ONE HOUR ENGLISH LESSON - English Vocabulary and Grammar for Daily Life

In this one hour English lesson, you're going to learn a lot of a bass vocabulary to help

you sound fluent. And at the end, you're going to complete a quiz to test your English level.

So make sure you watch right till the end. Let's get started. First, you're going to

learn all the air core vocabulary that you need to sound fluent and natural. The next

time you travel, what when you're going on vacation, you know exactly where you want

to go. So let me give you the airport vocabulary that you need. The very first thing you should

do is of course pick a more airline. Your airline is the company that you're going to

use to travel with. So the most popular airline in the world as far as I know is Qatar, Qatar

Airways. Delta is a really popular airline as well. British Airways is pretty common

and United is a very popular one as well. So the very first thing you do is you pick

your airline the company that you use to travel with no airfare is just the cost of your ticket.

So the word fair fair is generally used to talk about costs of travel and transportation.

So here we're just adding the word air in front of it. So you know, it's for an airline

airfare. And when you're deciding on your airfare, you have to pay attention if it's

a one way or a round trip, because let's say it tells you your airfare is $300 but that's

just for a one way ticket. Which means it's only going to get you to your destination

is not going to get you back again. So that's called a round trip round like a circle. You

go there and you come back. So you can have a one way ticket or a one way airfare or a

round trip. And then once you book to book your airfare with your preferred airline,

they're going to give you your ticket. So your ticket most people just get an electronic

ticket. That's also called your boarding pass your boarding pass. Remember the word boarding

because I'm going to talk about it again later. So your boarding pass that has all your flight

information. It has your name and has the name of the airline and has the flight number

it has the time the departure and the arrival as well. It has all that information on your

boarding pass and most people just get electronic boarding passes now your E boarding pass.

So you booked your one way or your round trip. You have your ticket your boarding pass you

get to the airport. Now the first thing you're going to do is check a bag if you are checking

a bag. So what does it mean to check a bag? When you check a bag? It's when you have a

larger suitcase a larger bag and you put the bag under the plane. So you leave it at the

conveyor belt and they take care of your bag you just drop it off. But keep in mind that

now a lot of airlines will limit how many bags you get some of them don't even allow

him to bring any bags on the plane unless you pay extra for it. So you need to check

with the airline or check your ticket because it will tell you how many check bags you're

allowed. So if you're checking a bag, that's the very first thing you would do at the airport,

you would check your bag. Now, if you're not checking your bag, you have a carry on a carrying

on. So that's the name of the suitcase, the bag a backpack that you carry on to the plane,

you bring that bag with you onto the plane so you do not check that bag. If somebody

sees you and they say Oh, would you like to check that bag? You say no, this is a carry

on. You don't check it. Okay, so that's really important. So you either check your bag or

you have your carry on bags or carry on suitcase and then you go through security or you go

through customs. Now security is when you're going to put your carry on your purse, any

of your belongings into the little bin and it goes through the camera so they can see

what's in your bag. And then they're going to check you as well to make sure you're not

bringing anything prohibited onto the plane. So you go through security. Now if you have

a domestic flight, a domestic flight means you're flying within your country. If you

have a domestic flight then you don't need to go through customs. However, if you have

an international flight, which means you're flying to a different country, you also need

to go through customs when you go through customs that is security to make sure that

you are allowed to enter the country that you're traveling to. So they might check your

visa if you are required to have a visa to enter that country. You might have to fill

out some additional forms as well. So after you go through security and you go through

customs if you need to go through customs now you're officially in an airport, and this

is where you're going to board your plane. So notice I said to board remember before

I said you have a boarding pass. Well that word boarding comes from the verb to board

the verb to board to board a plane simply means you get on a plane, but that's the word

we use to board the plane and your ticket is going to have your boarding time. The boarding

time is the time you get on the plane. And then the departure time is the time the plane

actually takes off. So when the plane takes off, it leaves the ground and it goes into

the air. So of course you have to board the plane first because everybody needs to get

settled into their seats. They need to get their bags put in the proper place. They have

to do all the pre flight security and all of that as well. So generally you board half

an hour before departure before takeoff before you move. And you're going to board your plane

at a specific terminal and gate. So a terminal and a gate. That's just the names that they

use to organize the airport because airports can be really, really large. So they need

to divide the airport into different sections. And those sections are called terminals. Generally

they're A B C, but it's possible they could be 123 terminal a terminal B terminal C and

then within each terminal, there are different gates. The gate is specific to the flight

that you are boarding. So if you're boarding flight 304 That's going to leave at Terminal

