English for Beginner Level: Speak Real English

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Speak English With Vanessa


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Hi. I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.  
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Do you want to learn English but you don't know  where to start? Don't worry, today I will help  
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you. Let's get started. Vanessa: 
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Recently, something shocked me. I asked my  students to choose their own level, beginner,  
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intermediate or advanced in English and 25% of you  chose beginner. This shocked me because most of my  
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YouTube videos and all of my English courses are  for intermediate and advanced English learners.  
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I'm sorry to my precious beginner English  learners, I want to help you. For the past year,  
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I have worked very hard to create a beginner  English course for you and today, I would like  
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to show you a free sample of that course. Vanessa: 
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Introducing, the Fearless Fluency Club Beginner.  You will be able to speak about your family, food,  
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your house, traveling, your free time activities.  What a wonderful start to your English journey.  
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Today, you will see module three, which is about  the house. I recommend clicking CC to view the  
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full subtitles. This way you don't miss any words. Vanessa: 
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To help you remember everything  that you learn in today's lesson,  
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I have created a free PDF worksheet with all of  the vocabulary, all of the grammar, all of the  
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pronunciation, plus you can answer Vanessa's  challenge question using what you've learned.  
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You can click on the link in the description  to download this free PDF worksheet today. 
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Vanessa: If you enjoyed this lesson, I invite you  
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to join me in the Fearless Fluency Club Beginner,  where you can finally learn English and speak  
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confidently. Course member Ildiko said, "This  course is fantastic. I like the most that you  
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teach us real English, not classroom English, real  English spoken by real American English speakers."  
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Elaine from Brazil said that she joined the  course to improve her English but then something  
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surprised her. "What surprised me even more was  the wonderful community and the opportunity to  
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meet and interact with so many wonderful friends  around the world." Love it. Great, Elaine. 
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Vanessa: You can click on the link in the description  
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to join me in the Fearless Fluency Club Beginner.  And if you join the course and you think,  
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this is too easy for me, no problem. Within  two weeks of your purchase, send me an email  
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and I can switch you to the intermediate  level. No problem, no hassle, very easy. 
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Vanessa: Let's test if the Fearless Fluency  
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Club Beginner can help you to really improve  your English speaking skills. The course uses the  
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conversation breakdown method. This method helps  you to catch the real meaning of conversations  
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and learn real vocabulary, real expressions  and real pronunciation used in daily life.  
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This lesson is just a short sample of  the full course. In the full course,  
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you get five modules but in this lesson,  there's only one. Let's test if the conversation  
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breakdown method in the Fearless Fluency Club  can help you to level up your English. Let's get  
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started by watching a quick conversation. Vanessa: 
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Welcome to the Fearless Fluency Club Beginner  conversation lesson. Let's watch Vanessa, me,  
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and Dan clean the house. Listen for all of  the vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation  
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that you learned in the module three lessons.  And don't forget to check out the guide, how to  
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use this course for more tips about learning  with this conversation. Let's get started. 
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Vanessa: Hey Dan, aren't you ready to tidy up? 
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Dan: No, I'm not. It'll take all day and  
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I'm trying to find my hockey stick. Vanessa: 
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No, it won't take all day and  maybe we can find your stick  
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while we clean. Dan: 
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Okay. What's the first thing we need to do? Vanessa: 
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We need to find the cleaning supplies. Dan: 
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They're below the kitchen sink and the  vacuum and the broom are inside the closet  
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in the dining room. Vanessa: 
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Okay. Hey, aren't you going to get the supplies? Dan: 
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I will, but can you do the laundry? The washing  machine is empty so we'll be able to wash the  
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pillow cases, the sheets and the comforter. Vanessa: 
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Okay, that's a good idea. Vanessa: 
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I don't think everything will fit in the washer,  it'll overflow. I'll start with the sheets.  
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Where's the laundry basket? Dan: 
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It isn't on top of the dresser in the bedroom. Vanessa: 
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That's where we always put it. I didn't move it. Dan: 
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I found it. You're not going  to believe where it was. 
