What's Your ENGLISH LEVEL? Take This Test!

What's your current English level?

Today you'll find out you're going  to answer different questions and  

complete different exercises to  evaluate all areas of your English.

At the end, you'll know your English level.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

First, let's test your grammar level.

And this test will progress from A1 to C2.

Question one she to the store yesterday Now  I'll only give you 3 seconds to answer so  

if you need more time hit pause and when  you're ready to see the answer hit play.

She went to the store yesterday.

Yesterday is a keyword for the past simple  and went is the past simple of the verb to go.

Question two.

We students, we are students.

For this you need to know the verb conjugations  for the verb to be in the present simple.

I am, you are, ** *** it is, and we and they are.

Question 3.

Which word means the opposite of happy sad.

You knew that one, right?

Question 4.

Which sentence is correct?

He doesn't like coffee.

Here.

You need to know the sentence structure  for negative sentences in the present.

Simple, the sentence structure  is subject and then you need  

do or does as your auxiliary  verb, not and the base verb.

The subjects I, you, we and they  use do not as a contraction.

It's don't and the subjects ** *** it uses  does not and the contraction is doesn't.

So did you pass the A1 level?

Share your score in the comments  and let's continue with a 2.

She usually the bus to work takes usually is  

a keyword for the present simple  and with the subject ** *** it.

You need to add an as or E as to your  base verb to form the present simple.

Question 2.

What is the past simple of the verb to eat?

88 So notice that to eat is an irregular verb.

Question three.

That book is mine.

That book is mine.

Mine is the possessive to show ownership for the  subject I I possess that book, that book is mine.

Question 4.

This movie is then that one more interesting.

There are two structures for forming comparatives.

For A1 syllable word, you have  the word plus, uh, smart, smarter.

But for longer words, three syllable  words, you have more and the word more.

Interesting.

Did you pass the A to level?

Share your score and let's continue  on with the be one level question one.

Which sentence is in the  present perfect verb tense?

I have gone to the market for the present perfect.

We need the subject have or  has in the past participle.

Our verb here is to go and  the conjugations are go,  

went in the past, simple,  and gone in the participle.

Question 2.

What does the expression break the ice mean?

It means to start a conversation  in a social setting.

Remember that expressions, idioms, phrasal verbs,  

they don't have literal meaning, so  you have to memorize what they mean.

For example, let's play a game to break the ice.

Question 3.

She has a for learning languages.

She has a talent for learning languages.

This option is correct because it's  the only definition that makes sense.

And also this sentence structure.

You have a talent for something.

So that sentence structure is correct with talent.

Question 4 Peter, that movie  three times so far has seen  

so far means it's an unfinished time reference.

And we use the present perfect has  seen with unfinished time references.

So did you pass the B1 level?

Share your score and let's continue on to B2.

Question one, the cake by Mary was baked.

This is the passive voice and was  baked is the past tense of to be baked.

Question 2 Which word is a  synonym for confidential?

Secret.

You could say that document is  confidential, which means it's secret.

It's not public, it's not open and revealing.

That means you share more  information than expected.

But since it's confidential secret, we  don't know if the document is revealing.

Question three I can't put with his behavior  anymore put up with this is a phrasal verb to  

put up with something or someone is when  you tolerate so accept negative behavior  

and this is the only option that fits  the context and the sentence structure.

Question 4 If it tomorrow we  won't go to the beach reigns.

This is the conditional you need if present simple  and your next clause is in the future simple.

So did you make it to B to share  your score and let's move on to  

the advanced levels C1 Question one,  identify the correct reported speech.

She said I will come later.

She said that she would come  later for reported speech.

Indirect speech will becomes would question two.

We have the budget will pay for your training.

Therefore, therefore is a transition word.

It's used to show Causeway.

We have the budget and effect.

The effect is we'll pay for your training.

Question three.

What does the idiom to hit  the nail on the head mean?

This means to describe something perfectly, and  if you watched my lesson last week on idioms,  

you would know this because I taught it.

For example, you hit the nail  on the head with your analysis.

Your analysis describe the situation perfectly.

Question 4.

You'll regret the conference.

Missing regret is a gerund verb,  

so you need the verb plus your  gerund regret missing verb plus ING.

So did you pass the C1 level?

Share your score and let's continue  to the most advanced C2 level.

Question one.

Her speech had a profound on the audience effect.

Affect is a verb.

Effect is a noun.

You could use the verb, but you  would have to change the sentence to.