A gate 24 So first you get to Terminal A then you'll see all the different gates and you

have to find the right gate, the right waiting room. You can think of the gate just as the

office number, the waiting room to board the flight and then you're just gonna sit at your

gate and you're going to wait for the boarding call the boarding call is when they're going

to invite the passengers to board the plane. Now the worst thing that can happen is that

your flight is delayed to be delayed. This is an expression you should absolutely add

to your vocabulary because there is a 50% chance or higher that your flight is going

to be delayed. And when your flight is delayed it just means it's late. It's late. It's not

leaving on time. So if your flight was supposed to leave at three o'clock and there's a half

an hour delay, that means it's not leaving until 330 So you don't want that to happen

but most likely it will lay will be delayed. Now another possibility is that you have a

layover where a stopover there are the exact same thing. They're just two different words

to describe them. layover stopover. This is when you're going from destination a to destination

b this is your final destination but you need to go to somewhere else before you arrive

at your final destination. It could be to pick up other passengers to drop off other

passengers to refuel. There could be many different reasons why you need to go to another

destination first. If you do that, it's called a layover or a stopover. If you don't do that

it's called a direct flight. When you go from point A to point B without stopping is called

a direct flight. So your best scenario is that you have a direct flight without any

delays. Wouldn't that just be awesome? It doesn't happen very often. But when it does,

it's perfect. A direct flight without any delays and you have a carry on bag, not a

checked bag so you can easily get on and off the flight. That is the ideal scenario. One

more thing I want to share with you before you go and this is where you sit on the plane.

So when you get on the plane, you're going to see an aisle an aisle don't let the spelling

confuse you. The spelling and the pronunciation are very different. It's pronounced aisle,

aisle. I'll I'll okay. Now if you sit closest to the aisle that is the aisle seat the aisle

seat. Now if you sit closest to the window that the window seats, the window seats, aisle

seat window seat, and if you're unlucky, you might be stuck in the dreaded middle seat.

And I think it's pretty obvious where the middle seat is. It's between the aisle and

the window. So what about you? Where's your favorite seat? Do you prefer the aisle seat

or the window seat? As for me, I prefer the aisle seat because if I'm in a window I feel

a little claustrophobic. To be honest. I like the ability of the aisle seat to just get

up if I need to without having to disturb anyone else. So I always request an aisle

seat. So now you have lots and lots and lots of vocabulary that you need airport vocabulary

that will help you the next time you're traveling. So why don't you take some of your favorite

new expressions, practice them and put some example sentences in the comment. Now you're

going to learn how to record a professional voicemail message. You'll first see an example

message and then you can write your own scripts and record your own. So here we have Sophia.

Let's take a look at her voicemail message to see what information we should include.

So here's her message. Hello, you've reached Sofia Sanchez, Senior Project Manager at Google.

I'm sorry, I missed your call. Please leave me a message and I'll get back to you as soon

as possible. Thank you. Now let's look at this message line. By line to see what kind

of information we should provide. Okay, so our first line hello, you freak Sofia Sanchez,

Senior Project Manager at Google. Now notice I started with Hello. You can of course start

with Hi We definitely are not going to start with Hey, no that is too informal for this

situation. Now both of these are acceptable. Keep in mind hello is slightly more professional

however Hi is slightly more friendly and welcoming. So the choice is yours depending on what tone

you want to convey, but both of them are professional. Okay, and then we have you've reached so this

is the standard it will always be in the present perfect body now you're well aware of the

present perfect you've reached. This is the standard verb as well, to reach someone you've

reached. So this doesn't change. Now you have the option if you want to say you have reached

and like I said, you may notice that English speakers in their voicemail message will choose

to not use contractions. So whether you want to use you have or you either is fine, but

it's going to be with the verb reach. So you've reached and then I recommend giving both your

first and last name. If it was your personal voicemail. You might only give your first

name but in a professional context, I would include your first and last name, but not

your middle name. So only first and last, not your middle name. Okay, and then notice

we have our job title now. I separate it here with a comma, because a comma tells me to

take a pause, which I'm going to do so notice how I would read this. You've reached Sofia

