Hello, everybody. Welcome to this English course.
In today's video, I'm going to tell you about nouns.
Because in English, nouns are very important. They are the basic element of a sentence.
So if you want to speak English, you need to know about the
different kinds of nouns. And I'm going to try and teach
you as well as I can. Let's get started!
Ok, so let's start with concrete nouns. Now in English, concrete nouns
are people places or things, including animals.
That you can see, that you can smell, or taste, or hear, or touch.
So you can basically use your five senses. Let me give you a few examples.
If we talk about people,
you could say, a man or a teacher,
or me, Fanny. Or Mr. Smith.
If we talk about places, you could say,
a house, a school. You could name a city like London.
Very nice city. Or a beach.
And if you talk about things, you could say a shoe,
you could say a marker, you could talk about a dog
or food like a pizza. These are concrete nouns....ok.
Now let's move on to abstract nouns. So abstract nouns, unlike concrete nouns,
are ideas, concepts, emotions. And you can't see an idea.
You can't smell a concept. You can't taste an emotion.
Or hear it. Or touch it. So they are nouns. They are things that exist, but
you cannot see them, or taste them. You can't use your five sense.
To give you a few examples, we could talk about love,
or time, or religion,
rules. These are all words that represent
ideas, concepts... okay They're abstract nouns in English.
Now, let's get into more detail about nouns. Let's now see the difference between common nouns
and proper nouns which are very important in English.
So common nouns and proper nouns refer to people, places, things,
ideas. Let's see a few examples.
We could talk about people for example. A woman.
That's a common noun. But if we talk about a specific woman,
for example, me, Fanny. That becomes a proper noun with a capital 'F'.
because, and you should know this, proper nouns are always capitalized.
You could talk about places. A city. That's a common noun.
But then you can name a specific city. Let's take a
great city, London, of course. With a capital 'L'.
Remember proper nouns - always capitalized. We can talk about things for
example. An animal. Let's take a dog. A dog.
That's a common noun. But if we take a specific dog, like
Snoopy - capital 'S', that's the proper noun.
If we talk about things again, but for example, a car,
that's a common noun. But if we name the brand,
the specific brand of the car like Volvo, that's a proper noun. And it takes a capital 'V'.
And finally, and we can say, a team - common noun. But if we name a specific team, for example,
the best football team, Manchester United,
then that's a proper noun and it's capitalized.
Now mind you, 'team', is a special word because it's called
a collective noun in English because it refers to a group of people.
So collective nouns can be used as singular nouns or plural nouns.
But we will talk about this again later. So now that we know a lot about nouns in English,
Let's practice finding nouns in a sentence. Okay, first,
In my class at Oxford University, I have many friends.
My best friend is Jan. I have a lot of love for her.
Jan has a cute dog. Its name is Juju.
What are the nouns in these sentences?
If we take the first sentence, In my class at Oxford University,
I have many friends. We have, class, and friends.
These are common nouns. We also have a proper noun, Oxford University.
We know it's a proper noun because it's capitalized.
The second sentence is, My best friend is Jen.
Now in this sentence, the noun is, friend - common noun.
And there's also the word, Jen, is also a noun but a proper noun.
As you can see it's capitalized. Then, I have a lot of love for her.
What noun can you see? Of course, 'love'.
Remember the abstract noun we talked about a few minutes ago.
And finally, Jan has a cute dog. Its name is Juju. What nouns can we find?
We can see, 'Jen', again - proper noun. 'Dog' - common noun.
But also, 'name', and 'Juju'. 'Name's' a common noun.
'Juju' is the proper noun. It's capitalized.
As you probably know, I haven't mentioned, 'I', or 'her', or 'its'.
They are also nouns, but they are pronouns and they're considered a different
category in English. We will talk about them in another video .
Great job guys! Thank you for watching my video.
I hope you now have a better understanding of nouns in English.
Please keep practicing. Practice makes perfect.
I'm sure you will very soon be able to recognize nouns in a sentence.
Please make sure to watch my next video as I keep on talking
about nouns. See you.
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Hello guys! And welcome to this English course on nouns.
In today’s video, we’re going to talk about singular and plural nouns.
When you speak English, it’s very important to know the difference between a singular noun
and a plural noun. Ok?
So I will explain to you the different rules. And we will practice together.
Let’s get started.
Ok guys, the first you need to know is that a singular noun means one.
So, for example, I can say, ‘cat’. ‘a cat’
‘one cat’ ‘school’
‘a school’ ‘one school’
‘team’ Now don’t forget, ‘team’ is a collective noun.
It’s a group of people, but still, it’s a singular noun.
We talk about ‘a team’, or ‘one team. ‘lady’
‘monkey’ ‘tomato’
‘a tomato’ ‘one tomato’
Or ‘piano’. Now, if we talk
about plural nouns, it means more than one. So for example, two, three, four, or many.
If we take our words again, ‘a cat’ becomes ‘cats’.
‘two cats’ ‘three cats’
‘many cats’ ‘school’’ becomes ‘schools’.
‘team’ becomes ‘teams’. Ok, so you just add an ‘s’.
Now ‘lady’ becomes ‘ladies. ‘monkey’ becomes ‘monkeys’.
But, two different rules. As you can see, ‘lady’ is consonant + ‘y’.
Now when you have consonant + ‘y’, in an English word, the plural will be ‘ies’.
‘lady’ ‘ladies’
But when you have vowel + ‘y’ like ‘monkey’, it just becomes ‘monkeys’.
You simply add an ‘s’. Ok, ‘monkey’ becomes ‘monkeys’.
‘tomato’ becomes ‘tomatoes’. ‘piano’ ‘pianos’
Again, two different rules. Now ‘tomato’ becomes ‘tomatoes’.
You add ‘es’. And with most words ending in ‘o’,
so consonant + ‘o’, you will add ‘es’. But sometimes, you will only add ‘s’.
Like ‘piano’, ‘pianos’. There is no particular rule for this.
You just need to know the words that only end with an ‘s’.
Ok, let’s move on to some pronunciation now. So, when it comes to pronunciation, we have
three different sounds. The first sound is /s/.
The second sound is /z/. And the third sounds is /Iz/.
So let’s review some words together and be really careful, what sound do you hear?
‘cats’ ‘cats’
What can you hear? /s/
Can you repeat after me. ‘cats’
‘cats’ The second word is ‘schools’.
‘schools’ What sound can you hear?
Of course, /z/. Repeat after me.
‘schools’ ‘schools’
The third words is ‘teams’.
What sound can you hear? Again, /z/.
Repeat after me. ‘teams’
‘teams’ Then we have ‘ladies’.
‘ladies’ /z/
Repeat after me. ‘ladies’
‘ladies’ Then ‘monkeys’.
/z/ again. Repeat after me.
‘monkeys’. ‘monkeys’
Then we have ‘tomatoes’. Again, it’s the /z/ sound.
‘tomatoes’ ‘tomatoes’
And finally, ‘pianos’. /z/
‘pianos’ ‘pianos’
Let’s move on to other rules now. Ok guys, let’s now talk about nouns
that end in ‘s’, ‘sh’, ‘x’, ‘ch’, or ‘z’. Now to make the plural form of these nouns,
you will add ‘es’. And the sound will be /Iz/.
Let’s review some words together. ‘bus’ becomes ‘buses’.
‘bush’ ‘bushes’ ‘fox’ ‘foxes’
‘beach’ ‘beaches’ ‘quiz’ ‘quizzes’
Can you repeat after me? ‘buses’ ‘buses’
‘bushes’ ‘bushes’ ‘foxes’ ‘foxes’
‘beaches’ ‘beaches’ ‘quizzes’ ‘quizzes’
Let’s move on. Ok, guys.
Moving on to nouns that end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’. For example, ‘roof’ becomes ‘roofs’.
‘safe’ ‘safes’ So you simply add an ‘s’.
Then we have ‘leaf’ that becomes ‘leaves’. Wait a minute. What happened?
Well, ya, sometimes in English, a word ending in ‘f’ becomes a word ending in ‘ves’ in plural.
That’s not a rule. But some words end in ‘ves’,
you just have to learn them I’m afraid. Another word, ‘wife’.
And again, ‘ves’. ‘wives’
‘shelf’ ‘shelves’ Again, this ‘ves’ ending.
Now let’s focus on pronunciation. ‘roofs’
So it’s an /s/ sound. ‘roofs’
‘roofs’ Good job.
‘safes’ ‘safes’
Have you heard the /s/ sound? ‘safes’
Then we have ‘leaves’. And this time it’s a /z/ sound.
Repeat after me.
‘leaves’ ‘leaves’
Great. Moving on. ‘wives’
‘wives’ And finally,
‘shelves’
‘shelves’ Great job guys.
Let’s move on to practice now. Well students, let’s now practice together.
I’m going to give you a singular noun, and I want you to try and find the plural form
of this singular noun. Ok?
Let’s give it a try. The first word is ‘baby’.
‘baby’ Don’t forget, it ends with consonant + ‘y’.
Do you remember the rule? It’s ‘babies’ with ‘ies’.
Very nice. ‘baby’ ‘babies’
The second word is ‘toy’. Hmmm, vowel + ‘y’.
So this time, ‘toys’. You simply add an ‘s’.
Then we have ‘wish’. Wish is a word that ends in ‘sh’.
Remember the rule. ‘wishes’
You add ‘es’. ‘taxi’ becomes ‘taxis’.
You simply add an ‘s’. ‘choice’ ‘choices’
Simply add an ‘s’ as well. Then we have the word ‘wolf’.
