English Fluency Master Class: Speak Fluently in ONE HOUR

Hello my amazing students.

Today I have a one hour English  fluency master class for you.

In this master class, you're going  to improve all areas of your English  

your grammar, vocabulary, reading,  speaking, pronunciation, and more.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

Let's start this master class  with an advanced lesson.

You're going to do something very simple.

You're going to discuss your daily routine,  

but we're going to see how you can do that  at a very advanced C1, maybe even C2 level.

Let's do that right now.

Let's talk about Mark's daily routine.

Say hello to Mark.

Mark is a manager, He's married,  and he has two young kids.

Let me tell you about Mark's daily  routine at an advanced C1 level and after,  

I'll explain all the advanced vocabulary  and grammar that you can add to your speech.

The alarm rings at 6:30 AM, signaling the  beginning of Mark's day With precision.

He orchestrates the morning routine,  

ensuring his two energetic children are dressed  and fed as the aroma of coffee fills the air.

Mark reviews his schedule,  preparing for the day ahead.

Notice how this daily routine started in  a very advanced way, almost a poetic way.

The alarm rings at 6:30 AM.

Most students would simply say I wake up at 6:30  AM or in this case Mark wakes up at 6:30 AM.

But this is very beginner and boring.

The alarm rings at 6:30 AM.

That sounds so advanced.

Why don't you try that?

You can say my alarm instead of the alarm.

You can make it possessive.

My alarm rings present simple conjugated  with my alarm it my alarm rings at.

Put that in the comments and  share what time your alarm rings.

Which is an alternative to saying I wake up at.

My alarm rings at.

As for me, my alarm rings at 5:30 AM  signaling the beginning of Mark's day.

Notice here we have signaling in the ING form.

This is a present participle.

It adds description by showing the  result of the action with precision.

Precision means that there  was a high level of accuracy.

This is an advanced noun.

You can also say with ease.

With ease.

Because you want to talk about  your daily routine as being easy.

With ease, he orchestrates the morning routine.

Again, notice the vocabulary is  at that more advanced C1 level.

To orchestrate means to organize, arrange, or  coordinate and notice those verb conjugations.

Because we're in the present simple and is  being conjugated with the subject he, ** *** is.

You need to add that as with  precision he orchestrates the  

morning routine ensuring notice  here another present participle.

Again it describes the action, ensuring his two  

energetic children are dressed and fed  as the aroma of coffee fills the air.

Notice here aroma is a more advanced  way of saying the smell of coffee.

The aroma of coffee, Mark revealed,  

use his schedule, preparing another present  participle, preparing for his day ahead.

Let's move on.

At the office, Mark transitions into his  managerial role, leading a diverse team.

His day is filled with back-to-back  zoom meetings and presentations.

Mark excelled in conveying intricate ideas.

During meetings and negotiations at the office,  

Mark transitions into  something his managerial role.

Maybe you could say after tending to my children,  

I have to transition into my marketing  role or whatever your next role is.

At the office, Mark transitions  into his managerial role,  

leading a diverse team again  the present participle.

It describes the action his day is  filled with to be filled with something.

This means to contain a lot of now,  although contain is a more advanced  

vocabulary term than filled  with adding phrasal verbs,  

idioms and expressions is a great way  to sound more advanced to sound more.

See one so to be filled with sounds  more advanced than saying contains  

and back-to-back zoom meetings and presentations.

This means that as one meeting ends,  another one immediately begins.

back-to-back.

Mark excels in explaining intricate ideas.

This is AC1 or C2 sentence.

A more beginner sentence would  be saying Mark is very good at  

communicating complex ideas, but  notice that grammar difference.

To excel in something or doing something or to  be good at, so you need a different preposition.

Let's move on.

As the work day concludes, Mark races against the  

clock to attend his children's  extracurricular activities.

Soccer practice, music lessons and art classes  become integral parts of their routine In the  

car rides between activities, Mark cherishes  the moments of connection with his children.

As the work day concludes.

Concludes is a more advanced way  of saying as the work day ends.

As the work date concludes,  Mark races against the clock.

This is an expression to race against the clock.

This is when you have to work quickly to complete  all your tasks within a limited amount of time.

To race against the clock.

Soccer practice, music lessons, and art classes  become integral parts of their daily routine.

Integral means essential or necessary.

It's a more advanced term.

Let's look at this sentence.

In the car ride between activities, Mark cherishes  the moments of connection with his children.

This is a complex sentence.

The first part is a dependent clause,  which means it is not a complete sentence.