Her speech affected the audience.

Question 2.

Which course would you recommend to me?

Don't forget that too, because you  recommend something, the course to someone.

Now you can also simply recommend something.

Which course would you recommend?

Which course would you recommend to me?

Both of those are correct.

Question three if I you.

I would do the same if I were you.

I were you because this is the  present conditional which is  

used for hypotheticals and we use were  for all subjects in the conditional.

And finally question for Jane.

Tom can come to the party.

Neither Jane nor Tom can come to the party and  this means they aren't coming to the party.

So we use neither nor for negative.

You could say either Jane or  Tom can come to the party.

This means one person is coming to the party.

You could also say both Jane and Tom are coming to  

the party and this means that two  people are coming to the party.

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Now, let's continue with our lesson.

Now let's test your listening skills.

You'll hear a sentence three times and  you need to write down what you hear.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

Did you get this one?

I said they've been bickering all day.

Let's talk about the pronunciation changes.

Notice I have they've.

This is a contraction.

They have they've they've, they've  native speakers use contractions  

in spoken English almost 100% of the time.

So you need to be very, very comfortable hearing  

the contraction because it affects the  grammar of the sentence You need to have.

They have been bickering  because that shows the grammar,  

and the grammar is the present perfect continuous.

So if you didn't have that, it  would be grammatically incorrect.

They've been bickering all day.

Now notice I said been been  a very unstressed been.

This is how we pronounce the past participle  of the verb be been in American English.

I don't speak British English, but  I believe in British English they  

pronounce it more stressed being, but  in American English we don't do that.

We just say bin, bin.

They've been.

They've been bickering all day.

Now, to understand fast English outside  of the classroom, you need to hear the  

individual words, but you also have to  understand the meaning of the words.

So let's talk about the verb to bicker.

This is when you argue about  things that are not important.

The concept of bickering is extremely  common and everyone does it.

And we usually do it with people  we spend the most time with.

Our family, our spouses, husbands  and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends,  

our close friends, our coworkers  that we spend a lot of time with.

Anytime you spend a lot of time with  someone, it's common that you'll bicker.

But it's different from fighting because  when you're fighting with someone,  

usually there's a strong emotion involved.

But when you bicker, you don't  really have that emotion.

It's less serious because the  things you're arguing about,  

fighting about, are not actually important.

Like I said, this can be very  common in the workplace when  

you spend a lot of time with your coworkers.

So maybe you're in a meeting and you've been  

discussing an issue for hours with your  coworkers, but people start bickering.

They start arguing about  things that aren't important.

You could say we didn't get anything done  today because we bickered all meeting.

We are, you think, bicker.

Yeah, we bicker either.

Yeah, well, we were bickering  because they were bickering.

Your kids are bickering.

Let's try this again with  another listening exercise.

I'll say it three times.

That street's pretty sketchy.

That street's pretty sketchy.

That street's pretty sketchy.

How'd you do with this one?

I said that streets pretty sketchy.

Did you hear that?

Streets the S?

Well, that is the verb to  be in a contraction form.

The street is the streets.

The streets pretty sketchy.

Again, it's extremely important  that you hear these contractions  

for grammar because we need  the verb to be grammatically.

The sentence would sound very  awkward if you didn't have it  

because it would be grammatically incorrect.

That street's pretty sketchy.

Sketchy, sketchy, sketchy, sketchy.

Let's talk about to be sketchy.

That street is our verb to be to be sketchy.

This is used to say that  something is not completely safe.

So by saying that street's pretty sketchy, I am  saying that street doesn't look completely safe.

I don't think that street is safe, so I'm  saying we shouldn't go down that street.

We should avoid that street.

Now why would I say this street is sketchy?

This is an adjective that  native speakers use a lot.

If I say a street's sketchy, it's most  likely because it's dark or lacks lighting.

There aren't a lot of people around.

There's broken glass or broken windows, or there  are a lot of abandoned buildings on that street.

It could be all of those reasons, or it could be  

just one of those reasons for me to  say that street doesn't look safe.

That street's pretty sketchy.

I could say, let's take another St.

This one looks sketchy, so I can also use the  verb look look sketchy but I have to conjugate it.

This street looks sketchy.

Or let's say your friend or your husband  or your wife came to you and said, hey,  

I heard this amazing business proposal today.

All we need to do is invest $1000  and we're guaranteed $100,000.

And you could say that sounds sketchy.