Aha! It’s a word ending in ‘f’.
Is it a word with ‘ves’? It is.
‘wolves’ And finally,
‘photo’ Now remember the words ending in ‘o’?
You can add ‘es’ or simply ‘s’. Well with photo, you simply add an ‘s’.
‘photos’ Now if we focus on pronunciation now.
Repeat the words after me. ‘babies’
The sound is /z/ ‘babies’
‘toys’ ‘toys’
‘wishes’ Remember this /Iz/ sound?
Repeat after me. ‘wishes’
‘taxis’ ‘taxis’
‘choices’ ‘choices’
‘wolves’ ‘wolves’
And finally, ‘photos’ ‘photos’
Excellent job guys. Now let’s move on to some example sentences.
I have some example sentences for you guys. Using singular and plural nouns.
I would like you to repeat the sentences after me. And be really careful to use proper pronunciation.
Let’s get started. First,
‘I want a dog.’ ‘I like dogs.’
Repeat after me, guys. ‘I want a dog.’
‘I like dogs.’
The second sentence.
‘I don’t want a fox.’ ‘I don’t like foxes.’
After me, guys. ‘I don’t want a fox.’
‘I don’t like foxes.’ Great, moving on the to the third sentence.
‘I bought a watch.’ ‘I have many watches.’
Repeat after me. ‘I bought a watch.’
‘I have many watches.’
Good job. Sentence four now.
‘I have a new stereo.’ ‘Now, I have two stereos.’
After me. ‘I have a new stereo.’
‘Now, I have two stereos.’
Excellent! And finally,
‘There’s a knife.’ ‘There are six knives in the kitchen.’
Repeat after me. ‘There’s a knife.’
‘There are six knives in the kitchen.’
Amazing job guys. Very nice.
I hoped this has helped. I hope you now understand better,
singular and plural nouns in English. Now, I haven’t talked about all
the pronunciation rules, But I hope you have a good
sense now of how pronounce plural forms. Make sure you watch my next video if you
want to know more about nouns in English. Thank you very much for watching guys.
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Hello, guys. Welcome to this English course on nouns.
In today’s video, I’m going to tell you about irregular plural nouns.
Now there are crazy ways of making plural forms in English.
And there are a lot of irregular forms. I want you to know about them,
so let’s get started.
Again, guys, there are so many irregular plural forms in English.
And I’m afraid there are no particular rules. You just need to learn the words.
But I’m going to try and tell you about the most common ones.
Ok? Let’s review some words together.
Ok, so, for example. We have a singular noun
which is ‘woman’. It’s plural form is ‘women’.
‘woman’ ‘women’ Then we have ‘man’.
The singular noun, ‘a man’, it becomes ‘men’. ‘a child’ becomes ‘children’
‘a tooth’ ‘teeth’ ‘a foot’ becomes ‘feet’
‘a person’ becomes ‘people’. ‘a mouse’ becomes ‘mice’
Ok, let’s move on to pronunciation now. Well students, let’s work on pronunciation a bit.
Please repeat after me. ‘woman’ ‘woman’
‘women’ ‘women’
Good. ‘man’ ‘man’
‘men’ ‘men’
‘child’ ‘child’ ‘children’ ‘children’
Very good guys. Moving on.
‘tooth’ ‘tooth’ ‘teeth’ ‘teeth’
‘foot’ ‘foot’ ‘feet’ ‘feet’
‘person’ ‘person’ ‘people’
‘people’ Very good guys.
And the last one. ‘mouse’ ‘mouse’
‘mice’ ‘mice’
Excellent, guys. Let’s now move on to other irregular plural forms.
Now there are words that have the exact same singular and plural forms.
They are not common, but you need to know a few. Let’s take a look together.
As you can see, ‘sheep’ is the singular form. But the plural form is not ‘sheeps’.
It is ‘sheep’. Same goes for ‘deer’ ‘deer’.
‘moose’ ‘moose’ ‘fish’ ‘fish’
‘aircraft’ ‘aircraft’ Ok, so you will say, “I see one sheep.”
But also, “I see two sheep.” The exact same word.
Ok, let’s go back for pronunciation. I want you to repeat after me.
‘sheep’ ‘sheep’ ‘deer’ ‘deer’
‘moose’ ‘moose’ ‘fish’ ‘fish’
‘aircraft’ ‘aircraft’
Good job guys. Let’s move to other irregular forms.
Some nouns are never singular. We always use their plural forms.
I have a few common ones for you guys. Let’s have a look.
‘jeans’ ‘pants’
‘glasses’ ‘sunglasses’
‘clothes’ ‘scissors’
‘pajamas’ So you will say,
“I have some jeans.” Or, “I have scissors.”
But you cannot say, “I have a jean.” It is incorrect in English.
Let’s work a bit on pronunciation. Repeat after me, please.
‘jeans’ ‘jeans’ ‘pants’ ‘pants’
‘glasses’ ‘glasses’ ‘sunglasses’ ‘sunglasses’
‘clothes’ ‘clothes’ ‘scissors’ ‘scissors’
And finally, ‘pajamas’ ‘pajamas’
Good guys. Let’s now look at other irregular plural forms.
Now, just a few words about nouns in English that have Latin and Greek origins.
Their plural forms are very weird. It’s a bit complicated, so we’re
not going to into too much detail. Don’t worry too much about them.
But just a few words that I think you should know. First, we have words ending in ‘a’.
Their plural form will end in ‘ae’. For example,
‘antenna’ becomes ‘antennae’ ‘alumna’ ‘alumnae’
Words ending in ‘us’, us, will end in ‘i’. ‘octopus’ ‘octopi’
‘cactus’ ‘cacti’ Words ending in ‘is’, will end in ‘es’.
‘is’ becomes ‘es’. For example, ‘analysis’ ‘analyses’
‘diagnosis’ ‘diagnoses’ And finally, words ending in ‘on’, end in ‘a’.
‘criterion’ ‘criteria’ ‘phenomenon’ ‘phenomena’
These plural forms are very difficult, guys. Even native speakers make a lot of mistakes,
so don’t worry too much about them. I just wanted to give you a little
taste of Latin and Greek plurals. Let’s move on to example sentences now.
Ok, guys. I have a few example sentences for you.
It’s a great opportunity to practice saying irregular plural forms in English.
Be very careful to use proper pronunciation as well.
Let’s start. First,
‘my sister has one child’ ‘my brother has two children’.
Repeat after me. ‘my sister has one child’
‘my brother has two children’. Next.
‘I’m a quiet person, so I don’t talk to many people.’
Please repeat after me. ‘I’m a quiet person,
so I don’t talk to many people.’
Good guys. Next sentence.
‘Did you catch one fish or two fish at the lake?’
Repeat after me, please. ‘Did you catch one fish or two fish at the lake?’
Very good. Next sentence.
‘I have one pair of glasses and two pairs of sunglasses.’
Repeat after me. ‘I have one pair of glasses
and two pairs of sunglasses.’
Excellent, guys. And finally,
‘He has one cactus in his front yard,
but many cacti in his back yard.’ Repeat after me.
‘He has one cactus in his front yard, but many cacti in his back yard.’
Ok, students. I hope you repeated after me.
And you practiced your pronunciation.
I hope you now have a better understanding of
irregular plural forms in English. There are many of them.
Not many rules to follow. A lot of words to memorize.
But, I’m sure with a little bit of practice, you can do it.
Thank you for watching my video. Make sure you watch the other
videos as well. Thank you.
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Hello guys, welcome back to this English course on nouns.
In today’s video, I’m going to tell you about compound nouns.
They are very common in English and there are thousands of them.
You need to know about them. Let’s get started.
A compound noun is made up of two different words. So you take two words, you put them together,
to create a new noun. They’re usually quite easy to understand.
For example, ‘full moon’.
‘Full’ is obviously the adjective describing the moon.
Let’s take a look at other examples, and how to create compound nouns.
Sometimes, compound nouns are a single noun. Like, ‘toothpaste’.
Sometimes, they’re two or more words hyphenated. Such as ‘mother-in-law’.
And sometimes, they’re two separate words, like ‘ice cream’.
Now, you have to be careful. Sometimes, you have a simple
adjective plus a noun like ‘a green house’. But you also have a compound noun which is
a different meaning. ‘A greenhouse’.
Now, ‘a green house’, is a house which is green. But the compound noun, ‘a greenhouse’,
is a place where you grow plants. Completely different meaning.
Ok, so you have to be careful. Stresses can help.
Usually the stress is on the first syllable in compound nouns.
Ok, I hope you get it guys. Let’s take a closer look now at compound nouns.
Ok, let’s now take a look at the parts of speech that make up a compound noun.
We can have a noun and another noun. Like, ‘bedroom’.
We can also have a noun and a verb. Like, ‘haircut’.
A noun and a preposition. Like, ‘passer-by’.
A verb and a noun. Like, ‘washing machine’.
A verb and a preposition. Like, ‘drawback’.
A preposition and a noun. Like, ‘underground’.
An adjective and a ver. Like, ‘dry-cleaning’.
An adjective and a noun. Like, ‘software’.
Or a preposition and a verb. Like, ‘input’.
As you can see guys, there are so many ways to create compound nouns with different words.
Now let’s get back to our example for pronunciation.
Please repeat after me. Bedroom
Bedroom Haircut
Haircut Passer-by
Passer-by Washing machine
Washing machine Drawback
Drawback Underground
Underground Dry-cleaning
Dry-cleaning Software
Software Input
Input
Good job guys. Now let’s now move on to plural compound nouns.
