Reading Practice (Improve Your FLUENCY in English) | The Royal Family

Welcome to JForrest English. I'm Jennifer. And today, we're going to read a news article

together about the royal coronation. So you can improve your reading skills, learn Advanced

vocabulary, grammar and even pronunciation. Let's get started. Let me read the headline.

Why Meghan

Markle

isn't attending King Charles the third's coronation with Prince Harry. She's a mom first. Now,

right here, notice,

We have the word, why? But let me ask you is this headline a question?

What do you think? No,

it

is not a question and we know that because the order of the words to be a question, first,

we would have the verb

and

then we would have the subject Meghan Markle. So as a question, it would be. Why isn't Meghan

Markle

attending the coronation? That is a question right here.

Meghan Markle isn't

attending

the coronation is written more as a statement to introduce the reason and this is the reason

she's

a mom first. So if I wanted to write this as one complete sentence, I could say, the

reason why Meghan Markle

isn't attending the coronation is because she's a mom. First, this would be the common

way to write it here.

Here is just written as a

headline to introduce the reason and then the reason is stated separately, but all together,

this is what you would write. Let's continue on.

Sitting this one out. So notice this is just a thought on its own. This isn't a full sentence

as a full sentence. I could say, Meghan Markle is sitting this one out. Now I need is because

sitting is in my ING form. So I know is part of the present. Continuous, as a full sentence,

my sentence was start with the subject in this case.

Megan Markle. And then my verb, I know my verb is conjugated in the ing form, so it

could be a Jaron, but this isn't a Jaron sentence. So I know it's the present. Continuous Megan

Markle is sitting this one out. Now, this is an expression to sit something out, and

in this case this one is the something and it represents the coronation. So to sit something,

nowt, in this case, the coronation it means to not involve yourself. So in this case,

it's an event. So it would mean to not go to the event, but it could be perhaps a work

project and you might say story, my schedule is full. I'm going to sit this one out which

means you're not going to involve yourself in the work

project.

So here I wrote the definition

Shin for you and I gave you an example as well. Now I did prepare a free lesson PDF

so you can look in the description for the link to download the PDF that summarizes all

of the notes. Let's continue. Meghan Markle won't be attending. King Charles the third's

coronation with Prince Harry next month and her reason for skipping the ceremony. So skipping

In this case means to not attend. We could also say her reason for sitting this one out

has to do with her children. So again, to skip something is the same as saying to not

attend, something to not attend something, but we do use this one to skip something more,

when there is an obligation of attending.

Do not attend something that you should or are required to attend?

And if you are a university student, you might know this expression. Well, because you might

say, I was tired. So I skipped my morning class you skipped class, you didn't attend.

But there is this requirement or at least you should attend. There's some sense of obligation

to attend. Whereas, when you say,

I'm going to sit this one out. There isn't really the same requirement to attend, so

just be careful about that. You might say, I can't believe, I can't believe she skipped.

The meeting today. So in this case, it's probably not a good thing. You skip the meeting because

you probably were required or you should have attended that meeting. So just be careful

when you use skip something because there is that obligation there?

As much as Megan appreciates the invite to the coronation. She wouldn't miss her son's

birthday for the world. All right, so that's the reason why is her son's birthday which

makes sense. It's a valid reason to sit it out or to skip it. Would you agree with that

reason? Now notice here, the invite the invite now, you might be thinking, but Jennifer invite

is a verb

Herb, what is it doing here with an article in front of it. And you're right, invite is

a verb. I let me give you an example. I didn't invite Megan Marco to my party. Okay I didn't

invite of course this is a verb. Now in this case, I know it's not a verb because there's

article in front of it. Now in this case, it's being used

And as a noun, and I want you to

notice

my pronunciation invite the invite and listen to this one. I didn't invite invite. So with

verbs, the syllable stress is on the second syllable invite, but with nouns, the syllable

stress is on the first syllable invite

Using the noun invite is a very casual way of saying, the word invitation, of course,

the, the noun is invitation invitation. But native speakers commonly shortened this to

invite because it's just a lot shorter. So I could ask you, did you get my invite? Did

you get my

My invite, okay. And it's the same as invitation, just remember the pronunciation. Invite the

syllable stress on the first syllable. As much as Megan appreciates, the invite to the

coronation. She wouldn't miss her son's birthday for the world. An Insider exclusively tells

us weekly of the former actress 41, so Meg and Markle. If you didn't know, she is a former

Actress. So that's what this means of the former actress 41. So, Meghan Markle is 41

years old and she's a former actress who shares son Archie, 3 and daughter Lily, bet 22 months

with Harry 38. So Prince Harry is

38

years old? Despite being The Duchess of Sussex. Meghan is a Mom first, and this is the reason

why she's skipping the coronation. She's sitting.