So notice here the verb is to sound  sketchy and you're saying the idea,  

the plan, the business proposal  doesn't sound completely safe.

We also use this to describe people.

He's a sketchy guy or he's sketchy.

She's sketchy.

In this case, you're saying the person isn't  safe, which means you can't trust the person.

So with people, it's a way of saying,  I don't think I can trust him.

She's sketchy.

He's sketchy.

Seems a little sketchy.

You're kind of sketchy.

Laundry to some sketchy laundromat.

Let's try another listening exercise.

I'll say it three times.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

Did you get this one?

You must have seen it.

But notice I didn't actually say.

Have I reduced that entirely to  just, uh, you must, uh, you must,  

uh, I could also reduce it to more of an of sound,  which is very commonly done by native speakers.

You must of, you must of, you must have seen it.

Notice for seen it.

I use that, that N sound to  connect the two words together.

Seen it, seen it, seen it.

So you hear it in front of it.

It sounds like NIT, but if you say those  two words together, it blends together.

Seen it, seen it.

You must have seen it.

Now let's talk about the grammar  of this Must is a modal verb,  

and grammatically you need must plus  base verb, which is the verb without to.

So grammatically you need must have.

In written English, you must use must have  seen it, because that's grammatically correct.

But in spoken English it will  sound like must ah or must of.

But in written English, if you wrote, you must  ah, or of it would be incorrect grammatically.

So just remember what I'm  explaining is first spoken English.

You must have seen it 200 times.

You must have seen it two.

You must have seen them here.

Let's try this one more time.

I'll say it three times.

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

I said what's the?

ETA Of course we have what's.

That's a contraction of what is what's what's the.

Now, because ETA, it begins with a  vowel sound E, I could say either  

the OR the because we do a more stressed  the when the next word starts in a vowel.

But this isn't a rule that native  speakers follow all the time.

But if I did a more stressed E in the, IT would  really blend together with ETAVTA and it would  

almost sound like it's just one word, the TA,  because I wouldn't really repeat the E on ETA.

The Tai believe In my example, when I did the  listening test, I think the first time I did  

it more of the ETA and the second time I did it  more of the ETA and the sounds blended together.

Let's listen to that again and see what I did.

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

Now, ultimately, either way that you  pronounce it, the ETA or the ETA is fine.

Now you're probably wondering, well, what's ETA?

This stands for estimated time of arrival.

So your ETA, the ETA or someone,  something's ETA is the estimated  

time of arrival for at someone or  something when it's expected to arrive.

So let's say we're talking about a  project and your boss wants to know  

when this project will arrive  in his inbox or on his desk.

He could say what's the ETA and he could  just say the if it's obvious you're talking  

about the project, he could say what's your ETA  because you're the one submitting the project.

Or he could say what's the project's ETA.

So the ETA belongs to the project.

So you need that possessive  what's the project's ETA?

And they all have the same meaning.

We commonly use this with friends or coworkers,  

family members to let them know  when we're going to arrive.

So let's say you were supposed to be at  your family's house at 7:00 for dinner,  

but you're running late.

You could send them a text  message and say running late.

Google says my ETA is 642 or 15 minutes now.

Google says because when you put something in a  GPS, Google will tell you or whatever you use,  

Google will tell you when  you're expected to arrive.

That's your ETA.

What's their ETA?

OK, ETA ETA 11 minutes.

Now let's do an imitation exercise so you  can practice your pronunciation as well.

So I'm going to say each sentence  again, and then I want you to repeat  

the sentence out loud and try to imitate  my pronunciation as closely as possible.

And I'll say each sentence three times.

Let's do that right now.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

That's St's pretty sketchy.

That's St's pretty sketchy.

That's St's pretty sketchy.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

Now let's test your vocabulary.

Question one, Do you think  the discount will the client?

Which option A or B?

I'll give you 3 seconds.

Appease the client.

Appease is a verb.

We use this when you want to  give someone something they  

want in order to make them happy or in  order to prevent further disagreement.

So I'm giving them a discount to make them happy.

It will appease them.

Now if you said be appeal, keep in mind  that appeal has a very similar meaning.

It means to be attractive to.

But grammatically the sentence is  incorrect because if you use appeal,  

it's appeal to the client.

And because I don't have the preposition,  2B is an incorrect option grammatically.

Question 2, She's a very employee.

Option one.

Option 2, The correct answer is a diligent.

She's a very diligent employee.

To be diligent, this means to be careful or  using a lot of effort and attention to detail.