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Vanessa: Was it between the bookshelf and the TV?  
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By the coffee table? Next to the bathroom cabinet? Dan: 
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No, it was outside. Vanessa: 
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Wow. Well, I'm glad you found it. Dan: 
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All right, Vanessa, what's next? Vanessa: 
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Well, we need to clean the rug  and the carpet in the living room. 
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Dan: You can do that. I'll clean the bathroom. 
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Vanessa: Don't forget to scrub  
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between the sink and the toilet. Dan: 
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I'll wipe down the mirror too. Dan: 
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Do you need any help? Vanessa: 
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I'm trying to move the couch but it doesn't  want to move. And I don't want to scratch  
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the floor. Dan: 
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That's because there's something under it, silly. Vanessa: 
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I didn't see anything. Dan: 
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Look, beside the lamp. It'll surprise you. Vanessa: 
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It's your hockey stick. Vanessa: 
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Did you enjoy that conversation about finding  Dan's hockey stick and cleaning the house? Now  
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it's time to move on to a vocabulary lesson so  you can use the same vocabulary that we used  
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in that conversation. Let's go. Vanessa: 
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Are you ready to naturally talk about cleaning  and organizing in English? In this lesson,  
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you will learn some common verbs that we use to  talk about cleaning and organizing and then I will  
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show you in my house, some items that are often  used in this topic, cleaning and organizing.  
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Let's get started with the verbs. Vanessa: 
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To clean. I clean the kitchen. Are you  cleaning? Let's say it together. Are you  
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ready? Speak out loud. Use your voice.  You can do it. "I clean the kitchen.  
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I clean the kitchen." Try this, "I  clean the floor in the bathroom.  
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I clean the floor in the bathroom." The floor is  on the ground. I clean the floor in the bathroom. 
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Vanessa: To tidy up.  
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To tidy up. Say this with me, "I tidy up the  kitchen table. I tidy up the kitchen table."  
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To tidy up is used when a lot of things are piled  up. Maybe there's a jacket, a cup, a shirt, a bag  
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on the table. You need to tidy up the table. Say  this with me, "I tidy up the coffee table in the  
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living room." The coffee table is a short table  in front of your couch. It's for books, for cups,  
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for playing for kids, for anything. It's a  coffee table. Say this with me, "I tidy up the  
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coffee table in the living room." Some people  say living room, some people say family room  
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or main room. Some people say great room. It's  your choice. For me, I say the living room. This  
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is where I live. This is the living room. Vanessa: 
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To lock. To lock. I lock the front door. Do you  lock your front door? Say the sentence with me,  
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"I lock the front door. I lock the front door  or oops, I forgot to lock the front door." 
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Vanessa: To find. When you look for something,  
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oh, there it is. I find my favorite mug for tea  or in the past you can say yesterday I found my  
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favorite mug. Yesterday, I found my favorite  mug. Can you say this sentence with me?  
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"I find the broom and the vacuum in the closet."  Say it together, "I find the broom and the vacuum  
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in the closet. We need a broom to clean, we  need a vacuum to clean but we need to find them.  
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They are in the closet." Now that we practiced  some common verbs for cleaning and organizing,  
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let's go into my house and I will show you some  common items that you will need to know to talk  
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about your house. Let's go. Vanessa: 
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I'm in the kitchen. The kitchen. Say  it with me, "I'm in the kitchen." 
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Vanessa: I'm in the living room. I'm in the living room. 
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Vanessa: This is the wall. This is  
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the wall. This is the floor. Vanessa: 
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This is the floor. This is the carpet. This is  the carpet or this is the rug. This is the rug.  
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Usually a rug is small and a carpet is big. Vanessa: 
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This is the ceiling, the  ceiling. This is the ceiling. 