So when we want to make compound nouns plural, there are rules to follow.
If you have a single word, you simply add an ‘s’. But if you have separate words,
whether hyphenated or not, you will make the most significant word plural.
Let’s take a look at examples.
‘Newspaper’ will simply be ‘newspapers’. So I have man newspapers.
Swimming pool. Now, what’s the most significant word?
Well, it is ‘pool’. So we will say, ‘there are two swimming pools’.
You cannot say, ‘there are two swimmings pools.’ No ‘s’ at swimming.
Brother-in-law What’s the most significant word?
Well of course, it is ‘brother’. So you will say, “I have two brothers-in-law”.
And finally, ‘woman doctor’. Now, what’s the most significant word?
Actually, both words are significant. So we will both make them plural.
Remember, the plural form of ‘woman’ is ‘women’. So we will say, “Four women doctors work
at the hospital”. Let’s work on pronunciation.
Can you repeat after me, please. I have man newspapers.
I have man newspapers.
There are two swimming pools. There are two swimming pools.
I have two brothers-in-law. I have two brothers-in-law.
And finally, Four women doctors work at the hospital.
Four women doctors work at the hospital.
Good job guys. Now let’s move on to practice.
To practice, I have a few sentences. And I want you to tell me if we are using
compound nouns or not. Let’s take a look.
I want to drink some cold water. Is ‘cold water’ a compound noun?
What do you think? It isn’t.
‘Cold’ is a simply adjective describing the water.
She has a new boy friend. Is boy friend a compound noun?
Well, it isn’t in this case. He’s your friend and he’s a boy.
But the compound noun, ‘boyfriend’, in one word, exists and has a different meaning.
Then, your boyfriend is more than a friend. He’s the boy you’re having a relationship with.
Other example. The blue bird was singing in the tree.
Is ‘blue bird’ a compound noun? Not in this case.
It’s a simple bird and it’s blue. But, the compound noun, ‘bluebird’,
in one word, exists. It’s a specific bird.
Let’s meet at the bus stop. Is ‘bus stop’ a compound noun?
What do you think? It is.
I have two alarms clock.
What about ‘alarms clock’? Well, it is a compound noun,
but there is a big mistake. Can you see it?
Of course, the plural form. The plural form is not ‘alarms clock’.
But, ‘alarm clocks’. Because the most significant word is ‘clock’.
Ok guys, let’s move on. Thank you for watching.
I hope you better understand compound nouns and how to create them.
There are so many compound nouns in the English language,
but they are usually very easy to understand.
And if you’re not sure, look it up in a dictionary.
The dictionary will tell you if it’s a compound noun or not.
Thank you for watching guys. And see you in the next videos.
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Hello, guys. Welcome back to this English course on nouns.
In this video, I’m going to tell you about countable and uncountable nouns.
It’s very important to know the difference between countable
and uncountable nouns in English. And students often get confused.
So please listen to me very carefully. Let’s get started.
Countable nouns are nouns that you can count.
Uncountable nouns are nouns that you can’t count. They’re usually a type or a group.
And they’re always singular. Let’s look at a few examples.
Countable nouns – you can say, “a dog.” You can say, “one dog,” “two
dogs,” “three dogs,” and so on. “Man.”
You can say, “a man.” “Two men.”
“Idea.” You can say, “one idea,” “two ideas,” and so on.
“Computer.” Again, you can say, “one computer, two computers.”
And, “house.” Well, you can say, “one house, two houses,
three houses,” and so on. These are countable nouns.
You can count them. But if we look at uncountable nouns.
When you say, “water.” You can’t say, “One water, two waters.”
It doesn’t make any sense. You cannot count water.
Same goes for air. You can’t say, “one air, two airs.”
It’s just ‘air’. It’s uncountable.
‘traffic’ ‘English’
‘Equipment’ These are all uncountable nouns.
You cannot count them And they’re always singular.
Okay, guys. Now, let’s take a closer look at rules with
countable nouns and uncountable nouns. So how do we know if a word
is countable or uncountable? Well there are a few tricks that can help.
Let’s look at these words. Some groups of words are very often uncountable.
And this can help you. For example, liquids.
Water, juice, milk, beer. All those words are uncountable.
Powders. Sugar, flour, salt, rice.
Uncountable words as well. Materials. Such as wood, plastic, metal, or paper.
Food as well. Like fruit, meat, cheese, and bread.
And finally, abstract ideas. Like time, information, love, and beauty.
Another trick is that most of the time, you can measure uncountable nouns.
Let’s look at examples. For example, if we take liquids.
I have two liters of milk. Now, you cannot count milk.
But you can measure milk. And you can count liters.
So you can say, “I have two liters of milk.” You can say, “I have a glass of water.”
Or “I have glasses of water.” “Cups of coffee.”
“Bottles of water.” So you can measure this uncountable noun.
Same goes with powders. “I have one kilogram of sugar.”
“Two kilograms of sugar.” With materials and foods,
we often use the word, ‘piece’. For example, “I ate two pieces of cake.”
Or bread. Or pizza.
Or meat. Or cheese.
“I need pieces of paper.” Wood.
Plastic. Metal.
Or “I have some water.” ‘Some’ is an article that always
works with uncountable nouns. Ok guys, I hope you understand.
Let’s move on. Some words can be both countable
and uncountable nouns. Now not all of them.
But some of them. Let’s take a look.
“I would like to eat some cake.” “I would like two pieces of cake.”
So in these two sentences, ‘cake’ is obviously and uncountable noun.
But if I say, “I would like to eat two cakes.” Suddenly, it becomes a countable noun.
Why? Because in the first two sentences,
we are talking about pieces of one cake. In the last sentence,
we are considering the whole cake. So it becomes countable.
Another example. “I would like to eat some chicken.”
“I would like to eat a piece of chicken.” Both sentences, uncountable noun, ‘chicken’.
But the last sentence, “I see two chickens.” Hmm, ‘chicken’, in this case, is a countable noun.
Why? Because
in the first two sentences, ‘chicken’ is food. But in the last sentence, ‘chicken’ is an animal.
So the animal is a countable noun. ‘Chicken’ as food is uncountable.
Hope you get it. Let’s move on to example sentences now.
Let’s now review a few example sentences, so you can practice
using countable and uncountable nouns. Please repeat after me.
And be careful to use proper pronunciation. Let’s get started.
First sentence guys. “I put one hundred
candles on six cakes.” Please repeat after me.
“I put one hundred candles on six cakes.” “I put one hundred candles on six cakes.”
Good job. Second example.
“I ate two pieces of cake.”
Please repeat after me. “I ate two pieces of cake.”
“I ate two pieces of cake.” Next sentence.
“I saw some trash on all the streets.” Please repeat after me.
“I saw some trash on all the streets.” “I saw some trash on all the streets.”
Very good. Next one.
“I need to buy some milk and some butter from the market.”
Please repeat after me.
“I need to buy some milk and some butter from the market.”
And finally. “Traffic and pollution
are problems in many cities.” Repeat after me.
“Traffic and pollution are problems in many cities.”
Good job guys. I hope you repeated after
me and worked on your pronunciation. Thank you for watching this video.
I hope you now have a better understanding of countable
and uncountable nouns. I know it’s hard,
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Hello, guys. And welcome to this English course on adjectives.
In today’s video, I’m going to tell you everything there is to know about adjectives.
And what they are exactly. The best way to describe
an adjective in English is to say that it’s a word that describes or clarifies a noun.
It gives you information on people, things, ideas, nouns, or pronouns.
It is very important to understand what adjectives are
and to know how to use them. Because they are essential when you speak English.
Let’s get started.
Adjectives give us so much information about nouns.
Let’s, for example, take a common noun, ‘cup’. And see how many ways there
are in English to describe a cup using different kinds of adjectives.
Let’s see. We can say,
“It’s a great cup.” Just give your opinion.
“It’s a big cup.” Talking about the size of the cup.
If you want to talk about the shape of the cup you could say,
“It’s a round cup.” “It’s an old cup.”
If you want to talk about age. Or if you want to say what colour it is,
“It’s a white cup.” Or talking about temperature,
“It’s a cold cup.” “It’s a broken cup.” If you make observations.
“It’s a Korean cup.” Talking about origins. Or you can mention the material.
“It’s a plastic cup.” Or “It’s a coffee cup.”
Talking about the purpose of the cup. Now ‘coffee’ as you know is a noun.
But in this case, it can be used as an adjective. All these adjectives are places before the noun.
Let’s learn more about adjectives. Adjectives can found before the noun.
It’s called the attribute position. Or after the noun.
Which is called the predicative position. And it’s just as common.
Adjectives which are found after a verb, describe the subject of this verb.
Usually a noun or a pronoun. So if we take the sentence, “The girl is nice.”
The adjective, ‘nice’, refers to the subject of the sentence, ‘the girl’.
But it is placed after the verb ‘to be’. “My students are happy.”
Same thing. The adjective, ‘happy’, describes
the subject of the sentence, ‘my students’. But it is placed after the verb.
I hope you understand guys. Let’s move on to practice now.
Let’s now practice finding adjectives in a few sentences.
“I’m a tall woman.” Can you see the adjective in this sentence?
I hope you can. The adjective is ‘tall’.
It gives you the height of the woman.
“I’m a British woman.” Now where is the adjective?
The adjective is ‘British’. Gives you the origins of this woman.
“I have blonde hair.” Now what’s the adjective in this sentence?