For example, I worked diligently  on the report all week.

So notice in this case, it's an adverb.

Diligently.

I worked diligently on the report all week.

Question three, Sorry, I can't help.

I'm at math A or B be inept.

I'm inept at math To be inept at something.

This means to not be skilled or  to be ineffective at something.

I'm inept at math #4 She's  the most member of our team.

A or B.

A gregarious B is incorrect.

Grammatically, we can't say most great.

You would say greatest, right?

So grammatically, B doesn't work.

A gregarious to be gregarious.

When someone is described as gregarious,  it means that they're very social.

They enjoy being around other people.

So what about you?

Let us know in the comments.

Would you describe yourself  as a gregarious person?

Do you enjoy being around other people?

Are you very social?

Let us know in the comments so you can practice  

that word #5 We need to with  the accounting department.

A or B.

The answer is B follow up with grammatically.

A is incorrect.

You don't follow out with someone.

You follow up with someone and this means  that you continue a discussion or conversation  

that was previously started.

I could say I already followed up  with the accounting department.

I already continued the conversation  we had previously started.

Number six, that's a difficult  concept to A or BB to grasp.

When you grasp something, it simply  means that you understand it.

So it's the same as saying that's  a difficult concept to understand.

That's a difficult concept to grasp #7 you should  all your debt to reduce your interest rate.

A or BB consolidate consolidate.

When you consolidate 2 or more things,  it means you combine them together.

So if I said the two firms consolidated last  year, this means that last year there was firm A,  

firm B, but now, because as they consolidated,  there's one firm, so the two become one  

consolidate #8 The book discusses his  illness and resignation from politics.

A or B A subsequent, his subsequent  resignation from politics.

This has a simple meaning.

Subsequent just means something  that comes after something else.

So first he had his illness and after  he resigned, his subsequent resignation,  

his resignation that came after his illness.

We commonly use this as an  adverb to start a sentence.

So I could say he moved to Australia,  subsequently he got married.

And I'm using subsequently to let you know  that he got married after something else.

And that's something else is  after he moved to Australia.

He moved to Australia, subsequently he got  married #9 he gets stressed out and he's A or B.

The correct answer has to be B, under pressure,  because over pressure is the wrong preposition.

The preposition you need is under  pressure to be under pressure.

And that's simply when you have a lot  of work and you're feeling overwhelmed,  

you're feeling anxious,  you're feeling stressed out.

You can use this positively and say  I work really well under pressure,  

so when I have a lot of work I  actually perform better, not worse.

I work really well under pressure #10  Women face a lot of in the workplace.

A or B?

Well, ostrich is a bird.

So women don't face a lot of  ostriches in the workplace.

They face a lot of obstacles.

Obstacles, An obstacle is something  that blocks you and it can be something  

physical like a roadblock or it can be  something non physical like discrimination.

So it's something that blocks  you from making progress.

That's an obstacle #11 Thank you for your remark.

A or B.

The answer is be pertinent, Pertinent remark.

When something is pertinent, it means it's  relevant to the topic or discussion at hand.

So let's say you're having a conversation  and then someone raises a point and you  

think the point is very relevant  to the topic or conversation.

You can say that's pertinent, that's pertinent,  

that's relevant, related to  our topic at hand, number 12.

You can that to the interns, A or B, B delegate.

You can delegate that to the interns.

When you delegate something is when you give  

someone else responsibility  for a task or a specific job.

So when you're doing a task that  you really don't want to be doing,  

you can say, I wish I had  someone to delegate this to.

I wish I had someone who I  could give this task to #30 19.

I have a really workload this month.

A or BA heavy?

B is a direct translation.

It's not something that we use in natural English.

It sounds awkward and unnatural.

A heavy is the adjective that  we use to describe our workload.

When your workload is heavy, it simply  means you have a lot of work to do.

And what's the opposite of heavy?

The opposite is light, right?

Light.

So when you don't have a lot of work to  do, you would say I have a light workload.

Heavy workload, light workload.

So what about you?

How would you describe your workload right now?

Would you say it's heavy or light?

Let us know in the comments.

So you practice this new expression #14 The police  have been unable to What caused the explosion?

A or BB Ascertain ascertain.

When you ascertain something,  you discover something.

So to ascertain the cause of  the explosion is to discover  

the cause of the explosion, to understand why.

So when the police do understand why,  why they discover it, they can say we've  

finally ascertained what caused the  explosion, it was a faulty gas line.