But if you add it to an independent  clause, then it becomes a complex sentence.

Using complex sentences is an integral  part of sounding more advanced, fluent,  

and C1, let's move on.

Following dinner, the family  reunites in collective activities,  

whether it's a board game, a movie  night, or a stroll in the neighborhood.

Mark, though weary from the demands of the day,  revels in the simple pleasures of familial bonds.

Following dinner.

This is a more way of saying after dinner  the family reunites in collective activities.

This is very advanced and again almost poetic.

A more B1 everyday way of saying this would  be the family spends quality time together.

One of the activities is a  stroll in the neighborhood.

A stroll is a leisurely walk.

So if there is a word stroll that  means something else to walk leisurely,  

it sounds more advanced to use the  one word that communicates that idea.

A stroll, A leisurely walk.

Now grammatically you can use to go for a stroll.

Following dinner, we went for  a lovely stroll in the park.

The verb is go, so it's conjugated in the past.

Simple went.

You can also take a stroll following dinner.

We took the past simple of take following dinner.

We took a lovely stroll in the park.

Both are common and equally used.

Let's learn about how Mark ends his daily routine.

As the clock inches towards  bedtime, Mark carves out a  

brief period for personal reflection  by reading, meditating or journaling.

As he slips into his comfortable bed,  

he savours the tranquility that descends upon  his home as the clock inches towards bedtime.

This is very advanced.

It sounds poetic as bedtime approaches.

Clearly sounds more intermediate, more  basic than as the clock inches towards  

bedtime, Mark carves out a brief  period for personal reflection.

Buy, buy and then you have your activities  by reading, by meditating, or by journaling.

You could say I start my day by  and then whatever the activity is,  

I start my day by working out for 30 minutes.

I end my day.

I conclude my day to sound more advanced.

I conclude my day by meditating for 15 minutes.

It's an integral part of my daily routine  as he slips into his comfortable bed.

To slip into is a more advanced,  poetic way of saying to get into.

I get into bed at 10:00.

I slip into my warm and comfortable bed  as the clock inches towards 10:00 PM.

That sounds very advanced and poetic.

He savers, he really enjoys.

He savers the tranquility, the peace and quiet.

He savers the tranquility  that descends upon his home,  

descends that enters, that fills his home AB.

One student might simply say he  enjoys the quiet in his home.

Now let's look at this whole sentence together,  

which is a complex sentence and I  want you to notice the as he and  

then the other part of the sentence he as  he acts he, yx and Y being the activities.

As I prepare my breakfast, I  review my back-to-back meetings.

As I is the dependent clause,  which means it's incomplete,  

you have to connect it to an independent clause.

I review my back-to-back meetings.

That would be the independent clause.

So this is a complex sentence, A  great way to sound more advanced.

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Now let's continue with our lesson.

Now you can talk about your  daily routine at that C1 level.

Getting to that C1 level requires that  you know all the most common verb tenses,  

and there are 5 verb tenses in  English that make up 96% of speech.

So we're going to focus on those five verb tenses  so you can use them fluently and confidently.

Let's review the five verb tenses that make  up over 96% of a native speakers speech.

The five verb tenses are the present  simple, which makes up 57.51% of speech,  

the past simple which makes up  19.7%, the future simple at 8.5%,  

the present perfect at 6% and the present  continuous at 5.1% of a native speakers speech.

And the total.

Of all 5 verb tenses is 96.81% of speech.

So let's make sure that you feel very  confident using all 5 verb tenses.

And don't worry, because I summarize  everything in a free lesson PDF,  

so you can look in the description  for the link to download the PDF.

And at the end of this lesson,  

there's going to be a quiz to make sure  you really understand these verb tenses.

So let's start with the present  simple and pay close attention.

Because I correct mistakes from my advanced  students in the finely fluent Academy.

They make mistakes with the present simple almost  every time they submit their practice exercises.

So pay close attention.

Let's review the structure.

For the subjects I, you, we,  and they, You add the base verb.

Now for the subjects ** *** it,  you add the base verb plus S or ES.

And this is one of the most common mistakes that  

my advanced students make for getting  to add that S, So don't forget that.

As for ** *** it subjects,  

The present simple is used to describe  routine habits in your daily life.

For example, I eat breakfast every day at 6:00 AM.

It's also used to describe  general facts and truths.

For example, the sun rises in  the east and sets in the West.

And notice I added those s s  because the sun is it ** *** it.

You need those s s It is also used for  feelings, emotions and states of beings.

We are very excited for the concert tonight.

