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Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

So what are we speaking about?

You're going to speak about what's happening now.

What's happening now?

So what verb tense do you need?

If the question is what's happening now?

Hmm.

What's happening now?

What verb tense do you need?

Well, of course, this is the present continuous  because if something is happening now,  

you need the present continuous to talk about it.

So I want you to answer out loud and you're  going to do this to practice speaking.

So I want you to open your mouth and answer  the question and make sure you do that.

Out.

Loud.

So here is our first example.

What's happening now?

And you need to make a positive statement,  

use the subject, the verb to be  conjugated with your subject.

So of course you need I am, you are, ** *** it.

What do you need?

Is we are and they are.

And then you need your verb with  ING, so your verb can be any verb.

And then you just add the ING.

And this is, of course, the  present continuous tense.

So what's happening now in this picture?

What is happening right now in this picture?

Hmm, maybe.

Well, you see the image right?

We have it looks like a man on the phone.

Michael Scott.

Does anyone recognize this reference?

Michael Scott from Dunder Mifflin.

Does anyone know who Michael Scott is?

Well, if you know anything about American culture,  American pop culture, you might recognize that  

Michael Scott is one of the characters from  a very popular TV show called The Office.

This TV is quite old right now, just like Friends  is very old, but Americans still watch it today.

And it's a great TV show to watch if you  want to get comfortable with real English,  

the way Americans truly talk.

So what's happening now?

We could say, so you have.

Oh, look, it's a phone call from Michael Scott.

So let's see.

We have some examples here in  the comments, this student said.

My friend is calling me on the phone now, exactly  because what's the subject in this sentence?

My friend, my friend?

But when you have a subject, you  always want to think, what is it?

I, you, ** *** it, we, or they.

So first you want to understand  which of the five subjects is this?

My friend is of course he or she, so he  is calling me because you call someone  

on the phone now you can add now that's  optional because the present continuous,  

it tells you that the action is happening now.

So you don't have to include that, but  you can you can say now or right now.

All right, So another example here.

The mobile is ringing exactly.

Now listen to how I said this,  because in American English we say.

Mobile Mobile Mobile Bull.

Bull.

But in British English mobile.

Mobile.

So if you hear someone say mobile  and someone else say mobile,  

just know that both pronunciations are correct.

One is American mobile and the  other one is British mobile.

The mobile is ringing.

Exactly.

So what's the subject here?

The subject is the mobile, which is IU  ** *** it, it's it it is ringing exactly.

Everyone is doing so great.

All right, hello, everyone.

Thank you so much for being here.

So let's try this again.

Let's try another one well, before  we go to the next one, of course,  

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OK, so let's try another one Here's an image.

What's happening now So think  about who the subject is or  

what the subject is because you can have a what?

And then you need your subject,  

the verb to be conjugated with your subject  and the verb in ING to form a full sentence.

What's happening now?

Hmm what's happening now?

All right everyone, let's see  what could our subject be?

Well, the there's only one person in this image.

So who is our subject and  what is that person doing?

Well, let's think about this.

We could say she and then what  do you need for your verb to be?

We have she.

So you need the verb to be  conjugated with the subject she is.

And then you need your verb.

You take your base verb and then you add ING.

So Patrice said she's shopping.

Exactly, she's shopping.

And then you can expand this.

You can provide more information what  she's shopping for, where is she shopping?

Who is she shopping with?

So you can expand on this to  provide a more complex sentence,  

but the base of your sentence, the start  of your sentence is she's shopping.

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Now let's continue with our lesson.

All right, who else do we have?

Bhavesh said she is checking the size of the top.

Very nice sentence.

So notice checking the size  because she's holding it up to her.

Will this fit?

I'm not sure.

Let me check the size.

Now most shirts have A tag  on them, usually at the back,  

and you can also check the  size by looking at that tag.

Oh, what size is this?

Let me check.

Let me check the size of the top.

Very nice sentence.

Shima said she is trying a new shirt now.

Great job, Shima.

You have your subject, she you have your  verb to be conjugated with the subject.

But there's something missing in this  sentence because you don't try a new shirt.

You need a phrasal verb.

So what could that phrasal verb be?

You need to take try, but you  need it as a phrasal verb.

So you need a preposition.

There's a preposition missing from the  sentence to make it grammatically correct.

And I see Horatio has that preposition.

She is trying on clothes exactly she is trying on.

So that's the phrasal verb to try on.

And that's when you see if the size is correct,  

if it looks good on you, if you  like the shirt, you try it on.

So you might be in the store and you  ask someone, where can I try this on?

Where can I try this on?

So you're asking where is the change  room, the dressing room, the fitting room?

There are many different ways, but  those three are the most common.

She is trying on clothes and  before Shima said a new shirt.

You can absolutely use that.

She is trying on a new shirt, OK, so Carlos said.

She is smiling.

Absolutely amazing job.

She is smiling because we use the present  continuous for states of being as well.

So you can look at her and  see, OK, what is she doing?

What emotion does she have as well?

She is smiling.

She's smiling because she found the perfect shirt.

It's the right size and it's on on  sale, so she's smiling very good.

Aiden provided a very detailed answer.

She is trying a green blouse in the mall.

Well, very good.

There is just one thing you're missing and I just  explained that you're missing the preposition.

The preposition on She's trying on a green  blouse in the mall very nice sentence.

I like how you added additional detail  and that's how you can make a simple  

sentence sound more complex by  just add on more information.

So really nice sentence.

Just don't forget that phrasal verb.

Try on.

She's trying on a green blouse in the mall.

Very nice.

OK, this is an interesting one.

Julia said she is mirroring  to check her ideal blouse.

Very interesting that you  used mirror as a verb now.

I love how you did that.

But what I would say is she  is looking in the mirror.

So you look in a mirror, She's looking  in the mirror to check her ideal blouse.

So you can see that she's looking in the mirror.

All right, great job.

Moses says she is looking at the blouse.

Yeah, exactly.

She's looking at the blouse.

She's looking at it in the mirror.

She's using the mirror to look at the blouse.

She's looking at the blouse in the mirror.

Now, remember, for spoken English, you  can sound more natural, sound more fluent,  

by forming that contraction with your subject.

She and your auxiliary verb to be she's.

She is.

So just say that out loud.

She's she's very good and you can do that with all  

subjects She's So try that when  you're seeing these out loud.

All right, excellent job, everyone.

So one student wanted to know how about  she's picking a new, a new blouse.

So new instead of news new because it's an  adjective and we don't add s s to adjectives.

She's picking a new blouse.

You could say that because in the picture behind  her, there are many different items of clothing.

And of course, this is a store with many  ones, many different items of clothing.

So she's picking one.

You can also use the phrasal verb to pick out.

She's picking out out a new blouse.

So honestly, you could use both.

She's picking a new blouse.

She's picking out a new blouse.

You can absolutely do that.

Excellent job.

Okay, so how about we try this again?

How about this one?

What's happening now little more complex of  a picture, more items in the picture as well.

So again, think of your subject  from the main list of subjects.

I, you, ** *** it, we or they and then you need  your verb to be conjugated with the subject.

When you're speaking out  loud form that contraction.

I'm your she's, he's it's where and  there and then you add your verb in ING.

OK, well, let's see, Hackins said.

She is making YouTube videos.

Exactly.

Maybe she is because she of course is recording.

She's looking right into a camera.

She's making YouTube videos.

An excellent job getting your subject  verb and remember in written English,  

you can also use that contraction as well.

She's she's making and good  job using the verb make.

Make in this sense means create  you're watching YouTube videos.

I'm making YouTube videos and maybe you  

make YouTube videos in your spare  time or as your full time job as well.

She's making YouTube videos excellent.

And if you wanted to make this more  complex, you can add more information.

What is she making the YouTube video about?

Who is she making it for?

What's the purpose?

Very nice, Sergey said.

She's trying to decide if it's fit for her.

OK, so I think you're talking about this image.

I'm just seeing your comment now.

So if it's fit for her, you would say if it  fits her if it and then you take the verb fit.

But you have to conjugate the verb in the present  

simple because your subject is it  being the shirt if the shirt fits.

So you have to add that as because  it's it if the shirt fits her,  

if it fits her, you could also  say if it's AW fit for her.

And then in your case,  

the only thing you need to do is add AW  in front of fit if it's AW fit for her.

All right, now let's go back to this image here.

And she must said the cook is  showing her followers her cake.

Very nicely done.

Because in this case, the subject is the cook.

She represents the cook because as a  profession we can say she is a cook.

So the cook, the cook is showing very nice.

And you show someone something,  she's showing her followers her cake.

Very nice sentence, Shima.

I love it.

OK, here we go.

Vinny said she's making a  live about cakes decoration.

Very nicely done.

Just like I'm making a live right now.

She's making a live about cakes decoration.

OK, now, if you have the possessive here, it  sounds like decoration belongs to the cake.

So what I would do is I would  could use cake as the adjective  

about cake decoration, about how to decorate.

And in this case decorate is your  verb about how to decorate cakes.

Or you can do about cake decoration.

Very nice.

And Goar says she is going  to celebrate her birthday.

Absolutely.

Maybe she isn't making a YouTube video or alive.

Maybe she is just talking to  her family and friends and she  

wants to have good lighting and  she's celebrating her birthday.

So she received all of these cakes as presents  from people because it's her birthday.

Who knows, maybe she's not  a cake or a cook at all.

I like that.

Be creative, think other scenarios.

Very nice.

She's going to celebrate her birthday now.

Technically, this is a different verb tense.

We have going to and then  will to be going infinitive.

If you want to take your main verb celebrate, and  then you can put that in the present continuous.

She's celebrating her birthday  because it's happening now.

She's going to celebrate her birthday.

That's actually in the future.

But right now you can use the present continuous.

She's celebrating her birthday.

But what you wrote is grammatically correct.

It just pushes it into the future.

OK, excellent job, everyone.

Let's see another one.

Patrice said she's baking.

I think you mean baking, not bakery ring baking.

So the verb is to bake, and then  you take bake and you add ING.

She's baking in front of a mirror.

Exactly.

So maybe that's a mirror.

I think it's a phone.

It looks like it's a phone on a tripod, but  maybe there's a mirror behind that as well.

OK, very nice, Ashton says.

She's showing her cooking ability.

Yeah, very nice.

She's showing everyone her cooking ability.

Very nice.

Oh, OK, and Julia says she is streaming a  live video to showcase her birthday cake.

I love the verb showcase.

When you showcase something, it means you  show it, but in more of a advertisement way,  

in more of a way to let people know that  that you have skill or you have expertise  

or you really want people to admire  or respect the and result of the work.

So very nice verb here.

Showcase to showcase.

So our present continuous is she's streaming.

What is she's streaming a live video to showcase.

Very nice.

Her birthday cake, very nice.

I love that.

OK.

And Horatio said she's  selling cakes on social media.

I love that.

Exactly.

Hi, everyone.

I just made this cake.

You can go to my website and buy it  for however much she would sell it for.

They look beautiful.

So I'm sure they cost a pretty penny.

That's an idiom to cost a pretty penny,  which means that they're expensive.

Now, expensive relative to how much cakes cost.

Because in a grocery store you can buy a  cake for maybe 5-10 dollars, a cheap cake.

But these are beautiful cakes.

So maybe her cakes are 20, thirty, $40.00.

So comparatively to a grocery  store, they cost a pretty penny.

They're expensive, but they look beautiful.

She's selling cakes on social media.

Very nice.

Alexander had a similar idea.

She's trying to earn money in YouTube.

Yes, very nice.

You would just change your preposition  from in YouTube to on YouTube, on YouTube,  

on social media, on TV, but  we actually say in movies.

So you have to memorize that preposition  for movies is in, but most other places,  

social media, TV, the news it's on one.

She's trying to earn money on YouTube.

Exactly excellent job everyone.

Let's see our next picture.

Oh, here we go.

There is a lot happening in this picture.

But notice my model says negative statement.

So let's practice the  negative to make it negative.

You need the same start your subject, the  verb to be conjugated with your subject.

You can put that in a contraction and  then we need not and then a verb in ING.

So your base verb in ING.

So all you're doing is you're  adding not before the main verb.

OK, So what is not happening in this photo?

Because we're using the negative, but be creative.

There are a lot of things in this image.

We see some scenery, we see  the sky, we see buildings,  

we see billboards, we see cars, we see a road.

There are a lot of things here.

So let's see, ABBA said.

Traffic jam is not overing.

I'm not sure what overing is.

I think you're taking the word over to be  over, and then you're adding that as a verb.

But over is not a verb, so we can't do that.

And also remember that there are certain verbs in  English that don't exist in the continuous form.

So I would just say the movie is over.

So there is no continuous action there.

I wouldn't say the movie is being over.

I wouldn't do that.

It's just the movie is over because some  things don't have a continuation to them.

So in this case, you maybe you could talk  about the traffic or the cars as the subject.

So can anyone take Abbess his  sentence and change it into  

a new sentence using not We'll  see and we'll come back to that.

But good try.

OK, Shima has a great one.

So people, this is our subject.

Remember, people is the plural of person,  one person which represents he or she.

And then we have people which  means two or more of one.

So we have two people.

So the subject is they, they are  not, they aren't excellent job.

They aren't walking on this road.

Excellent sentence exactly.

Very creative.

People aren't walking on this road.

Very nicely done, very creative, OK, Patrice said.

Cars aren't moving in this highway.

Exactly.

The cars are not moving exactly.

Very nicely done.

The cars subject they they aren't moving.

Excellent job.

OK, so here the cars aren't driving now  in the future and even right now there  

are cars that drive themselves self driving cars.

But at this point for the average person,  

it's not the cars that drive, it's  the people that drive the cars.

So you would say the what we just saw  with Patrice, the cars aren't moving.

You would say that instead of driving because a  person drives a car, she's driving on the highway.

But in this case, you would  say the cars aren't moving.

OK, very nicely done, Dilsol said.

The drivers, so our subject is they,  

the drivers are not going to their  places now because of the traffic.

Exactly.

Very nicely done.

OK, we won't be able to visit our meeting  on time because of the traffic jam.

Yes, exactly.

So when you have a noun traffic jam,  you need because of because of the  

traffic jam, and you don't visit  a meeting, you attend a meeting.

We won't be able to attend our meeting  on time because of the traffic jam.

Exactly.

But this is in the future simple.

This sentence is grammatically correct with  the changes I made, but it's in the future.

Simple, not the present,  continuous in the negative.

What about the weather?

Can anyone say what isn't  happening with the weather?

Because I do see some sky in the background so we  

can make some statements about what  isn't happening with the weather.

Does anyone have any ideas?

OK, Alexander said.

People here are experiencing a nightmare.

Exactly.

You can experience a nightmare.

Now, if I wanted to make this negative, maybe I  would say the people aren't having a good day.

They're not having a good day.

So to have a good day, a great day.

So that means too experienced to have.

That's our verb have.

So I can say the people aren't having a  good day because they're stuck in traffic.

All right.

So Dill Soul said birds are not flying in the sky.

Yes, exactly.

I don't see any birds in the background.

Birds are not flying in the sky.

Very nicely said.

And Moses said vehicles are  not moving, they're stuck.

Exactly.

They're stuck.

So nicely done using the  negative, they're not moving.

And then you can add on, well, what is happening?

You can add on the positive vehicles  are not moving, they're stuck.

OK, so Carlos said the weather is getting.

So that's our present continuous.

The weather is getting worse and worse.

At any moment it will rain Exactly so it will.

That is the future simple.

So you need the base verb, it will rain.

So to put a present continuous in  a negative, we could say it isn't.

And then we need some sort of weather term.

