Hi everyone. I'm Jennifer from English with Jennifer. Let's study basic grammar together.
You can learn with my students Flavia and Andreia.
Stories are a fun way to learn new verbs and review old ones. Listen to a story that you may remember
from a past lesson.
How are you, Flavia?
Good. And you? I'm pretty good.
Although it's hot today. Yeah.
Yeah. It's very hot.
A hot summer day.
How have you been? How have you been? Yeah. There's another one. How are you? How have you been?
And what happens? How have you been. Been. But what you hear is,
"How've you been?"
How've...how've...How've you been? This is another verb form. Present perfect. Present perfect, and we'll talk
about it at some point, but you will hear this. You will hear this. There's so many
ways to say hello. How are you? How are you doing? How have you been? How have you
been? How have you been? How have you been? How've you been?
How've you been, Andreia? You say, "Okay. Good" Yeah. Same answers. Pretty good. I'm okay. All right.
Any of the usual answers are fine. Yeah. And why do I use this? Because we had a break.
Right? I went on vacation, and we had to wait for class. So one week, two
weeks...there's more time we had to wait, and so I asked, "Hmm. How have you been?"
Good. "What's new?" we could ask. Well, there are things that are new. First of
all, you two changed places. You changed places.
And uh, the furniture is different, too. Yeah Did you change the furniture? Yes. Yes, yes. So
you changed places. You changed the furniture.
What other change? What did I do? Mm. What did I change? Your hair. I changed my hair.
You can talk about a haircut or a hairstyle. Either way. It doesn't matter. Either word.
Haircut. Hairstyle. Like, "You have a new haircut." "You have a new hairstyle." Or you
can say, "You changed your hair." You can use "change." You changed your hair.
We've been talking about the past...the past tense. "Get" becomes what in the past?
Get? Got. Got. Okay. So you could also use "got." You got a new haircut. You got a
new hairstyle. You got. Got. Past tense. All right? You got a new
haircut. You got a new hairstyle. You changed your hair. You changed your hair.
So lots of changes. The last time when we met, we told stories. Do you remember we
made up stories? I told a story. You told a story about cake. You told a story
about cats, your cats. Yeah. And I told a story about John and Brittany. Do you
remember my story? Kind of? Well, I'm going to read it one more time, and I want you
to listen. Okay? Listen. There was a man. His name was John.
One day he fell asleep. When he woke up, he knew ten languages. Then he met a woman.
Her name was Brittany. She knew fifteen languages. They fell in love. They got
married. Brittany taught John five languages. They had a happy marriage.
Let's remember the verbs. We have special verb forms...with special forms. Right? They
become different in the past, like BE becomes
"was" and "were." These are our irregular verbs. They have special forms. FALL becomes "fell."
WAKE UP - woke up. MEET - met. GET - got. TEACH ...I forgot. Taught. And KNOW? Knew. Okay. So these are the verbs
that we need to tell the story. I'll put this here. If you really need help, you
can look, but try not to look. Okay? Let's work together and tell the story.
Okay. There was a man. His name was John. His name was John. Mm-hmm. One day what
happened? One day John fell...or fall? Fell. Fell asleep. He fell asleep. When he wake up...woke up. When he woke up,
what happened?
He knew...I don't know.
Ten languages. Ten languages. He knew ten languages. When he woke up, he knew ten languages. Then
he met a woman. Her name was Brittany. Mm-hmm.
What about Brittany? Brittany knew fifteen languages. Fifteen languages. Mm-hmm Then what happened?
They...they fell in love. Yeah, they fell in love. Okay. And they...
got married. They got married.
And what did Brittany do? She taught five languages.
She taught...yeah, but who? She taught John...
five languages. She taught John five languages. Something
you can do is try to tell the story. Right? Just for practice. Even if you
change the words, it's okay. But it's good practice to tell the story. Okay.
So this time, let's try telling the story again. I will help less. Okay? You tell one half.
Flavia tells the other. Ready? I'll just help a little. There was a man. His...He was
John. His name...his name was John. One day he fell asleep. Mm-hmm. And when...
when he woke up, mm-hmm...he know...he knew...mm-hmm ten languages.
Then...then he met a woman.
He met a woman. Her name...her name was Brittany. She...she knew fifteen language...fifteen languages.
They...they fell in love. Mm-hmm. And they got married.
Then...what did Brittany do? She...she taught five languages. Taught who? Uh, she taught John five languages.
Great! She taught John five languages. Yeah. So she taught John or she taught him
five languages, and they lived happily ever after.
That's what we say in our stories when there's a prince and a princess. They
lived happily ever after. Happily. They were happy. They lived happily ever after.
Good job. I have a question. Okay. What is it?