Now here's one that most of my  students don't use correctly,  

and the present simple is also used for timetable  events, even if that event is in the future.

For example, the train leaves at 5:00 AM tomorrow.

It's very common to use an adverb of  frequency with the present simple,  

which is 1 easy way that you can identify it.

The most common adverbs of frequency are every  day or always for seven times a week, often,  

usually, or frequently for about four to six times  a week, sometimes for three to four times a week,  

rarely or seldom for one to two times a  week, and never for zero times a week.

So let's practice this just for fun.

Share something silly that you never  do or always do in the comments below.

For example, I never brush  my teeth while I'm driving,  

so share something silly in the  comments just to have a little fun.

Now let's move on to the  past to form the past simple.

You have your subject and then you have your base  verb plus Ed or an irregular past simple verb.

And there are many irregular verbs,  so you simply need to memorize them.

The past simple is used for an action that started  and finished at a specific time in the past.

For example, I went to the store yesterday.

She took a shower at 8:00  AM, but now it is 11:00 AM.

So 8:00 AM is in the past.

They ordered pizza for dinner  and now it's 10:00 at night.

So dinner is in the past.

We sang all night, but I'm talking about  

maybe yesterday or the night  before, so it's in the past.

Let's review some past simple keywords so you  

can easily identify when you  need to use this verb tense.

Yesterday, last week, month or year in 2020,  

at 3:30 PM four hours ago on Monday on July  15th when I graduated or during the meeting  

and remember all of those keywords, the  actions started and finished in the past.

Now let's talk about the future.

Simple.

Another verb tense I see a lot of mistakes with.

The structure is very easy.

You have your subject will and base verb.

It's the same for all  subjects, which makes it easy.

This verb tense is used to make predictions,  

but when it's based on your opinion,  not facts, Argentina will win the.

World.

Cup This is just my opinion.

I don't know this as a fact.

Someone else could say I think  France will win the World Cup.

Notice here I added.

I think it's very common to use an  opinion word with the future simple.

This verb tense is used for  spontaneous actions or decisions,  

which means they were not planned in advance.

For example, let's say you see a woman  struggling with her grocery bags,  

and she has many grocery bags.

You can say I'll help you with those bags.

You didn't plan this in advance,  It was a spontaneous action.

It's also used with promises,  commitments, offers, or refusals.

If you say I'll send you the report at 5:00  PM, you are making a promise or a commitment.

It's like saying I promise I'll  send you the report at 5:00 PM,  

so the other person will expect  it if you use the future.

Simple.

Now let's talk about the present perfect, a  verb tense that confuses a lot of students.

But absolutely you must know how to use it.

The structure is.

I, you, we, they plus have  plus the past participle,  

and you simply need to memorize  all the past participles.

Now for the subjects ** *** is,  

you need to use has as your auxiliary  verb and the past participle now.

Did you know that the present perfect is  also used with the completed past action,  

but one that has a result or  consequence in the present?

For example, I have eaten that  is a completed past action.

Now it's common to use  already, but it's not required.

I have already eaten, so what's  the result in the present?

So now I'm not hungry.

It's also used for life experience  when it's an unfinished timeline.

For example, she's been to Panama twice now  because she is alive, she can go to Panama again.

So it's an unfinished time reference.

Or you could say I haven't seen that movie yet.

Yet is a keyword for the present perfect,  and we use it in negative sentences.

And by saying yet, you're letting the  person know that it's still possible  

for you to watch that movie in the future,  so it's an unfinished time reference now.

The present perfect is also used for an action  that started in the past and continues until now,  

but only with three common  verbs, live, work, and study.

For example, they've lived  in that house for 20 years,  

they still live there now,  and it started in the past.

It started 20 years ago.

Very important point.

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

You must use the past simple.

This is a very common mistake  that I see my students make.

So you can't say I've tried  sushi last week because last  

week is a specific past time reference.

So you would have to say I tried sushi last week,  

or you could get rid of last  week and say I've tried sushi.

Let's move on to our last verb  tense, the present continuous.

This structure is I am plus verb in your ING form.

Your gerund verb you we they  are plus verb in ING or ** ***.

It is plus verb in ING.

So don't forget you have to conjugate  the verb to be according to the subject.

The present continuous is used for an action  that is currently taking place right now.

Now.

So I could say my students  are because the subject is  

they My students are watching my video right now.

Right?

You're watching this video right now.

You can also use the Present Continuous  with the future if it's a planned action,  

a planned action in the future.

For example, he's attending  the conference next month.