So, for example, the sun is not shining exactly.

The sun is not shining very nice.

All right, Manuel said.

There are no police helping the drivers anymore.

Exactly.

So here there are no police.

You could say the police as the subject  and then the negative the police.

Are.

Not helping the drivers and I'm making  this correction because although this  

sentence is grammatically correct, it  doesn't follow the structure I gave.

But if you're in a language exam and  you're required to use a specific  

structure and you give a grammatically  correct sentence, but it doesn't use  

the structure they want, you won't get it correct.

Even though the sentence is grammatically  correct, but it doesn't follow the structure.

So the structure is subject.

The police, the verb to be, are negative.

The police are not helping the drivers.

All right, very nice.

OK, excellent job, everyone.

Let's move on to another picture.

Let's see what we find.

What's happening now.

Oh, OK, so another negative statement.

Now as subjects, we could again talk  about the weather, which would be it.

We could talk about animals  that are or are not in this  

picture and then we have two people so  we could talk about them individually.

She is not, he is not.

Or we could talk about them as a couple.

They are not.

But notice how I just said the word couple?

If you use the word couple  as a subject, well, what?

Verb.

Do you need the couple is?

So if you refer to these two people as the  couple, you use, the subject is the couple is.

But if you use they then of course  they are and we need that negative.

So remember subject verb to be conjugated with  

your subject not and then your base verb  with ING, OK, Moses said they very nice.

Your verb to be are conjugated.

They're not talking to each other.

Excellent job Moses, and excellent job getting you  

talk to someone and because it's  reflexive, we need each other.

They're not talking to each other.

Very nice.

So Hoy remember this is grammatically correct.

They are arguing that's true.

But how could you take this  and turn it into a negative?

So you need a positive  action that isn't happening.

So think about how you can take this  and turn it into a negative, Abo said.

Things are not going well.

Exactly.

Excellent job.

So our subject is things, things in general,  things are burped to be are not going well to  

go well is the verb here to go well in the  negative things are not going well Exactly.

And then you can add on things are not going  

well for this couple because  and then you can add on more.

Very, very nice.

OK, Horatio said.

The couple excellent job using the couple  isn't because remember what I said,  

the couple is conjugated as a collective  noun is the couple isn't having a good time.

Exactly.

The couple isn't having a good time.

If you walked by this couple on the street,  

you would think to yourself, oh,  no, they're not having a good time.

The couple isn't having a good time.

Very nicely said, OK.

And then he said they're not getting  along very well at this moment.

Exactly.

Very nicely done.

The subject they they are not.

And our verb is to get along to get along.

But he made it the negative to not get  along very well now instead of at moment.

That's not correct.

You need to say at this moment,  which means now or right now.

OK?

And Glendis said they aren't  enjoying their date exactly.

Imagine this is their first time meeting each  other and maybe this is even a blind date.

Do you know what a blind date is?

A blind date is when someone  else arranges a meeting for you,  

a date for you, or you find someone on social  media, but you don't know who that person is.

You don't even know what they look like.

Maybe that's a blind date.

So maybe they're meeting for the very first  time and they aren't enjoying their date.

Excellent job, Glendis.

OK, Gorar said.

They're not looking to each other.

Excellent job.

Instead of two, use the preposition  at You look at something.

Right now I'm looking at the computer screen.

You are also looking at the computer screen.

OK, they're not looking at each other.

Exactly.

Very nicely said, Alexander said.

He is not giving up his kidney to pay for her car.

Maybe that's why they're mad right now.

They're in a fight because she  wanted him to give up his kidney.

Of course, this is a joke.

And that's have fun, be creative.

Studying and learning doesn't  always have to be so serious.

Think of fun examples, fun  situations, fun sentences.

Really nicely done, Alexander.

He is not giving up his kidney to pay for her car.

Very nice OK Paulo said they are  not thinking about their wedding  

day exactly exactly, and that's a great one.

Well, they're not thinking about and  then something positive their wedding  

day very nice OK and Jamie said they're not happy.

OK very nice Jamie.

So if you use aren't, that includes the verb to be  

are and then not and then you take  are not as a contraction aren't.

But when you do that, you only need the subject  they they aren't happy about their relationship.

Otherwise they they're not.

You can do the subject verb  contraction there and then use not.

Or you can use verb to be and  not contraction they aren't.

Both of them are acceptable, OK, excellent job.

Everyone has very, very creative ones for this,  

for this one, OK Soul said they're not  engaging in any conversation exactly.

When they're engaged in conversation,  

they're looking at each other  and they're talking intensely.

They're not engaging in any conversation.

Very good, Patrice said.

They're not trying to break the ice exactly.

When you break the, it means you, you  start a conversation with someone,  

usually for the first time, and you  use a light hearted topic that will  

get people talking and they're  not trying to break the ice.

Very, very nicely done.

OK.

And Yasin said they aren't asking about this work.

Yeah, they aren't asking about this work.

Sure, you can say that they aren't.

Maybe they aren't talking about this work or their  

work or the project just because  I'm not sure what this work is.

So you might use their work,  the work or the project.

And if it's asking about, it would probably  be one person asking the other person.

But you can use talk about for both of them.

They aren't talking about their work.

Very nice.

OK, how about this one?

So remember negative.

We're going to practice the negative some more.

And look at the scene.

We have subjects.

There are many subjects in this picture because  there are lots of people in the background.

We have three women.

You can talk about them as a group or  you can talk about them individually.

You can talk about the scenery as well.

You can talk about the  environment that they're in.

There are even suitcases.

You could talk about the  suitcases as the the subject.

You could talk about many different things.

So let's see what do we have in this one.

And remember, we're practicing R negative.

So many different subjects we could  use nor has one the flight exactly  

the flight is the subject and  the flight is conjugated as it.

So we need our verb to be is  it is not coming at this time.

Exactly, the flight isn't coming  so you can take is not and form  

the contraction isn't the flight  isn't coming at this time exactly.

Very, very nice.

And maybe they're at the train station.

That's exactly possible for sure.

I don't see a plane here.

So this could absolutely be a train station.

The train is not coming on time exactly.

So to come on time on time  means at the specified time.

That could be 843, but it  looks like they're bored.

They're waiting, so the  train is not coming on time.

Very nice sentence, excellent job.

And you can take that subject not or sorry,  

the verb to be not and form a contraction  isn't The train isn't coming on time.

So someone is using the suitcases as the subject.

Black and red suitcases are not moving exactly.

Very nice, very creative.

Now I would add the article the because you're  not just talking about suitcases in general.

If you're just talking about suitcases  in general, you don't need an article.

You can just say suitcases.

Suitcases are available in this store,  but in this case you're talking about  

specific suitcases, the black and red suitcases.

So you need that article.

The black and red suitcases  are not moving exactly.

Very nice.

Very nice.

OK.

Oh, I like this one, Seoul said.

They aren't working today.

Exactly.

So right now, if they're just here napping, well,  we can assume they're they aren't working today.

You can also say they're not.

Both of those contractions are possible.

They're not working today.

They aren't working today.

Very nice.

All the sisters aren't feeling well.

They're tired, exactly.

So very nice, adding that negative,  but then also having a positive.

They aren't feeling well, they're tired.

Very nice, Ashton said.

They're not having a blast at this  time, at this time, at this moment.

That means now or right now.

They're not having a blast at this time.

Very nice.

OK, very nice.

How about ladies are not talking  beaches, they are sleeping.

OK, very nice.

So you would say talk about something.

So you would say they're not talking  about beaches, they're sleeping.

So of course they're not talking about beaches.

Excellent job, Very nice.

How about this one?

So in this case, I have some  potential verbs you can use.

So why don't you try to use  one of the verbs on this list?

It doesn't matter which one you use.

And you can use a positive statement,  you can use a negative statement.

It's up to you.

And remember, look at the image.

Think about who the subjects are.

There are two dogs.

They could be the subjects as well, two people.

We have the weather, we have  animals, the birds, the trees.

There's lots of things that could  potentially be subjects here,  

and you can use a positive or a negative.

The choice is yours.

So run.

Hmm hold, hold.

So ask yourself, hold what?

Where?

What?

Rain.

OK, that's probably about the weather.

Fun, huh?

Fun is not a verb.

I'm funning.

No, fun is not a verb.

So in this case, you have to take that  word and turn it into a full sentence.

So you have to think about  what verb do I need and spend?

Hmm, maybe there are some other words  you need to complete that sentence.

OK, so we have wake up said they're  walking their dogs in the rain.

Exactly.

They're walking.

They are as a contraction.

Very nice.

They're walking their dogs.

Excellent job getting the possessive  that matches the subject in the rain.

Very nicely done.

OK, Nora said.

The dogs.

OK, what do you have?

You have the dogs and your subject has an S on it.

So the IT is they they are the dogs are  running away from the water when it starts run.

I don't know what it mean.

You mean by the end part.

Maybe you mean rain instead of run.

I'm not sure, but let's  just use the beginning part.

The dogs are running away from the water.

Very nicely done.

When you run away from something, it  means you get farther from the object.

So let's say this is a, I don't know,  something that doesn't smell very good.

I can try to walk away from this area that doesn't  

smell very good or run away from  it because there's a giant spider.

I might run away from the spider.

I move far from it.

Very nice.

Okay, so Dill soul, we have the dogs,  the man and the woman, very nice.

And all of those combined are the subject.

They you always want to think  about what your subject is.

They are running to show people  the picture of happiness.

Isn't that beautiful?

I really like that.

To show people the picture of happiness.

Very nice.

OK, they're running in the rain.

Exactly.

They're running.

You just forgot why they're running in the rain.

You run in the rain.

Very nice.

Excellent job.

They're running in the rain.

OK, let's see, Glenda said.

It's raining a lot.

Exactly.

So that is in the present continuous.

It is raining.

It's raining a lot.

And they are running holding hands.

So this is holding hands.

Exactly.

So they're holding hands and  they're running holding hands.

Very nicely written.

OK, so David, excellent job.

It's raining.

Now you're trying to use the idiom, one  of the most famous idioms in English.

Do you know it?

When it's raining really hard, instead  of saying it's raining really hard,  

you can say it's raining cats and dogs.

But we don't want a dog and a cat, no.

So idioms, you must use the exact  expression or it doesn't sound correct.

So it's raining cats and dogs.

So you can't change the order.

You can't say dogs and cats.

It's always cats first plural and dogs.

It's raining cats and dogs.

Very nice.

And Moses has it.

It's raining cats and dogs.

Exactly.

That's the idiom.

Very nice.

All right, what else do we have?

The man and the woman in the picture.

Oh, very nice, the man and  the woman in the picture.

Again, think about what subject is this because  you need to know that for your verb conjugation.

They, the man and the woman in the picture are  running in the rain with their dogs all alongside.

Very nice.

The man is holding the girl, his girl by the hand.

Very nice.

The girl is wearing a raincoat exactly to wear.

The girl is wearing a raincoat.

It's raining heavily.

Very nicely done.

You use many of the examples on the screen.

Well written.

OK, so I can I just read that  answer or the example the woman.

So think about your subject.

You need the verb to be  conjugated in the base verb.

The woman is wearing and then  you need your verb and ING.

The woman is wearing a raincoat.

Now technically you could say the raincoat,  but then it becomes a specific raincoat.

So you have to identify why it's specific.

Maybe it's the woman is wearing the  raincoat she just bought, for example.

All right, Moses said.

He is holding an umbrella in the rain.

Exactly.

You hold an umbrella.

And remember, you also hold hands.

The woman is also holding something.

She's holding his hand.

She is holding his hand.

But what is she holding in her other hand?

Oh, does anyone know?

OK, in spite of the rain, they're having  a lot of fun spending their time outside.

Very nicely written.

I like in spite of the rain  because that sounds like  

it's something negative, but we're ignoring it.

In spite of the rain, they're having a lot of fun.

So Antho, hopefully I said  that correctly used fun.

You have fun.

I'm having fun hosting this live stream.

You're having fun watching  the live stream, hopefully.

And if you are like this live stream, like this  video, share it with your friends, subscribe.

And if you're watching this  live stream after it's live,  

don't worry because I still read the comments.

So still practice along as well.

They're having fun and then you can modify that.

They're having a lot of fun.

They're having so much fun  spending their time outside.

Very nice.

OK, so Glendis, notice what I just explained.

They're spending.

You can spend time do doing something.

They're spending the day walking their dogs.

They're spending the afternoon  with their dogs, but you have fun.

They're having a fun time.

They're having a fun time.

Okay, ah, so this is more  of a literal translation.

And still, if you don't know the word, if  you're having a conversation with someone  

and you don't know what the actual word is, you  can absolutely use a literal translation and  

then the person can say, oh you mean so they're  holding the ropes attached to their dogs necks.

What is the name in English?

For.

Ropes attached to a dog's neck.

Does anyone know?

And interestingly, I use these on my cats,  which is not common in North America at all.

I'm very weird that I use this  with my cats because no people  

don't do that but I do but they are called.

Does anyone know?

I'll give you a second to think about it.

So it's not a rope, that's a literal thing,  

but we have a name for a rope  attached to a dog, dog's neck.

And that is Theo got it.

I knew someone would get it.

A leash, a leash.

So that is the name of what the woman is holding.

So she's holding the man's hand, we'll  say her boyfriend, her husband's hand.

And in her other hand she's  holding a leash, a leash.

And that's the rope that attaches to your dog, or  in my case cat to to control your pets movements.

A leash.

A leash.

Very good.

So get that pronunciation  ish leash, leash, a leash.

Very nice.

OK, how about we have a few  minutes left in our class today.

So should we do another image?

How about that?

So here is one, and this time  I'm not giving you any clues.

I'm not giving you any verbs,  I'm not giving you any keywords.

I'm not giving you this sentence structure.

So here's what you can do.

You can form a positive sentence.

You can form a negative sentence.

You can even ask a question.

We haven't practiced that,  but I know you can do it.

I know you can ask a question  in the present continuous,  

so you can practice that as well and think  about what could the different subjects be.

Yes, there's a woman, but she's in an environment.

There are many other things in this picture.

Some, hmm, what could the subject be as well?

And then you can form a positive sentence,  making sure you get that contraction.

You can form a negative sentence  or you can ask a question as well.

Let's practice them all in  the few minutes we have.

OK, sorry, I meant to click this one.

Ashton said this woman is selecting her goods.

Yeah, exactly.

She's selecting, which is  another word for picking.

She's selecting.

And then goods just is a non  specific term like items and  

we use goods for for physical  products that you purchase.

She's selecting her goods.

Very good.

Excellent sentence, Sunshine, said My neighbor.

Oh, I love that.

Instead of using this woman or she, my  neighbor, Very nicely done, my neighbor.

And then always think, what is my subject?

I, you, ** *** it, we, they.

So my neighbor, because it's  singular would be the subject.

She because we see a woman right here,  my neighbor is purchasing few medicines.

Yes, Now you actually want to say a few medicines,  which means a small number of she's purchasing a  

few medicines, a few items, a few different goods,  a few different vegetables, a few groceries.

Very nicely said.

Okay, Alexander said.

She's checking calories.

Very creative.

I like this.

She's checking.

So in this case, check, you can think  of it as verifying she's checking.

She wants to learn what this  information is or confirm what it is.

So she's reading the ingredients or  

the information to see how many  calories She's checking calories.

Very nice Alexander, I like that.

OK, Ali says she is comparing 2 products exactly.

She has two different products.

She's comparing these products.

Very nicely written.

OK, we have another comparing products.

Very nice.

OK Dilsol isn't the woman finding  the best before on the boxes?