Of course guys, it is ‘blonde’. It gives you the color of the hair.
“My eyes are blue.” Now that’s a different sentence.
Can you spot the adjective? The adjective is ‘blue.
What’s blue? My eyes.
‘My eyes’ is the subject of the sentence and the adjective is ‘blue’.
“I’m nice.” Again, can you spot the adjective?
It’s ‘nice’. Okay?
And finally, “The weather is cold.”
What’s the adjective?
Where is it? Can you see it?
The adjective is ‘cold’. What’s cold?
The weather. ‘The weather’ is the
subject and the adjective is ‘cold’. Now in the first three sentences,
it’s the attribute position. Remember?
The adjective comes before the noun. And in the last three sentences, it’s
the predicative position. Remember?
The adjective comes after the noun. And in this case, after the verb ‘to be’.
I hope you understand this.
Good job. Okay, guys.
Let’s go through the sentences again. This time focusing on pronunciation.
It’s very important that you repeat the sentences after me
to practice saying these adjectives in a sentence. Okay, let’s get started.
“I’m a tall woman.” Can you repeat after me?
Twice. First, “I’m
a tall woman.” “I’m a tall woman.”
Very good. Moving on.
“I’m a British woman.” Repeat after me.
“I’m a British woman.” “I’m a British woman.”
Good. Third sentence
“I have blonde hair.” So repeat after me
please. “I
have blonde hair.” “I have blonde hair.”
Very good. “My eyes are blue.”
Repeat after me. “My eyes are blue.”
“My eyes are blue.” Next one.
“I’m nice.” Repeat after me.
“I’m nice.” “I’m nice.”
Good job. And finally,
“The weather is cold.” Please repeat.
“The weather is cold.” “The weather is cold.”
Excellent job, guys. Ok, guys. Thank you for watching this video.
I hope you now understand what adjectives are and how to use them in English.
Please be sure to watch my next video as I continue talking about adjectives.
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Hello, guys.
Welcome to this English course on adjectives. In today’s video, I’m going to talk about
prefixes and suffixes that are commonly added to adjectives in English.
A prefix is a few letters added to a beginning of a word to change the meaning of that word.
And a suffix is a few letters added to the end of the word to change the meaning.
We’ll get more into detail. Let’s get started.
Let’s take a look at a few adjectives with prefixes.
Again a ‘prefix’ is a few letters added to the beginning of the adjective.
Mostly to make it negative. Let’s take a look at a few examples.
First we have the prefix ‘un’. U, n. For example, if we take the word, ‘fair’, and
want to make it negative, we can add u – n to have the word ‘unfair’ which is the opposite of fair.
Same goes for ‘happy’. ‘unhappy’
‘sure’ become ‘unsure’.
Another prefix is i –n , ‘in’. To make the adjective negative, again,
For example, ‘active’ – ‘inactive’. ‘appropriate’
’inappropriate’ ‘complete’
‘incomplete’ The prefix i –r now, ‘ir’.
For example, ‘responsible’
‘irresponsible’ ‘regular’
‘irregular’ ‘rational’
‘irrational’
Then we have the prefix i –m, ‘im’. For example,
‘balance’ ‘imbalance’
‘polite’ ‘impolite’
‘possible’ ‘impossible’
And finally, the prefix, ‘il’. I – l.
Like, ‘legal’ ‘illegal’
‘literate’ ‘illiterate’
‘logical’ ‘illogical’
These are just a few examples, guys. There are so many other prefixes in English.
But I hope you now have a better understanding.
Let’s move on. Let’s now talk about suffixes.
In English, you can add a few letters to a noun or a verb to make it into an adjective.
Not necessarily a negative adjective. It’s not like prefixes.
There are so many suffixes in English, but here is a list of very common ones.
We can find a suffix ‘able’. Like, ‘adorable’.
‘comfortable’ Also the suffix
‘en’, e – n. Like, ‘broken’.
‘golden’ ‘ese’
Like, ‘Chinese’. ‘Japanese’
‘ful’ Like, ‘wonderful’.
‘powerful’ ‘ative’
Like, ‘informative’. ‘talkative’
‘ous’ ‘dangerous’
‘enormous’ Or ‘some’.
Like, ‘awesome’. ‘handsome’
Again, these are just a few examples. There are so many suffixes.
But I hope you now have a good idea of how to use suffixes in English.
Let’s now move on to practice.
Okay, guys. Let’s practice finding
adjectives in the following sentences. And prefixes or suffixes.
Let’s have a look. “I have an uncomfortable seat.”
Now, can you spot the adjective, first? Of course, the adjective here is ‘uncomfortable’.
Can you see any prefix or suffix?
I do. There is a prefix, which is ‘un’.
And there is a suffix as well. The suffix, ‘able’.
Okay, so look at how we transformed the word. The first word was ‘comfort’ in English.
First, we added a suffix to make it into an adjective, which is ‘comfortable’.
And then we added a prefix, ‘un’, to make it negative.
So the seat is not comfortable, it is uncomfortable.
That’s how prefixes and suffixes can be used in English.
The second sentence, “She has a black car.” Can you spot the adjective, first.
Of course, it’s the adjective ‘black’. Is there a suffix or a prefix?
No, there isn’t. Next sentence.
“His father was unhelpful.” What’s the adjective?
‘unhelpful’ Of course.
Any prefix, suffix? Yes, there is a prefix.
Again, which is ‘un’. To make the adjective negative.
And there is a suffix, ‘ful’. To make the noun ‘help’ into an adjective.
‘unhelpful’ Next sentence.
“The actor is handsome.” The adjective, of course, is ‘handsome’.
Is there a prefix? No, there isn’t. Is there a suffix?
Of course, ‘some’. ‘handsome’
“I hate oily food.” The adjective is ‘oily’.
Of course. Is there a prefix?
There isn’t.
Is there a suffix?
Of course. The ‘y’ is a suffix.
You have the word, the noun, ‘oil’. And to make it into an adjective you
add the suffix ‘y’. And finally,
“She is a dishonest woman.” The adjective is ‘dishonest’, of course.
Do you have a prefix? We do. Yes.
We have the prefix, ‘dis’. It shows this woman
is not honest, she is dishonest. Okay, so that’s how with prefixes and suffixes
we can really transform words in English. It’s wonderful isn’t it?
There are thousands of prefixes and suffixes. Again, these are just a few examples.
But I hope you now understand how it works in English and how you can really transform and play
with the different words and kinds of words. Okay, guys. Let’s now review the sentences
together and focus on pronunciation. Repeat after me, please.
“I have an uncomfortable seat.” “I have an uncomfortable seat.”
Good job. Second sentence.
“She has a black car.”
Good. Keep repeating.
“His father was unhelpful.” “His father was unhelpful.”
“The actor is handsome.” “The actor is handsome.”
Good. Moving on.
“I hate oily food.” “I hate oily food.”
And finally. “She is a dishonest woman.”
“She is a dishonest woman.” Excellent guys.
Okay, guys. Thank you for watching this video.
I hoped this helped you understand a bit more about prefixes and suffixes in English.
Keep practicing. It takes practice to get better identifying
prefixes and suffixes, but I’m sure you can do it. Make sure you watch the video as I continue
talking about adjectives in English. Thank you.
Thank you guys for watching my video. I hoped this help you.
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Hello guys and welcome to this English course on adjectives.
In this video, I will be talking to you about adjectives ending in ‘ed’ or ‘ing’.
These adjectives are very common in English and they often confuse
students and learners in general.
So please be really careful. Listen very carefully. Repeat after me.
Try and understand what the difference is. Let's get started
Adjectives ending in ‘ed’, describe a person's feeling.
For example, ‘bored’. ‘I am bored.’
Adjectives ending in ‘ing’ describe a situation or an event.
For example, ‘boring’. Let's take a sentence.
‘This film is boring.’ Ok that's the event.
It's boring. And because the film is boring, I am bored.
That's my feeling. I hope you get it.
Let's get a few more common examples. For example, ‘annoyed’ and ‘annoying’.
‘He is annoyed’. That's a feeling.
‘The noise is annoying’. You're now describing the noise.
Other example, ‘confused’, ‘confusing’. ‘The student was confused’.
‘The English was confusing’. ‘depressed’
‘depressing’ ‘My mom was depressed’.
‘She watched a depressing TV drama’.
‘excited’ ‘exciting’
‘I'm excited.’ ‘Travelling is exciting.’
‘frustrated’ ‘frustrating’
‘My dog is frustrated.’ ‘Staying home all day is frustrating.’
‘frightened’ ‘frightening’
‘My little sister is frightened of the dark.’ ‘A dark room is frightening.’
‘satisfied’ ‘satisfying’
‘My dad is satisfied.’ ‘He has a satisfying job’.
‘shocked’ ‘shocking’
‘We were shocked by the accident.’ ‘It was a shocking accident’.
‘interested’ ‘interesting’
‘I'm interested in articles.’ ‘I'm reading an interesting article’.
Last example, two sentences, two different meanings.
Look at these: ‘The teacher was bored.’
‘The teacher was boring.’ Now you really have to
understand the difference between those two because the meaning is not the same at all.
When you say ‘the teacher was bored’, you are describing the teacher’s feeling.
Okay, that's how the teacher felt at that time. He or she was bored.
But when you say ‘the teacher was boring’,
you are describing the teacher. Okay, the teacher made the students
feel bored because he or she was boring. Okay, so remember ‘ed’ is for feelings.
And ‘ing’ is to describe events, things, situations.
