BOX SET: English In A Minute 10 – TEN English lessons in 10 minutes!

'every', and 'whole'? They all have similar  meanings but are used in different ways. 'All'  

means the whole amount of something. 100 percent.  It is often followed by uncountable nouns or  

plural nouns. He ate all the sugar. All children  love sweets. 'Every' has a similar meaning to  

'all' - it means 'each one without exception'.  I go to the gym every day. 'Whole' means the  

complete amount of something, and is followed  by uncountable nouns or singular nouns. I ate  

the whole cake. The whole airport is closed. Bye  for now. 'Each' and 'every'. Sometimes you can use  

either, but not always. In a group, 'each' refers  to individual things in turn. 'Every' refers to  

all the things together. If I have time, I say  'bye' to each of my colleagues. If I don't, I  

say bye to every colleague at the same time. If we  have two things, we have to use 'each'. If we have  

three or more, we can use each or every. I have  a shoe on each foot. Lions have sharp claws on  

each or every paw. 'Each' can be used as a pronoun  while 'every' can't. Look at those cakes. I want  

a slice of each. 'Every' - object is together,  'each' - object is on its own. 'Each' is for two  

or more. 'Every' is for three or more. 'Each'  can be a pronoun and 'every' can't. 'Through'  

can mean lots of things and be used in lots of  different contexts - let's look at some common  

uses. Meaning number one: 'through' can mean  from one side or end of something to the other.  

This is about place or physical space. We  pushed through the crowd to get to the front.  

Meaning number two: 'through' can mean from  the beginning to the end of a period - this  

is about time. We sang and danced through  the whole concert. Meaning number three:  

'through' can be similar in meaning to 'using'.  We were lucky to get last minute tickets through  

a friend. Meaning number four: 'through' can also  mean finished or completed. We were exhausted  

but happy when the concert was through. And we  too are through with this lesson. Hi everyone,  

Tom here from BBC learning English in London,  and today I'm going to tell you what to say  

after the word 'wish'. When we're talking about  wishes, we're talking about situations that are  

imaginary or unreal. To show this, after saying  'I wish' we use the past to talk about the wish  

which is in the present, so I could say:  I wish I had a cup of tea. Ah thank you.  

Now, if we want to make a wish about the past,  we need to use the past past or the past perfect.  

For example: I wish I had chosen a more  formal shirt before I filmed this video today.  

Hi, I'm Dan from BBC learning English,  and today I'm going to talk to you about  

infinitives of purpose. English has something  called the infinitive of purpose. We use it to  

explain why we do something. 'To explain why we do  something' is an infinitive of purpose. Why do we  

use it? Another example is: I went home to eat. We  make our sentence 'I went home' and then attach a  

full infinitive verb 'to eat'. This doesn't work  with nouns, for example: I went home to food.  

To use a noun we use 'for': I went home for food.  Finally, we can also use 'for' to talk about doing  

something to help someone, for example: I made  this video for you to learn - you're welcome.  

Let's take a minute to look at different ways  you can apologise in a formal situation. Imagine  

you're in an important meeting at work and  you interrupted your boss. To say 'sorry'  

you might say 'sorry', 'excuse  me', 'pardon me', 'apologies',  

'I sincerely apologise for interrupting', or 'for  the interruption'. Because 'for' is a preposition,  

you can either use a gerund or a noun. Now,  imagine you're in the same important meeting  

at work and you give a presentation in front of  your boss that is incomplete and full of mistakes.  

To say sorry you might say 'I'm afraid I  didn't finish the presentation'. Don't be  

confused - 'afraid' does not mean scared here.  It's like sorry but more formal, and notice that  

after 'afraid' we use a full clause or sentence.  Hi, I'm Sian from BBC learning English and today  

I'm going to share four British slang words  with you. So, these are words you should only  

use in an informal situation. The first one is  'gutted'. This is an adjective and means very  

sad or disappointed. I just failed my driving  test for the fourth time - I'm gutted. Number  

two is 'knackered'. This is also an adjective  and means really really tired. I went to a party  

last night and now I'm knackered. Next we have  'skint'. If someone is skint, they have no money  

or very little money. I can't come out tonight -  I'm skint. Our fourth slang word is the opposite  

of skint - 'loaded'. If someone is loaded, they  are very very rich. I just won the lottery - I'm  

loaded. Let's look at the difference between  'on time' and 'in time'. They often mean the  

same but sometimes they're different. 'On time'  means according to a schedule or a deadline. If  

I don't finish my work on time, my boss will be  angry. My train is never on time. 'In time' means  

not too late to be successful. So, I missed my  deadline but I still got the presentation finished  

in time for the meeting. My train was late but it  still arrived in time for me to get to work early.  

Neither my presentation nor my train were on time  but they were in time for me to do what I needed  

to do. It's good to be on time - it's even more  important to be in time. The difference is down  

to how flexible your schedule is, but be careful:  sometimes if you're not on time, you won't be in  

time either. Hi guys, this is Kee from BBC Learning  English. Today, I'm going to tell you about some  

informal ways of using English. In English,  when we want to tell a friend about something,  

we don't use the word 'notify' - that's what  businesses do. Businesses notify their customers  

and the Prime Minister might notify her ministers,  but we don't notify our friends about our weekend  

plans - it's too formal. In English, we say I'm  going to let my friend know that I'm going out.  

'Let him know', not 'notify'. Let him know. Now you know. Hello everyone, I'm Sam from BBC  

Learning English and today we are going to look at  the difference between 'so' and 'such'. To make an  

adjective stronger, we use 'so', for example:  Michael is so nice. We use such when we want  

to make an adjective plus a noun stronger,  for example: Michael is such a nice person.  

For this reason, it's not correct to  say 'Michael is so nice person' because  

we have the adjective 'nice' and the noun  'person' together. It's so simple, right?