It's in the future, but it's planned.

He's attending the conference next month or  she's performing at the World Cup in 2026.

So even though it's way in the future,  

you can still use the present  continuous if it's a planned event.

An important note that you should know  because I know it might confuse students.

Native speakers use the present  continuous with always to stress  

the continuation of something negative.

She is always coming to work late.

So instead of saying she always comes to work  late because always is a keyword for the present  

simple, native speakers frequently  put this in the present continuous.

I don't recommend that you do  that because it really depends  

on the context if it sounds correct or incorrect.

But grammatically, it's always correct  to use the present simple with always,  

so that's what I recommend that you do.

I'm just sharing this so you don't get confused  

when you hear a native speaker say  she is always coming to work late.

Now you know the five verb tenses  that make up 96% of your speech.

So Are you ready for your quiz?

To make sure you really know how to  use them, here are the questions.

Hit, pause and take as much time as you need.

And when you're ready to continue, hit play.

Here are the answers.

Hit, pause, review the answers.

And when you're ready to continue, hit play.

You are doing such a great job, and  I understand this is a long lesson.

Studying is tiring.

Learning is tiring.

So if you find at the end of  the day you don't have a lot  

of energy to devote to your English,  just know that you can change that.

So let me share some tips and advice  to help you boost your energy.

Tip #1 Start moving.

How much time do you spend sitting?

Sitting in a chair?

Sitting on your couch?

Sitting at a computer compared to actively moving?

Well, in our modern world, we all spend  so much time sitting, myself included,  

and that's why it's so important to consciously  make movement part of your daily routine.

I know, I know, this is a  difficult thing for most people.

Do most people struggle with going going to the  gym consistently or exercising consistently?

But you can absolutely start small.

Wake up in the morning and stretch.

Do gentle stretches for 5 minutes.

Wake up in the morning and go  for a very brief 5 minute walk.

Do something small that's active to start  your day and you can keep adding on that.

Slowly, slowly, slowly.

If you do this first thing in the morning,  

it is going to give you energy  throughout the entire day.

Is one of the best things  you can do to start your day.

I personally started doing this over  10 years ago and I started small and  

now I've gradually moved up to  doing quite an intense workout.

But I started very small and it  took me a long time to do that,  

but it completely changed my life  and I go through my day feeling  

extremely energized and I know it's  because I start my day with movement.

Tip #2 Add to your diet.

We all know that exercising is important.

We all know that diet is important.

The problem is a lot of people, when they give you  advice to become healthier, increase your energy,  

they make recommendations that are difficult  to follow, like eliminate sugar from your diet.

That is difficult to do when  your diet now contains a lot  

of food items that are have a lot  of sugar, salt, or are processed.

But you could easily add  carrot slices to your lunch.

You could continue eating your regular lunch,  

but then you could take one carrot and  cut it up and eat it for lunch, right?

That's pretty easy to do.

Or you could add a banana or an apple or  a piece of fruit to your breakfast, right?

Or you could add a side of leafy green  vegetables to your dinner, right?

That is a very easy thing to do.

But vegetables mainly.

Vegetables, fruit as well, but mainly vegetables.

Dark colored vegetables give our bodies energy.

If you are feeling tired or sluggish  and you are exercising, the next thing  

you need to look at is your diet and adding  powerful foods like vegetables to your diet.

So right now think of one food item,  

one healthy fruit or vegetable  that you could add to your diet.

Maybe one carrot you could add to your lunch  or one piece of fruit to your breakfast.

Put that food item, put that fruit or vegetable  

in the comments to motivate you and to  encourage other students to do the same.

My recommendation?

Start with a carrot.

It is delicious and very easy thing to do.

Tip #3, drink more water.

Again.

We all know that water is  important, but how much plain,  

regular, unflavored water do  you drink on a daily basis?

Chances are it's not enough and  water is what energizes our body.

Water is essential for the  functioning of our body.

The easiest way that you can start drinking  more water is by always having water with you.

No matter where I am in my house,  there is a glass of water beside me.

When I leave the house I  always take water with me.

There is always a filled water bottle in my car.

Everywhere I go there's water and because it's  visible, it's so much easier for me to consume it.

So make it visible, make it obvious,  

and you will just naturally start drinking  more water with your body needs for energy.

Tip #4 short but focused study sessions.

Studying is very tiring for our  brains and when our brains get tired,  

our whole body becomes tired as well.

Studying for three hours.

It is almost impossible for your brain to maintain  the focus for three hours from start to finish.