Okay let's move on to practice now. I now have a few example sentences for you.
Let's have a look together. ‘Wow I am excited or exciting about my new car’
Now what’s the correct answer? What do you think?
Now remember ‘ed’ to talk about feelings. ‘ing’ to describe things.
In this case, are you talking about your feelings or are you describing your new car.
Of course you are talking about your feelings. So ‘Wow I'm excited about my new car.’
Second example: ‘Try not to get
bored or boring when you study English.’
Now what do you think are you talking about feelings are you describing things?
Of course, again, we're talking about feelings in this sentence.
‘Try not to get bored when you study English.’ Then, ‘Math is confused or confusing to me.’?
Do you know the answer? You are describing math to you.
It is confusing to you. So math is confusing to me.
‘It was a thrilled or thrilling rollercoaster ride.’?
Now in this case, if you think for a minute, can a roller-coaster ride feel anything?
No it can't. So it's obviously a description.
It was a thrilling rollercoaster ride. And finally:
‘My mother is disappointed or disappointing in my English score’.?
Of course you are talking about your mother's feeling.
She is disappointed in your English score. Very well guys.
I hope you did well and I hope you understand the difference between
‘ed’ adjectives and ‘ing’ adjectives. Let's now review the sentences together
and focus on pronunciation. Now listen very carefully
and repeat after me please. ‘Wow, I am excited about my new car.’
‘Wow, I am excited about my new car.’
Good. ‘Try not to get bored when you study English.’
‘Try not to get bored when you study English.’
Good guys. Third sentence.
‘Math is confusing to me.’ ‘Math is confusing to me.’
Very good. ‘It was a thrilling roller coaster ride.’
‘It was a thrilling roller coaster ride.’
Very nice. And finally:
‘My mother is disappointed in my English score.’ One last time.
‘My mother is disappointed in my English score.’ Good job guys.
Okay students. Thank you for watching.
I hope you understood the difference between adjectives ending in ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.
They are very important as they will allow you to describe how you feel and to
describe things and events and situations.
Please keep practicing as this is still a common mistakes among students.
So the more you practice, the better you'll get. Thank you very much.
Thank you guys for watching my video. I hope you've liked it and if you have,
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Hello guys and welcome to this English course on adjectives.
In this video, I'm gonna talk to you about adjectives order
in a sentence using more than one adjective to modify a noun.
Now this is a very important topic because if you use more than one
adjective to modify a noun, you have to follow a specific order,
so you need to keep watching. Let's get started.
Let's take a look at this adjective order.
It looks like a lot at first, but you will learn very fast and practice will help.
Let's have a look together. First, we will use the adjectives
describing quality or giving your opinion. Like delicious, beautiful, or good.
Then, we will talk about size. Adjectives like tall, short, big.
Then comes age. Like old, young, new, twenty-year-old.
Then comes shape. Adjectives like
round, or square. Then color - red, green, blue.
Origin - like Korean, Mexican, or American.
Material - like glass, gold, or wooden. And finally, purpose adjectives
like sport or coffee. Remember my cup from the first video?
Well we could say - it's a great big
old round white Korean plastic cup. So a great - giving my opinion.
big - the size. old - the age.
round - for the shape . white - the color.
Korean - for the origins.
plastic - the material. That's the adjective order.
I cannot break it. I have to follow it.
Don't worry guys. Most of the time you will only use one
maybe two or three adjectives in one sentence. But still you have to follow this order.
Let's now look together at a few sentences with multiple adjectives.
For example, these beautiful young girls went to school.
First, how many adjectives do you see in that sentence?
I see two adjectives beautiful and young. The order is beautiful - your opinion.
And then, 'young' for age.
Second example. I have dirty old running shoes.
How many adjectives can you see? There are three.
Dirty - your opinion. Old -the age
And running - which is a purpose adjectives.
Then we have - that's a hot green Korean pepper.
How many adjectives? There are three adjectives.
Hot - your opinion. Green - the colour.
Korean - the origins. And finally, Canada is a nice large country.
Two adjectives. Nice - for your opinion.
And large - for the size. Let's now review the
sentences together for pronunciation. Please repeat after me.
These beautiful young girls went to school.
I have dirty old running shoes. I have dirty old running shoes.
Good. That's a hot green Korean pepper.
That's a hot green Korean pepper.
Very nice. And finally, Canada is a nice large country.
Canada is a nice large country.
Good job guys. Let's now move on to more practice.
Okay guys you are experts now. Time to move on to some extra practice.
I have sentences for you - some of them
are correct - some of them are not. And it's up to you to tell me.
Let's have a look. She is a tall British woman.
Now how many adjectives can you see in this sentence?
I see two adjectives. And is the order correct?
Tall - is the size. British - the origins.
So it is correct. Yes. Size comes before origins.
She is a tall British woman. I have a red big ball.
How many adjectives? Two.
And is the order correct? Red is the color
and big is the size. Well no it isn't.
It should be - I have a big red ball. Size comes before color.
I got a gold new watch. Again, I suppose you know - two adjectives.
Gold for the material. and new for the age.
And age comes before material so it should be I got a new gold watch.
My mother has red long hair. We have two adjectives.
Red for the colour. And long - the size.
And size comes before color so it should be, My mother has a long red hair.
And finally, this is a cute little white puppy.
Three adjectives. Is the order correct?
what do you think? Well it is correct.
We have 'cute' for your opinion. ' 'little' for the size.
'white' for the color. And the order is correct.
This is a cute little white puppy Okay guys.
Thank you for watching this video. I hope this helped you
understand adjective order. This is not that difficult.
My students learn this order very quickly and I'm sure you will, too.
That's it for this video. I hope to see you in the next one. Bye.
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Hello students and welcome back to my English course on adjectives.
In this video, I'm going to talk to you about intensifiers and mitigators.
Now what are those? Don't be scared of their names.
Intensifiers are simply words that will make adjectives stronger.
They will give adjectives more power or more emphasis.
For example, two very common intensifiers in English are ‘really’ and ‘very’.
Mitigators on the other hand, make the adjectives weaker like the words brother or family.
But we're gonna go into a little more detail. Keep watching.
Let's start with intensifiers. And I have a list of intensifies for you.
Of course these are not all of them, but it's a good start because they are
very common in English. Let's have a look.
really This video is really interesting.
The adjectives in this sentence is interesting and we make it stronger
with the intensifier, ‘really’. It's really interesting.
very For example, I'm very happy to learn English.
The adjective is ‘happy’. And we give it more power with the intensifier.
very I am very happy to learn English.
Other intensifiers include absolutely. or example your new dress is absolutely
amazing. ‘extremely’
Like ‘It's extremely cold outside.”
‘incredibly’ For example, ‘Your son is incredibly smart.’
‘completely’ ‘My wallet is completely empty.’
unusually ‘The classroom was unusually quiet.’
And finally, ‘enough’. ‘He isn't old enough to drive.’
Now for this last sentence, the adjective is old and II intensifier is enough.
It's a special case because as you can hear and see, ‘enough’ always comes after the adjective.
Intensifiers are commonly used with comparative and superlative adjectives.
For example, with comparative adjectives, we offer news much.
For example, ‘He runs much faster than me.’ ‘Faster’ is the comparative form
of the adjective ‘fast’. And to intensify the comparison,
we use the intensifier ‘much’. So he runs much faster than me.
We also use ‘a lot’. For example, ‘This red bag
is a lot heavier than this white bag’. ‘heavier’ is the comparative form of
the adjective ‘heavy’. And we make it even more
powerful with ‘a lot heavier’. And we also use ‘fun’.
For example, ‘She is far taller than me’. ‘taller’ is the comparative of ‘tall’.
We make it more powerful with ‘far’. ‘Far taller than me’.
Now with superlative adjectives, we can use ‘easily’.
For example, ‘This is easily the best restaurant in town’.
‘best’ is the superlative form of the adjective ‘good’.
And we make it even more powerful by saying, ‘easily the best restaurant’.
And we also use ‘by far’. For example,
‘Sarah is by far the smartest girl in class’. Let's move on to mitigators.
Now mitigators are the opposite of intensifiers. They weaken the adjectives.
Let's look at a few examples. Mitigators include ‘fairly’.
For example, ‘It's fairly sunny today’. The adjective ‘sunny’ is
weakened by the mitigator ‘fairly’. So it's not sunny it's a bit less than sunny.
Other mitigator ‘rather’. So when I say, ‘I'm rather tired’,
I'm not exactly tired. I'm a bit less.
The adjective is less powerful because of this ‘rather’.
Other example, ‘pretty’. ‘It's pretty expensive’.
Which means it's not expensive. It's a little bit less.
Oh quite like, ‘The movie was quite good’. The adjective ‘good’
is less powerful because of this ‘quite’. Now be very careful because if you use ‘quite’
with an extreme adjective such as ‘terrible’, ‘perfect’, ‘enormous’, or ‘excellent’ –
quite means ‘absolutely’. It becomes an intensifier.
For example, ‘She is quite gorgeous.’ Means she is absolutely gorgeous.
It's more powerful because of the intensified ‘quite’.
So be very careful when you use ‘quite’ because depending on the adjective that you
choose it has a different meaning. And it can be either an intensifier
or a mitigator. Let's move on.
Just as intensifiers, mitigators can be used with comparative adjectives.
Let's look at a few examples. We can use ‘a bit’.
For example, ‘He's a bit faster than me’. When you say, “He's a bit faster than me,” it's
less powerful than “He's faster than me.” So ‘a bit’ it's mitigates it weakens ‘faster’.