Can I use "she taught five languages to him"?
Yes. Yes. So we have long structures. We have short structures.
Um, she taught five languages to him. It's more conversational, shorter, more natural.
She taught him five languages. It's like, "I gave my cell phone to Andreia."
I gave her my cell phone. We like to shorten. Give something to someone. Give
someone something. It's shorter. So she taught him five languages. She taught
John five languages. Do you want to try to tell the story about John and
Brittany? Pause the video. Here are the verbs you can use to retell the story.
Okay. Time for more irregular verbs in the past and a new story. so first
So first, let's review and then we can do more stories. In the past, STAND - stood. Stood.
Do you know how to write "stood?" How do you write "stood?" How do you spell it? Two O's?
This one I think you know. COME becomes "came." Yeah. Oh. I already have it.
HEAR becomes...
HEAR - heard. Mm hmm, and all you do is a -d. A -d. Today I hear. Now I hear.
Yesterday I heard. Add a -d. Heard. -d. H - E - A - R - D. Heard.
Mm-hmm. HEAR - heard. Good. THINK becomes "thought." Thought. And watch pronunciation.
Thought. Good! Though. And how do we spell it? T - H... THINK - thought.
...G - H - T. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Thought, so that's silent. CAN
becomes "could." You know that one. SEE becomes "saw." I already have that one. HAVE becomes "had." Had.
SING becomes "sang." Sang. Sang. FORGET - forgot.
Thank you.
Let's listen to a new story. Okay? This one is about a woman named Sylvia.
Sylvia worked in a restaurant. She worked long hours. She stood on her
feet for a long time every day. One night she came home. She heard strange noises
when she opened the door. She thought it could be wild animals or a burglar. Burglar? Burglar.
What do you think a burglar is? If not animals, maybe a person? A good person or a bad person?
A burglar. Maybe it's a burglar. I don't know. A burglar? That's bad. It's someone in your house, and someone came into your
house and maybe they want to take things. Oh. It's bad. It's similar...
You have a similar word in Portuguese? Burglar. I don't know. Now you know. You don't want to know burglars.
Burglars will go into your house, into your apartment secretly. They go through the window or through the
door. Oh. Yeah, and they can take things. Yeah. Burglar, so think of B - B. Burglar
is bad. It's similar..."robber"? Robber. Yes. It could be a robber.
Robber. Burglar. Could be either one. A burglar goes into a building. A robber
could be even on a street. They can rob you or a bank. Robber. Burglars - into your home. So she thought it could be
wild animals or a burglar. When Sylvia turned on the lights, she saw all her
friends in the kitchen. They had a cake and balloons, and they
sang "Happy Birthday" to her. Sylvia forgot it was her birthday. Wow.
That's my story. It's not true. Good story? All right. Questions. Let's see. Why did Silvia stand
on her feet for a long time every day? Where? Why. Why did she stand on her feet
Do you remember? Because she was working. Where? In a restaurant. In a restaurant.
So she worked in a restaurant, so what happened? She...she stood on her feet...all day because she worked in a restaurant. Right?
So maybe she served customers, and she stood on her feet all day. Um, what did she hear
when she came home? What did she hear she hear? She hear...heard...heard...
she heard a noise. She head a noise. Strange noises. So she heard strange noises when she
opened the door. Okay. What did she think about those noises? What did she think?
She thought it could be wild animals or a burglar. It could be wild animals or a burglar. Mm-hmm.
Who did she see in the kitchen? Who did she? She saw
people. Which people? Friends. Friends. No burglars. She saw friends. She saw friends...in the kitchen.
Uh-huh. What did the friends have?
They had cake and balloons.
Balloons. They had a cake and balloons. Mm-hmm.
Um, what did they sing? What did they sing to Sylvia?
They sang "Happy Birthday." So why was she surprised?
She forgot her birthday. She forgot it was her birthday. Okay. So same thing you can do
that we did with the other stories you can do with this story. You retell. So you
take the verbs and you can practice on your own. Okay? Have you ever forgotten?
Like sometimes I'm like, "Oh yeah. It's my birthday." As you get older you forget.
It's your birthday today. -- Yeah. How old are your? -- I forget.
Or I say, "I forget! I don't remember." It's good. Yeah.
Okay. Your turn. Retell the story about Sylvia. Here are the verb phrases you
need. They're in the present. Change them to the past. I'll note which verbs are
irregular with a star. Work in a restaurant, work long hours, stand on her
feet for a long time every day, come home, hear strange noises,
think it can be wild animals or a burglar, turn on the lights,
see all her friends, have a cake and balloons, sing "Happy Birthday," forget that
it is her birthday. Now pause the video. Use the list and retell the story. That's
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