Using the Word THEN with Dogs and Ice-cream

Hey what’s up guys, I’m Chad, from RealLife English with another episode of RealLife TV.

And today we have an awesome English lesson you’re not going to want to miss, especially

if you live dogs and ice cream. Aww yeah.

Alright guys, firstly today, I’m going to teach you all about the word THEN,

not than, then, not than… then.

So, one of the most common ways you’re going to hear the word then is at the end of a phrase.

And we use this to show that, that is our final decision or that you have just recently

made your decision about something. For example, if you and a friend were going

to go and have lunch and you’re trying to figure out a cool place to go and your friend

says, “Hey, there’s an awesome pizza restaurant down the street and it’s really cheap,”

you might say, “Wow, let’s go there then, let’s go there then.”

That just means that you definitely want to go there it sounds good and you made your

decision. Alternatively, maybe another friend of yours

could say in that same situation, “oh but last time I saw a big cockroach there,”

and then you might say, “oh I don’t want to go there then, I don’t want to go there

then.” I hate cockroaches. Another way we can use then is to substitute

a time or sometimes even a phase in your life. For example, if I was going to invite you

to a party this Saturday and the party is going to start at 8.30 pm, I can say I’ll

see you then, see you then. So then in that case is just saying 8.30 at

the party, I’ll see you then. So instead of repeating the time and the place I can

just say then, hey I’ll see you then. An expression we use in the past is back then,

and this is always a phase in your life that was in the past. If I was talking about when

I used to study at school and I wanted to say that I was different I could say I was

much skinnier back then, back then. So back then is that period in my life when

I used to study at school. I was much smaller back then.

And another popular phrase using time or related to time in some way is, now and then. Now

and then just means sometimes, occasionally, I love to eat ice-cream now and then. So it’s

not all the time sometimes. And lastly, we use then during speech to show

the continuity of what you’re saying, it puts what you're saying into a sequence. For

example, I could say today I woke up at 7 o’clock then I made some coffee then I went

for a run then I brushed my teeth, then, then then, then. It just shows a sequence of what

you’re saying. Ok and for all of you guys who love dogs and

ice-cream, then…

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