Our brains were just not designed  to do that much intense focus.

But our brains can absolutely handle 20 minutes of  

very intense focus followed by a  short four to seven minute break.

This is the best way to study short  study breaks 20 to 40 minutes maximum.

Set a timer so you're not even wondering  how long you've been studying for,  

and then after that study session,  do something to relax your mind.

So do something that does not involve work.

Don't check your e-mail, because  that's taking mental energy.

You could do some light stretches.

You can make yourself a cup of tea.

You could play with your kids.

You could pet your cats.

You could listen to some music.

So short focused study session and then  reward yourself with a very brief break.

And then you can do another short  focused study session if you like.

Tip #530 Second Exercise breaks.

This is my favorite way to add movement to my day.

Yes, I wake up every morning and go to the gym,  

but after that I sit at my  desk for long periods of time.

So when I'm working, I also work  in very focused, short sessions,  

20 to 40 minutes, and then I get a cup of  tea and that takes about 3 to 5 minutes.

Now, while I'm waiting for that water to  boil to make my tea, I do some movement.

I do lunges, squads, jumping Jags.

I run on the spot.

I do gentle stretches.

I do something to move my  body anytime I'm waiting.

I always try to turn that  waiting time into some movement.

So if I'm uploading a document to Google  Drive and it takes one minute to upload,  

I get out from my chair and I just move.

Jumping jacks, stretches, lunges,  squats, just something simple.

And I only do it for 30 seconds.

But I do that multiple times a day.

I do that every hour, so that helps.

Helps give me small bursts of movement,  which really energizes my body and allows  

me to be more productive for  my next focused work session.

So think about when you can add some movement to  

your day when you would otherwise  just be waiting and doing nothing.

Add movement.

Tip number six.

Know your Why.

Nothing will energize you more  than having a strong motivation,  

a strong desire, a strong vision for  why you're doing a certain activity.

I wake up in the morning completely  excited to make these videos for you.

And do you know why?

It's because I receive so much personal  satisfaction and joy knowing that my  

videos are helping people all around  the world to live their dream life,  

to get more opportunities, to help  their families, to help themselves.

The comment section and the emails I get  from my students are my main motivation to  

keep doing this, but if I just focus on I have to  record another video, it's not the actual video.

Yes, I enjoy making the videos, but to be honest.

It's.

A little boring, a little routine.

It's the same thing day after  day I sit here and I talk.

So it's not the actual video, it is  the larger goal of making these videos.

So for you, when you sit down to study, maybe it's  not oh, I have to review this grammar concept.

I have to do this practice, exercise,  maybe those you don't enjoy so much.

But you are so excited for that future vision  where you are sharing your ideas at a meeting,  

confidently, where you have been promoted  because of your excellent communication skills.

And because of that promotion, you  can send your kids to a better school.

You can support your parents.

You can have a nice house for your family.

You can donate to a charity that you believe in.

You can help more people.

You can inspire people.

You feel more connected to your community  because you can have conversations.

So every time you sit down  to study, think about that.

Why?

Why are you doing this?

What is that future vision?

And really go further.

It's not about getting a promotion.

It's about what that money can  do for you, for your family,  

for your community, for the world at large.

And once you have that, think about it every day  

and you will feel excited to sit down  and study because you know your why?

Tip #7, Start sleeping.

If we're talking about energy,  we cannot ignore sleep.

This video started with movement.

Then we discussed diet.

Then we discussed staying  hydrated by drinking more water.

Well, of course we need to talk about sleep.

One of the best things that you can do for  yourself is have a consistent sleep schedule.

I go to bed at the exact  same time every single night.

I wake up at the exact time every single  morning and I get 7 hours of sleep.

If I sleep any less than 7  hours, I am not as productive.

I work slower.

It takes me longer to do tasks.

I feel the difference.

Now for you.

Maybe you only need six hours of sleep,  but maybe you need 8 hours of sleep.

So you need to experiment and understand your  body and understand how much sleep you need.

But most likely it's a minimum of six  hours and a maximum of eight or 9 hours.

But experiment and see and then  have a consistent sleep schedule.

It will completely change  how energized your body is.

Your body will adapt your sleep  schedule and it will know.

I wake up at this time and then I need to  stay up and be energized until this time.

Your body will adjust to that schedule.

And Are you ready for your bonus tip?

This is something that we do  every second of every day.

We you would die if we stopped doing it.

But it can completely help you with your energy.

Do you know what?

I'm talking about breathing.

Now The thing is that a lot of people  don't actually breathe properly.