Ah OK, the best before is the  expiry date, The best before date.

So on each box it tells you when it will expire.

So right now today is July 2nd.

So if you purchase milk, the best before  date might be July 12th or July 20th.

Probably not too far in the future.

So she's isn't the woman finding  the best before on the boxes.

So this is more of a question tag.

If you want to ask a question you would say is the  woman finding the best before dates on the boxes?

So is the woman very nice?

Oh, I like this Alexander.

She's trying to overcome temptation.

Very good.

So the temptation might be, I really want to  eat something with chocolate and sugar and fat  

and salt, but oh, this one is  healthy, this one is unhealthy.

So she's trying to overcome that temptation to  not buy the unhealthy one and buy the healthy one.

Horatio said she's looking  for the expiration date.

Exactly.

You can say expiration date, or you can  say expiry date or best before date.

Very good.

The grandma is comparing the prices  for cookies in the grocery exactly.

Very nice.

So the subject we can say the grandma exactly.

We can assume this woman is a grandma.

The grandma is comparing the  prices for cookies in the grocery.

Very nice.

You don't need the's on grocery is just the  grocery which is short for a grocery store.

But if you say the full form,  there wouldn't be an's OK,  

so here a different subject, a nutritionist.

So before she was a neighbor, a  grandma, and now she's a nutritionist.

Isn't this fun?

A nutritionist Don't forget your verb to be  comparing content of the similar products.

A nutritionist is comparing the  content of the similar products.

Very nice.

Oh, I like this one.

Wake up.

She's thinking.

She is thinking.

Present, continuous.

She's thinking about what to buy.

Very nice.

OK, I love this.

Let's do one more.

MD said she is looking.

She is looking a nutritional  composition of the product, yes.

So I made this contraction before or  comment before you look at something.

So she's looking at the nutritional  composition because it's specific,  

the one specific to this product.

She's looking at the nutritional  composition of the product.

Very nicely written.

I love that everyone is so creative.

And now I see another subject.

The customer is choosing whether it's good  to buy it or look for other commodities.

Very nice.

We have lots of different  subjects, which is awesome.

Shows your creativity.

Amazing job practicing your speaking skills.

Now let's quickly review the present  simple and the present continuous  

in more detail because I see students  confuse these two important verb tenses.

This is a mistake that I see  students making quite a lot.

And this is a mistake that I  see my advanced students make.

Now you need to keep in mind that when you use  a different verb tense, the meaning changes.

So, so when I hear I live in  Paris in the present simple,  

that is different from I'm living  in Paris, the meaning is different  

and I'm going to interpret them differently  simply because of the verb tense you used.

Now our present simple, I live in Paris.

Of course, to form the present  simple, we just take our base verb,  

which is the infinitive without two.

Remember, we need to conjugate  this with our subject.

So if it was she, it would be she lives in Paris.

OK, Now we use the present simple  for routines like I'm sure you know,  

but we also use the present simple when  we're talking about permanent situations,  

or you can think of them as simply facts.

So when I hear someone say I live in  Paris, I see this as a permanent situation.

I live in Paris.

I live in Paris today, and I'm going to  be living in Paris for the future as well.

It's a permanent situation.

Now let's take a look at our next sentence.

I'm living in Paris, so this  isn't the present continuous.

Now, of course, we form the present continuous  with the verb to be conjugated with our subject.

So I'm living.

She is.

She's living conjugated with our subject.

And then we need our verb in ING form.

She's living.

I'm living now, we use the present continuous  for situations taking place right now, right?

But we also use the present  continuous for temporary situations.

So when I hear I'm living in Paris, I  think of this as a temporary situation.

So I think you're living in Paris right now,  

but you don't expect to be  living in Paris in the future.

When in the future?

Well, that isn't clear.

But when I hear it, I think of  it as a temporary situation.

And this is a big difference if you live in Paris  

permanently or you live in  Paris temporarily, right?

Because you can imagine if you go to a job  interview and then you say to the interviewer,  

I'm living in Paris, well, they might not think  that you're going to be in the city for very long.

So they might not consider you as an  applicant because they want somebody  

who's going to be in the position for a long time.

But you are only going to be  in the city temporarily, right?

So that could have a really big impact.

Or same thing if you're on a date and you're  talking to a potential romantic partner,  

but you say I'm living in Paris,  well, they might think, well,  

it's not worthwhile to pursue this relationship  because she's going to be moving in the future.

So there's a big difference in  meaning between these two sentences.

So keep in mind, we use the present  symbol for a permanent situation  

and the present continuous  for a temporary situation.

So now it's your turn to practice.

I want you to put in the comments one sentence in  the present simple, that's a permanent situation.

And one sentence in the present  continuous, that's a temporary situation.

Now let's get back to speaking.

You're going to practice speaking out loud again.

So let's review our next topic are  going to talk about an amazing weekend.

Now notice how I said last weekend, because  if I just said the word an amazing weekend,  

you don't know if it's past or future.

So I have to give you the keyword and that  time reference keyword is last weekend.

So of course, what verb tense  are you going to be speaking in?

What verb tense are you going to be practicing  throughout this English speaking practice class?

Well, I think it's pretty obvious.

Last weekend, even my beginner students know this.

So if you're a beginner, intermediate, or  advanced, this is really great practice for you.

Of course, you're using the past simple.

The past simple because it's  a completed past action.

Now remember, this is an  English speaking practice class.

So I want you to answer out loud.

I want you to open your mouth  and say the answer out loud.

Of course, write it in the comments as  well, but then open your mouth and say it.

Plus, when I read an answer or share an answer,  

you can also open your mouth  and imitate my pronunciation.

Shadow my pronunciation so you  get comfortable with the way the  

words are pronounced and also  how the sounds are connected.

So you sound very fluent, advanced and natural.

So how about your amazing weekend?

Well here is what I want  you to share an example on.

Of course, you need to use your imagination.

So here is an adorable picture  that just melts my heart.

So last weekend.

Now you can be flexible with the  subject You can say last weekend I.

Of course you can use the subject.

I you can say last weekend,  my family, last weekend,  

my kids and I, my husband and I,  my wife and I, my friend and I.

Or maybe you're even talking about a third person.

Last weekend, my coworker, last weekend,  my best friend, last weekend, my neighbor.

So you don't always have to use the subject I.

And in fact, I encourage you to  use different subjects because  

when we practice, we often use the subject I.

But you need to practice other subjects.

Thankfully for the past simple, Thankfully  for you, there is no subject verb agreement.

So it's the exact same for all subjects.

But still, it's so useful to  practice different subjects.

So what about you?

What could you say about this last weekend?

I last weekend we last weekend my family.

What could you say about this picture?

And notice I want a positive statement,  a positive statement in the past.

So while you're thinking of this,  while you're imagining the answer,  

let me say hello because I see  a lot of students in the chat.

All right, well.

Hello.

Alan, so nice having you here.

Hello, Mozab.

Greetings all the way to Sudan to you.

Hello.

Bell Schwar, very nice having you.

And we have mamuna from Pakistan.

Welcome.

Welcome.

OK, We have a lot of students here.

Hello everyone.

Maria.

Hello, KK.

Hello.

Oh, it's 9:00 PM.

Well, thank you for staying up with me.

I appreciate that.

All right, Maria, Last weekend, my  the family gathered all together.

OK, that's great.

Now, how does that relate to  the picture on the screen?

Hmm.

So what did we gather together to watch?

The polar bears, for example.

That could be one.

Maybe you watched a documentary  or a movie about polar bears.

That could be one.

Now, there's a little mistake in here.

Last weekend my the family.

I see this a lot from students,  even my advanced students.

So if you use a possessive  my you don't use an article.

The it's either my family or the family.

But you don't use a possessive and an  article a possessive replaces the article.

OK, let's see if we have some examples,  AK said last weekend my sister came over.

OK, two, how does that relate  to the picture on the screen?

Hmm.

Two, watch a movie about polar bears,  

about bears to look at the photos I took  of polar bears when I was on vacation.

So you can start with a simple sentence, but then.

Add.

More details make it more complex.

Get creative.

OK, what do we have here?

We have a lot of comments, Moses said.

My family and I had an awesome day last weekend.

OK, very nice.

That's very nice.

Everyone, OK, nobody is giving me an example  about the picture on the screen, so make sure  

you give me an example with the picture as  well because I want you to get creative.

So here we have one, not this one.

OK, this one, Jonathan said last week my family  took a photo with bears exactly because took  

is the past simple of the verb take.

Remember there is no subject verb  agreement in the past simple.

So it could be any subject and the verb would  still be take or took in the past simple.

My family took a photo.

You take a photo.

Sometimes students say make a photo.

That's not the verb we use in English.

We use took my family took a photo with bears.

Exactly.

Excellent job.

Now, if you say with bears, it means  your family is in the picture as well.

And that's great.

You can absolutely use your imagination  and pretend you're in the picture.

But if you're taking a picture of something else,  

you use the preposition of my  family took a photo of of bears.

So that's if you're not in the  photo and it's just the bears.

If you are also in the photo,  it's a selfie you and the bears.

Then you use the preposition with  OK, well, Vlad, you're close.

You talked about monkeys instead  of bears, but I'll use this.

Last weekend I watched BBC program about monkeys.

Well, let's change it to the photo and use bears.

About polar bears.

OK, so you are missing an article  because program is a countable noun.

So you need to add the article All BBC program.

All BBC program about monkeys, or  in this case about polar bears,  

Rita said last weekend we watched  a movie about polar bears.

The film was fantastic.

Exactly.

And everyone, make sure you're opening  your mouth and practicing along as well,  

practicing that pronunciation,  practicing that connected speech.

Now I love how Rita made the simple sentence more  complex simply by sharing her opinion on the film.

The film was fantastic, fantastic,  very nicely done, Sandeep said.

Last weekend we got together to watch  documentary about polar bears life.

Very nice.

I like that, Sandeep nicely said.

The only thing is documentary  is also a single countable noun,  

so you need an article to watch a documentary.

Documentary about polar bears life.

I would just say about polar bears.

Or you could say about the life of polar bears.

The life of polar bears.

Very nice.

Ah, Maria.

Maria used the bears as the subject.

I love it, Maria.

Awesome job.

Awesome job, Maria.

OK, last weekend.

This bear family.

So bear would be the adjective to describe the  family, so you wouldn't have a plural on it.

It's this singular, this family,  because family is a collective noun.

This family is This family is  super cute, adorable, ferocious.

Because they're bears.

This bear family.

OK, this bear family don't  you don't need the members.

If you use members now, it's actually  you need these these members.

So let's get rid of members.

This bear family spent time outside enjoying snow.

I love it and great job getting spent time  enjoying because the expression to spend time  

that's a gerund expression and that's why we have  enjoying as the ING and great job getting spent.

That's the past simple of the verb spend.

I always spend time with my family.

Last weekend I spent time so notice that  pronunciation of that T spent time with my family.

OK, let's move on to our next  photo before we do, of course.

Are you enjoying this lesson?

If you are, let me know.

Like this video Subscribe if you haven't already.

So you're notified every time I post  a lesson and then put yes, yes, yes.

So I know you like this lesson put yes, yes, yes.

So I know you want more lessons like this.

And now our next photo seems like  we're on a theme here, an animal theme.

I do really love animals.

So let's do a positive statement again.

So same thing last weekend.

Now there are more people, people in this  photo, so maybe you could use they as the  

subject or we or maybe you could talk about  your neighbors, your friends, your coworkers.

Or again, maybe you're watching a movie,  

maybe you're watching a documentary,  maybe you're looking at a photo.

So it doesn't mean that you  experienced this personally.

You could be looking at a photo.

So let me know last weekend.

They, we, I, this man, this couple, my neighbors.

So try different subjects and then we'll see.

We'll see how you do, okay?

And everyone is saying yes for more lives.

I'm so glad everyone's enjoying it.

I'm so glad.

So AK said yes and San Nina said yes.

Maria said yes.

William said of course.

Awesome.

Jonathan said yes, MU MU said yes.

Thank you so much everyone for your support.

IDU said yes and if you're not watching live, if  you're watching the replay still put yes because  

I reply to all your comments and practice  along share your examples as well because I  

reply to the comments and it doesn't matter  if you're watching the replay or the live,  

we can still interact together and make sure you  still practice your speaking the King of king.

I like that name.

Very strong, says yes.

Freddy says of course.

Woo Hoo.

Sania wants a partner.

So anyone practice your speaking with Sania say  you can arrange a time to practice together.

OK Bell Schwar.

I hope I'm saying that correctly.

I'm probably not my apologies, says last weekend,  two guys washing the elephant on the river.

Ah, OK, so you have I I think that's  just a typo, so I'm going to ignore that.

But is what verb tense is this in?

We had last weekend, which is  great, but then washing, huh?

You're missing some words  or you used the wrong word.

So how can we improve this?

How can we correct this?

Well, you could say last  weekend two guys washed washed.

So notice that pronunciation because we have wash.

That's the base verb to wash.

But then in the Ed the past  simple it's a very soft T washed.

Washed.

Everybody.

Repeat that.

Washed.

I washed my hair.

I washed my hands.

He washed the elephant.

OK is very soft.

And then in a fast conversation or natural speech,  

you won't hear that T it will be  so soft you won't even hear it.

But you understand based on context because you  

hear last weekend or yesterday,  so you know it's in the past.

So last weekend two guys washed  the elephant in the river.

In the river.

So they are.

In the river on would be the surface of.

So maybe there is a leaf or  a toy floating on the river.

So something could be floating on the river.

So that would be on the river, but  under would be considered in the river.

OK, awesome everyone, here's  a great one, Becky said.

Last week my friend watched a TV  show about elephants in Africa.

I love it perfect sentence and I love how you used  my friend practice using different structures.

It's or different subjects.

It's very useful to get that practice now  again, thankfully with the past simple,  

there is no subject verb agreement,  but it's still fun to practice.

OK and notice we had washed, washed.

I washed my hands and now I have watched.

Wow, isn't that similar in pronunciation?

Watched, watched, washed, watched,  practice that washed, watched.

So this one is wash, watched, practice  that they're very, very similar.

And it's context that will make it obvious.

I washed my hands.

I watched a movie.

It's the context that helps  you understand which one.

OK, let's keep going, Mozab said last week.

I uh oh.

We have this concept in English of  irregular verbs in the past simple.

There are many irregular verbs.

The past simple is generally an  easier verb tense for students  

because there is no subject verb agreement.

Many of the verbs end in Ed, but  there are irregular past simple.

So what's the irregular past simple here?

I know my smart students know it.

What's the irregular past?

Simple.

Last week I last week I rode exactly.

Andrew knew it.

Last week I rode an elephant.

OK, awesome.

Otherwise, nice sentence.

OK, And William said last week a couple.

Excellent.

A couple was washing an elephant.

Very nice.

Now this is excellent.

I love your sentence, William, but  technically what verb tense is this?

And this is a great sentence.

So excellent job.

The couple was washing, was washing  because the past simple is washed.

Last week all couple washed an elephant.

Now the past continuous uses  the verb to be and the ING.

We'll practice that in a different live stream.

But excellent sentence, William,  

because this shows the action in progress  rather than a completed past action.

Very nice sentence.

OK, Sweetie said.

Last weekend my neighbours went to Thailand.

Excellent.

The irregular of the verb go is went.

I'm sure you know that my neighbours went  

to Thailand and experienced an  elephant ride for the first time.

What a nice sentence.

Bravo, excellent job.

I love how you said experienced an  elephant ride for the first time.

So adding those small details really  makes your sentence sound advanced.

Great job.

OK, Barrow said.