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Vanessa: There are books on the bookshelf. Say it with me,  
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"There are books on the bookshelf." Vanessa: 
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The TV is on the wall. The TV is on the wall. Vanessa: 
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My mug is on the coffee table. My mug is on the  coffee table. A coffee table is a small table  
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in the living room for coffee, books, toys, games,  anything. The pillow is on the couch. The pillow  
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is on the couch. Some people say sofa. The pillow  is on the sofa. Both are correct. Sofa or couch.  
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For me, I say couch. The pillow is on  the couch. The lamp is beside the couch.  
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The lamp is beside the couch. Vanessa: 
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This is the dining room. We  eat in the dining room. I sit  
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on a kitchen chair. Can you say it with  me? "I sit on a kitchen chair and this  
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is the kitchen table." This is the  kitchen table but I need to tidy up  
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the kitchen table. I tidied up the kitchen table. Vanessa: 
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This is the bedroom. The bedroom. Can you say it  with me? "This is the bedroom." In the bedroom  
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is a bed. Let's talk about the bed. There  are pillows. Can you say it with me?  
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"There are the pillows." There are the pillows and  I have a comforter. Say it with me, "A comforter."  
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Under the comforter is a sheet. A sheet. Say it  with me, "I have two sheets." I have two sheets  
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under my comforter. Vanessa: 
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I put my clothes in the dresser. In the dresser.  Can you say it with me? "I put my clothes  
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in the dresser." Vanessa: 
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This is the bathroom. This is the bathroom.  And in the bathroom, there is a sink.  
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You can say, "This is the bathroom sink." Say it  with me, "This is the bathroom sink," or just,  
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this is the sink. This is the sink. In the  bathroom there is a mirror. A mirror. I know this  
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word is tough. Say it With me slowly, "Mirror."  Mirror. This is the mirror. And inside the mirror  
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is a cabinet. A cabinet. My cabinet has medicine  and other things. Can you say it with me? "The  
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bathroom cabinet." This is the bathroom cabinet. Vanessa: 
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In the bathroom there is a toilet. A toilet. This  is the toilet. Can you say it with me? "This is  
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the toilet." Vanessa: 
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This is the shower. The shower. Say it with me,  "This is the shower." Or this is the bathtub.  
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The bathtub. This is a bathtub. Vanessa: 
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This is the washing machine. The washing machine.  Sometimes we say washer. This is the washer.  
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The laundry basket is on top of the washer and the  broom is also on top of the washer. Can you say  
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this with me? "This is the washing machine." This  is the washer. The laundry basket is on top of the  
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washer. The broom is on top of the washer too. Vanessa: 
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Great work practicing these cleaning and  organizing house words. The next step is to  
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review this lesson. Watch it again and again  and please speak out loud with me. Repeat my  
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sentences out loud. It will help you to remember  these words a lot. Well, thanks so much and I'll  
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see you the next time. Bye. Vanessa: 
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How did you enjoy that vocabulary lesson?  Now it's time for a grammar lesson about  
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prepositions of place so that you can use  these words on, between, on top of, under,  
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in your daily life. Plus, a little quiz. Let's go. Vanessa: 
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Where's the fork? Where's the bowl? Where's  the cup? Let's talk about prepositions of  
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place in today's lesson. You are going to  master how to explain where an item is located.  
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I'm going to help you with some similar words and  after each section, there will be a little test  
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so pay attention. Vanessa: 
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Let's start with these three words, above, on  top of and on. I want you to say these sentences  
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with me. Are you ready? "The picture is above the  piano." The picture is above the piano. It is not  
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touching the piano. It is above the piano. Say  this with me, "The food is on top of the fridge."  
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The food is on top of the fridge. It is touching  the fridge. The food is on top of the fridge. Say  
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this sentence, "The plates are on the shelf."  The plates are on the shelf. The plates are  
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touching the shelf. Vanessa: 
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What's the difference on top of or on? Usually  on top of is a high place, on top of the fridge.  
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And on is everything else, on the shelf, on  the table, on the floor. It's not a high place.  