And then they can tell you  the cause of the explosion.

And finally, your last question in the quiz  #15 you've been all week, just do it already.

A or B?

The answer is B procrastinating.

You've been procrastinating all week.

When you procrastinate, it means  that you delay doing something,  

but that's something has to be  done and you delay doing it.

And why?

Well, generally because it's unpleasant.

Like chores around the house, cleaning the  garage, cleaning the bathroom, doing the dishes.

It's unpleasant or it's simply boring, like  organizing your closet or filing your paperwork.

So you delay doing it, but it has to be done.

That's procrastinating.

Now let's test your knowledge of phrasal verbs.

Question one.

You're not going to paying $500.00 for that.

Now, I'll only give you 3 seconds to  answer each question, so hit pause,  

take as much time as you need, and when  you're ready, hit play to see the answer.

You're not going to talk  me into question 2, Mariah,  

this sales proposal Yesterday,  Mariah drew up question three.

Good news because everyone we met the  deadline because everyone stepped it up.

Question 4, If you keep skipping breaks,  you're going to you're going to burnout.

Question 5.

That's a great point.

You should at the meeting, you should bring it up.

Question six.

Who do you the most in your family?

Who do you look up to?

Question 7.

How long do we need to at the party?

How long do we need to stick around?

Question 8.

Your tires look really you should get new ones.

Your tires look really worn out.

Question 9.

The seller tried to so we didn't buy it.

The seller tried to RIP us off.

Question 10.

I noticed that this report, our production costs,  

this report honed in on how  did you do with the quiz?

Was it easy or difficult?

Share your score in the comments and  don't worry if it was hard because  

now I'll explain every phrasal verb in detail.

Number one, to RIP off.

We use this when someone is selling  something or buying something  

and the buyer feels that the price is too high  compared to the value of whatever they're buying.

For example, I can't believe  I paid paid $200 for that.

She ripped me off.

Now notice the sentence structure.

You RIP someone off, she ripped me off.

Another example, she told everyone that I  ripped her off, but it was a fair price.

So just because someone claims you RIP them off,  

it doesn't necessarily mean  it's true #2 to wear out.

We use this when something is damaged or weakened  because of age, it's old, or because of use.

You've used it a lot.

For example, I wore out my  tennis shoes last summer.

If someone said that to me, I would assume  they played a lot of tennis last summer.

They played so much tennis  that they wore out their shoes.

They became damaged from use  from continually playing tennis.

We also use this in an  adjective form to be worn out.

So it would be very common to say I need to  buy new tennis shoes because mine are worn out.

So of course are because shoes is plural and  we need the plural form of the verb to be mine.

My tennis shoes are worn out.

So both forms are very common #3 to draw up, we  use is this when you need to prepare paperwork,  

and generally that paperwork is for  a contract, an agreement, a proposal,  

generally something that two people need  to sign or agree on to make it official.

For example, I asked my  lawyer to draw up the papers.

Whenever you're dealing with a lawyer,  the papers are going to be official.

So this is a perfect time to use to draw up,  

or you could say we're waiting for our  bank to draw up the mortgage agreement.

So that's another very official  document that you need to sign.

And you can use the phrasal  verb to draw up #4 to burn out.

This is a phrasal verb that has  gotten a lot of attention recently,  

especially with the pandemic, because to burn out,  

this is when you feel exhausted mentally  or physically from prolonged stress.

Stress of work, stress of a  situation like a pandemic,  

stress of a family situation like a  divorce or an illness, something like that.

But a prolonged period, You can be stressed out  for a day, but when you burn out, it means you've  

had that stress for a long period of time, several  weeks, several months, or even several years.

For example, I burned out at my last job.

So perhaps I was working so much that I went  through this period of prolonged stress.

I burned out.

Another example, I burned out  after caring for my aging parents.

So caregivers often experience burnout.

So you can use this in a work situation,  

or you can use it in a personal situation  as well #5 to look up to someone.

So notice we have two prepositions.

Look up to and then someone.

We use this when you admire  someone or you respect someone.

So I could say I looked up to him like a father.

So of course I admire and respect my father and  I'm comparing the situation to someone else.

I looked up to him, I admired him like a father.

Another example, I really look up to my boss.

So you admire your boss or you respect your boss.

You hold your boss in high regard.

So you can use this in a work situation.

You can look up to people and you can use this  in a social situation, a family situation.

You can have many different people in your  life that you look up to for different reasons.