Sanchez, Senior Project Manager at Google. So I take a brief pause between my name and

my job title. So here, whatever your job title may be graphic designer, software developer,

receptionist, whatever your job title is, it would go after your name separated by a

brief pause, and then ads with your company. So here at Google, but whatever your company

is, you would just put your name. Okay, I'll read this one more time. Hello, you've reached

Sofia Sanchez, Senior Project Manager at Google. So that's how I would say that's what I mean

by a warm but professional tone. Now in everyday English, if I'm speaking with my friends,

I would be a little more enthusiastic, which I'm not going to do so give me an example

of being very enthusiastic, which I don't want you to do. If I said, Hello, you've reached

Sofia Sanchez, Senior Project Manager at Google. That's too enthusiastic. We want warm and

professional and our tone. Okay. Now let's look at the next slide. I'm sorry, I missed

your call. Now here the verb to be we generally always put it in a contraction. So it sounds

a little awkward to say I am sorry. I am sorry, simply because native English speakers always

had the verb to be in a contraction. So here I would stick to the contraction. I'm sorry,

I missed your call. So this is a pleasantry that we include. There's alternatives you

could say I can't take your call at the moment. I can't take your call at the moment. So this

is an alternative. So this could be you know, Option A, option B, but you can also include

this, I'm sorry for this one as well. So you could say I'm sorry, I can't take your call

at the moment. That's another one. And notice here just at the moment, so that means at

the present time, an expression of time, or we can have a option. C. And again, you can

include I'm sorry, in front, I can't answer your call at the moment. So here what's the

difference between these two? Yeah, just the verb. So take or answer. Either one of them.

is acceptable. Or we can have an option D. I can't come to the phone right now. I can't

come to the phone right now. And this right now, these two could be interchangeable. So

I could say I can't come to the phone at the moment, or I can't answer your call right

now. So those can be exchanged. And then you can put I'm sorry, in front of all of them.

Now why do we put on story it's just a pleasantry. It's to express that you wish you're there

to talk to the person so it's just a polite thing that we generally include in our message.

Okay, the next time please leave me a message and I'll get back to as soon as possible.

So here's our standard information, please leave me a message. That's just a polite thing

to say. And all. So here I'm using a contraction. Of course this is I will and why am I using

the Future Simple here? Yeah, because I'm making a commitment. That's why I have it

in the future simple for a commitment and all get back to you as soon as possible to

hear this as soon as possible. This is an expression of time reference. And there could

be alternatives you could include here. Okay. But this get back to you. That's a pretty

standard expression. Now let's look at some alternatives. So notice it starts for saying

please leave me a message and I'll return your call as soon as possible. So here and

saying instead of saying get back to you, it says return your call. Now I wouldn't say

that one is more formal than the other. You might be thinking of return is a more formal

verb than get back to you. But I wouldn't say that because get back to you is just a

very common expression in English. Okay, so we can have our option in our option B. And

let's see. Okay, so and set up as soon as possible. You can say as soon as I can, for

example. So you have this different option here that you could change and another time

reference within 24 hours. So within it's giving the final deadline. So this is 24 hours

later, later. So it's from the moment you call and then you count 24 hours and with

then, is any time from now until 24 hours later. So that's within and why am I say within

24 hours? Well, you're giving the expectation that the person can hear from you shortly.

And certain industries might have standards for how quickly they respond to client requests,

or how quickly they respond to customers. And because of that, you might want to give

the person calling the idea that they can expect to hear from you within a certain timeframe.

Okay, so different alternatives here, and the next line so notice what I end with just

thank you. I don't say goodbye. It is not common in voicemail messages to end with goodbye.