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On how to become a member. All right, let's continue on the date of the coronation Saturday.

May 6 happens to coincide with our cheese fourth birthday. Now, talking about birthdays,

we could say, Archie turns for on May 6. So we use the verb to turn when you talk about

going from one.

Stage to the next stage. So let's say it's in the future. It's July, Meghan could say

Archie, just turned 4, because only a few weeks before it was his birthday. So in this

case, it's in the past simple because it's a completed event. He already went from 3

to 4, so that is how you can talk about age with your birthday's. You use the verb to

turn.

It's not clear. What kind of plans, the suits Alum. Now, this might confuse you, you have

to know about Megan markle's acting history. Because remember, she's a former actress,

and she was in the TV show Suits. It's a very good TV show. If you haven't watched it, the

TV show Suits. It's about lawyers lawyers, who wear these very expensive fancy suits.

Okay. And

Lum is short for the word, alumni. Alumni alumni is the word used when people complete

their University studies. So when you graduate from a college you then become an alumni of

that college or university. Now in this case, they're using it because she's completed her

job on the show Suits. The show is no longer on the air.

It's done. And so she's now an Alum of the show Suits because she's completed it. Okay.

So the suits Alum, who is Megan Markle has made do the plans that the suit Salam. Make

a Markle has made for her eldest child's celebration. But the sources says, what do you notice about

this? The sources says, that's not correct, right?

Because the source is represents the subject. They there's more than one source. All source

is

a person who provides information, a source of information. So the person who shared this

information about Meghan Markle with the magazine that person is referred to as a source. But

in this case, they're saying the

Horses. So there's more than one source so it's they. So our verb should not have an

s on it because the S would only be for the source. So it would be they say to avoid confusion.

I got rid of the s for you and now it's grammatically, correct? But the source says, she didn't want

to spend it. This she represents Megan Markle, not.

The Source, she didn't want to spend it away from her son and I know that because we know

we're talking about the relationship between Mega Merkel and her son. Now you might be

wondering didn't need of English speaker. Make this grammar mistake. They didn't know

the rule. No, absolutely. Not every native speaker knows how to conjugate their verbs.

Like this. What happened is it's a tie.

Typo. They just spelled the word wrong, most likely, because originally, it was singular,

and they probably first wrote The Source says, but then later on, they probably realize.

Oh, wait, there's more than one source and they changed it to the sources,

but

they forgot to change the verb. So we just call this a typo. So just remember they say,

He or she says, all right. Let's continue. She feels very grateful to be included in

such a special occasion by the royal family and is glad that Harry can go and show support

on behalf of their family. So this information is coming from the source. The person who

is sharing this information about Meghan Markle because it's not coming directly from

Um, Meghan Markle, The Insider ads. So The Insider this is just another way of saying

the source more commonly we would say the source. And again remember that comes from

source of information because that would be a common question. What's your source of information?

What's your source of information? Which is asking? Where did this information?

Come from now an Insider. If you have inside information, it means you have information

that the general public does not have. So your friends and family have inside information

about your life that your boss doesn't have or that, I don't have write the general, public

does not have but being the same day as Archie's birthday. Unfortunately she

Just going to have to miss out on this one. This is a great expression to miss out on

something. And in this case this one represents what the coronation right to miss out on the

coronation. It means that you don't use or you don't have the opportunity to experience

something good or positive or beneficial.

So we commonly use this in things like I can't believe I missed out on the sale. So there

was a sale at your favorite store, but you were sick that day or you were out of town

that day. So you couldn't experience that sale, you couldn't use that sale, so you

Missed out on the sale miss out. And then, if you specify what the noun is the sale,

you have to use the preposition on, as well. Otherwise, you can say, I can't believe I

missed out. Now if your friend was just talking about the sale was amazing. I can't believe

I missed out. Now, it's obvious, you're talking about the sale, so you don't

don't have to specify the noun, but if you do specify the noun, you have to include the

preposition on as well, a very common phrasal verb that native speakers use all the time.