Number six, to step up.

Now that's the phrasal verb, but we most  commonly use it in the expression to step it up.

Notice that it it's very important to step it up.

To step it up.

This simply means to work harder or to try harder.

Now you can say we need to step it up  if we're going to meet the deadline.

So you have this deadline,  you need to work harder.

So it's the same as saying we need to work  harder if we're going to meet the deadline.

Step it U Now what is this it in the expression?

Well, the IT would represent work or effort.

We need to step up our work.

We need to step up our effort.

Step it up.

I encourage you to use it that way.

Step it up because you'll  sound like a native speaker.

We have a really common  expression with this Step it up.

And then you add the two words,  ah, notch, step it up a notch.

If you look at a dial, A  notch is one move on the dial.

So it represents a little bit, a  small amount, step it up a notch.

It's just like saying step it up a little bit.

So that's just a common expression.

You need to step it up a notch  if you want to meet the deadline.

So you can use it with a notch, it's very common,  or you can use it without #7 to hone in on.

This is another two preposition  phrasal verb we have hone in on.

Hone in on something.

And this means to really focus on something, to  put all your attention on something specific.

For example, if we want to get more customers, we  should really hone in on small business owners.

So maybe right now you're not being very  specific and you're looking at all customers,  

but you want to hone in on one specific segment  of the population, small business owners.

So you're going to focus on them,  you're going to hone in on them.

Another example, for the presentation, we  should really hone in on South America.

So maybe you're a global company and you have  branches all over the world, but for this  

specific presentation, you're going to hone in  on one specific part of the world, South America.

Now, many native speakers,  native speakers, not students,  

many native speakers mistakenly say  home in on, we need to home in on.

And that's because in  pronunciation they're very similar.

Honan, Homan and hone.

What's that?

It's not really used very much,  but everybody knows the word home.

But this isn't correct.

The expression is not home in on.

The expression is hone in on.

So make sure you get that both in  pronunciation hone and and in spelling as well.

And if you hear a native speaker say home in on,  

they're incorrect #8 this is a  must know phrasal verb to bring up.

And this is when you begin a  discussion on a specific topic.

For example, if you're in a staff meeting, it  would be very common for the boss or whoever's  

leading the meeting to say, before we end the  meeting, does anyone have anything to bring up?

Does anyone have a specific  topic they want to discuss?

Does anyone have anything to bring up?

Or after the meeting, you  might tell another colleague,  

I didn't have a chance to bring  up the marketing proposal,  

so you didn't have a chance to discuss this  specific topic, the marketing proposal.

Maybe you ran out of time #9 to talk into and  

the sentence structure is to  talk someone into something.

And this means to convince  someone to do something.

For example, she talked me into helping her move.

She convinced me to help her move.

So when someone uses this, oh, she  talked me into helping her move.

It gives you the impression that the  person didn't really want to do the  

activity, but somebody convinced them.

But please, I really need your help.

I'll buy pizza.

Or maybe you could say my team talked me into  bringing up the bonus at the staff meeting.

So notice I use bring up, discuss  a specific topic, the bonus.

My team talked me into bringing up the bonus now,  

because maybe discussing the bonus is a little bit  of a sensitive issue and nobody wants to do it.

But your team convinced you, Lucky you.

So they talked you into it  and #10 to stick around.

This is a must use phrasal verb.

You can use it in a social  setting or a professional setting.

To stick around means to stay in  a location for a period of time.

So let's say you're at this beautiful park with  

a friend and after an hour or  so, your friend has to leave.

And they say, do you want to share an Uber?

And you say, no, I'm going to  stick around a little bit longer.

So you're going to stay in a specific  location, the park, for a period of time.

It's unknown how long you'll stay.

That doesn't really matter.

It's just the fact you're going to stay.

I'm going to stick around a little bit longer.

It's such a beautiful day.

I'm going to stick around now.

You can also use this in the negative.

I can't stick around very  long because I have a meeting.

Although it's a beautiful day,  I can't stick around very long.

I have a meeting to get back to.

Now that you're more comfortable with these  phrasal verbs, let's do that same quiz again.

So here are the questions.

You need to choose which phrasal  verb best completes the sentence.

Here are the questions.

Hit pause.

Now complete the quiz and whenever you're  ready, hit play and I'll share the answers.

So go ahead and hit pause.

Now.

Welcome back.

So how did you do on this quiz?

Let's find out.

Here are the answers.