Same goes for ‘rather’. For example,
‘This dress is rather nicer than that dress’. It weakens the comparison the nicer.
Third case we can say ‘a little bit’. For example, ‘There's a little bit more
rain today than yesterday’. It's less powerful then.
There's more rain. And finally we can say, ‘slightly’.
For example, ‘My car is slightly older than your car’.
So it's just a little bit older than your car. It's weak because of this mitigator.
Let's now move on to practice. I want things to be very clear so I
have a few example sentences for you guys. And I want you to tell me if you see an
intensifier or a mitigator. Let's have a look first.
‘It's a very interesting game’. Now what's the adjective in that sentence?
‘interesting’ of course. What about ‘very’.
Is it an intensifier or a mitigator? What do you think?
It's an intensifier of course. It's a very interesting game.
It's more powerful thanks to this ‘very’. The second sentence,
‘She cooks fairly good pasta’. Now the adjective in this sentence is ‘good’.
I'm sure you know what about ‘fairly’. Is it an intensifier or a mitigator?
It's a mitigator guys. The adjective ‘good’ is
less powerful because of ‘fairly’. ‘She cooks fairly good pasta’.
The third example, ‘He's quite brilliant at speaking English’.
The adjective is ‘brilliant’. Now just a hint.
It's an extreme adjective. ‘brilliant’ is a very strong adjective,
so what about ‘quite’? Is it an intensifier or a mitigator?
It is an intensifier of course because the adjective is extreme.
I hope you got that.
Next example. ‘She's a bit younger than I am’.
The adjective is actually a comparative adjective. In this sentence,
‘younger’ a bit acts as a mitigator of course. And finally, ‘My dog is much fatter than my cat’.
Again, it's a comparative adjective ‘fatter’. And what about ‘much’?
What do you think? Intensifier, mitigator?
It's an intensifier. It's much fatter than my cat.
Good job guys. Let's move on.
Let's go through the sentences again and focus on pronunciation.
Please repeat after me. It's a very interesting game.
One more time. It's a very interesting game.
Good. Second example.
She cooks fairly good pasta. She cooks fairly good pasta.
Third example guys. He's quite brilliant at speaking English.
One more time. He's quite brilliant at speaking English.
Moving on. She's a bit younger than I am.
She's a bit younger than I am.
And finally, my dog is much fatter than my cat.
My dog is much fatter than my cat.
Excellent guys. Thank you guys for watching the video.
I hope this has helped. Now using intensifiers and
mitigators takes practice. A lot of practice.
But I'm sure you can do it and it's worth it.
It will make a true difference to your speaking skills.
Thank you for watching. See you next time.
Thank you guys for watching my video and for watching this
English course on adjectives.
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Hello, everyone.
Welcome to this English course on adverbs. And in this video we're gonna talk about adverbs.
Now the simplest definition of an adverb is that it's a word that describes or modifies a verb.
Now actually adverbs can modify other parts of the sentence like other adverbs.
But in this video, we will focus on verbs and four kinds of adverbs.
Adverbs of time. Adverbs of place. Of Manner and Adverbs of Degree.
Usually they will answer the following questions about the verbs:
When? Where? How? and To what extent?
Let's look at these sentences. "The boy ran."
And then we have, "The boy ran excitedly."
Now this example shows the power of adverbs.
In the second sentence you find out how the boy ran.
In the first sentence you don't have any information on how the boy ran.
So in the second sentence, we find out that the boy was very excited.
So it's very important to understand adverbs and understand how to use them
because they will make you speak English a lot better.
So let's get started.
First let's talk about the position of an adverb. So where do we put the adverb in the sentence?
Now that is a bit tricky because the adverb in an English sentence can be in
different parts of the sentence. Let's look at a few examples:
She climbed the mountain slowly. Slowly she climbed the mountain.
She slowly climbed the mountain. Can you guess which word is the adverb?
The word 'slowly' is the adverb. It describes how she climbed the mountain.
And as you can see, the adverb is in three different parts of the sentence
but the meaning is exactly the same. So let's practice pronunciation.
Repeat after me please. She climbed the mountain slowly.
Slowly she climbed the mountain. She slowly climbed the mountain.
Great guys. let's move on. Let's now talk about how to make adverbs.
Now most adverbs, not all of them, but most of them end in -ly.
So it's actually very easy. You take the adjective and you
add 'ly' at the end. Let's look at a few examples.
If you have the adjective 'nice', and you add 'ly' to it, you make the adverb 'nicely'.
So for example you could say, "He is a nice speaker"
using the adjective 'nice'. But you could also use the
adverb 'nicely' and say, "He speaks nicely."
A second example - If we take the adjective 'quick', and we add 'ly',
we can make the adverb 'quickly'. So we could say,
"He is a quick runner." But we could also say,
"He runs quickly." Okay. Let's practice pronunciation.
Repeat after me please. "He speaks nicely."
"He runs quickly." Good job guys.
Let's move on. Be careful guys.
Not all adverbs end in 'ly'. Some adjectives don't change
form when they become adverbs. They're called flat adverbs.
Typical flat adverbs would be 'early' or 'late' and a few others.
And it's very important to know these flat adverbs.
Because a lot of my students try to add 'ly' to some adjectives
and unfortunately they make incorrect sentences. So let's take a look at an example.
Okay. If I tell you "The car drove fastly"
Do you think that makes sense? Now it does make sense to try to add 'ly'
to the adjective 'fast', but unfortunately guys
'fastly' does not exist in English. So the correct sentence is,
"The car drove fast." Another example,
"He arrived 'late' or 'lately' to class." What do you think's the correct answer?
Again, it makes sense to try to add 'ly' to the adjective 'late',
but 'lately' is not the adverb of the adjective 'late'.
The adverb is 'late'. So the correct sentence is,
"He arrived late to class." Let's practice pronunciation.
Please repeat after me. "The car drove fast."
"He arrived late to class."
Great job guys. I hope you now understand flat adverbs better.
Let's move on. Let's now
take a look at a few sentences to practice finding and making adverbs that modify verbs.
Now remember, adverbs tell us so much about the verb.
Usually they tell us 'when' or 'where' or 'how' or 'to what degree'.
So the first example we have is, "He easily lifted the box."
Can you spot the adverb in this sentence? Of course the adverb is 'easily' - ending in 'ly'.
Okay and it tells us how he lifted the box. It's an adverb of manner.
Now the second sentence, and this is a bit more difficult,
"I will download the file tomorrow." Now where is the adverb?
Because there is no word ending in 'ly', so it's a bit more complicated.
Well the adverb is 'tomorrow' and it tells you 'when'.
It's an adverb of time. And these are sometimes a bit more difficult.
Make sure you watch my next video. I will talk about them.
Our third example now. "I put it there."
Again no words ending in 'ly'. The adverb is the word 'there'.
And it tells us 'where'. It's an adverb of place.
We will talk about them in our next videos as well.
And our last example, "You didn't study enough for the test."
The adverb is the word 'enough'. And it's an adverb of degree.
Okay. It tells us to what degree.
Again it's not a word ending in 'ly'. And we will talk about adverbs
of degree in our next videos. For now, let's practice pronunciation a bit.
Please repeat after me. "He easily lifted the box."
"I will download the file tomorrow."
"I put it there."
"You didn't study enough for the test."
Great guys. Remember guys - it's very important to
understand adverbs and to know how to make them. They will make you speak English so much better.
And this video was only a quick introduction to adverbs in English.
In our next videos, we will focus on each kind of adverbs.
So make sure you watch the rest of the course. Thank you for watching my video
and see you next time. Thank you guys for watching my video.
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Hello, everyone. Welcome to this English course on adverbs.
And in this video I'm gonna focus on Adverbs of Time.
Now adverbs of time tell us ‘when’ an action happens,
and also ‘how long’ and ‘how often’. Now these adverbs are extremely common in
English,
so you really need to know about them. So let's start learning together.
Let's now take a look at a few example sentences telling us ‘when’ something happened.
‘She ate ice cream yesterday.’ The adverb in this sentence is… have you
noticed? ‘yesterday’ of course.
And it's an adverb of time. When did you eat ice cream?
‘yesterday’ I see you now.
Now where is the adverb in this sentence? Of course the adverb is ‘now’.
Again it's an adverb of time. When do I see you?
‘now’ ‘I tell him daily.’
The adverb is ‘daily’. Again adverb of time.
‘We met last year.’ Can you see the adverb?
Of course the adverb in this case is ‘last year’.
Again notion of time. When did we meet?
‘last year’ And finally, ‘He will call you later’.
The adverb in this sentence is also an adverb of time.
It is ‘later’. So these are all adverbs of time
And as you can see in those examples, usually adverbs of time are at the end of
the sentence. Let's do a bit of pronunciation practice.
Repeat after me, please. ‘She ate ice cream yesterday.’
‘I see you now.’
‘I tell him daily.’ ‘We met last year.’
‘He will call you later.’
Good guys. Let's move on.
Let's now move on to example sentences showing us how long something happened.
These adverbs are also usually placed at the end of the sentence.
But let's have a look. ‘She stayed home all day.’
Which part of this sentence is an adverb? Can you see it?
Of course, ‘all day’. And it tells us how long she stayed home.
‘I studied in Canada for a year now.’ In this sentence, ‘for a year’ tells us
how long I studied in Canada. ‘He has taught English since 1990.’
How long has he taught English? Since 1990.