Our breath also provides  energy to our entire body.

Our body would die very  quickly if we didn't breathe.

When you're feeling a little bit tired,  

a little bit sluggish, just stop and  take three to five to 10 deep breaths.

It will only take 15 seconds, and  it will completely energize you for  

a short period of time, but that's all  you need until your focus session ends.

You take a small break, you get some movement,  

you drink some water, and then  you're ready for another session.

Now to breathe.

Properly make sure you take a  big breath in through your nose.

Hold it and then exhale.

Through your mouth.

This isn't how we breathe normally.

When I'm just breathing right  now, I'm not doing that.

But to energize your body with your  breath, you need to take deep breaths.

You need to make sure that breath  goes all the way through your body.

So in through the nose hold and  then out through your mouth slowly.

Just let it come out.

Do that for 10 to 15 seconds anytime  you're feeling a little sluggish.

So that's my best bonus tip for you.

You've already learned a lot of  grammar, you've boosted your energy.

So we have one more part of this master class.

We are going to review a news article together  based on a current event, and by doing this,  

you're going to improve all areas of your  English in a very engaging and natural way.

So let's review the news article right now.

First, I'll read.

The headline Ukrainian born model winning  Miss Japan reignites identity debate.

So in this photo here we have the  contestants for the Miss Japan  

competition and in the middle the winner  who happens to be a Ukrainian born model.

Now let's take a look at the  grammar of the sentence here,  

because notice Ukrainian born model.

This is the subject of the sentence.

Ukrainian born describes the  model, so it functions as an  

adjective Ukrainian born model winning right here.

This is a present participle.

It's your verb in ING.

It's not the present continuous  because there's no verb to be.

Ukrainian born model is winning.

That would be an action taking place now  in the present continuous, but winning.

This is simply the present participle, and  it's used to show a continuous action or an  

ongoing action, something with an action involved.

Let's review this example.

The diligent students watching  this video increase their fluency.

Now notice I put watching this video  watching is the present participle.

I put it in brackets because I  could delete this entire part.

The diligent students increase their fluency.

That's a grammatically correct student.

But by including the present participle, it  includes how the action that made that possible.

And by putting it in the present  participle, it shows that action.

The diligent students watching  this video increased their fluency.

And you're a diligent student, right?

I put the definition of diligence here.

It's an adjective.

It means careful, attentive someone who applies a  

lot of effort that describes you right  and you're increasing your fluency.

So put I'm diligent.

I'm diligent.

Put that in the comments below.

Now don't worry about taking all of these  notes because I summarize everything in a  

free lesson PDF so you can look  in the description for the link.

Now let's continue on and learn how this Ukrainian  

born model winning Miss Japan  reignites the identity debate.

Now I highlighted reignites just  to remind you that if you had re  

in front of the verb, it means to do it again.

So this suggests there was already an  identity debate and now it's happening again.

It's been reignited.

So let's learn why there have been racial barriers  

and it has been challenging  to be accepted as Japanese.

So notice this is in quotation marks,  

which means that someone is saying this and  we learn who just in the next paragraph.

So it is the model, the Ukrainian born  model that was crowned Miss Japan.

There have been racial barriers, and it has  been challenging to be accepted as Japanese.

That's what a tearful Carolina Shino said  

in impeccable Japanese after she  was crowned Miss Japan on Monday.

Impeccable.

This is a great adjective, Impeccable.

And it's fun to say I speak impeccable English.

That's what you can say in a few months,  a few years, maybe even next week.

I speak impeccable English.

Impeccable means perfect  with no flaws or mistakes.

But I don't want you to think that  that is actually how it's used,  

because nobody speaks impeccable  English or impeccable Japanese.

Of course, we all make mistakes and flaws,  

and we're not perfect 100% of  the time, but it's saying you're.

Close to it.

So you could really compliment someone.

Let's say a friend, family member, a Co  worker invited you to their house for dinner.

You can say that dinner was impeccable.

Thank you so much.

And they will be very happy.

Wow, they really liked my dinner.

You can use that for any piece of  work that someone does for you.

That presentation was impeccable, Jennifer.

Your.

Lesson was impeccable, so you can put  that in the comments to say thank you.

And in reality, that is actually not.

True there are.

Absolutely mistakes and flaws in this video.

But remember it doesn't  actually mean 100% perfect.

It's just a nice compliment.

So you can say Jennifer your video was  impeccable so you can put that in the comments.

Jennifer your video was impeccable.

And remember this is an adjective  so you need your verb to be here.