Last week we bounced off about an elephant theme  

park in Africa and mustered  up all papers on the desk.

Very nice, very nice.

Excellent job.

Very creative as well.

This could absolutely be an elephant theme park.

Excellent job, OK, Ennis said.

Last weekend I saw a documentary.

So C is the base verb and saw  is the E regular past simple.

I saw a documentary in which it was  talked about of elephants in danger.

Oh, very nice.

Yes, last weekend I saw a documentary  which talked about elephants in danger.

So you had some extra words that aren't needed.

The documentary which talked  about talk about something you  

don't need that extra preposition  talked about elephants in danger.

Excellent sentence, Very nice, Rashmi said  last weekend I visited a National Park.

So notice the pronunciation here.

What do you notice?

Visited, visited.

So the base verb is visit, visit.

And then when you have the  past, simple, what happens?

Visited, visited, visited.

So you add that extra syllable.

That's because the word visit ends in AT.

If the word ends in AT or AD, for  example, need, need, needed, want, wanted.

So if it ends in AD or AT, you add  an extra syllable only for those two.

They end in AT or AD.

I visited a National Park.

There I saw an elephant enjoying  his bath with his instructors.

I love it.

Very nice sentence, excellent job.

OK wow, we have a lot of comments.

I would love to read them  all, but let's continue on.

OK woo.

Something I would probably not do.

What about you?

Would you do this activity last weekend?

You can use the subject I, she, my  wife, my sister, my mother, my aunt,  

my Co worker, my neighbor,  my girlfriend, my fiance.

Whatever subject you want.

Let's practice different subjects  last weekend she Or maybe you want  

to use yourself as well last weekend  I Has anyone done anything like this?

I know this is a popular thing for tourists to do.

I don't know if I would personally do this.

Last weekend she here we go, Manuel said.

Oh, I good job, Manuel.

You're brave.

Last weekend I was scuba diving.

Very nice.

I was scuba diving in the middle.

Of.

Sharks, yes.

So that's the activity that she's doing.

If you're not familiar, this is called  scuba diving, exactly as Manuel wrote it.

He wrote it.

The spelling is perfect.

Great job.

Now I was scuba diving.

You can also use the verb go.

So if we're talking about the past simple  last weekend I the past simple of the verb go.

I went scuba diving.

I was scuba diving.

Both of them are correct In the middle of sharks.

Wow.

Whales and dolphins in the South of Tenerife.

Very nice, Manuel, very nice.

OK.

Oh, this is from the last one.

But I like this because  this is an interesting one.

I dreamed exactly.

So I talked about, oh, maybe you saw a picture or  

you watched a movie or a friend  told you about this experience.

But what if you just had a dream?

I love it, Andrew.

Very creative.

Last weekend I dreamed about and  noticed you dream about something.

Oh, what did you dream about last night?

Did you have any interesting dreams?

I dreamt that or I dreamt about  going scuba diving with sharks.

OK, very nicely done, Jamie said.

Last weekend I was snorkeling  in the beach with my wife.

Yeah, very nice.

So the activity here, like I said  before, is called scuba diving.

Snorkeling is very similar.

But with snorkeling, you don't have oxygen.

So notice how in her hand she has oxygen so she  can stay under the water for long periods of time.

And generally when you scuba dive, you go  very deep in the water, but when you snorkel,  

you just have the mask and then there's  a little stick with the tube and you stay  

closer to the surface of the water and  you generally don't go deep in the water.

So excellent job.

You can absolutely use snorkeling.

Just so you know the difference  between scuba diving and snorkeling.

Very nice, Zacharias said.

Last week I was scuba diving in the  middle of sharks for a couple of hours.

Yeah, exactly.

You can use in the middle of.

That's correct.

You can also simply use the preposition with  I was scuba diving with sharks, with sharks.

So generally when you're a tourist, you might see  a brochure, a pamphlet, a flyer, an advertisement  

that says scuba diving, diving with sharks, scuba  diving with sharks, or swimming with sharks,  

maybe swimming with dolphins, swimming with  sharks, swimming with whales, things like that.

Okay, here we go, Rita said.

Last weekend my sister went diving.

Absolutely.

You can also drop the scuba and just say diving,  especially in the scuba diving community,  

people who do it as an activity, they  probably just talk about it as diving.

Or are you going diving?

Where did you go diving?

Let's go diving.

Last weekend my sister went diving.

She practices this activity twice a week.

Excellent job expanding on this very simple  sentence and adding more information.

And great job changing your  verb tense to the present.

Simple because this is now a routine action.

Really nicely done.

I love that.

Oh, here's an interesting one, Barrow said.

Last week I remembered my oath at  college and and fulfilled it by  

having a photo taken in the Aqua Park  pool with some drowsy and calm sharks.

This is very creative.

So I remembered my oath.

So an oath is, for example, Barrow  said when he was in college,  

he said to his friends, I promise one day.

Or before I.

Turn 30, I'm going to go swimming with sharks.

So now he fulfilled that oath.

Very nicely done.

OK.

Oh, here's a different one.

Last weekend, I entered under  the sea to hunt a shark.

Oh, wow.

That's very creative.

Very nice.

I like that.

Under the sea.

OK, how about we do?

Let's move on to a different structure.

So let's practice.

Oh, let's practice.

We already did this one.

So how about we're going to skip this.

Let's do a negative.

We haven't practiced negatives  yet, so we practice positives.

Let's move on and do a negative.

So I gave you the model here just to help you.

But remember the path simple is easy because you  

don't have to change your verb  conjugation with the subject.

OK, so we have subject didn't as the contraction  did not didn't and then the base verb.

And of course you can add more information  to make this a more advanced subject as well.

Now, of course, because we're using didn't,  

I chose some pictures that  are a little more negative.

So based on this picture, what did this man,  this student, your friend, your brother,  

your boyfriend, your husband, your Co  worker, your neighbor or you didn't do?

So think of think of the  subject, think of the activity.

But remember it has to be negative.

OK?

Yeah, so he is not.

That is the present.

Simple.

But we want to make this in the past.

So Manuel said he did not pass the final task.

I'm afraid of it.

Well, don't be afraid of it, Manuel.

I'm sure you'll do great.

OK.

Excellent job.

And remember to sound more like a native  speaker, to sound more advanced, fluent, natural.

You can take that did not and repeat after me.

Didn't.

Didn't so notice how I'm not  really pressing out that T didn't.

That's the full pronunciation.

Didn't didn't.

He didn't pass the final task.

Excellent sentence.

OK, Freddy said even though she studied  all time she unfortunately failed her test.

Wow, great job Freddie.

Making it more advanced by adding  a clause even though cages.

A couple of things I want to help you out with.

Even though is 2 words, even though she studied  all the time, you need the all the time.

Even though she studied all the  time, she unfortunately I like  

how you added unfortunately as well,  she unfortunately failed her test.

So here the verb is fail, pass and then fail.

She unfortunately failed her test.

Now technically this is a positive statement  

because it's not using didn't,  but still, great job Freddie.

I like your sentence.

Really nicely done.

OK, Julia said last weekend, last weekend I  didn't burn the midnight oil for sitting the  

exam that a foregone conclusion was  most likely the unfavorable outcome.

Very nice I like this.

I didn't burn the midnight oil.

Very nice.

So if I burned, that would be the past simple.

I burned the midnight oil.

That means I worked late into the night.

And it could be I worked at  my job or I studied as well.

I worked late into the night.

I studied late into the night, but I  didn't I didn't burn the midnight oil.

So I stopped studying around 3:00 PM,  

watched a movie about sharks, and  then I failed, OK, Horatio said.

My friend didn't pass any exam.

Yeah, I think he won't graduate this year.

Oh.

Very nice, I like how you added on your opinion.

I think he won't graduate this year.

Very nice.

Nice to make it more advanced.

My friend didn't pass.

If you use any then you need  to add an S to your noun.

My friend didn't pass any exams.

Any exams?

OK, this is a good one.

I didn't get the result exactly  so think more creatively.

I didn't get the result of the final exam.

Very nice.

So your verb is get in the base verb.

OK, I like this one despite  despite having stayed up all night.

So notice here you can say all night, but  with the word time you can't say all time,  

all the time, all night, all morning,  all afternoon, all weekend, all.

All.

The time, so that's an  exception with the word time,  

despite having stayed up all  night to prepare for the exam.

Excellent.

He didn't do well exactly.

I did well, but then the  negative, I didn't do well.

He didn't do well, very good.

He didn't get the job, exactly.

This is creative.

He didn't want to pass the test and he did it.

I think you just have a typo  for there and he did it exactly.

Maybe he didn't want to pass because if  he passes the test, he he'll get into this  

specific school that his parents want him to go  to, but he doesn't want to go to that school.

So he failed the test on purpose.

Oh, we're being creative now.

Very nice.

OK, I like this one, Susan.

My cousin is very stressed because he  didn't get good results in his final exams.

Very nice.

I like how you added just  a little more information.

Simply adding this one piece of information.

My cousin is very stressed.

It makes it sound more advanced.

Really nicely done, everyone.

Excellent job.

Jamie said he didn't study for  the exam because of video games.

Exactly.

He was too busy playing video games.

He didn't study exactly.

Here's a good one, Asham said he didn't hit  the jackpot with passing his final exam.

Yeah, because if you hit the  jackpot, so the verb is hit.

But in the past, simple.

The.

Verb hit is still hit, so  the verb hit is irregular.

All three conjugations are hit.

I hit the jackpot last week, so this  means you achieved a great result.

But we often use this because of luck.

So I hit the jackpot by getting an amazing client,  

for example, and it was just luck,  but he didn't hit the jackpot.

Very nice.

Oh, Julia is so sweet.

She's encouraging you to like smash that  like button to support this channel.

A lot of Youtubers say that  smash that like button.

It just means to press like with  a lot of force and enthusiasm.

Thank you, Julia.

That's very sweet of you for promoting that.

I appreciate it.

And yes, everybody smash that like  button and smash subscribe as well.

OK, Lychee said he didn't brush up on his subject.

Excellent job.

So the phrasal verb is to brush up on something.

This is a phrasal verb that  requires two prepositions up on.

You use on when you're identifying the topic.

But this is negative.

So in the in the past simple  I brushed up on algebra.

So algebra is the subject.

So if you brush up on it, it means you review it.

You try to remember your  past knowledge of algebra.

He didn't brush up on his subject.

Very nicely done.

And Jonathan, smash that like button.

Thank you so much.

OK, how about this one?

Oh, last weekend.

This will have to be a little bit creative  because we have this picture of a broken bone.

So he broke his bone, which is so to break a  bone, that is the expression to break a bone.

And then you can be specific.

Well, which bone?

I have many bones in my body to break one's leg.

He broke his leg.

OK, so that's the past simple.

But what could a negative be?

Oh, honestly, I don't know.

You're going to have to get creative.

So maybe it could be this.

I don't know if this is a man or a woman.

This man, this woman, this, it  looks like a younger person,  

this boy, this girl, this child,  my neighbor, my son, my daughter,  

my niece, my nephew, I, my husband, my  wife, whatever the subject might be.

But what could be a negative statement  that describes this picture, huh?

Lychee said last weekend he didn't  mind his stamps and broke his bone.

Very nice.

So he didn't mind his steps.

So if you mind his steps, your  steps, if you mind your steps,  

it means you're careful about your foot placement.

So if there is an uneven surface, there might be  a sign that says mind the step, mind the step.

So it means be careful with the steps, pay  attention to the steps, be cautious of the steps.

Last weekend he didn't mind  his steps and broke his bone.

Very, very creative.

I like it.

OK, So we have a negative in here.

We have a negative.

This is also very creative because Dindy said last  

weekend I went hiking because you go  hiking, go hiking because hiking is  

a physical activity and we often use go with  physical activities go and the verb and ING.

I went hiking.

That's the past simple and broke my leg.

That's the past simple but very creative.

Adding on a negative sentence.

I didn't like it.

I excellent job, very nice.

OK, Zeeshan said.

My friend didn't know the  consequences of fast driving.

Oh, very nice.

So the friend didn't know the  consequences when he drove very quickly,  

but then he found out the consequences because  the consequence was he broke his leg, Anna said.

Last month I didn't have a good  time because my son broke his knee.

Exactly.

I think that's just a typo on the word broke.

But there's no R just broke.

Oak broke because my son broke his  knee, so I didn't have a good time.

Exactly.

I didn't have a relaxing weekend because I  had to drive my neighbor to the hospital.

Maybe.

Oh, as a as at son, he didn't sleep well.

Excellent, very creative.

So I slept well.

That's the past simple.

I slept well, I didn't sleep well.

He didn't sleep well last  night and he is not focused.

OK, The last part I'm not too sure  of because you focus on something.

So it's a little incomplete to me.

But your first sentence, your first  part of the sentence is perfect.

OK Last weekend Andrew says last  weekend my cousin had a car accident.

Yeah, so you can have a car accident to  

have a car accident and then the  pass simple is had so irregular.

I'm sure you know that last weekend  my cousin had a car accident.

Fortunately he was not in dangerous situation.

He just broke his left leg bone.

Exactly.

Very nice.

So he wasn't in, I would say so odd situation and  then you need an adjective, a dangerous situation.

Otherwise you could get rid of situation and  just say he was not in danger, in danger.

Or in a dangerous situation.

OK, excellent job everyone.

Let's try another one here.

OK, another negative statement, a  picture that is maybe a little confusing.

So what could be the negative?

And then again, think of your subject.

She, my sister, my girlfriend, my  teacher, my neighbor, my Co worker.

I what's your subject?

Be creative.

And then what is the negative?

What is the negative?

Well, think about this and then I have  I just saw one from the last picture.

So while you're thinking about this  one, his broken leg didn't stop him.

Excellent job of the past.

Simple in the negative.

And then the subject here  is actually his broken leg.

So as the subject, it would be  it because I you, ** *** it.

So it's not he didn't.

Or.

You didn't.

We didn't.

The subject is it which represents his broken leg.

It didn't stop him from going out really nicely.

Sad.

Awesome job.

OK, what can you guys think about  with this picture last weekend?

Mirage said Last weekend.

My friend didn't expect.

Oh.

So excellent.

So the base verb is expect to  expect something to happen.

I expected the storm.

So you expect something you  don't expect about something.

It's just I expected the storm.

I expected to break my leg.

So my last weekend, my friend didn't expect  

the situation, the exacerbated  situation of this assignment.

Yeah, excellent job.

So just instead of about change it  to the because it's the situation  

and then exacerbated is the adjective the  exacerbated situation of this assignment.

Very nicely written.

Great job, Ashton said last weekend.

She didn't have a blast by  reading her book exactly.

She didn't have a blast.

So to have a blast means to have a great time,  

but she looks bored or tired,  so she didn't have a blast.

You don't need buy you can just say she didn't  

have a blast doing something  so you just need that gerund.

She didn't have a blast reading her book.

OK, Anna said my sister excellent job choosing  a subject my sister didn't want to read exactly.

She didn't want to read my  sister didn't want to read.

So she climbed up a tree and had a rest on it.

Exactly.

Very nicely done adding this  additional information with  

your positive past simple and and just  have a introduction in the negative.

Really nicely done.

OK, so let's move on.

And this time a question a question.

So for the question form, you need  did subject and then base verb.

So think of what the subject is,  think of what's going on in this  

weird picture and then what could be a question.

So you see this, maybe your friend posted  this on Instagram or wherever on social  

media and a WhatsApp group or your friend  sent you this photo with no explanation.

And so you want to ask your friend  a question about this photo.

OK, so Jonathan asked a question.

Did you pass a fun weekend?

Nice question form you started with did subject.