We generally end with just thank you but it would be possible to say Have a nice day or

have a great day. For example, just a pleasantry if you'd like. Now you're going to learn all

the social media vocabulary that you need and you're going to do it in a listening exercise

as well. We're going to watch a very brief clip of a millennial attending a job interview

with a baby boomer. If you don't know what a millennial and a baby boomer are just other

people from different generations. So there are very different ages. Okay. And just imagine

just imagine what it would be like to have an interview with someone who just graduated

from university and someone who's about ready to retire very different world. They're coming

from right. So this is a clip that I use with my students in the finally fluent Academy

to teach them a lot of natural expressions, phrasal verbs and help them feel really competent

sounding like a native English speaker. So here's what we'll do. I'm going to play a

very brief portion of this clip. Okay. And in this clip, Amy the young lady Amy is explaining

why she cannot start work at eight o'clock in the morning. Okay, so listening exercise.

Here. It's part of the clip, and I want you to fill in the blank. All Play three time

warning. Amy like most millennials, and many native English speakers, Amy speaks very fast.

Okay, so this is going to come at you very quickly. So get ready. I'll play it three

times and put your answer in the comment. Okay, here we go. I Skyped with my French

boyfriend in Paris until like three in the morning. I Skyped with my French boyfriend

and Paris until like three in the morning. I escaped with my French boyfriend and Paris

until like three in the morning. So did you get it that was fast? Wasn't it really fast,

but I'll be honest with you. That is how many native English speakers talk and that's why

it's so important to study native English speakers and get comfortable with this natural

pace, okay, because that's what it's going to be like when you're having conversations

in the real world. So here's what he means set. Did you get some of this at least maybe

you got our key word, which was Skype. Skype is a method of communication. I don't know

about you, but I use Skype all the time. I skype with my friend play Skype with my students

by Skype with my family. One of the methods of communication I use a lot now you may not

have noticed that I just used Skype as both a noun and a verb. Maybe even go back at last

20 seconds and listen to that again. So that's what we're going to talk about. Now we're

going to talk about the most common methods of communication and how you can use them

in both noun form and verb form. So let's jump onto my computer and I'll use the explanation

that I prepared for my students in the finally fluent Academy. Here we go. I Skyped with

my French boyfriend in Paris until like three in the morning. I stayed with my friend's

boyfriend in Paris until like three in the morning. So here notice she's specifying in

the morning. Now would this be am or pm am right so she could have said until like 3am.

Now here it makes sense that she provides the in the morning or the Ayane because it

wouldn't be obvious based on the context, right? So it makes sense that she specified

this. And here we have a word filler, we can just get rid of that. Now I want you to notice

this. I Skyped with my French boyfriend. What is this here? Is this a noun? A verb? What

do you think? So this is a verb, we're using Skype as a verb okay? Now What verb tense

is she using? All verbs are in a verb tense. So What verb tense is using? You see it? Present

Simple. And why why is this in the present simple? Because she's letting the baby boomer

know that she Skypes with her boyfriend as a routine action. Now this is something we

do in English a lot. And that's very natural is to use our methods of communication as

verbs. Okay, instead of now. So let's take a look at some of the common forms of communication

and how you can use them naturally incentives so here notice these are all verbs. All of

these can be a subject, verb, I texted I messaged I am this sounds for is instant messenger.

I am I Skyped. Email, FaceTime last night, so all of these are in the past right and

texted, texted message I am Skypes emailed based on so you'll have to take some time

for the pronunciation of these because they all end in end. Now if you want to use the

noun you could say I sent him a text or are I sent him a message? Now here because it's

a noun we have an article but when we get to I am or email it's a vowel, right? So we

need an as an as our article. I sent them a text I sent them an email I mean, honestly,

this one is way more common for native English speakers, but you can definitely see this

one too. It doesn't sound awkward or anything like that, but just is very common to use

it as your verb. Now depending on the mode of communication, you could also use chatted

and here notice you chat with someone. I chatted with him on Messenger on Messenger on Facebook

on Skype. So when you chat with someone, it implies more of a direct two way communication

back and forth. You know at the same time, whereas an email, you send an email, you know,

30 minutes later or even 24 hours later you get an email back so it's not as instant it's

instant. You can use chat with someone on okay. You could also say we talked on Facebook.