I conjugated it in the past simple, but you  could also put it in the present simple.

Jennifer, your video is impeccable.

It really conveys the same  meaning 26 year old model.

So notice here 26 year old is  being used as an adjective,  

which is why there is no S on years 26 years  the 26 year old model who was born in Ukraine.

Now technically I could take this entire sentence  and just use one adjective to replace all of it.

Do you know how I could do that?

I could say the 26 year old Ukrainian model,  Ukrainian model and by using that I can delete  

everything I have highlighted including  the commas because the commas are only  

there to show that this is additional  information which I no longer need.

That's not a requirement.

I'm just showing you how you can get  creative with the English language  

and communicate the same idea in different ways.

The 26 year old model who was born in Ukraine,  

moved to Japan at the age of  5 and was raised in Nakoya.

She is the first naturalized Japanese citizen  to win the pageant, the pageant being Miss  

Japan and coming back to here, naturalized  and naturalized citizen Japanese, describing  

what type of citizen and naturalized citizen  is when you receive citizenship after birth.

So it's not in the country that you were born in.

And perhaps this is the case for you.

I know many of my students now live  in countries where they were not born.

So if you applied for citizenship  and you got that, you would be  

a natural naturalized citizen of that country.

She is the first naturalized  Japanese citizen to win the pageant.

But her victory has reignited a debate.

So remember, reignited,  

it means the debate already happened in  the past and now it's happening again.

So you can think of it as restart, restart,  a debate on what it means to be Japanese.

While some recognized her victory as a  sign of the times, a sign of the times,  

this means that you embrace the culture,  the opinions, the beliefs of right now,  

not of your grandparents or great  grandparents or great great grandparents.

Because obviously society is very different now.

Compared to what it was for your parents,  your grandparents, your great grandparents.

So that would be a sign of the times  that your opinions, your beliefs,  

are staying modern with the current time.

I wrote that definition for you.

Now notice here, while some I know that this  sentence is going to contain a contrast,  

some have recognized, others have not.

So notice here, while some others  have said notice here that they  

they use the past simple here  and the present perfect here.

Generally, you want to use  the same verb tense unless  

there is a specific reason why you wouldn't.

In this case, you could use the present  perfect here and the present perfect here,  

and that would be a more impeccable way to  communicate your ideas to use the same verb tense.

While some have recognized  and you might be wondering,  

well why would I use the present perfect?

Because the present perfect is also  used for a completed past action if  

there is a result in the present and  the result in the present being that  

now some people accept her as Miss Japan even  though she was born in Ukraine, others do not.

So that is the result in the present.

So you can just add that auxiliary verb have.

Because some is plural, they have  recognized others they have said.

Now it's more impeccable  because the verb tenses match.

Others have said she does not  look like a Miss Japan should.

Her win comes nearly ten years  after Ariana Miyamoto became the  

first biracial woman to be  crowned Miss Japan in 2015.

They use this, I believe above as well.

To be crowned is simply when the  crown is placed on your head,  

which signals that you are the winner.

So it's another way of saying the first biracial  woman to win Miss Japan in 2015 to be crowned.

Because when you're crowned, it  means you won the competition.

So is this language is just  specific to the beauty competition.

Now biracial here by by means to.

So it's saying that this woman  is of two different races.

Biracial, that's what that means.

And just remember by implies  to I made that note for you.

Now, before we move on, let's  look at nearly ten years after.

Nearly is a replacement to almost.

So if you say almost 10 years, it's very  common to round up to whole numbers,  

whether that's a ends in A5 or a  0510152025 S nearly ten years after.

It could be 8 years, 8.5 or 9 years,  but it's closer to 10 than it is to 5  

S nearly ten years after, almost 10  years after Let's Continue a WADA,  

the organizer of the Miss Japan Grand Prix  pageant, told the BBC that judges had chosen  

Miss Shino, so this was the winner  as the winner with full confidence.

She speaks and writes in  beautiful and polite Japanese.

So here they chose to use different adjectives.

Beautiful Japanese, polite Japanese because these  

are other ways to show that  why she won the competition.

Remember that other adjective  which I've used many times on  

purpose to get that repetition so you remember it?

And that other adjective is impeccable Japanese.

Impeccable Japanese.

She speaks and writes in beautiful,  polite, and impeccable Japanese.

If I wanted to add a third adjective, Miss  WADA said she is more Japanese than we are.

Again, this is probably added to reinforce  the fact that she won with full confidence.

Miss Shino, the winner,  had announced on Instagram.

Oh, what verb tense is this?