‘I studied English for four hours.’ Which pond is the adverb?
‘For four hours’ ‘How long did I study English?’
‘for four hours’ And finally, ‘We have lived in New Zealand
since 2005.’ The adverb is of course ‘since 2005’.
As you can see adverbs are not necessarily just one word.
‘since 2005’ - two words. ‘for four hours’ - three words.
Okay, so they're not just one word sometimes they're more than one.
Now let's do a bit of pronunciation practice. Repeat after me.
‘She stayed home all day.’
‘I studied in Canada for a year.’ ‘He has taught English since 1990.’
‘I studied English for four hours.’
‘We have lived in New Zealand since 2005.’
Good guys. Let's move on.
Adverbs telling us how often express the frequency of an action.
They're usually placed before the main verb, but after the auxiliary verb,
such as B may have or must. The only exception is if the main verb is
the verb to be. In which case the adverb goes after the main
verb. Let's have a look at a few example sentences.
‘I often eat pizza.’ Can you spot the adverb?
It's ‘often’. And as you can see, it is placed before the
main verb which is ‘eat’. So ‘I often eat’.
The second example, ‘He has never drunk Cola.’
In this case, we have an auxiliary verb. The auxiliary verb ‘have’ and the main
verb is ‘drunk’. So the adverb is placed between the auxiliary
verb and the main verb. ‘He has never drunk.’
‘You must always brush your teeth.’ Same applies.
We have an auxiliary verb ‘must’. Okay.
And we have the main verb ‘brush’, so the adverb goes after the axillary verb,
but before the main verb. ‘You must always brush.’
‘I am seldom late’. So the main verb is the verb ‘to be’.
Be careful. So in this case the adverb goes after the
main verb. ‘I am seldom late’.
And finally, ‘He rarely lies.’
The main verb is ‘lies’. So the adverb goes before the main verb.
‘He rarely lies’. Okay.
Let's do a bit of pronunciation practice. Now repeat after me.
‘I often eat pizza.’
‘He has never drunk Cola.’ ‘You must always brush your teeth.’
‘I am seldom late.’ ‘He rarely lies.’
Great job guys. Let's move on.
Some adverbs expressing ‘how often’ express the exact number of times that an action happened
They're called definite ‘adverbs of frequency’. And in this case, they're usually placed at
the end of the sentence. Let's have a look at a few examples.
‘I visit my dentist yearly.’ The adverb is ‘yearly’.
Okay. ‘Once a year’ and it expresses the exact
number of times that I visit my dentist. It's a definite adverb of frequency,
so it's placed at the end of the sentence. Other example,
‘He goes to the gym once a week.’ Again we have a definite adverb of frequency
which is ‘once a week’. ‘I work five days a week.’
Same thing. We have a definite adverb of frequency which
is ‘five days a week’ so it's placed at the end of the sentence.
And finally, ‘I saw the movie five times.’
Again ‘five times’ expresses the exact number of times that I saw the movie.
Let's do a bit of pronunciation practice. Repeat after me.
‘I visit my dentist yearly.’ ‘He goes to the gym once a week.’
‘I work five days a week.’ ‘I saw the movie five times.’
Good. Moving on now.
If you want to use more than one adverb of time in a sentence,
you should put them in the following order: First, ‘how long?’.
Second, ‘how often?’. And finally, ‘when?’.
Let's take a look at a very good example sentence. ‘He taught at the school for ten days every
month last year.’ Now as you can see, first, we're told ‘how
long’ - for ten days. Then, we're told ‘how often’ - every month.
And finally, were told ‘when’ exactly - last year.
This is a very good sentence using the different kinds of adverbs of time in the right order,
so I hope you can do the same let's practice
pronunciation together. Now repeat after me.
‘He taught at the school for 10 days every month last year.’
Good job, guys. Let's now practice together okay guys.
Let's do a bit of extra practice. I have four example sentences for you to spot
adverbs of time, so let's get started.
‘He has been to Canada three times.’ Can you spot the adverb?
Of course the adverb is the adverb frequency ‘three times’.
Okay. How often has he been to Canada three times.
The second example is, ‘Generally I don't like to eat spicy food.’
The adverb is ‘generally’. And remember I told you some adverbs of frequency
work well at the beginning of a sentence if you want to emphasize the frequency,
so ‘generally’ is one of them. Another example would be ‘sometimes’.
Next example. ‘He will clean his room regularly from now
on.’ Now be careful.
In this case, we have two adverbs. The first one ‘regularly’.
The second one ‘from now on’. Keeping the order, ‘regularly’ is ‘how
often?’ followed by ‘when?’ – ‘from now on’.
And finally, ‘I've been going to church for four days
every month since 1996.’ Three adverbs in this case.
‘how long?’ – ‘for four days’
‘how often?’ - ‘every month’
‘when?’ – ‘since 1996’ Let's practice pronunciation now.
Please repeat after me. ‘He's been to Canada three times.’
‘Generally, I don't like to eat spicy food.’
‘He will clean his room regularly from now on.’
‘I've been going to church for four days every month since 1996.’
Great job. Moving on.
Okay guys. You now know a lot more about adverbs of time.
Remember these adverbs are extremely common in English,
so it's very important for you to learn about them.
They will improve your English skills very quickly.
Okay now there are obviously other types of
adverbs - adverbs of place of manner and of degree
And I will focus on these in my next videos, so check them out.
Thank you for watching my video and see you next time.
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Hello, everyone. Welcome to this English course on adverbs.
In this video, we're gonna talk about adverbs of place.
Adverbs of place tell us where an action happens. They could also give us information on direction,
distance, or movement. Let's take a look at a quick example.
‘Let's go and play outdoors.’ Now in this sentence, the adverb of place
is ‘outdoors’. It answers the question, ‘Where?’.
Where? ‘Outdoors.’
Okay. Now let's learn a bit more about adverbs
of place together. Let's get started.
First, let's talk a bit about ‘here’ and ‘there’.
‘Here’ and ‘there’ are two adverbs of place that relates specifically to the speaker.
‘Here’ meaning close to the speaker. Close to me.
‘There’ meaning farther away. Okay. Let's take a look at a few examples.
‘I put my keys there.’ So the adverb ‘there’ indicating the location
of the keys and they're a bit farther away from me.
Okay? Second example.
‘Please come here.’ ‘Here’ being the adverb, you know, meaning
to me. So these adverbs
are place at the end of the sentence.
But you can also put them at the beginning if you want to emphasize the location.
For example, ‘Here are your keys.’
‘Here’. close to me.
‘There is your umbrella.’ Over there, farther away.
So in these two cases, I want to emphasize the location
so I place the adverb at the beginning of the sentence.
Okay, guys? Let's now practice pronunciation.
Please repeat after me. ‘I put my keys there.’
‘Please come here.’
‘Here are your keys.’ ‘There is your umbrella.’
Good job, guys. Let's move on.
Let's now take a look at adverbs of movement and directions.
Some adverbs end in ‘-ward’. Or ‘-wards’.
It's the same thing. And they express
movement in a particular direction. For example, ‘homeward’ or ‘homewards’
‘backward’ or ‘backwards’ ‘forward’ or ‘forwards’
‘onward’ or ‘onwards’ So they express a movement.
And they specify a particular direction. Let's take a look at a few examples sentences.
‘We drove eastwards.’ or ‘eastward’. It would be the exact same thing.
‘The children looked upwards at the stars.’ ‘You need to move forward one step.’
So each time you have a movement specifying the direction of this movement.
Okay? Good.
Let's practice pronunciation now. Repeat after me please.
‘We drove eastwards.’
‘The children looked upwards at the stars.’
‘You need to move forward one step.’
Good, guys. Let's move on.
Some adverbs express both movement and location at the same time.
For example, when I say, ‘The child went indoors,’
There's a movement. The child goes into the house.
But it's also a location. He's inside – indoors.
Another example would be, ‘He's going abroad.’
It's a movement, but it's also a location abroad in another country.
Finally I could say, ‘The rock rolled downhill.’
There's the movement going down, but it's also
a location. Now let's practice pronunciation.
Please repeat after me. ‘The child went indoors.’
‘He is going abroad.’ ‘The rock rolled downhill.’
Good job, guys. moving on.
‘everywhere’ ‘somewhere’
‘anywhere’ or ‘nowhere’ are adverbs of place as well.
But they are special because they describe a location or direction
that is indefinite or unspecific. For example,
‘I looked everywhere for my car keys.’
‘I'd like to go somewhere for my vacation.’
‘We're going nowhere.’ ‘Is there anywhere to get a coffee?’
Let's practice pronunciation together. Repeat after me.
‘I looked everywhere for my car keys.’ ‘I'd like to go somewhere for my vacation.’
‘We're going nowhere.’ ‘Is there anywhere to get a coffee?’
Great guys. Let's move on.
Just so you know, some adverbs can also be prepositions.
Now the difference is that an adverb stands alone.
A preposition is always followed by a noun. So for example, ‘outside’.
‘outside’ can be an adverb? For example, ‘we were waiting outside.’
It's an adverb. It stands alone.
But it can also be a preposition. For example, ‘We were waiting outside his
office.’ It goes with a noun.
Another example, ‘I kicked the ball around.’ ‘around’ is an adverb, in this case it
stands alone. But it can also be a preposition.
‘I kicked the ball around the field.’ It goes with a noun.
Okay? So an adverb stands alone.
A preposition is followed by a noun. Now let's practice pronunciation.
please repeat after me. ‘We were waiting outside.’
‘We were waiting outside his office.’