This would also imply an instant back and forth. We talked on Skype. We talked on Messenger.

We talked on IRM. Either one is fine, and perhaps the least common. I called him. So

notice you call someone you phone someone. You don't call to someone. Sometimes I hear

that but it's not correct. I called him past tense, right? I called him I phoned him. So

we use phone as a verb. Even though phone is a noun. Do you have a phone? Yes, of course.

I have a phone. But here we're using it as a verb. Okay, very common. Both of these are

common though. I called him I phoned him. And if he doesn't pick up you can say I left

him a message. I left him a voicemail. So, so many different ways to communicate with

people these days with modern technology. And there are different ways we form these

sentences dramatically. So make sure you spend some time in the practice exercises getting

comfortable with the most common ways that you communicate. I skype with my friend's

boyfriend in Paris until like three in the morning. All right, so nothing you can feel

really confident talking about the different methods of communication in both noun and

verb form. But of course, you need to practice. So I want you to form three sentences using

three different methods of communication and put them in both the noun form and the verb

form. Okay, do that in the comments below. Now, let's talk about an important grammar

concept to help you sound more fluent when you're using your advanced vocabulary. And

that's how to use the structure having plus past participle, the past participle is your

third form of the verb. Now we use this structure when the action is complete. So whenever the

action is if the structure having plus past participle is used, you know that the person

has done that action. Now as for sentence structure, this is commonly used to start

a sentence. So in that case, notice your sentence starts with the verb haven't, it doesn't start

with the subject. It starts with having and it's just implied that whoever is talking

is the subject. So for example, one of the most common ways to use this is having said

that, having said that, so said of course is the third form of the verb say, having

said that. Now, when somebody uses this expression, they're letting you know that they're going

to reference something that they've previously said in this expression. Having said that,

the that is the words that the person previously set. Normally they just set it it was the

what they just set. It is possible that it could be something they said a while ago,

but generally it's they just set it so for example, you could be in a meeting and your

boss is praising everyone saying Awesome job, guys. We really did a great job this week.

Our sales are up our performances up, and those are the words now he wants to transition.

And he could say having said that, so he's referencing the words he just said, Remember

the words he just said were positive. Okay. So you say having said that, we still have

a lot of work to do. So he's giving you all this praise, but he wants you to keep in mind

that there's still work to do. So he's balancing it out. Having said that, we still have a

lot of work to do. So that's a very common way to use this expression. But you don't

have to only use it with the verb say you can use this with pretty much any verb but

remember is to show that the action is complete. Let's say my friends and I are talking about

marathons, and my friend wants to run a marathon and is talking about training for this marathon.

Now I could say having run a marathon, having run a marathon, I can give you some tips.

So I'm letting my friend know that this action of running a marathon is complete for me.

I've done it. I've run a marathon, having run a marathon, I can give you some tips.

So we commonly use this just to show the experiences that we've had that are complete for us in

order to educate or in order to inform or maybe even in order to show sympathy or empathy

for someone to show that you understand their situation because you've experienced that

as well. Now I talked about how most commonly it's used to start a sentence. This isn't

the only location you can use it as the second part of a sentence, and it's going to follow

a comma. So for example, I can say New York City is known for its busy street and having

lived there, I can confirm that this is true. So notice it starts the next part of a sentence

after a comma. And I'm just using and to show that connection between the two ideas. Of

course, I can divide these into two separate sentences and say New York City is known for

its busy streets period. Having lived there, I can confirm that it's true. So the choice

is yours. It doesn't really matter. It probably just depends on the sentence. But you will

see this most commonly at the start of a sentence and the important thing to remember is that

the action is complete. So now you know how to use this advanced sentence structure. Of

course, it's your turn to practice. So I want you to leave three different examples using

three different verbs. So you also really get comfortable with the past participle because

you need the third form of the verb which is the least common verb use. So I want you

to get comfortable with that as well. So leave three different examples in the comments below.