The palace announced on Wednesday, April 12, that the Invictus games founder who's Harry

this article assumes. You know, a lot about the royal family. So Harry Prince Harry. Megan's

husband, founded the Invictus games. So he's the founder. The person who started, the Invictus

games would return to the UK for the festivities without his

Wife. Buckingham Palace is pleased to confirm that the Duke of Sussex who is Harry that's

Harry's, royal title. The Duke of Sussex, will attend the coronation service at Westminster,

Abbey on May 6, read a statement, The Duchess of Sussex. This is the royal title for Megan

Markle. The Duchess of Sussex will

Remain in California with Prince Archie and Princess Lily bun.

Last month, AAS confirmed that the Duke of Sussex had been sent an invitation to the

event. But at the time, it wasn't clear, whether he would attend, in January, the spare author,

Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex, the founder of the Invictus games, is also the author

of the book, The Spare

The spare author hinted that he was still on the fence about going. Okay, let's talk

about two things here, hint and on the fence. So first, let's talk about to hint when you

hint at something. It means you you give some information to confirm something I might say.

She hinted that she wasn't going to attend the party. Okay. Oh, and I could say she hinted

that she was going to skip the party because remember, skip means to not attend but we

use it. When remember I say, we use it when there's an obligation, a

At that you should attend. She hinted that she wasn't going to skip the party. So when

you hint at something, you do not say I'm not going to attend. No, you give some information

that suggests, for example.

I'm really busy right now. I'm really busy right now. I don't really like parties. I

don't have anything to wear. I live really far from the party. My car isn't working right

now. So if you're talking about the party and I

I say, oh, you know, I don't really like parties. You might think well, that kind of sounds

like you don't want to go or you're not going to go. So these are all the different ways.

I could hint that I'm going to skip the party without directly saying so you indirectly

give information that suggests what you're going to do. So that's two hint. Now to be

on the fence because notice our verb

Here is the verb to be on the fence.

To be on the fence to be on the fence.

We use this idiom when you're unable to decide. Oh, should I shouldn't I? It would be good,

but it could also be bad. You're on the fence. So you're unable to decide, or simply, you

just have not decided for whatever reason you're on the fence.

As an example.

where,

On the fence, if jeans a good fit for the promotion.

This is not a good thing for, for Jane, for Jane, this is not a very good thing because

it means on the one hand. They want to promote Jane. She's a really great worker. But on

the other hand, she might be missing some sort of skill or qualification. So they like

her, but they also don't like her. They think she would be good, but they also think she

might be bad. So they're on the fence. We're on the fence. If Jane's a good fit for the

Promotion or a lot of times we use this as an answer. So a friend could ask you, are

you going to the party tonight, and you could reply back and say, I'm still on the fence?

I'm still on the fence, which means you, you haven't decided you want to go, because it

will be really fun, but you have to work tomorrow.

And you don't have a lot of time, so you're on the fence.

So odd a previous time. We now know that Harry is attending the coronation but at a previous

time he was on the fence about going and that's the end of the article. So what I'll do is

I'll go to the top and I'll read it from start to finish and you can follow along with my

pronunciation. Why Meghan Markle isn't attending. King Charles the third's coronation with Prince

Harry. She's

A mom first sitting this one out, Meghan Markle won't be attending. King Charles the third's

coronation with Prince Harry next month. And her reason for skipping, the ceremony has

to do with her children, as much as Megan appreciates, the invite to the coronation,

she wouldn't miss her son's birthday for the world. An Insider exclusively tells us weekly

of the former actress 41 who shares

Son Archie, 3 and daughter Lily, bet 22 months with Harry. 38, despite being The Duchess

of Sussex, Meghan is a mom first, the date of the coronation Saturday, May 6 happens

to coincide with our cheese, fourth birthday. It's not clear. What kind of plans, the suits

Alum has made for her eldest, child celebration, but the sources say she didn't want to spend

it away from her.

One. She feels very grateful to be included in such a special occasion by the royal family

and is glad that Harry can go and show support on behalf of their family. The Insider ads,

but being the same day as Archie's birthday. Unfortunately, she's just going to have to

miss out on this one. The palace announced on Wednesday, April 12th, at the Invictus

games, founder would return to the UK for the festivities without his wife.

King. Ham Palace is pleased to confirm that the Duke of Sussex, will attend the coronation

service at Westminster, Abbey on May 6th read a statement. The Duchess of Sussex will remain

in California with Prince Archie and Princess Lily bet last month has confirmed that the

Duke of Sussex had been sent an invitation to the event. But at the time, it wasn't clear,

whether he would attend in January, the spare author hinted that he was still

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