The only thing is in English,  we don't use pass a fun weekend.

That's probably what you use in your  native language for the verb choice.

But in English we don't use it.

We use the verb have.

Did you have a fun weekend?

Did you have a fun weekend?

But perfect question, Jonathan.

OK, excellent job.

When did you go on a tour?

Yeah, absolutely.

So my question was more of a simple question,  but you can ask a WH question, when, who, what,  

where, why, And then we generally include how in  the WHS, even though it doesn't start with WH.

When did you go on a tour?

So if you say did you go on a tour,  of course the answer is yes, I did.

No, I didn't.

But if, when, when did you go on a tour?

It's assuming they went on a tour  and you just want to know when.

Excellent job.

OK, so let's look at this one because  we need to correct something here.

Of course, it's just a typo at the beginning.

Did instead of dis.

I know what you meant to write  did, so that's just a typo.

But did they?

What do we need?

Because you need did subject, which  you have, but you need the base verb.

The base verb did they get and  then you also need engaged.

So the Ed, because it's the adjective,  adjective form, get engaged, get engaged.

Did they get engaged?

Did they get engaged?

Excellent job.

Very nice question.

And yeah, maybe that's why they're celebrating.

Did they get engaged?

OK and Najeeb said.

Did you have fun while celebrating  your alone time around the world?

Exactly.

Did you have fun?

Very good, Anna asked.

Did you go on holiday in the USA?

Exactly.

You can go on holiday.

Did you go on holiday in the USA?

Very nice.

OK, yes, exactly.

So Najeeb, get engaged.

This is the correct spelling.

So did you get engaged?

Very nice.

Ferrellson asked.

Did you have fun with us?

Exactly.

Did you have fun with us?

And Mamuna asked did you make some new friends?

Exactly.

You make friends.

And then did you make some new friends?

I don't recognize some of  the people in this picture.

Yeah, because Manuma Mamuna is  asking her friend who posted  

this on social media or sent her the picture.

Very nice.

Very nice.

Well, as I read some more,  here is the next picture.

So did whoever these people are.

Again, you can imagine your friend posted  this on their Instagram or sent you this  

in a WhatsApp or a text and you want  to ask a question about this picture?

OK, Ferrelson asked why did  you move to a new house?

Excellent.

So remember to add that WH, it's very easy.

You just put it right at the front because  the question is, did you move to a new house?

And then it's a yes or no.

But if you ask why now you're  not answering yes or no,  

you're providing the reason why  did you move to a new house.

Excellent job.

Very nice.

Here's a good one.

Janet asked how did you take this picture of us?

I really like that.

Really.

OK, did you take this picture of us?

That's the basic question.

And then you can add awhy, why, why  did you take this picture of us?

When did you take this picture of us?

But I like this.

How how did you take this picture?

I didn't see you with the camera.

You were inside the whole time.

How did you get this picture of us outside?

Great job.

I like that.

OK, did you already?

What do we need?

The next word did subject base verb.

Base verb.

Did you already load the car?

So if you use already, then you don't use yet.

Did you load the car yet?

Did you load the car yet or  did you already load the car?

Excellent.

Did Maria stay in bed this morning?

Exactly.

So maybe there was supposed to be a  third person helping with this move, but.

She's not in the picture.

So did Maria stay in bed this morning?

I like that.

Manuel asked.

Oh, no, sorry, thank you,  thank you, I appreciate that,  

but I meant to put up this comment, actually.

Manuel asked.

Did they sell their house?

And OK, so did they sell their house when you  

have the word and you need the  same grammar as the first verb?

So did they sell their house?

Did they move to a new one?

So you move to a new house.

This is a mistake I see where students  change the grammar of the verb after.

And did they sell their  house and move to a new one?

Excellent.

John Manuel.

OK, how about this picture?

This is a fun one.

Your friend posted this on Instagram.

Your friend sent this to you on WhatsApp.

Now what question would you ask  your friend about this photo?

And remember, the subject can be any subject.

Did your sister?

Did your family?

Did your kids?

Did your husband?

Did you?

Of course, you can use you as well.

Did they, did your friends?

And you?

OK, So what could the subject be?

And then what is a question you're  going to ask about this picture?

Hmm, looks like a fun picture.

So Dindy asked.

Did you enjoy the amusement park?

Exactly.

Did you enjoy enjoy the amusement park?

It's so funny.

Ashem asked the exact same question.

Very nice.

Great minds think alike.

So Dindy Ashton, you have great minds.

You think alike.

Oh.

Freddie asks.

Did you like?

Very nice.

Now notice the next verb is an ING  because the base verb is the verb like.

So now the next verb has to be conjugated  according to the previous verb like,  

and then your next verb is ING.

Did you like riding on roller coasters?

Excellent question, Freddie.

Very nice, Liam asked.

How long?

Very nice.

So the question is, how long did  it take to ride the Ferris wheel?

Yeah.

How long did it take to go in a complete circle?

Very nice question.

Very advanced.

Adding that how how long did it  take to ride the Ferris wheel?

Very nicely written.

Jonathan asked.

Did your girlfriend?

Yeah, your friend posted this, and you  know, your friend's not on vacation.

So did your girlfriend go on vacation?

Very nice.

And you go on vacation.

Excellent job everyone.

There are so many amazing comments here.

Did you play games?

Exactly.

Did you play games?

Did you play any games at the amusement park?

Oh, did you get motion sickness  when you went on the roller coaster?

When you went on the roller coaster, you  could also use the verb ride in the past.

Simple.

When you rode the roller coaster.

So you can go on a roller coaster  or you can ride a roller coaster.

Did you get motion sickness?

Oh, that's a feeling of, oh, motion sickness.

Very nice question.

OK.

Oh, here's an interesting question, Paulo.

What's the most thrilling  attraction in this amusement park?

Very nice question.

Yeah, absolutely.

Mamadou, you can ask about the weather.

Did you enjoy the weather?

So you don't have to use the word around.

If you use around, you would  have to specify something.

Did you enjoy the weather  around that part of the city?

But it would sound better to just  say, did you enjoy the weather?

Did you enjoy the weather?

Yugari asked.

Did you get odd discount for the ticket?

Yeah, it's odd discount.

Did you get a discount?

Excellent question.

You did such a great job.

Now let's quickly review the past simple  and the present perfect in more detail.

Let's compare 2 sentences.

I saw that movie.

I've seen that movie.

I'm sure you know that I saw that movie is  the past simple and I've seen that movie.

Is the present perfect easy, right?

Let's quickly review the structure.

To form the past simple, you need  the subject and the past simple verb,  

which is either the base verb  plus Ed or an irregular verb.

In this case, we have an irregular verb  because it isn't I seed that movie with Ed,  

It's I saw that movie, so  it's an irregular past simple.

To form the present perfect, you need  the subject have or has depending on  

the subject, and you need the past participle.

For the subjects I, you,  we, and they, you need have,  

and for the subjects ** *** it, you need has.

I have seen that movie.

She has seen that movie.

Now let's talk about how to use these verb tenses  

because native speakers use them in ways  that most students don't use correctly.

Of course, the past simple is  used for a completed past action.

I saw that movie, but did you  know that the present perfect is  

also used with a completed past action?

However, there has to be a result in the present.

That's why we call it the present, Perfect.

So just remember that present completed past  action, but result or impact in the present,  

Right now I've seen that movie, So what  could be the result in the present?

I've seen that movie, so now  I don't want to watch it.

So now I can tell you.

About it.

So now we can discuss it  and I can share my opinion.

So always remember there's a so  now with the present perfect.

When is a completed past action.

But very important native speakers rarely say  the so now it's just implied based on context.

So your friend could invite you over and say, do  you want to come over and watch Barbie tonight?

And you can reply back and say, I've seen it.

Now your friend understands the so  now you don't want to watch Barbie.

You don't need to vocalize that.

And most native speakers will not vocalize it.

So you might say, I've seen it and then ask  your friend, have you seen the new Leo movie?

Did you notice I use the present  perfect in that question.

Have you seen the new Leo movie?

We also use the present perfect  to talk about life experience,  

things we have and haven't  done in our lives until now.

For example, have you ever eaten sushi?

To reply you can say no I haven't eaten sushi  or yes I have, yes I have is the short form.

The full form would be yes I have eaten sushi.

You could add on and say I ate  it last year for the first time.

This is the past simple because  it's a completed past action.

You could also add on I lived in Japan for a year.

Again, this is the past simple,  a completed past action.

You do not live in Japan now.

What if you said, I've lived in Japan for a year.

This is the present perfect, and it's  used for an action that started in the  

past and continues until now and will  continue into the future indefinitely.

Now, it's important to note  that you can use the present  

perfect or the present perfect continuous  interchangeably with three common verbs.

Live, work, study.

I've lived in Japan for a year.

I've been living in Japan for a year.

They're exactly the same.

But this is only for those 3 verbs.

Live, work, and study.

You could say I didn't eat  sushi when I lived in Japan.

This is in the past simple because  it's a completed time reference.

It's impossible for you to eat sushi now  because the whole time reference is in the past.

But you could also say I haven't eaten sushi yet.

This is the present.

Perfect.

And it's an unfinished time reference because  it's still possible for you to eat sushi now.

Why?

Because you're alive.

You could eat sushi tomorrow or next week.

So it's an unfinished time reference.

So let's review our uses for the past.

Simple, you can use it for a completed past action  or life experience with a finished time reference.

For the present perfect, you can use  it with a completed past action with  

a result in the present life experience, life  experience with an unfinished time reference,  

and with an action that started  in the past and continues until  

now with those 3 common verbs  which are live, work and study.

Now let's review some common  mistakes that I hear students  

make again and again with these  two very important verb tenses.

Let's review this sentence.

I've tried sushi last week.

What's the mistake in this sentence?

Do you know you can't use a  specific time reference last week?

That's a specific time reference.

You can't use a specific time  reference with the present.

Perfect.

So how would you correct this sentence?

Write it in the comments.

I ate sushi last week because you have last week.

You need the past.

Simple.

Some common specific time  references are yesterday,  

last month, last week, last  year in 2020 at 3:30 PM.

Assuming now it's after 334 years ago on July  15th, which is in the past when I graduated  

because you graduated at a specific time in the  past, perhaps July 15th, 2020 during the meeting.

Again, the meeting took place at a specific  time on Monday at 3:30 and today's Tuesday.

So it's in the past.

How about this sentence?

We've lived here since 10 years.

What's the mistake?

Do you know?

The mistake is confusing for or sense  one of the most common mistakes.

How can you fix the sentence?

Put it in the comments.

We've lived here for 10 years.

We've lived here since 2013.

You need for plus a duration and since plus  a starting point, 2013 is the starting point  

for that action, which continues until  now because it's in the present perfect.

Because remember, you can use the present perfect  

or the present perfect continuous with  which three verbs live, work, and study.

You got it.

Now I'm going to quiz you  to see how well you really  

know the past simple and the present perfect.

Are you ready?

Question one she breakfast an hour ago.

Do you need the past simple or the present  perfect and how do you conjugate it?

Put your answer in the comments.

She ate breakfast an hour ago.

Past simple because it's a completed past action  with a specific past time reference an hour ago.

And notice eat is an irregular verb.

She ate question two.

You need to rewrite the  sentence so it's in the present.

Perfect.

The sentence is she ate breakfast an hour ago.

How would you rewrite this in the present?

Perfect, put it in the comments.

She has already eaten breakfast  you don't need already.

That's optional.

She has eaten breakfast so now she's not hungry.

But remember, a native speaker  won't communicate that, so now,  

so you can simply say she's eaten breakfast.

She's already eaten breakfast.

So you need to get rid of  that past time reference.

It can't exist with the present perfect  question three we three paintings so.

Far.

Do you need the past simple  or the present perfect?

How do you conjugate it?

Put the correct answer in the comments.

We have bought 3 paintings so far.

This is in the present perfect because it's  possible for you to buy more paintings.

You can go to the store tomorrow or next week.

So it's an unfinished time  reference because you're alive,  

so it's still possible for  you to buy more paintings.

We have bought 3 paintings so far Question  4 Rewrite this sentence so it's in the past.

Simple.

We have bought 3 paintings so far.

We we bought past simple irregular verb.

We bought 3 paintings last  week, yesterday, an hour ago.

You simply need a past time reference.

Question 5 Ling as a realtor from 2005 to 2015,  do you need the past simple, present perfect?

Put the correct answer in the comments.

Ling worked as a realtor because  it's a completed past action.

Your final question, you know what to do.

Rewrite the sentence so it's in the present.

Perfect.

Ling has worked as a realtor and now we need  since since 2005 or we can use for for 20 years.

But because it's in the present perfect,  it means Ling is still a realtor now,  

whereas in the past simple,  she is no longer a realtor.

Before we move on to the next speaking topic,  

let's review the most common irregular verb  conjugations, because you need to know these  

for all verb tenses and it's still a  common mistake I hear in all students.

So let's quickly review them now.

Now, as we're going through these irregular verbs,  

I want you to stop when you get  to a verb that is new to you.

And I want you to leave an example  sentence in the comments so you  

get some practice with this new irregular  verb and you'll remember it a lot better.

The first verb is the most common verb in English.

The verb verb to be, to be, was or were been.

Notice for the past simple, we  have two choices, was or were.

Your choice depends on the subject.

I, ** ***.

It was.

Yesterday I was sick.

Yesterday he was sick.

Were is for you.

We and they we were sick.

Yesterday they were sick.

Yesterday The participle been.

I haven't been sick in years.

Become became become.

Yesterday I became sick.

Have you become sick?

Begin.

Began.

Begun.

I began the project 2 weeks ago.

Have you begun the project yet?

Bring Brought.

Brought.

She brought chocolates to the party.

She had already brought the  chocolates by the time I came by.

Bought.

She bought new shoes last week.

She had bought the shoes  before she got the promotion.

Choose, chose, chosen.

Notice the pronunciation difference  between our base verb choose and  

the past and the participle choose  chose oh oh, choose chose chosen.

She chose me for her team  who had chosen that book.

Come, came, come.

She came home late.

Has she come to the party yet?

Do did.

Done.

I did the chores.

Have you done the chores?

Drink.

Drank drunk.

She drank the entire bottle.

She's drunk 2 bottles so far.

Drive.

Drove.

Driven.

Who drove you here?

I was driven by my friend.

Eat.

Ate.

Eaten.

I ate early yesterday.

Have you eaten yet?

Fall.

Fell.

Fallen.

She fell really hard.

She had fallen before it rained.

Feel.

Felt.

Felt.

I felt bad.

I haven't felt fabric like that before.

Find, found, found.

I found 10 bucks on the street.

Have you ever found money before?

Fly, flew.

Flown.

They flew to Paris last week.

I've flown five times this year.

Forget, forgot.

Forgotten.

Oh no, I forgot to buy milk.

Have you ever forgotten someone's birthday?

Get, got, got, or gotten.

You can use either one in  the past participle form.

Got or gotten.

Gotten is more common in American English.

Yesterday I got a speeding ticket.

Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?

Give, gave, given.

I gave her a box of chocolates.

Have you ever given someone chocolates?

Go, went, gone.

Such a common verb, but I hear a lot of  mistakes with the verb go, go, went, gone.

Yesterday we went to the store.

They've been gone for 20 minutes.

Have had had.

She had a great time yesterday.

We've had a great time since we got here.

Here heard.

Heard yesterday.

I heard the Best Song.

Have you ever heard that song?

Keep kept.

Kept.

The politician kept his promise.

Have you kept your photos from your trip?

No.

New known.

I knew she did it.

I've known him for 10 years.