Now you're going to learn 10 different ways that you can greet someone Hello naturally

in English. So the first one, we can take our very textbook. Hello, how are you? And

we can actually just take this simple expression and make it sound way more natural. With two

very easy changes. We can simply say hey, how are ya? Hey, how are ya? Already? It sounds

so much more natural. So how could you answer this in our textbook expression? Hello, how

are you? Most students would reply with I am fine. I think you right? We don't want

that. So you can say hey, how are ya? And you can reply with good things and you good

things and you. Again, we can take our textbook expression and make it really natural by turning

it into the present continuous and we can simply say how are you doing? How are you

doing? And then you can answer. I'm doing great. This one is my favorite. I use it 90%

of the time. How's it going? How's it going? All my students know this one because of course

I'm going to teach them the way I agree people. How's it going? And so reply is going great.

It's going great. Very important to notice that it's going great. What's up? What's up.

That's a fun expression. What's up and to reply, not too much. Not too much. This one's

a little more of a complicated structure, but native English speakers use it a lot.

So I recommend that you become familiar with it. How have you been? How have you been?

sort of try to match my pronunciation? How have you been? And to answer been great, thanks.

We can keep our answer nice and short by cutting out the auxiliary verb and just using the

main verb been great things this one's fun. Long time no see, long time no see. Forward

long time. No see Long time no see. And to answer. I know too long. I know too long.

So we're agreeing with the person statement that yeah, it has been a long time since I've

seen you. That's really what we're saying. If we were to say it in a full sentence. Well,

we don't need all that complicated grammar. We can just say Long time no see, I know too

long. So by adding not too long, you're making a statement you're making a personal statement

that you would like to see that person more often. what's new, what's new. Now here instead

of just using it, not too much, which would be the standard reply. You can actually tell

them what's new. What's new. I just started a new job. Oh, cool. Slightly different. What's

new and exciting. We'd like to add this add on the exciting chills to put pressure on

you. That's something exciting shouldn't be happening in your life right now. Right? What's

new and exciting? Well, if someone says this, you better think of something exciting to

reply back with. I'm going to China next week. What's new and exciting. I'm going to chime

in next week. Oh, super cool. And then the conversation will develop naturally. What's

going on? What's going on? Not much. So here just changing the not too much, which would

be the natural reply with not much. What's going on? Not much. Boring. I know. It's pretty

boring answer doesn't give you a lot to go on in the conversation. But it's a common

way to reply. What's happening? What's happening. Same old symbol. So here I'm actually saying

same old same old, but notice for pronunciation I really just dropping those DS same old same

old, same old same will. So a lot easier to say. What's happening same on the mall, which

means nothing. Basically just the same thing happening either again, same old, same old

Alright, so now you have 10 Very natural greeting and 10 ways you can answer these greetings.

So let me know in the comments which one of these was new for you? Which one do you like

the most? And which one do you plan to use? I can't wait to hear your reply in the comments.

Now you're going to learn all the different ways to sound really natural when you say

thank you. So let's have a situation where you could say thank you. Hmm, well, I have

this free speaking guide that I give to my students. So if you haven't downloaded this

yet, I want you to download this for free. Just go to my website Jay fluent english.com

and you can download your free guide how to speak English fluently and confidently in

six easy steps. So this is the reason why I get the most thank yous from students. They

download the guide and then they reply to the message and they want to thank me. So

why don't you try that go download this guy. And then you can send me a message using one

of these other expressions. How fun will that be? Okay, so of course you could say thank

you. Now there's one really easy way that you can just turn this simple thank you into

our really natural expression. And I'm sure you know it, you can simply say thanks. Thanks

so one word. Right. Thanks. And of course we're adding that s on things. The S is not

optional. We don't have the s on Thank you. It's not there. It's never there. But we have

the s on things. So thanks. And then if you want to be really friendly, you can add an

exclamation point or an emoji smiley face afterwards. Thanks. Okay, so that's a really

simple but definitely the most natural way that absolutely how the majority of native

English speakers are going to thank you. Thanks. Okay, another one. This is taking our things

and just adding two simple words to it saves so much. Thanks so much. So this one just

really adds emphasis to the things and you can still add your smiley face emoji or exclamation

point afterwards as well. Thanks so much. All right. Next, you could use the expression.

