in today's lesson you're going to learn
the most useful the best expressions and
structures in any English class ever
this is the best one this one best okay
so your friend wants to ask you about
yesterday
your actions what happened what question
do they ask I just loved Rick and Morty
so I'm trying a Rick and Morty mail
pronunciation what did you do yesterday
that's fine that's normal
nothing wrong with that but you might
also hear the pronunciation like this
what'd you do yesterday what'd you do
yesterday let's slow that down practice
with me what the T could be glut alized
so what what repeat with me what did you
can be smushed together to sound like Jo
Jo with a schwa sound jerk
together whatcha what'd you do yesterday
say with me what'd you do yesterday that
question is fine but more commonly we
change the word do for three words
get up - I explained in a lot more
detail how to use get up to be up to in
this video here watch that if you need
that explanation if not perfect let's
continue just know that
get up to replaces do fine so you
remember the pronounciation what you get
up to what you get up to yesterday you
don't have to say it like that
but you will hear it so it's important
to practice the pronunciation what did
you get up to yesterday that's fine and
that's perfect
don't worry okay so he's thinking about
the answer yesterday nothing
and which Game of Thrones but that's not
really doing something so he'll say this
I didn't do much but you know that we
can replace that with something else
three words which words exactly
get up - I didn't get up too much last
night I know what you're thinking why is
it more common to replace one very small
word with three words it makes no sense
I don't know why is table in Spanish a
feminine noun sometimes life doesn't
make sense you could replace much with
another modifier I didn't get up to
anything yesterday I wasn't social I
didn't see my friends I know nothing but
this is for general actions going out
seeing friends watching TV blenny thing
but when you want to say I didn't do
much but specifically work you say it a
different way
I had work I should have finished it but
I didn't I just played Xbox and watched
TV in that case you'll say I didn't get
much done so you want to say generally I
didn't do much but more commonly I
didn't get up too much I didn't get up
to anything but for work things or
obligations I didn't get much done and
again you can change the modifier I had
so much work but I didn't get anything
done have you seen Rick and Morty it's
so good I watched the entire series ok
Rick and Morty is the best show on earth
I'll just say it these are all past
examples but of course we can use them
for future examples too let's have a
look
if you want to say today I have a lot of
work you can say it in this way
and again this sentence is quite general
I need to get a few things done maybe
you noticed this structure is called the
causative in another video I'll talk
about that but for this you just want to
say I need to finish a few things you'll
say it like this today I need to get a
few things done I've got to send emails
I've got to meet friends I've got to
finish some work I've got two errands
what is an errand you know those little
jobs where you have to go somewhere and
do something it's a little journey to
deliver something to fix something to
buy something those little journey jobs
those are called errands what's the verb
with errand run you run an errand or in
plural I have to run some errands you
want to say today I need to get a few
things done I need to finish a few
things
getting more specific you want to list
your obligations the things that you
have to do you can express it like this
for example I've got work to finish that
is my obligation that is what I have to
do you see this structure it's so useful
it always starts with I've got then the
noun then 2 with the verb in the
infinitive another example could be
like before you could say I've got to
finish some work I've got to see some
people that's fine that's great but this
structure sounds better it's very useful
and you can change it to anything you
want really
I've got work to finish I've got people
to see I've got places to go of God
those emails to send ya another example
could be do you remember the word for a
little journey where you have to do a
job with the journey what's that word
it's an errand what's the verb that goes
with it I've got errands to run I've got
errands to run I'm sorry I can't have
lunch with you I mean yes I don't like
you but I've also got errands to run so
you can adapt this structure to lots of
different things and before we finish I
think you have two questions about this
one can I just say I have yes you can
that's fine the other question is
probably about past can we use this in
past yes absolutely
you had an obligation in the past just
change the verb today I had some work to
finish
it sounds more natural if you put some
or a few before the noun it just sounds
good so to put everything we've learned
today together tell me in the comments
today this week this weekend next week
what do you have to do or another
example yesterday what did you get up to
tell me in the comments I see you in the
next class bye