So hit pause, review the answers, and whenever  you're ready, hit play and come back to the video.

Now let's test your pronunciation.

Can you pronounce these 12 confusing word pairs?

Here's our first word pair.

I want you to say these two words out loud.

Now listen to me and notice the difference.

Lack luck.

Notice the difference in my mouth position?

Lack ack luck, uh, notice with lack we  have a longer sound, a more open mouth  

position and luck my mouth is closed because  this is more of a schwa sound in my throat.

She doesn't lack luck in her life.

Our next confusing word pair.

Say these two words out loud.

Now listen to me Dawn down.

They're very similar because they both have  open mouth positions on dawn down down.

Let's meet down by the water at dawn.

I hear mistakes with this word pair all the time.

Say it out loud.

Cup COP.

Which one is the shorter sound?

Cup?

Up, up, up.

Cop OP, My mouth opens wider for cop.

I gave the cop a cup of water.

Our next word pair.

I want you to say this out loud.

Now.

Listen to me.

Advise advice Eyes.

Notice the difference in that Z sound.

Advise advice I advise you to seek advice.

I bet you're going to make  mistakes with this word pair.

Try it out loud.

Suit sut ah, Notice the spelling  does not match the pronunciation.

Suit oot oot suit sut at uh  uh, it's that schwa sound.

Uh uh sut.

Now what is sut?

It's the ash from a burnt fire.

So I could say I have sut on my suit.

Spanish speakers pay close attention.

Say it out loud.

This, these.

Notice again ES.

We have a short sound and a long sound.

This these ES.

I don't want this shirt, but I want these shoes.

We have our singular and plural.

Try it out loud, man man, man, man.

So we have a long sound on the singular  and a short sound on the plural.

I hired one man and fired two men.

Now let's see if you can get this  word pair singular and plural.

Try it out loud.

The difference is at the beginning of the sound.

Woman women woo with woman women.

I hired one woman and fired two women.

Eastern European students, This one's for you.

Try it out loud, say says my vowel changes in the  

third person singular say  a but eh, says eh, eh, eh.

We have a longer sound and a shorter sound.

I won't say what she always says here.

We have two abbreviations that we use with women.

Try it out loud.

Miss Miss.

So here it's the the unvoiced  and the voiced sound.

I helped Miss Smith and Miss Brown.

Now generally we use Miss for younger women  and we use Miss for older but unmarried women.

All students pay attention to this one.

Try it out loud.

Work walk ER ignore the spelling.

It's not an O sound it's an ER  ER were work work walk awk awk.

I walk to work.

Can you get this word pair?

Say it out loud daughter.

Laughter.

So notice in the first one ah Otter daughter,  but in the second one laugh laughter, laughter.

My daughter is filled with laughter.

How about this tricky word pair?

Say it out loud.

Toom bomb.

So there's two things to notice.

The B's are silent in both.

You don't pronounce it,  but the vowel is different.

Umm toom umm, bomb.

They found a bomb in the tomb.

And finally, try it out loud.

Ensure, insure, insure, insure.

This one is about syllable stress.

Ensure the syllable is on the  second sound, Ensure it's louder.

Ensure.

But the second one, ensure ensure  the stress is on the 1st syllable.

We need to ensure we insure the car.

Now let's do something fun.

You'll test your knowledge of American culture.

Question one, what would an  American English speaker call this?

Do you know any ideas?

We call it a Band-Aid.

So if I'm at your house and I cut my finger,  I would ask you, do you have any band aids?

Now, this is a bandage,  

but American speakers always call it a  Band-Aid because that's the brand name.

The most common bandages  are by the brand Band-Aid.

So we just call it a Band-Aid question  2A related question and make sure you're  

keeping track of your score and you  can share your score at the end.

Question 2 related question.

What is a Band-Aid fix?

Speaking of band aids, what is a Band-Aid fix?

Any ideas?

A Band-Aid fix is a temporary  solution to a problem.

This is an idiom in English  that uses the word Band-Aid.

I'm putting band aids on it, but I could  say filling the potholes is a Band-Aid fix.

The entire Rd.

needs to be repaved, which  would be the permanent solution,  

and filling the potholes  is the temporary solution.

And that's why it's a Band-Aid fix.

And I hope my videos help you  permanently improve your English.

So they're not a Band-Aid fix.

So put no band aids, no band aids.

Put no band aids in the comments,  but it's just a Band-Aid fix.

Question three.

What would an American English speaker call this?