Leave.

Left.

Left.

She left at 5:00.

She had already left by the time I came.

Lend.

Lent.

Lent.

I lent him some money.

Have you ever lent anyone money?

Let let, let that one's easy.

She let me keep the money.

I've let five people into the room, so.

Far.

Lose, Lost, lost.

I lost their number.

Have you ever lost your wallet?

Make made Made.

They made a terrible mistake.

Have you ever made a promise that you didn't keep?

Meet.

Met.

Met.

We met last week.

Have you met Fred yet?

Pay.

Paid.

Paid.

I already paid the bill.

She had paid the bill by the time  I got back from the bathroom.

Put.

Put, put.

That one's easy.

I put my new shoes in the closet.

Have you put away your groceries yet?

Read, read, read.

Notice the spelling is exactly the  same, but the pronunciation changes.

Read, read, read.

Yesterday I read my book for 20 minutes.

Have you read his autobiography yet?

Run, ran, run.

He ran a marathon last week.

We've run three tests so far, Say said said,  

Who said that She had said  that before our conversation.

See Saw Seen.

I saw a movie last week.

Have you seen that movie yet?

Sell.

Sold.

Sold.

We sold our car.

Have you sold your house yet?

Send Sent Sent.

We sent the package last week.

Have you sent the package yet?

Sing, Sang, Sung.

She sang in the shower yesterday.

Have you ever sung in the shower?

Sit, Sat.

Sat.

She sat down and broke the chair.

Have you ever sat beside someone famous?

Sleep, Slept.

Slept.

I slept terrible last night.

Have you ever slept outside?

Speak, Spoke Spoken.

Who spoke at the wedding?

I haven't spoken to her in years.

Stand, Stood, stood.

He stood me up.

Have you ever been stood up?

When someone stands you up, it  means you made plans with someone,  

usually romantically, like a date,  but the other person didn't show up.

They didn't come to the restaurant  at 7:00 like they said they would.

So have you ever been stood up or  have you ever stood someone up?

Hopefully not.

Swim, swam, swam.

I swam in the ocean last week.

I haven't swum in the ocean for five years.

Take, took, Taken.

She took our photo.

Have you taken anyone's photo before?

Teach taunt.

Taunt.

She taught them how to use irregular verbs.

Have you ever taught someone  how to use irregular verbs?

Tell, told, told.

She told me the truth.

Have you ever told a lie?

Think, thought.

Thought.

I thought it was a good idea.

Have you thought about moving?

Understand.

Understood.

Understood.

I understood her explanation.

Have you understood all these irregular verbs?

Wear, wore, worn.

She wore her green dress to the party.

She hasn't worn her blue dress yet.

Write, wrote, written.

I wrote the answer in my notebook.

Have you written the essay yet?

Think of how much you learned already.

Now let's move on with our next speaking topic.

I chose this topic very purposely.

The topic is my friend's daily routine.

Notice it's my friend's daily routine.

So if you are talking about your friend's daily  routine, what verb tense are you going to use?

Hmm, maybe you might think of some  keywords like everyday, always, usually.

What keyword would you use?

What verb tense would you use with these keywords?

Well, of course you know this.

All students know that with the daily  routine you need the present simple.

Of course, you know that this might seem like a  very beginner topic to you, but my most advanced  

students still make mistakes with the present  simple when they're talking about ** *** or it,  

which we can do with my friend, because my friend  as a subject would be ** *** of course, not it.

It would be for things like  an organization or a team.

So let's practice this.

And remember, because you're using the  third person singular in the present simple,  

you need to make sure you  get that S or ES on the verb.

So here is your first question.

And as we're doing this, of course,  you need to answer out loud.

Put your answer in the chat so I can  review it, help you make sure it's correct.

And if you're watching the replay, still  put your answer in the chat as well.

I'll review it, make sure it's correct,  

but after that, I want you to open  your mouth and speak in English.

Open your mouth and speak in  English so you practice speaking.

So here we go.

Here's your first picture.

Now remember, this is your friend's daily routine.

You can change this to any third person singular.

So maybe it could be my sister,  my brother, my husband, my wife,  

my mom, my dad, my uncle, my  aunt, my neighbor, my coworker.

But it has to be one person.

So there are three people in this  image, but I want you to choose one.

You could choose the baby as the subject.

You could choose the woman.

Maybe it's your mother, your  sister, your friend, your coworker.

Or you can and choose the man.

And let's look at the keyword.

Always, always.

I want you to look at the picture and  think of one thing that as part of your  

friend's daily routine using the keyword always.

So, hmm, what could you say?

She always, he always, the baby always.

And then we just need a verb.

And don't forget to put that  S or ES on the verb as well.

OK, so here we have Mozab is  practicing the present simple.

Well, this is actually the present  continuous because you have the verb  

to be they are and you have your verb  in ING that is the present continuous.

And plus in this practice class, we are  going to focus on the subject he or she,  

or if there's a chance for  it, you can use that as well.

So let's look at that.

OK, my mom always makes breakfast.

Exactly.

My mom always makes breakfast.

So notice the placement of the adverb always.

Always is an adverb of frequency.

It represents 7 times per week.

Always.

My mom is the subject.

She always makes breakfast.

So you put subject adverb a frequency verb,  

and in this case you need to add the's or  the ES and then you can add more information.

OK, Anoke said the baby, awesome.

Using the baby as a subject.

This could be he or she, I'm not sure.

Based on this baby, the baby always  takes part in the preparation food.

Excellent sentence, very nicely done.

Notice you have the phrasal verb to take  part in and you take part in something.

So in this case, the something  is the food preparation.

Notice how I switched your word order.

It's the food preparation, the food  preparation and you added your's.

The baby always takes part  in the food preparation.

Very nicely done.

OK, Abdo said he always carries the baby.

Excellent job and notice for spelling  carry as a verb it ends in Y.

So for spelling, you change the Y to I,  

and in this, in case you add ES  instead of just S carries ES.

And notice it adds that ES that long  extra syllable carries carries carries.

He always carries the baby.

Repeat after me.

He always carries the baby.

OK, excellent.

And make sure you're opening your mouth  and you're speaking out loud to practice.

Oh, right, we're focusing on the baby here.

Why not?

That's fun.

The baby always.

Oh, interesting.

So we have another verb with that ends in a why?

So what do we need to do for correct  spelling and correct verb conjugation?

Because this is the mistake I see.

And don't worry, Raheem, this  is a very common mistake.

Even my most advanced students make this  mistake, and that's why we're practicing it.

And the reason why you make this mistake,  of course, you know, you know the rule.

You need to add an S or ES in the present  simple to the subjects ** *** and it.

But The thing is, most students, they  don't practice those subjects enough,  

so they don't get that repetition.

That's all you need.

So I see a correct answer from Karen.

The baby always cries.

So notice you change the Y to I and  then you add ES for spelling cries.

But in this case, there is no extra syllable.

So listen to that pronunciation.

Cries, cries repeat after me cries before we had  

carries with two sounds carries  repeat after me carries cries.

All right.

She cries when she sees me.

Nice sentence.

Very nicely done.

All right, so how about this one?

Horatio is using my neighbor, which is excellent  

because the subject could be he  or she neighbor is gender neutral.

We don't know if it's he or she.

It could be either.

My neighbor always takes care of  his baby while his wife cooks.

Excellent job.

Very nice sentence.

So notice you take care of something or someone.

In this case, of course, someone  take takes care of his baby.

Very nicely done everyone.

Everyone is doing such a great job.

So let me ask you, are you enjoying this lesson?

Do you like these lessons where  we practice certain topics?

You get the chance to write an example sentence,  

practice out loud, have me  review it and give you feedback.

If you like this style of lesson,  well then of course like it.

Subscribe and put yes, yes, yes in the comments.

So I know you want me to keep  making lessons like this,  

and even if I don't review your specific  example because there are so many examples,  

you're still learning a lot from  the other students examples as well.

So I hope you like this style of lesson.

Let's see.

Well we have some yeses coming in already.

Dindy said yes and Noke said yes.

Woo Hoo, we have some more yeses.

Horatio said yes.

Ava said yes.

Awesome, I'm very happy.

Mozab said yes, all right,  well, love you right back.

OK, so let's practice a  different adverb of frequency.

So notice here we have a group.

Now, as a collective noun, you can refer  to everyone in this picture as the group,  

the group, and then you can conjugate  it as third person singular because the  

group in English is a collective noun, the group.

Okay, but you can also just look at one specific  person and say she or or he the woman with  

sunglasses, the man with sunglasses, the man  wearing a watch to help identify who this is.

Or you can look at this adorable little puppy.

Now in English, we generally use  the subject it for wild animals,  

but with our own pets because we love our pets.

We consider them like our family.

We generally use the subject he or she.

So for this puppy, you could say  the dog, the puppy, ** *** or it.

So there are many different  subjects you can use for the dog.

And remember, you can use the group as well, OK?

And our adverb of frequency here is every day.

Every day there's something different that  you need to do with this adverb every day.

Does anybody know?

OK, we go to the forest for a picnic every day.

Yes, that's very nicely written.

Excellent job.

It's in the present simple and you have the  correct placement of the time reference every day.

So with the adverbs of frequency that have  every every day, every morning, every afternoon,  

every weekend, every year, you put the adverb  either at the very beginning or the very end.

Excellent job.

The only thing is this is not a collective noun.

You use the subject we, which is absolutely fine,  but let's practice using the collective noun.

So you could use the group or she or he.

So here Fabio gave us one with the group.

The group gathers every day to kick  around ideas about their next trip.

I really like this Fabio.

Nicely done.

The group gathers every day.

Now the placement.

I said at the beginning or the end,  which are the most common placements.

But in some verbs you can put it  after the verb and it sounds OK.

So to be honest, this sounds OK to me.

But that's an exception because there are many  

verbs where it wouldn't sound OK  to put every day after the verb.

So to be safe, I recommend putting it  at the very beginning or the very end.

The group.

Every day the group gathers.

So they gather.

They meet each other.

They gather to kick around.

Kick around is a very casual way of saying share.

Let's kick around some ideas.

Let's brainstorm.

Let's share some ideas.

And in this case, it's about their next trip.

Very nicely written, Fabio.

I love it.

OK, let's find another one.

So my friends and I, very nicely done.

But let's practice with just  the third person singular.

OK, here we have Dilsol Sen, the group.

The group with dog meets to  join to enjoy nature every day.

Exactly exactly.

There's one minor thing you need to do  dil soul to make this grammatical and you.

This is another very common  mistake I see with my students,  

so maybe in a future lesson we will practice this.

Dog is a noun and it's accountable noun.

One dog, two dogs, three dogs.

Because of that, you need to  add an article in front of it.

The group with a dog.

The group with a dog all means any dog.

You could also say the group with the dog.

In this case it is a specific dog,  the one that belongs to this group.

The group with a dog meets  to enjoy nature every day.

Other than that, article.

Article very nicely written, great job.

OK, we have Karen, the man with sunglasses.

Yes, the man with sunglasses smiles every  day whenever he hears funny old jokes.

Very nicely done.

So smiles to smile and then we add that as smiles.

Very nice.

Or.

How about Ava said the group spends  its time in the forest every day.

Yeah, very nice, very nice.

You can say spends its time.

I would also just say spends time and  not include the IT, but is optional.

You can have it there.

The group spends its time in the forest every day.

Very nicely done.

I like that.

And notice you spend time and in this case,  

you can spend time in a location  and they're in the forest.

Very nicely done.

And the the keyword every day is at the end.

I like this, Michael.

The group hangs out, hangs out.

So to hang out, this is a phrasal  verb and it means to meet socially.

So when you hang out with people,  even if it's your coworkers,  

you're doing it for a social  purpose, not for a business purpose.

The group hangs out in the park every day.

Very nice.

OK Lewis, I think maybe you know  this already from my explanation,  

but just remember you need to  put your time reference every  

day either at the beginning or at  the end and it is 2 words every day.

They like to picnic in the forest.

Otherwise it's correct.

And you can say every day the group likes.

The group likes abdo, says the man with the beard.

Oh, nice description.

And this is useful to help  you think of adjectives.

How would you describe someone  if you don't know their name?

Well, you can say, oh, the man with the beard,  the man with sunglasses, the woman with a braid.

Excellent job.

The man with the beard wears  the Black Watch every day.

Exactly.

Very nicely said.

Oh, right.

OK.

Oh, here we have the family.

This is an excellent example because  the family is a collective noun,  

and this absolutely could be a family.

The family works during the week.

Excellent job.

So our verb is work and conjugated in the present.

Simple with the family.

It it works during the week.

That's why it doesn't go to the park every day.

Very nice and good job having  your keyword at the end.

All right.

Awesome job.

Oh, OK, the group with a dog.

Exactly with a dog.

The group with a dog.

All right, it looks like Oh, very clever  because here you're using it as the subject.

It looks and look is conjugated  in the present simple.

So you have to add that S it looks  like they hang out every day.

Exactly.

Very nicely written.

The only thing is hang out.

You won't notice this for pronunciation,  but for spelling you need it to be two  

words because hang is the verb and if you  wanted to conjugate it in the past, simple.

You can't do that when it's one word.

So hang next word out, hang is the verb,  

out is the preposition, and seeing  with every day is 2 words as well.

These things will not impact  pronunciation, they just impact spelling.

Excellent job everyone.

Let's do one more here, Elson said the group  comes together to talk about politics every day.

Exactly.

Very nice.

So we have the the.

Phrasal verb to.

Come together that could be a replacement  to gather which we saw before.

The group gathers.

The group hangs out, but for social purposes only.

The group comes together to talk about notice  you talk about something, in this case politics.

If you wanted to use discuss, you  don't discuss about something,  

you discuss something, but  you talk about something.

Okay, excellent job.

Let's move on to the next one.

What do we have next?

It's a surprise for me too, because  I don't remember every weekend.

So let's practice this again because  the placement of every is different.

Remember now you know, you can put  it at the beginning or at the end.

That is the safest location  because it's always correct.

Sometimes you can put it after  the verb, but not always.

So because of that, I recommend  the very beginning or the very end.

Now here is another opportunity you can pinpoint.

So identify, pinpoint one specific  person and practice your adjectives  

to describe who you are talking about.

Or we can look at this as a collective noun.

Now, of course, we can use the same thing, the  group, or you could use the family as well.

You could even say the household,  

which would be the people who live in  a house that wouldn't be as common.

But I'm just brainstorming some  collective nouns that you could use.

All right, let's see, we have  the family, Michelle said.

The family spends time every weekend.

Exactly.

Very nice.

So spend is our verb and you  spend time and you need that  

S because it's the family it it spends time.

Now, I would just add one word to make this sound  

more complete because it makes me  think, well, spend time doing what?

So to help make that sentence more complete, I  would just say the family spends time together.

And I would just add that word together.

The family spends time together every weekend.

OK Yeah, exactly like Bo just said.

I like how you added the family in this picture.

Very nicely done.

Just a few extra words to describe this,  but it makes it sound more advanced.

The family in this picture  spends quality time together.

Another easy way to sound more advanced.

Great job.

Bo added the word quality time.

Quality time.

Quality time represents the idea that  they're actually enjoying the time together.

But because the family could be in the same  room, but they're just on their phones,  

one person's on their phone,  the other person is working.

So is that really quality time?

So quality time would be that they're interacting,  they're socializing, they're engaging.

So the family in this picture spends  quality time together every weekend.

Very nicely done.

OK, Karen, my family.

Very nice.

Imagining this is your family.

Maybe you're showing this to your friend,  

this picture to your friend, and  then you add some information.

My family enjoys an excellent job.

