Phrasal Verbs in English - PULL

Oh, hi. James, welcome. I've done a lesson similar to this one, and if you've not seen

it, that's fine. I'm starting from the beginning, but if you have seen it, then you know this

is a continuation. Now, let's go to the board, and I'll explain what I'm talking about. Ready?

I know, some of you are already starting to laugh right away. Okay? If you want to know

what the joke's about, I'll explain. STD, in Canada and America, bad thing. Guys, why?

Yeah, you remember. Okay, come on. Because in Canada, if you have an STD, it means you

have a... Okay? Very, very bad thing. So what I'm here to do is to teach you how not to

get an STD in Canada, and that is actually not using these letters properly. The lesson

I did before, we handled the letter S and Y. Today, we're going to work on T and D.

All right? So come with me. STD, bad, bad, bad. S, we've dealt with. We finished. TH,

we'll come back to. So now we look at the magical words, sorry, letters, T and D. What's

wrong with these two letters, and why are they so important? Well, part of the problem

is when you pronounce T and D, if you listen to me, T, D, they're very similar because

they have that vowel ending, E. So students often get confused with them. Now, they do

also have one thing in common. When we use the simple past, they will often, many times,

end in a T sound or a D sound. For instance, I worked yesterday. Worked yesterday. Now,

the word itself is spelt with a D. Unfortunately, when we speak, it sounds like a T. Now, let's

just say I have a girlfriend, or no, I had a girlfriend, had a girlfriend, and I used

to, well, I loved her. I loved her. There's a D sound. Now, if you don't say that T or

D sound, we think it's the present tense. This isn't good. So by dropping them, we actually

lose valuable information, okay? So remember, for the simple past, we use a T and a D sound

to indicate the past, but that's not all the T is used for, okay? So let's go back over

it. Can you give me one word that ends in a T and one that ends in a D that's a verb

to show simple past? I'll give you a second to think about it. All right. I gave you two,

okay? Words that end in T sounds like "ought" or "worked." Even though they end in a D,

the sound is a T, okay? What about the D sound? Well, there was "loved" and "had." Notice

these are all past tense. That's something to keep in mind. So when you forget to say

your T's and your D's on the end of verbs, remember you're getting rid of some valuable

information that we actually need. Now, I said to you the T has another use. What could

that be? Well, when we talk about auxiliary verbs, when we want to actually say that we

mean the opposite or perhaps the negative, we often add a T. This T comes from "not."

For instance, "If I will not do something, I won't do it." "If I do not do something,

I don't do it." Many students don't say these T's and sometimes they actually sound like

other words. So, with the letter T on the end of a verb, auxiliary, when it's contracted,

it usually will make a T sound. So it's very important that we add that T to say it's the

opposite of what we mean. For instance, a very important one, "can" and "can't." Drop

that T. It means you're going to do it. You don't want to have that, okay? So, a quick

review. D and T from STD. What's STD? Come on. You know. That's right. You're giggling.

You're smiling. You remember. You won't forget. Okay? So, T and D. T has two things. The negative

of a verb, auxiliary verb, okay, and past tense. D is used for the past tense. So, now

remember, T, past tense of the verb. T also is a negative auxiliary verb. Can't, won't,

okay? Don't. And finally, D is for the past of a verb. Alright? So now, from our STD,

we know why we don't want to get this, right? Cool. Alright. Now, next lesson from this,

we have to do the mighty TH. We'll come back to that. Oh, actually, why don't you come

back here. Now, if you want to have any more of your questions answered or any more information

on STD, why don't you just stop by www.engvid.com. Didn't hear me, did you? So, why don't I repeat

it louder? Okay? Well, visual aids are good. www.engvid.com. Come there. We have a forum.

We have other instructors. Come see me. I'll be happy to answer any of your questions.

Alright? Take care for now. STD. Remember.