Thanks our time. Thanks a ton. Okay, so a ton in English. Is like a slang way awesome

seeing a lot. For example, you can say, Oh, I have a ton of work to do. I have a ton of

emails to reply to. I have a high on a report to read. I need a ton of money. So I were

just using a time to mean all why. And this is something that native English speakers

do all the time. So there's a bonus expression for you that you learned today. So we're taking

the same concept. And of course you can say thanks a lot. That could be one of these expressions

right? Thanks a lot. But just to sound that much more natural that much more like a native

English speaker, you can say thanks a ton. Thanks a ton, which simply means thanks a

lot. The next one, this is a really fun expression is really cute, but definitely it's not slang

in any way. It's a you can use that in any situation. Thanks. A bunch things a bunch.

Okay, now a bunch can be used in just the same way as a ton. So they both mean a lot

in slang natural English. So you can say I have a bunch of work to do. I have a bunch

of emails to reply to. This laptop costs me a bunch. I wish I had a bunch of money. So

again, it means a lot. So you can say Thanks a bunch, which means thanks a lot, but I like

this one because it's cute. Thanks a bunch. Okay. Another one. This is a really great

expression. And I'm sure you'll kind of understand the meaning if I said, thanks. A million things.

A million. Well, a million is a lot, right. If you had a million emails in your inbox,

you would have a lot of emails. If you had a million reports to write you would have

a lot of reports to write. Right. So by saying things are million, we're really just saying

things. Oh, why? Because a million is a lot, right. So really, these are three different

ways. of simply saying things a lot. But just notice it's all a time a bunch million. So

they all mean the article. And of course they're all thinks thinks with an axe. Okay. So there's

three different ways to simply say things a lot. And the last one, this one, it doesn't

even use thank you or things and because of that, it might be one of my favorites, just

because it's a little bit unique. It's a little bit on expected, but definitely still very

popular. Very common, very natural. And it You're the best, you're the best. So for example,

let's say my friend surprised me and came over to my house and brought me my favorite

chocolate chip cookies. Of course I could say thanks so much. Things are million things

a ton. I can absolutely think her but I could also say you're the best. You're the best.

And at the same time this implies the thank you and in why's that I'm really happy, right?

So because I'm it's a little bit unique. I feel like it has a stronger meaning to it.

So again, when you go download this speaking guy, this free guide, you could write back

in your email and you can say, teacher you're the best Jennifer, you're the best. Or of

course you can use one of the other things expressions that I taught you. So there you

go. Now you have a list of all these other ways to say thank you. So again, make sure

you go download your free guide and then practice one on these expressions. And why don't you

just leave it in the comments as well. Get that extra practice. Let me know which one

of these expressions are new to you. Or do you know any other ways to say thank you?

Because let me tell you, this is not an exhaustive list. There are definitely other ways, but

these are my personal favorites. Finally, let's complete a test and you're going to

test yourself on 15 confusing words to see how advanced your English level is. Let's

start the test now. So here's how this video is going to work. I'm going to show you a

sentence and you're going to have two options and you have to define which option correctly

complete the sentence. Now I'll only show the sentence for a couple seconds. So make

sure you hit pause, take your time to read it to answer it and then hit play and I'll

show you the answer and I'll explain why the answer is correct. Are you ready to go? Number

one, there were people at the party than I had expected. The answer is fewer. There were

fewer people at the party than I had expected. And the reason is we use fewer with countable

nouns. You can count how many people there are, but we use less with uncountable nouns.

So I could say there was less rain. You can't count rain. There was less rain this year

compared to last year. Number two, I'm just in the have a big project and the answer is

mixed. Mixed. This is a tricky one simply because of pronunciation when you hear those

in spoken English. I'm in the midst of a big project. It's easy to confuse this with mist

and to be in the midst of something is simply to be in the middle of something. So I'm in

the middle of a big project number three, wow that shirt really your hair. And the answer

is complements within IE. These two words sound exactly the same in pronunciation. It's

spelling that is different, but they have different meanings complement in this example

is when one thing your shirt combined really well with another thing your hair. Compliment

with an eye is when you say something nice to someone. I love your shirt. Thanks for