The past perfect, which means this action  happened before another past action.

So now, at this point, winning  the competition is in the past.

She already has that crown on her head.

She's giving interviews about it.

So winning the competition is in the past.

So this could be the past before that past action.

Miss Shino had announced on  Instagram earlier last year  

when she received Japanese nationality,  saying that she may not look Japanese,  

but her mind had become Japanese  because she had grown up in Japan.

So grown up is when a child becomes an adult.

Now do you remember when she moved  to Japan when she was five years old?

Think of a 5 year old that you know and imagine  them growing up in a culture other than their own.

I think it's pretty realistic that  they would completely embrace that  

new culture if they're only five years old.

So to grow up in, you could say I grew up in a  small city, in a big city, in a condo and a house.

You could say whatever you  wanted after I grew up in.

Or you can also say I was raised,  I was raised in a small city.

So notice here the verb is to grow up.

It's a phrasal verb.

So you need that preposition  up, and your verb is grow.

You need to conjugate that.

Here.

Your verb that you're  conjugating is the verb to be.

This is conjugated in the past simple,  and then raised is always in the Ed form.

Now this is when you develop from a child to an  adult and they communicate the exact same idea.

They're just using different vocabulary.

Let's continue.

And as she accepted her trophy as Miss Japan  2024, she said winning the title was a dream.

Being recognized as a Japanese in this  competition fills me with gratitude.

Let's review this sentence.

Notice that this is a gerund statement which  is used for general statements and the.

Verb.

Is in ING to begin the sentence.

Being recognized as a Japanese in this  competition fills me with gratitude.

So when something fills you with an emotion,  just means that emotion is strong within you.

So it's a very poetic, a very  strong statement, you might say.

Hearing my boss say my  presentation was impeccable.

Your presentation was impeccable.

That fills me with joy.

Now important.

You should know that.

All of this is the.

Subject of the sentence and a gerund expression is  conjugated as it, ** *** it third person singular.

It this this fills me with joy.

That fills me with joy.

So that's why you need this S here.

No?

Something that's true for me  reading my students comments.

Now notice the punctuation here.

The possessive is after because I have  multiple students, so students is.

Plural.

But then I want to show that the  comments belong to my students,  

so I put the punctuation after reading  my students comments Makes my day.

So all of this is conjugated as this.

It that this makes my day, it  makes my day that makes my day.

So that's how you conjugate jarrant expressions.

Now the expression to make ones day,  in this case my day to make one's day.

This is when the event or situation, in this  case the event is reading my students comments,  

the event or situation made a positive impact  on my day and I'm going to make this stronger,  

made a very positive impact on my day.

When I'm reviewing all the things that happened to  

me today, this one thing really  stands out as being positive.

So if you want to thank someone you  could say oh thanks so much for for  

having coffee with me and listening  to me talk about my vacation.

It really made my day, it really made my day.

Now this is true so make sure you leave a comment  because reading my students comments makes my day.

It is the best part of my day.

I really love it.

So please leave a comment so you can make  my day and I hope my lessons make your day,  

or at least make a part of your day.

And that's the end of our article.

So what I'll do now is I'll read  the article from start to finish  

and this time I want you to  focus on my pronunciation.

So let's do that now.

Ukrainian born model winning Miss  Japan reignites identity debate.

There have been racial barriers and it has  been challenging to be accepted as Japanese.

That's what a tearful Carolina Shino said  

in impeccable Japanese after she  was crowned Miss Japan on Monday.

The 26 year old model, who was born in Ukraine,  

moved to Japan at the age of  5 and was raised in Nakoya.

She is the first naturalized  Japanese citizen to win the pageant,  

but her victory has reignited a debate  on what it means to be Japanese.

While some recognized her  victory as a sign of the times,  

others have said she does not  look like a Miss Japan should.

Her win comes nearly ten years  after Ariana Miyamoto became  

the first biracial woman to be crowned Miss Japan.

In 2015.

Nai WADA, the organizer of the  Miss Japan Grand Prix pageant,  

told the BBC that judges had chosen Miss  Shino as the winner with full confidence.

She speaks and writes in beautiful  and polite Japanese, Miss WADA said.

She is more Japanese than we are, Miss Shino  had announced on Instagram earlier last year  

when she received Japanese nationality,  saying that she may not look Japanese,  

but her mind had become Japanese  because she had grown up in Japan.

And as she accepted her trophy as Miss Japan  2024, she said winning the title was a dream.

Being recognized as a Japanese in this  competition fills me with gratitude.

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