‘I kicked the ball around.’ ‘I kicked the ball around the field.’
Very good, guys. Let's now move on to practice, shall we?
Okay, guys. Let's do a bit of extra practice.
I have a few example sentences for you to
spot adverbs of place. First example,
‘John looked around but he couldn't find his wife.’
Now remember, adverbs of place, answer the question – ‘where?’
Can you spot the adverb here?
Of course, it’s the word ‘around’. Where did John look?
He looked ‘around’. Second example,
‘I searched everywhere I could think of.’ Now where did I search?
‘everywhere’ ‘everywhere’ is the adverb.
‘Let's go back.’ Now what's the adverb in this sentence?
It’s ‘back’ - of course. Where?
‘back’. Next example,
‘Come in.’ Where?
‘in’. Okay, the adverb is ‘in’.
Okay, so adverbs of place answer the question – ‘where?’.
Okay, Let's practice pronunciation. Please repeat the sentences after me.
‘John looked around but he couldn't find his wife.’
‘I searched everywhere I could think of.’
‘Let's go back.’ ‘Come in.’
Good job, guys. Okay, guys.
You now know a lot more about adverbs of place. Now I know it's hard to learn about all these
adverbs, but don't worry, you'll get there.
You just need a bit of practice. Okay?
Now I'm gonna carry on talking about adverbs in my next videos,
so make sure to watch them. Thank you for watching and see you next time.
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Hello, everyone. And welcome to this English course on adverbs.
In this video, I'm gonna talk to you about adverbs of degree.
Adverbs of degree tell us about the intensity of something.
The power of something. Now in English, they're usually placed before
the adjective or adverb or verb that they modify. But obviously, as always, there are exceptions.
And there are very common adverbs of degree that I'm sure you use all the time.
Uhm... ‘too’, ‘enough’, ‘very’, ‘extremely’, But there are so many others.
Okay? So let's dive into it and learn
about adverbs of degree. Let's have a look at a few
examples of adverbs of degree. Especially how they are used
with adjectives, adverbs and verbs. Now adverbs of degree are usually placed before
the adjectives and adverbs that they modify. And before the main verb of the sentence.
For example, in the sentence, ‘The water was extremely cold.’
You have the adjective ‘cold’ and the adverb ‘extremely’ that modifies the adjective cold.
And as you can, see the adverb is placed before the adjective that it modifies.
Second example, ‘He just left.’ In this case, the adverb ‘just’
comes before the verb ‘left’, which is the main verb of the sentence.
‘She is running very fast.’ Now in this case, we have two adverbs.
The adverb ‘fast’ and the adverb ‘very’ that modifies the adverb ‘fast’.
And as you can see, our adverb ‘very’ is placed before the adverb that it modifies.
And finally, ‘They are completely exhausted from the trip.’
The adverb completely modifies the adjective ‘exhausted’
And is therefore placed before it. I hope you understand, guys.
Let's move on. Okay, guys. Let's practice pronunciation now.
Please repeat after me. ‘The water was extremely cold.’
‘He just left.’
‘She is running very fast.’
‘They are completely exhausted from the trip.’
Good job, guys. Let's move on.
Some very common adverbs of degree in English are ‘enough’, ‘very’ and ‘too’.
Let's look at a few examples. ‘Is your coffee hot enough?’
So in this case, our adverb ‘enough’ modifies the adjective, ‘hot’.
‘He didn't work hard enough.’ In that case, our adverb ‘enough’ modifies
another adverb, the adverb ‘hard’. And as you can see, the adverb ‘enough’
is usually placed after the adjective or adverb that it modifies.
Another example is ‘very’. ‘The girl was very beautiful.’
So the adverb ‘very’ modifies our adjective ‘beautiful’.
‘He worked very quickly,’ So in this case, our adverb ‘very’ modifies
the adverb ‘quickly’. And as you can see, ‘very’ is usually
placed before the word that it modifies. And finally, our third example is ‘too’.
‘This coffee is too hot.’ It modifies the adjective ‘hot’.
‘He works too hard.’ In that case, ‘too’ modifies the adverb
‘hard’. And as you can see, ‘too’, is usually placed
before the word that it modifies. Okay? I hope you got it.
Let's move on. Let's now focus on pronunciation.
Please repeat after me. ‘Is your coffee hot enough?’
‘He didn't work hard enough.’
‘The girl was very beautiful.’ ‘He worked very quickly.’
‘This coffee is too hot.’ ‘He works too hard.’
Okay, guys. Let's move on. Okay, guys.
Let's do a little bit of extra practice with a few example sentences.
‘He speaks very quickly.’ Can you spot the adverb of degree?
It's ‘very’. And it modifies the
other adverb of the sentence, ‘quickly’.
‘He speaks too quickly.’ Now, another very common adverb of degree,
‘too’. Be very careful.
There's a difference between ‘very’ and ‘too’. ‘Very’ is a fact.
‘Too’ means there's a problem. Okay? He speaks so quickly that you cannot understand.
‘He speaks too quickly.’ Another example,
‘My teacher is terribly angry.’ Where is the adverb of degree?
It's the adverb, ‘terribly’. That modifies the adjective, ‘angry’.
‘They were almost finished.’
Can you spot the adverb? It's ‘almost’.
And it modifies the verb, ‘finished’. Okay?
So we're not finished yet. We're ‘almost’ finished.
And finally, ‘This box isn't big enough.’ The adverb of degree in this case is the adverb
‘enough’ and it modifies our adjective ‘big’.
And remember, ‘enough’ usually goes after the word that it modifies.
Okay? I hope you get it, guys. Time for some pronunciation practice.
Please repeat after me. ‘He speaks very quickly.’
‘He speaks too quickly.’ ‘My teacher is terribly angry.’
‘They were almost finished.’ ‘This box isn't big enough.’
Good job, guys. Okay, guys. You now know a lot more about
adverbs of degree. And I'm sure this video will help you improve
your English, But keep practicing.
And make sure you watch the other videos on adverbs.
They're very useful as well. Thank you for watching and see you next time.
Thank you guys for watching my video. If you liked it, please show me your support.
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Hello, everyone. Welcome to this English course on adverbs.
In today's video, I'm going to talk to you about adverbs of manner.
Adverbs of manner tell you how something happens. And they're usually placed after the main
verb or after its object. Let's take a look at a few sentences.
‘He swims well.’ The adverb ‘well’ tells you how he swims
and is placed after the main verb ‘swims’. ‘He plays the piano beautifully.’
The adverb ‘beautifully’ tells you how he plays the piano
and is placed after the piano which is the object of the verb to play.
Hope you get it. Let's get into more detail now.
Adverbs of manner are usually placed after the main verb or after the objects.
For example, ‘He left the room quickly.’ The adverb ‘quickly’ is placed after the
object, ‘the room’. Now just so you know,
some adverbs not all of them, but some adverbs,
can also be placed before the verb. So in this case, you can also say,
‘He quickly left the room.’ Let's practice pronunciation.
Repeat after me. ‘He left the room quickly.’
‘He quickly left the room.’
Good guys. Let's move on.
What's very important for you to know is that an adverb of manner cannot come between a
verb and its direct object. Okay, so it must be placed
either before the main verb,
or after at the end of the clause. So let's take a look at a few examples.
‘He ate quickly his dinner.’ Now this sentence is incorrect.
Okay? ‘ate’ is the verb.
‘his dinner’ is the direct object of the verb. So the adverb ‘quickly’ cannot be placed
between those two. Okay?
So you should say, ‘He ate his dinner quickly.’ The adverb is at the end and that's correct.
Or ‘He quickly ate his dinner.’ That's also correct.
The adverb is placed before the main verb. Another example,
‘He gave me gently a hug.’ Now this is incorrect.
You cannot separate the verb ‘give’ from its direct object ‘a hug’.
So two correct sentences would be first, ‘He gave me a hug gently.’
with the adverb at the end of the sentence. Or
‘He gently gave me a hug.’ The adverb comes before the verb.
Hope you get it. Let's now practice pronunciation.
Please repeat the sentence after me. ‘He ate his dinner quickly.’
‘He quickly ate his dinner.’
‘He gave me a hug gently,’ ‘He gently gave me a hug.’
Good, guys. Let's move on.
Time now to practice. Here are a few example sentences for you to
spot the adverbs of manner. ‘He swam well.’
As you can see, we use the adverb ‘well’. It tells you how he swam,
And it's placed after the main verb, ‘swam’. ‘The rain felt hard.’
Again, our adverb ‘hard’ tells you how the rain fell,
And is placed after the verb. ‘The children were playing happily.’
The adverb is… Can you find it?
‘happily’. Of course.
‘She angrily slammed the door.’ Can you see the adverb?
It's ‘angrily’. How did she slam the door?
‘angrily’. And finally,
‘Slowly she picked up the flower.’ Can you spot the adverb of manner?
It's ‘slowly’. And it's at the beginning of the sentence,
Because we want to emphasize the manner. And this is also something very common when
you read books. Okay, guys.
Let's now practice pronunciation. Please repeat after me.
‘He swam well.’ ‘The rain fell hard.’
‘The children were playing happily.’ ‘She angrily slammed the door.’
‘Slowly she picked up the flower.’
Great job. Okay, guys.
That's it for this video. Please make sure you watch the other videos
on adverbs, and keep practicing.
Adverbs are extremely common in English. And they will make you speak a lot better.
Thanks for watching and see you next time.
Thank you so much guys for watching my video. If you liked it, please show me your support.
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