the compliment if you want to learn more about compliment and compliment you can look in

the description for a link on a video on that topic. Number four, that movie had quite an

eye on me. The answer is effect. It had quite an effect on me. The pronunciation is very

similar effect effect. There's a slight difference. But the spelling is important because effect

is a verb and effect is a noun and we need a now you know that because there was an article

in the sentence with the verb I could say that movie affected me. If you want to learn

more about effect and effect you can look in the description for a link on that number

five quizzes are a great way to your skills to hone your skills again similar and pronunciation

but the correct choice is home. This is an expression to hone one skills. This is simply

to improve one's skills. Number six, I didn't know at the party. I didn't know anybody at

the party. Didn't is negative. In the English language. We do not like double negatives.

You can only use one negative in a clause and since I already have a didn't, I can't

use the negative nobody. I have to use anybody. Number seven. I don't like carrot. I don't

like carrots either. Now this is the same as number six because I don't don't is a negative

neither is also a negative so we can't use it. We want either. I don't like carrots either.

To use neither I could say you don't like carrots. Neither do I neither do on. If you

want to learn more about either and nIESR you can look in the description for a video

I created on this. And number eight. She has more she means she has more than she needs

similar and pronunciation than then. But they're two totally different words than we use in

comparisons. More than less than fewer than comparisons. Then is an adverb. It's used

in time references, first all eat lunch, then I'll go for a walk. Number nine adjoining

social clubs is for all purposes. The solution to loneliness. For all intents and her opposites,

this is an expression in English for all intents and purposes. This simply means in almost

every situation in virtually every situation. But when you say this at a natural pace for

all intents and purposes, for all intents and purposes, it sounds like intensive. Intensive

is a word that people are very familiar with intense and is not something that people are

familiar with. But the correct expression is intents and purposes. This is a very useful

business or academic expression. It isn't really used in casual conversation too much.

Number 10. We can discuss this after the meeting. We can discuss this further after the meeting

further and farther both mean more. We can discuss this more in more detail after the

meeting. We use further when we're talking about figurative and we use farther when we're

talking about literal. For example, we need to walk farther we literally need to walk

more, we need to walk farther to see the waterfall if you want to learn more about this, look

in the description for a link on a separate video number 11. You can down here you can

fly down here, lay and lie they have the same meaning but lay is transitive it needs an

object. For example, lay the baby down here, lay the blanket down here you lay something

but lie is intransitive. So there's no object lying down here. Lie yourself down here. Lie

down here. Number 12. That sweater is too for you. That sweater is too loose for you.

This one is confusing because of the spelling. Do I need one oh or two? It's easy to forget.

Lose with one oh is the opposite of When did you lose the game? Did you win the game? Did

you lose the game? Lose with two O's when we're talking about oh the thing is when a

doesn't fit closely to your body. So this shirt I'm wearing is not loose. It fits closely

to my body. But this sweater for example is loose number 13. We should worked harder.

We should have worked harder. Now this is a mistake that many native speakers make because

in spoken English we take have which is the grammatically correct choice. But we reduce

it we say it quickly and it sounds like oh, you should have you should have you should

have worked harder. So sometimes native speakers forget that it's actually have and not have

because that's what it sounds like in spoken English. So in spoken English you can absolutely

say you should have you should have worked harder but in written English just remember

that the correct choice is have number 14 I shouldn't have to the party.

I shouldn't have gone to the party. Our verb here is go. The past simple is went and the

past participle is gone. This structure requires the past participle the third form of the

verb yesterday I went to the party. I've gone to three parties this month. And finally number

15 Do you trust the most. Do you trust the most? Who and home it can be very tricky for

students and native speakers to know the difference. Just ask yourself, do you need she or her?

Do you need a subject or an object she or her? He or Him? I trust her the most we need

an object not a subject. So you use home who is your friend? She is my friend. In this

case we need a subject so we use who. Now I want you to keep expanding your vocabulary.

So I recommend watching this lesson right now. And if you haven't already, you can get

your free speaking guide where I share six tips on how to speak English fluently and

confidently. You can go to my website right here. And when you're ready, watch that next

vocabulary lesson right now.