You're DEFINITELY FLUENT If You Can PASS This LISTENING TEST!

Welcome back to JForrest English. I'm Jennifer,  and today I'm going to test your listening  

skills to see how well you can understand fast  English and how well you can understand advanced  

expressions that native speakers use. Are you  ready? Let's get started. Here is how this  

lesson will work. I'll say a sentence three times  and you need to write down exactly what you hear.

After, I'll explain the pronunciation  changes that I used in spoken English,  

and I'll explain what the expression means. Are  you ready for your first listening exercise?

Get out of here. Get out of here. Get out of here.

Did you get this one? I said get out of here.  Let's talk about a common reduction out of.

Out of side by side you can pronounce  as outta, outta, get outta here,  

get outta here. And if you don't feel  comfortable using that in your speech,  

that's fine. But you should understand it because  native speakers use it the majority of the time  

in spoken English. Outta Get outta Here, Get  outta here. And maybe you understood the words.

But did you understand the expression? This  might be a trick question because there are  

actually two totally different meanings for this  expression. There's the more literal meaning where  

I want you to leave the room that I'm currently  in. Being here. Get out means leave, leave.

Of here of the room I'm currently in. So I'm  recording this video and my annoying little  

sister barges in and starts talking. Get out  of here. That's what I would say. Now most  

likely you're going to say it with a little  bit of anger or annoyance. Get out of here.

And it's not a very polite expression. So if  you politely want to ask someone to leave,  

don't say get out of here, you should say Would  you mind leaving? Could you please leave? Because  

I need to film a video. Get out of here is also  used as an expression to show shock or surprise.

At what someone said. So let's say my  friend just told me she's going to move  

from Chicago to Australia around the world  and she has lived in Chicago her entire  

life. To show my surprise or even shock, I  could say get out of here, get out of here.  

It's almost like saying really,  wow, I can't believe it.

Get out of here. Get out of  here. Now with this expression,  

it will be lighter. There won't be that anger  or annoyance in it. Get out of here. There'll  

be more surprise in it. Get out of here.  So the meaning will depend on the overall  

context of the situation. And also look for the  tone of voice, because that can be very helpful  

to decide our next listening exercise.  I'll say it three times. Give me a break.

Give me a break.  

Give me a break. Did you get this one? Give me  a break. Pretty easy, right? Did you hear that  

reduction? Give me. Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Again.  You might not feel comfortable using reductions  

in your speech, but you should understand them  because native speakers use the most of the time.

Give me. Give me a break. What does this  mean? This is another expression. We use  

this to express disbelief in what someone says.  

Let's say I am watching TV late at night  and I see an advertisement for a pill.

That is supposed to help me lose 20 pounds  overnight. That's what the ad says. If I want  

to show my distrust or disbelief with this ad, I  can say give me a break, give me a break. There's  

no way that's true. Give me a break. So that's a  fun expression you can use and remember that tone.

You'll want to add some sarcasm into this. Oh,  give me a break. Do you want to keep improving  

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for another listening exercise? I'll say it three  times. My sister will know. My sister will know.  

My sister will know. I said. My sister will know.  Did you hear the verb? Will my sister will know?

Probably didn't hear it, but maybe based on  the grammar, you understood that it has to  

be there. Because my sister No, doesn't make any  sense. Something's missing. My sister will know.  

You probably know that we form a subject  will contractions. I will go. I'll go.

You'll go, he'll go. She'll go, it'll  go, will go, they'll go. Those are  

subject pronoun contractions, and they are  grammatically correct. Learning contractions  

is another must when you want to understand native  speakers, In this case a noun phrase. My sister.

Isn't contracted grammatically, but in spoken  English we combine them together anyway,  

even though grammatically this isn't done  simply to be able to speak faster and confuse  

students. But remember, grammatically we  only contract subject pronouns with will,  

so in your writing, make sure  you don't write my sister.

Will as a contraction. But in spoken English  you'll hear it. Another listening exercise.  

I'll say it three times. You ought to call her.  You ought to call her. You ought to call her.  

Did you get this one? You ought to call her. So  here ought to a very common reduction. Oughtta.

Otta ought to is a modal verb used to express  necessity. More commonly you should call her, but  

you can also use ought to You ought to call her  in spoken English. Native speakers will say otta  

the majority of the time. Now did you hear call  her? Maybe to you it sounded like one word caller.

Collar like a dog collar. That's  because we drop the H sound on her  

and it sounds like ur ur but we also  combine it with the previous word call  

ur and then we combine them. Collar. Collar.  Again. Based on context, you'll understand.

That I'm not saying collar like a dog  collar. And I'm in fact saying call  

her. You ought to collar. How about one more  listening exercise? I'll say it three times.  

I had an inkling sheet Bale.  I had an inkling sheet Bale.  

I had an inkling sheet Bale. Oh, did you  get this one? I had an inkling sheet Bale.

She'd bail she would as a contraction. This is  a grammatically correct contraction. She'd bail.  

I had had can also be in a contraction  with a subject pronoun when it's the  

auxiliary verb. So if I turn this  into the past perfect, I had gone.

I can say I'd gone because then had is the  auxiliary verb. I'd gone, I'd gone. But here,  

because it's the main verb, we don't turn it  into a contraction. I had an inkling she'd bail.  

What does it mean she'd bail?  Bail. Well, when someone bails,  

this is an expression that's  used when someone doesn't.

Do what they said they were going to do, and we  specifically use this with plans and arrangements.  

So let's say I made a plan with my friend to watch  a movie on Saturday at 7:00 o'clock, then Saturday  

7:00 o'clock. No friend. She bailed. She bailed  on me. I can't believe she bailed on me again.

She didn't do what she said she was going to do.  And again, we use this frequently with plans and  

arrangements. Now what an inkling. An inkling. I  had an inkling sheet bail. An inkling is a slight  

indication, a slight hint, a slight suggestion.  So something my friend said made me think.

She was going to bail. Maybe she didn't  sound that excited about seeing the movie.  

Maybe she's been talking about how tired she  is. So that's an inkling. An inkling. That's  

fun to say. An inkling. I had an inkling she'd  bail. So how did you do with these listening  

exercises? Did you enjoy this lesson? Would  you like me to make more lessons like this?

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with your next lesson? Right now I  have an inkling that you'll like it.