Does everyone notice here how we have the verb to  

enjoy and it has an S on it  because it's in the present.

Simple.

But notice the next verb, cook to cook.

The next verb is in the ING, and  that's because in joy is a gerund verb.

Now with gerund verbs, the first verb  is conjugated according to the subject  

and time reference, in this case the  present simple third person singular.

And then the second verb you add the ING.

Excellent sentence, Karen.

OK, I like this one here.

Some nice descriptors.

Dilsoul said.

The girl with yellow dress, The  girl with yellow dress, very nice.

I see her.

I know exactly who you're talking about.

Visits with.

This is our verb to visit.

Visits her aunts and cousins  to have dinner every weekend.

Excellent job and very creative.

Imagining that this family and the  relationship between them, very nicely done.

The only thing you would need to do is  and again, perhaps we should practice  

this because this is the one area I correct  with my students, my most advanced students.

So don't feel bad, Dill Soul or anyone else who  

makes this mistake because  it's a very common mistake.

The girl with the yellow dress.

Or the girl with.

All yellow dress now.

I chose the because it's a specific yellow dress,  

the one she's wearing, whereas  all just means any yellow dress.

But you could use either  one, but you need an article.

Yellow is an adjective.

It describes the dress.

Adjectives don't replace articles.

Possessives.

Replace articles.

So you could say my dog  instead of a dog or the dog.

But if you say little dog, little is an adjective.

So you still need a possessive my little dog  or an article, a little dog, the little dog.

So yellow is the adjective, dress  is the noun and you need an article.

OK, the here we go.

Ava has another descriptor.

The woman with curly hair enjoys having a  get together with her family every weekend.

Very nicely done the woman with curly hair.

Very nice.

Now in this case, hair is an uncountable noun,  so you don't need an article in front of it.

Excellent job Ava, the woman with curly hair.

Curly is the adjective and  enjoy is our verb conjugated.

Enjoy is a gerund verb.

So the next verb have is an  ING and all get together.

Very nicely written, a get together.

This is an event where people  gather, where people get together.

Excellent sentence.

OK, now this is interesting, Mamadou  wrote the members of my family.

But what is the subject?

If you think about who the subject is  in English, there are only 5 subjects.

I, you, ** *** it.

I consider the same subject we and they.

So you must take this noun  and think of it as a subject.

So what is the subject in this case?

It's the members.

The members is the subject and that would  be I, you, ** *** it, we, they, they.

The members of the family is they so they  share because it's because the subject is they.

So the verb needs to be share without the S,  

the members of the family share  a good moment every weekend.

So to fix this, you would  just either as wake up said,  

you would either just say share or you would  just say my family and not the members.

All right, excellent job in  Oak said every weekend each  

one gets ready to reunite along with its family.

Very nicely done.

This is an interesting strategy.

Each one.

So now our subject is ** *** it?

Because each one represents one person.

So he gets ready, she gets ready,  the little girl gets ready,  

the teenager gets ready to  reunite along with its family.

Very nicely done.

I like that.

I never thought about that, to be honest.

As a collective noun or as  a ** *** it to use each one.

Very nicely done.

That's very clever.

I'm impressed.

OK, let's move on.

So now we have every night.

Oh well, we have two people in this photo,  

and they're pretty easy to identify  because one's a man, one's a woman.

But what would the collective noun be?

Let's imagine they're in a romantic relationship.

They're not brother and sister, they're  not Co workers, they're not friends.

They're in a romantic relationship,  

So what would be the collective noun  that would represent the subject?

** *** it?

Because we want to practice adding that  S or ES to our verbs in the present.

Simple Elson has it.

Does anyone else know?

Say the answer before I reveal it.

The couple, exactly.

So the couple, the couple.

So if you're at a party and you're talking to two  

people, you could say I met an  interesting couple at the party.

The couple loves hiking.

So the couple you're referring  to two people as one unit.

So it's a collective noun.

It's just like saying the group, but for  two people in a romantic relationship.

We refer to them as couple.

The couple.

It doesn't matter if they  are boyfriend, girlfriend,  

fiance, engaged or married, it does not matter.

You would still use the couple.

OK, so let's let's look at this picture.

This is an interesting picture.

Every night, what could you say?

Think of different verbs that you could use  based on this picture, and what could you say?

OK, Mozab, let's look at this every night.

The couple.

Well, we want to take our verb and we  want to conjugate it with the couple,  

which is a collective noun, ** *** it.

So we need to add that S or ES.

So I'm sure everyone knows  what have is in the present.

Simple.

Every night the couple has a date night.

So dating is a verb to date, but ah night.

What type of night?

A date night?

And what do you do on a date night?

You go for a nice dinner, you  go for a walk in the park,  

you go and do what this  couple is doing right here.

So you do something to  spend quality time together.

That would be a date night.

OK, so Horatio said the couple goes exactly.

So here we have an E regular spelling.

We need to add that ES, which  I'm sure everybody knows already,  

the couple goes for a car ride every night.

And that is an excellent sentence  structure because when you go for  

a car ride, it sounds more like a  leisurely activity in the morning.

When you go to work and you take your car as  your vehicle, you don't go for a car ride.

You drive to work.

You drive to work because it isn't leisurely.

It isn't for enjoyment.

It's for the purpose of transportation.

But if you're doing it for enjoyment, to look  at the beautiful mountains, to have a picnic.

Or just because you really enjoy driving, you use  to go for a ride, a car ride to go for a car ride.

Okay, excellent job.

The couple spends quality time every night.

Exactly.

And just like I made the comment before,  to me this sounds a little incomplete.

Spend quality time.

You just need to add that word together.

Spends quality time together  every night to make it sound  

complete because you spend time doing something.

But if you add the word together,  then I understand, understand.

That's how they're spending their time.

Oh, they're spending it together.

And that in itself is the activity.

So Raul said that this couple, exactly this  couple, because it's a specific couple,  

you can absolutely say that this couple  enjoys getting together every night.

Yes.

So to get together is when two people meet because  

you can be in a couple but  not live in the same house.

You could be early in your relationship.

So you're not living together, but  you are still a couple because it  

doesn't doesn't matter if you're married or  just dating or how long you've been dating.

For.

Good job, okay.

Louise says every night Bill likes to  drive his girlfriend to see the mountains.

Very nicely done.

I like how you used one person, you named him  Bill and you used your verb like with the S.

Every night Bill likes to drive Dr.

Who, his girlfriend, to see the mountains.

Very nicely done.

Nice sentence.

OK, excellent job everyone.

There are so many great  comments here, OK, Dindy said.

That couple seems very shy.

And this is an excellent sentence because  the verb seem is in the present simple and  

it's conjugated with couple because  you added the S So very nicely done  

because we use the present simple  also for factual information.

And you still need to conjugate your verb.

So although this isn't necessarily an every night  because it's just factual, they seem it seems shy.

That couple seems very shy, very nice.

All right, excellent job, everyone.

How about this?

Now our adverb of frequency  is frequently frequently.

So this is if we have always is seven days  per week, frequently would be slightly less.

There is no definition such as it must be six  times per week, it must be five times per week,  

but it's less than always, but  it's it's still to a large degree.

So if we are using seven days per week and always  

is 7 days per week to me frequently  sounds like five or six, five or six.

OK, So what could you say?

And again, we could talk  about the person presenting,  

we could talk about the  other people in the picture.

You can use adjectives, descriptors to identify  them, or you can talk about them as a unit.

What would be the collective noun in this case?

This looks to me like a professional situation.

So what would be the collective noun to  talk about this group as it, ** *** it?

How could we talk about this group as it?

Well, you could say group, like I just told you.

You could say this group or the group.

You could absolutely do that.

What else could you use as a collective noun?

To me, it doesn't look like a family.

It's definitely not a couple.

So what could we say?

Well, a lot of people have it.

Ava said the team and Satijit said the team.

Exactly, Exactly.

OK, excellent job.

It's the team.

OK, now let's use frequently.

AKA said my boss, exactly my boss.

So this is a great opportunity.

You could say he or she, but you  could say my boss, my coworker,  

my team mate, my team mate is one  person on your team, my colleague.

So those are different options that you can use  

for this subject that would  all replace he or she or it.

My boss frequently calls meetings.

Exactly when you call a meeting,  

it means that the boss says okay everyone  let's meet 5 minutes in the boardroom.

My boss just called a meeting.

In that case, it's the past simple  because it's a completed pass action.

My boss just called a meeting.

Oh sorry, I can't go to lunch.

My boss just called an emergency meeting.

My boss frequently calls meetings.

So now frequently is our  regular adverb of frequency.

So the placement is subject adverb of frequency  and then your verb conjugated with the subject.

Excellent job.

How about this one?

Julia said The presenter.

Exactly.

The person presenting the presenter frequently  goes on and on and we find it tedious.

So I hope you understand.

Goes on and on and to be dramatic.

You can keep adding on and on and on and on and  on and on and on and on and native speakers often  

do that if we really want to emphasize how long  the person went on and on for to find it tedious.

Very nicely done.

Hopefully that's not what you're  thinking right now with this  

presentation that I as the  presenter in going on and on and on.

Hopefully not.

All right, awesome job and also  nice job changing your subject.

At the beginning.

We have the presenter go is our verb conjugated  goes on and on and we now the subject has changed.

So you have to change your verb  conjugation, which Julia did.

Excellent job, Julia.

OK, yes, Freddy, we frequently can observe.

How about change that to a collective noun?

Or.

He or she to practice that.

Oh, right, Adda, said Allen.

So now in the picture we have an Allen.

Allen makes his presentation  in the meetings frequently.

Yeah, I would put the adverb  of frequency before the verb.

Allen frequently makes his presentation.

Now, if you use make a presentation,  it means that you create it.

So for example, the PowerPoint that you're looking  at right now, I made it and this is presentation.

So I made this presentation.

I chose the images, I added  the text, I formatted it.

So I created it.

I made it.

But for this one, you can just use the  verb present and put that in the present,  

simple, and add the as Allen frequently presents.

Or you can give a presentation.

You can give a presentation.

All right, Zeusy said the teacher, exactly.

The teacher, he or she, the teacher  frequently uses the information board.

Exactly so on the screen here.

Yeah, you could call that an information board.

Very nice.

All right, here.

So we have one with team.

The team meets frequently to  improve the efficiency of the work.

Exactly.

Adverbs of frequency or adverbs in general are  difficult because their position is flexible.

To me, this sounds good.

Meets frequently to be absolutely safe because  in many cases the placement is not flexible.

I recommend doing subject adverb of frequency  and then verb because it's always correct.

However, Dindy, to me this does sound good.

All right, yes, this meeting excellent  job because this is the IT IU ** *** it.

So this meeting, it takes place frequently.

Very nice, and again to me  frequently sounds good at the end.

If you want to make sure it's always correct, then  you can put it after the subject before the verb.

OK, excellent job.

How about this one?

So usually, usually, again, so if we have  always, frequently to me usually sounds  

either about the same as frequently  or maybe just the slightest bit less.

But again, these aren't things  that everyone would agree with.

But it's about there.

It's either the same as frequently or just perhaps  maybe a tiny bit less, but it's less than always.

So here to me, these look like strangers,  so I don't see them as a collective.

It's possible they're a couple, they just  choose to sit in different locations.

But to me they look like strangers,  so I don't see a collective noun.

So we could refer to them as individuals.

So we have the man, the woman.

You can add more information.

Even though there's only one man and one woman,  

you can still use a descriptor just to  add more information to practice as well.

So hmm.

And our adverb of frequency is usually  what could you say in this picture, huh?

So here we have she reads a book in train usually.

OK, so let's for placement, let's do  subject adverb of frequency and then verb.

She usually reads a book.

Very nicely done.

Because your verb is read and  is conjugated with the subject.

She usually reads a book.

Now what preposition do we need  with train, subway, plane, boat?

What do we use?

We use the preposition on.

So a very useful memory aid is if you  can move, then use the preposition on.

So when you're in a car,  you can't get up and move.

And that's why we use in  with a car, a truck, a van.

So a vehicle in.

But you can move on a train, on  a plane, on a boat, on a subway.

Am I forgetting any?

So we use on.

She usually reads a book  on the train, on the train.

OK, Sergey, I like this.

Sergey chose to use the local bus as the subject.

Excellent job, Sergey, and very creative.

Because this is it.

I, you, ** *** it.

So the bus as the subject is it the bus it.

It is usually empty in the summertime.

Very nicely done.

So our verb to be conjugated with the subject.

The local bus is usually empty in the summertime.

Very nicely done.

OK, Java here, said the boy.

Exactly the boy.

The boy usually rides a bus  to go to work very nice.

So you can ride a bus.

You can also take a bus, but  you can ride a bus very nice.

And then you added your ***.

Excellent.

Now generally we use boy if it's more of a child.

So if this was a child going to school,  perhaps, but for adults we generally use man.

So the man usually rides a bus to go to work.

OK, here we go.

We have Ellison said The woman reading a book.

Excellent job because the woman reading a book  

that as the subject is she  she usually takes the bus.

Very nice.

She usually takes the bus.

The woman reading a book.

Excellent job.

Very nicely done.

OK.

Hmm, how about this one?

So we have sometimes, sometimes would  be less than usually and frequently.

So we have always, frequently, usually  about the same and then sometimes,  

so maybe sometimes is 3 * a week.

If we're using seven out of seven, seven  days in a week is always 65 is usually  

frequently and then sometimes could  be three or four could be sometimes.

Again, these are just guidelines.

So we'll do our sum junct our adverb or  frequently frequency sometimes, and then our verb.

So let's think of a collective noun.

So we already practiced some.

We could say the group, the group.

So for if this is friends, a group of friends,  then you can use the group, the group.

They could also be colleagues.

So we could say the team because  they could work together.

This could be a work meeting is just  taking place in a public location,  

or you can refer to each person and now you can.

They look quite similar, don't they?

So you have to use some really good descriptive  words if you want to identify one specific person.

Now another collective.

You could refer to everyone in this picture,  including the people in the background.

You could refer to all of  them as the crowd, The crowd.

So the crowd is another way to say the group.

So those are some collective  options for you just to practice.

OK, So what do we have here?

We have Java here, said the friends.

Exactly.

That's correct.

Sometimes eat out.

So when you eat out, it means you go  to a location other than your home,  

other than your office, and you eat.

So this sentence is correct.

Let's practice with ** *** or it.

All right, So what could we do?

So here KSLSLSL not sure how to say that this  man so get rid of the S because you have this,  

which represents one this man sometimes because  we want to do subject averb of frequency.

And then our verb this man  no S this man sometimes.

Now what do we need to do here?

Because our verb is to hang out.

So Susan has that hang out.

As to now Susan use I as the subject.

So in this case is correct.

If you wanted to use this man with  only one man, you would add the S.

This man sometimes hangs out in this cafe.

Very nice.

Oh, I love it, Fabio.

This cafe.

Yes, exactly.

Why didn't I think of that?

This cafe it so we're referring  to the cafe as the subject.

This cafe, it sometimes gets really busy.

So to get busy, in this case get means become  is that transition between not busy, too busy.

This cafe sometimes gets really busy.

The excellent job, Fabio.

OK, here we have Gore with a nice  descriptor, The man with the white T-shirt.

OK, so let's put this in the present.

Simple.

The man with the white T-shirt listens  to his friend carefully listens.

So you need listen to listen is your verb.

And then you add the as  because it's in the present.

Simple.

And you listen to someone or something.

So if I have headphones in, you could say,  oh, Jennifer, what are you listening to?

What are you listening to now?

In this case, he listens to his friend carefully.

Very nicely done.