Do you know any ideas?

I would call it a Kleenex.

Kleenex.

For example, can you pass me a Kleenex?

Now, these are tissues, but again,  

the brand name is Kleenex, which is  why Americans just call it Kleenex.

I need a Kleenex.

And keep in mind, we do this even if we  don't use the brand Kleenex or the brand  

Band-Aid, we still just call it the brand names.

Native speakers don't use brand names  for many things, but Band-Aid, Kleenex,  

also Q-tips, which are technically cotton swabs.

I've never called it a cotton swab.

Always Q-tip.

Also, Chapstick, which is technically lip balm,  but the brand is Chapstick and Tupperware,  

which is the brand, and it is  plastic storage containers.

The brand is Tupperware, so these are the main  

ones where Native American English  speakers just use the brand name.

Question 4.

This is a fun one.

I'm an American at a baseball game.

What am I most likely eating?

Hmm, what am I most likely eating?

What do you think?

Put it in the comments.

I'm eating a hot dog.

That's right, baseball and  hot dogs are synonymous.

Now there are other options, but  I'm most likely eating a hot dog.

And if you asked this question to 10 Americans,  I'm pretty sure all 10 would choose hot dog.

But other common food items maybe you said  are peanuts, popcorn, pretzels, or nachos.

But again, most likely I'm eating a hot dog.

Question five.

Another fun question.

What does the tooth fairy do?

MMM American traditions.

What does the tooth fairy do?

Any ideas?

The tooth fairy takes your tooth from under  your pillow and leaves you money in return.

This is, of course, for little kids.

When they lose their baby teeth, they take that  tooth, they put it under their pillow and they're  

so excited because when they wake up in the  morning, the tooth fairy has left them money.

And of course the mom and dad are tooth fairy,  but the little kids, they believe in tooth  

fairies until of course they grow up and realize  it was their mom and dad leaving the money.

Does that tradition exist in your culture  or does that sound super weird to you?

The idea of putting your tooth that  fell out of your mouth under your  

pillow and then waking up in the morning  and getting money, does that sound weird?

Because traditions can definitely sound  weird if they're not part of your culture.

But of course, to me that sounds totally  normal and it was a part of my childhood.

So what's your score so far?

Let's move on.

Question six.

If I ask you to complete a task, what 2 words,  2 words should you use to accept that task?

Any ideas?

Let me give you a hint, will you do  me a favor and subscribe to my channel  

like this video and share it with your  friends and to accept this task, 2 words.

What can you say?

Will do, will do, will do Jennifer  will do ASAP as soon as possible.

You can do it right now.

Just click subscribe and like.

Or if you want to sound super American  and very confident, you can reply back  

with one word and say done, done because you're  expressing it as if you have already done it.

So you're putting it in the past tense to show  

how confident you are that you  accept and will do this task.

But remember, those two words will do.

Question 7.

If I'm starting to get angry  because I'm hungry, I'm I'm hangry.

You knew this one, right?

I've taught this to my students in many  different videos and shorts as well.

I'm hangry, which is a  combination of hungry and angry.

Someone's hangry.

I'm not hangry, Tito.

Question eight, another culture  and traditions question.

What do Americans most  commonly eat on Thanksgiving?

Do you know?

Of course it's Turkey.

Turkey is synonymous with Thanksgiving.

In fact, a lot of people call it Turkey Day.

If you Google Turkey Day, it will  tell you the date of Thanksgiving.

Question 9.

What does let's Uber it?

Let's Uber it.

What does let's Uber it mean?

Any ideas?

This means let's take an Uber.

So notice how I'm turning Uber, which is a noun.

If you're not sure Uber is  an alternative to a taxi.

I'm taking Uber the noun  and I'm using it as a verb.

Native speakers love using nouns as verbs.

So instead of saying I sent you an e-mail,  a native speaker will say I emailed you.

So using e-mail as the verb.

I'll call you on WhatsApp later.

WhatsApp is the noun all WhatsApp.

You using WhatsApp as a verb?

Native speakers, we love doing this, but we only  do it in specific situations with specific nouns.

So for now, just use the three I taught you.

And finally, question 10, how  are you doing with this test?

Question 10, if I answer, it's going great.

What question was I asked?

It's going great.

What's the question?

The question is, how's it going?

How's it going?

Great.

Going great, it's going great.

Those are the three different  ways you could answer.

And of course, instead of great, you can  choose whatever adjective you'd like.

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