Improve English Speaking Skills (Questions about the English language) English Conversation Practice

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hello everyone welcome to a new  Tangerine Academy English program
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this is Tangerine TV and my name is Christopher  today we have a very interesting program
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we're going to ask some English students  um questions about the English language
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we will know how much they know about  learning English this will be an amazing video
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we're here outside this institute we will  wait for a student oh there is one hello hello
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who are you oh don't tell me you  are from tangerine TV oh my God
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that's correct and we're here to  ask you some questions about English
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if you answer them correctly you could win  a trip to Hawaii all included of course
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wow that sounds great okay I want to  participate you can start with the game
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all right get ready then how many  letters does the English alphabet have
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oh it has 22 no 23 not sure what is it  
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the English alphabet today consists of 26  letters 23 from Old English and three added later  
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next question what is the most commonly  used letter in the English language
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the most commonly used letter in  the English language I don't know
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I will give you some options is it a e i or c
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well I suppose that's the first letter of the  alphabet so I will say that's the letter A
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I'm really sorry but that answer is not  correct the most commonly used letter is e
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I should know that I always use  that letter in the sentences I say
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next question what is the most commonly  used word in English conversations
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that's a similar one can you also  give me some options for this question
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all right the options are do go I or the
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I've heard a lot of sentences with go  and they use it in different contexts
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for example to talk about the future we use  going to so I will choose that option go
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well that's not correct the correct answer  is I that's the commonly used word in English  
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next question a similar one what is the  most common adjective used in English
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oh I know that that's the adjective  good I've heard that many times
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excellent your answer is correct you  need two more correct answers and you win
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cool let's go with the other  questions then I'm ready
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all right now can you tell me  how many words end with gray
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let me see we have Angry then hungry and
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there is one more but I don't remember but  the answer is three three words end with gree
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well that's your answer then or do you  want to change your answer you can do it
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no I'm sure there are three words that end with  gree I don't remember them but they are three
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well you should have changed your  answer because the correct answer is to
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angry and hungry are the only two common  words in English that end in agree
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damn I was right then next  question please I want to continue
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alright next one fill in the right letter this  means you will have to complete the sentence
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more English words begin with the letter  than any other letter of the alphabet
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um I'm not sure can you please  repeat the sentence again
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sure more English words begin with the  letter than any other letter of the alphabet
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I will say that's the letter c i see a  lot of them but to be honest I'm not sure
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there are more English words beginning with  the letter s then with any other letter
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this is mainly because clusters such as SC s h  s p and St act almost like independent letters  
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next question what is the shortest  grammatically correct sentence in English
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let me think I don't know oh do it two words
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go is the shortest grammatically  correct sentence in English I'm sorry
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now if you can describe with your own words  what a noun is you will have one point  
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and now it is a word to describe  people animals things am I right  
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kind of a noun is a word that represents  a person thing concept or place  
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it doesn't describe it but represent those  things I will give you another chance
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if you can tell me what an adjective is I will  give you this point anyway can you do that
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all right I can do it an adjective is a word  that modifies and describes a noun or a pronoun  
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perfect that's a great answer one  more and you will win the prize
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perfect I'm On Fire come on next one
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all right what is the official language  of the United States of America
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seriously that question it's English of course
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no it's not the United States  does not have an official language
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also the most commonly used language is English  people in the U.S speak more than 350 languages  
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and some individual states list English as  their official language do you get it now
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I didn't know that that's very  interesting one more please just one more
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okay this is your last chance where  does the word goodbye come from
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goodbye no I don't know that where  does it come from I want to know
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the word goodbye originally comes from an  Old English phrase meaning God be with you
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all right I will give you one  more opportunity but this time  
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you will have some help from our subscribers  
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if they can answer this question correctly  you will win the prize and the question is
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what is the only word in English that  ends with the letters mt do you know it
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if you know the answer you can write it on the  comments don't check on internet don't cheat  
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I hope you liked this conversation if you  could improve your English a little more  
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to support this channel you can join  us or click on the super thanks button  
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thank you very much for your support take care
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