OK, sometimes the team goes out  in order to talk about business.

Exactly.

Very nice.

So the team is the collective noun.

Now again, adverbs of frequency.

They are flexible.

If you want to be very safe, the  safest choice is subject adverb verb.

The team sometimes goes out in order to  talk about business, and our verb is go.

Very nice.

OK, so this coworker, if you have this,  

you only need one because this is  for singular and these is for plural.

But let's talk about one.

So just change it to this coworker sometimes talks  about his research on human rights, human rights.

So you need that S on human rights rights.

So you could say to make this a collective, the  team, the team sometimes talks about its research  

on human rights or the group, the group of  friends and the conjugation is the group.

Very nice.

OK, now how about this one?

It's our last one.

We have rarely, so we have always,  frequently, usually, sometimes.

Now rarely is on the the lesser side.

So if you do something, seven  out of seven is always, rarely,  

might be one out of seven, rarely, rarely.

OK, so you can think of it as  not often, not usually, rarely.

And we have one person in  this group in this picture.

I should say, this isn't a  group, this is a picture.

We have one person in this picture.

So this will be easy for you.

We've done a lot of practice  with collective nouns.

Awesome job, everyone.

How about this one?

Ashem said.

She rarely arranges her suitcase exactly.

Exactly, so even if the person is doing  it now, you could still make that comment.

Oh wow.

She rarely arranges her suitcase,  so this is unusual for her.

The fact that she's arranging her suitcase now is  unusual because she rarely arranges her suitcase.

Very nicely done.

She rarely stays home exactly.

It looks like she's about to leave,  so she rarely stays home exactly.

Very nice, Fabio said my daughter.

Exactly, so that could be a different subject.

My daughter rarely goes on a solo trip.

Very nicely done.

A solo trip is when you travel alone,  

just one person, without a friend,  without a partner, just alone.

A solo trip.

Very nice.

She rarely travels.

Maria says she rarely travels.

Very nice.

Our verb is travel.

So she doesn't know what to pack exactly.

Exactly.

Everyone is doing very nice with this one.

OK, she rarely arranges books.

Exactly.

Very nice Again, we have arrange now.

Notice here that ES adds an extra sound.

Arranges, arranges.

Repeat after me.

Arranges, arranges.

Very nice.

Ayman says she rarely travel.

Don't forget that S, Simon.

Don't forget that S She rarely travels  with an S She rarely travels overseas.

So maybe now she is, but this isn't  something that's part of her regular routine.

She rarely travels overseas, so  she's really nervous about her trip.

Very nice.

Java here says she rarely explores.

So our verb is explore and then  add that as explores foreign lands.

Very nice.

OK, Ayat, says Linda.

Very nice.

Give this person a name,  make it sound more personal.

Linda rarely travels abroad.

Travels abroad, very nice.

So to travel abroad and to travel  overseas, as Ayman said, both are the same.

Notice it's overseas with that  S and in this case is abroad.

There's no S on it.

I'm sure you feel a lot more confident speaking.

Now let's quickly review the verb to be  and we'll review everything you need to  

know about the verb to be because this  is an area that students struggle with.

The verb to be can of course, be  used as the main verb in a sentence.

Now don't worry about taking notes because  I summarize everything in our free lesson  

PDF and at the end of this lesson, I'm going to  quiz you, so make sure you watch until the end.

The verb to be is the main verb as the main verb.

Let's review it in the present simple.

Now it has irregular conjugations.

I know you're thinking Jennifer, I know this,  

but I correct these mistakes  with my most advanced students.

So pay attention.

The conjugations are I am you, we,  they are ** *** it is I am happy.

So we use the verb to be for States and emotions.

What about you I am?

Right now I am.

Fill in the adjective, hopefully it's  a +1, and put it in the comments.

I am what?

Put it in the comments.

Practice that verb to be.

You are my friend.

He is a happy person.

She is a doctor.

It is raining.

We are students.

They are tired.

Native speakers Use the verb  to be in the contracted form.

You should use it too, to sound more  natural, especially in spoken English.

I'm happy you're my friend.

He's a doctor.

She's a doctor.

It's raining where students  notice that pronunciation  

Where where students they're tired  as the main verb in the past simple.

It also has irregular conjugations.

The subjects I, ** *** it  use was you, we, they use.

Were.

I was there yesterday.

He was a great leader.

She was at the party.

It was a beautiful day.

You were late.

We were happy.

They were in the garden.

Let's look at the future.

Simple.

The structure is Subject will be.

Now in this case, will is the  auxiliary verb and B is the main verb.

But the conjugations don't change.

So this is a very easy verb tense.

I will be there tomorrow.

You will be surprised.

He will be ready on time.

She will be at work.

It will be sunny.

We will be waiting.

They will be happy.

Now let's look at the verb to be as the  auxiliary verb in the present continuous.

I'm reading a book, he's  watching TV there being helpful.

The structure here is subject.

And then you need the verb to be in the present.

Simple.

So you have those three options  depending on the subject and is an R.

And then you need your verb in ING,  which is the present participle.

Let's review all the conjugation options  for the verb to be in the infinitive.

Of course, to be the base verb  be, you get rid of two present.

Simple M is R past Simple was were present  participle being past participle bin.

And notice that pronunciation in American English.

It's bin been.

Let's review that last example.

They're being helpful.

This is the present continuous.

So we have our verb to be in the present simple  as the auxiliary verb conjugated with the subject.

They are.

And then we have the present participle.

So we have our verb be in  the ING form, which is being.

They're being helpful.

The verb to be is the auxiliary verb.

In the past continuous.

He was watching TV.

They were studying for the exam.

The structure here is subject was  were conjugated with the subject  

plus the present participle, your verb and ING.

Let's review the future continuous.

She will be sleeping at that time.

They will be working on the project.

This one's easy because you already  know how to conjugate the future simple.

So you take that subject will be and then you  add on the present participle, your verb in ING.

Let's review the verb bin, which is the past  participle, and remember that pronunciation.

Repeat after me bin been.

This is used in the present perfect  tense when B is the main verb.

For example, he has been to Paris.

They have been friends for years.

The structure here is subject have  or has conjugated with the subject  

and then the past participle  with the verb to be is been.

The past perfect tense also uses been  when the verb to be is the main verb.

She had been in line for hours.

So here the structure is subject  had and then your past participle.

So for the verb to be that's been.

The verb to be is also used in the passive voice.

Now for the passive voice, this is when the  

focus is on the recipient rather  than the subject of the action.

She ate the cake.

Is this the passive or the active?

This is the active because the subject  she is doing the action, she ate the cake.

Now I want you to change this  to the present passive voice.

Can you do that?

How would you start?

She ate the cake.

So we take the object, the cake.

We use the verb to be is eaten, the cake  is eaten, and then you can include by whom?

By her, but that's optional.

So you already know your conjugations  for the verb to be in the present.

Simple.

So of course you need to change  them based on the subject.

She ate the cake.

What's that?

In the past passive, the cake was eaten because  the cake is conjugated as it it was eaten by her.

How about the present perfect passive voice?

Can you get this one?

The cake?

The cake has been eaten.

And the past?

Perfect, the cake.

The cake had been eaten.

And how about the future?

The future passive, the cake.

The cake will be eaten by her.

You should know how to use the present passive and  

the past passive because they are the  most common, so focus on those two.

The verb to be is also used in the subjunctive,  

and native speakers use this specifically  in hypothetical unreal situations.

What do you think about this sentence?

If I were you, I'd apologize.

What do you think?

Does it sound strange?

Unusual.

I were, isn't it?

I was.

I was busy yesterday.

In the subjunctive, it always uses were if I  were you, if she were you, all subjects use were.

But native speakers don't always follow this rule,  

and it's very common to hear a native speaker  say if I was you, If I was you, I'd quit.

So don't be surprised.

But on a grammar exam, your IELTS,  you should definitely say if I were  

you because that is the correct grammatical rule.

Now you know all the  conjugations you need to know.

But remember, the verb to be is also  used in many expressions and idioms.

So I'm going to teach you some common ones.

But we're going to do this  as a quiz at the same time,  

to be on cloud 9, this means to  be extremely happy or elated.

She on cloud 9 when she passed her IELTS.

Now how can you complete  this sentence in the past?

Simple, she on cloud 9.

Put it in the comments.

She was on cloud 9.

Did you get it to be in hot water?

This means that you're in trouble.

They have in hot water lately.

Complete the sentence with the present.

Perfect.

Do you know what this is?

They have put it in the comments.

They have been in hot water lately.

Did you get that correct pronunciation?

Been to be in the same boat.

This is in the same situation  or circumstance as someone else.

We in the same boat.

Easy, right present, simple.

What's the answer?

Put it in the comments, we are in the same boat.

This is easy for you to be on the ball.

This means to be alert, competent, well prepared.

If he had on the ball, he  wouldn't have lost the client.

Oh, third conditional.

How can you complete the sentence?

Put it in the comments if he had been on the ball  

to be under the weather this  means to be sick or unwell.

Thankfully I under the weather last week.

Complete the sentence with the pass  simple negative pass simple negative.

Thankfully, I in the comments thankfully  I wasn't under the weather last week  

notice I used that contraction was  not wasn't to be out of the woods.

This is when you have successfully  overcome a difficult situation.

We out of the woods yet Doctor, complete  this with a question in the present.

Simple.

We out of the woods yet?

What's the answer are are we out of the woods yet?

Easy, right?

To be a piece of cake.

This means to be very easy.

MMM, this lesson a piece of cake.

This is a question in the past.

Simple.

MMM this lesson a piece of cake?

Was this lesson a piece of cake?

Now to answer you can say  yes it was or no it wasn't.

So what do you think?

Put your answer in the comments.

Yes it was.

No, it wasn't our last question.

How are you doing so far to be in good company?

This is when you're surrounded  by people you admire.

So in this community, we're in good company.

Now your test question.

MMM in good company is a great way to cheer.

Up.

You need to complete this with a gerund statement.

MMM in good company is a great way to cheer up.

What's the answer as the gerund?

It's the verb ING being.

Being in good company is a great way to cheer up.

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One of the best ways to feel confident  speaking is by expanding your vocabulary.

So let's do that with common expressions  that you can use in your daily speech.

Expression Number 11's take on something.

This is simply another way to ask  someone for their opinion or ideas.

So if you're in a meeting, it's very  common to say what's your take on that?

What's your take on that?

And then that being whatever you're discussing,  maybe a new idea, a new project, a new plan.

And to reply, you could  say, well, my take on it is.

And then you simply state  your opinion or your idea.

We also sometimes will state our opinion or idea.

For example, I think we should  delay the project and then we add.

That's my take on it.

That's my take on it #2 to be in a position to.

This is an expression that simply means  to be able to or to be capable of.

So you might say we're not in a  position to take on any new clients.

At least that's my take on it.

Or, you might ask, is the company  in a position to take on more debt?

Is the company able to #3  to be on the right track?

I love this expression because it means you're  making good progress on something specific.

For example, you might say, we haven't solved  the problem yet, but we're on the right track,  

so the problem still exists, but  you're headed towards the solution.

You're making good progress,  you're on the right track,  

so if you keep doing what you're  doing, you'll solve the problem.

#4 to stem from this is an excellent  business or academic expression,  

and this means to be caused by or to come from.

So you might read in an article a lot  of health problems stem from poor diet.

So the health problems are  caused by stem from a poor diet.

Said another way, you could say a poor  diet causes health problems, but remember  

we're switching them because we're using stem  from caused by #5 to be a given of a given.

This is something that is well  known as an established fact or.

Truth.

So I might share my fact or truth.

If you want to be a confident English  speaker, you have to practice speaking.

That's a given.

It's just another way of saying that's a fact.

At least that's my take on it.

And said another way, I can say it's a given to  be a given that it's a given that if you want to  

be a confident speaker, you need to practice  speaking number six to take X into account.

X is something, a noun, and that simply means  to account for or to consider something.

For example, when you're planning a vacation,  you need to take exchange rates into account.

The exchange rate, the time zone difference,  the customs, the culture into account.

Number 7, this is a good one to  grapple with, to grapple with.

This is another way of saying to deal  or cope with a difficult situation.

So let's take a difficult situation.

Social isolation during the  pandemic that's been very difficult.

Many people are grappling with, they're dealing  with, they're coping with the situation.

Many people are grappling with isolation during  the pandemic #8 to be short on something.

This simply means you don't  have enough of something.

For example, I'm short on time this week,  

or I can't go on that vacation  because I'm short on cash.

I don't have enough #9 to be up in the air.

We use this expression to talk about  a plan or an issue that's unsettled or  

unresolved or uncertain up in the air.

For example, my summer plans are up in the air.

They're uncertain.

I haven't planned them yet.

Or I might say the future of  that business is up in the air.

It's uncertain #10 to bring someone up to speed.

When you bring someone up to speed, you  share the latest information with them.

So let's say your colleague was on  

vacation and they get back and they could  ask you, hey, can you bring me up to speed?

Can you share the latest information?

Can you bring me up to speed on the Jones project?

So you could talk about a specific  situation or just in general,  

Can you bring me up to speed #11  This is a great one, a deal breaker.

A deal breaker is something that causes you to  abandon a plan or a commitment or a relationship.

For example, I might be looking for a new  job and I see one that looks really great,  

but then I get to the salary and it's way too low.

That's a deal breaker.

That causes me to abandon that plan.

The plan to apply for that job.

The salary is a deal breaker.

We also use this a lot in relationships.

You might say she lied to me.

That's a deal breaker.

So you're going to end the relationship,  

you're going to abandon it because she lied  and that's a deal breaker #12A do over.

A do over is another attempt to do something  when your previous attempt was unsuccessful.

So let's say you go to a job  interview and it went terribly.

You did really poorly.

You could say I wish I could have a do over.

I wish I could do the interview again.

But unfortunately most of the  time we don't get do overs.

But you might be in a situation where you're in a  

class and the professor gave you a test  and everybody did poorly on the test.

So the professor might give  the students a do over.

The professor gives the students  a chance to do the test again,  

because everyone did really  poorly #13 to come in handy.

When something comes in handy, it's very useful.

So this is a +1.

So let's say you're considering adding a new  feature to a product you provide or a service.

And you might say, oh, this new  feature will really come in handy.

It will come in handy.

It will be useful #14 to be a breeze.

We describe something as a  breeze when it's really easy.

For example, learning English is a breeze, right?

It's really easy.

Maybe, maybe not, depends  on what your take on it is.

Or I could say using Google Docs is a breeze.

It's really easy.

And then I could add using Google Docs  is a breeze compared to Miss Word.

So in that case, I'm saying that  Google Docs is easier than Miss Word.

And finally #15 to be spot on.

When someone is spot on, they're  100% accurate or correct.

For example, I could say the weather  forecast this weekend was spot on.

The meteorologist said it was going to rain  

on Saturday at 2:00 and it  rained on Saturday at 2:00.

He said it was going to be sunny and 25  on Sunday, and that's exactly what it was.

The forecast was spot on, and now you have  50 new advanced expressions to sound fluent.

Are you ready for your quiz?

Feel free to go back, review  the video again if you need.

But if you're ready, let's complete your quiz.

So here's how the quiz is going to work.

You're going to see a sentence and you have  

to decide which expression  best completes the sentence.

I'll only give you a few seconds, so hit  pause and take as much time as you need.

So let's do this one together.

Which option is it, AB or C?

And the answer is.

A.

Bring someone up to speed.

Now notice how I also completed the sentence.

You can do that as well for additional practice  to make sure you get the grammar correct.

So those are the instructions.

Now let's continue on with the next question.

No.

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