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Are you ready for a little test? Where is the  bowl? Is the bowl above the plate? Is the bowl  
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on top of the plate? Or is the bowl on the plate?  I'll give you three seconds to choose. Three. The  
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bowl is on the plate. It's not super high, it's  touching the plate so the bowl is on the plate. 
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Vanessa: Take a look at these words,  
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under, below. Under, below. Can you  say this sentence with me? "The sheets  
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are under the comforter." One more time,  "The sheets are under the comforter".  
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Well, you can also say the sheets are below  the comforter but do you know what? The word  
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below is not commonly used. It's more common to  say under. The sheets are under the comforter.  
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What about these words, underneath, beneath.  The sheets are underneath the comforter. The  
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sheets are beneath the comforter. These words  are very formal. We don't often use underneath or  
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beneath in daily conversation so your best  choice is under. Let's have a little test. 
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Vanessa: Where is the cup? Is the cup  
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under the plate? Is the cup below the plate?  Is the cup underneath the plate or is the cup  
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beneath the plate? I'll give you three seconds  to choose the best answer. Three, two, one.  
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The cup is under the plate. All of these words  are okay but the best word for daily conversation  
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is just under. The cup up is under the plate. Vanessa: 
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Next we have behind, in front of. Behind  and in front of our opposites. Take a look  
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at this sentence, say it out loud with me.  "The broom is behind the laundry basket."  
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Or, "The laundry basket is in front  of the broom." Great. These are  
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opposites. Their placement is opposite. Let's  have a test sentence. Where is the fork?  
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Is the fork behind the cup? Or is the fork in  front of the cup? I'll give you three seconds.  
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Three, two, one. The fork is in front  of the cup. Can you say that with me?  
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"The fork is in front of the cup." Great work. Vanessa: 
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The next prepositions are between, beside and  next to. Who can you say this sentence with me?  
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"The sink is between the shelf  and the laundry basket." Between,  
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there is something on both sides. Let's say it  one more time. "The sink is between the shelf  
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and the laundry basket." What about  this? The shelf is beside the sink.  
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The shelf is next to the sink. Beside, next to,  what's the difference? I have good news. Both of  
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these expressions are the same and we use both  expressions in daily life so you have a choice.  
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Can you say the sentence with me? "The shelf is  beside the sink. The shelf is next to the sink."  
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Great work. Are you ready for a test? Vanessa: 
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Where is the bowl? Where is the bowl? Is the bowl  between the fork and the cup? Is the bowl next to  
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the cup? Or is the bowl beside the cup? Choose the  best option. I'll give you through three seconds.  
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Three, two, one. The bowl is beside the cup or  the bowl is next to the cup. What about the other  
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things? The cup is between the fork and the bowl  because there's something on both sides. Great. 
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Vanessa: Take a look at these words near,  
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close by and by. Are they similar? Are  they different? Look at these sentences.  
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The coffee table is near the couch. Can you say  it with me? "The coffee table is near the couch."  
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Or, "The coffee table is close by the couch." Are  you saying it with me? "The coffee table is close  
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by the couch." Or finally, "The coffee table is  by the couch." The coffee table is by the couch.  
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I have more good news, these three words  have the same meaning. You can use them  
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whenever you want because all three are the same. Vanessa: 
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Let's have a little test. Where  is the fork? Where's the fork.  
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The fork is near the cup, the fork is close  to the plate or the fork is by the plate.  
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What's the best option? I'll tell you in three,  two, one. The fork is close to the plate or the  
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fork is by the plate. Their location is the close  to each other. It's of course correct to say near  
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but the fork is not near the cup. Instead, we  can say the fork is near the plate. Great work. 
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Vanessa: Look at these words, in, inside.  
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Are they similar? Are they different? Let's look  at some sentences. The soap is in the bottle.  
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The soap is in the cabinet. The soap is inside the  cabinet. What's the difference? Well really they  
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have the same meaning but we use in more commonly  in daily conversation. It's not wrong, it's not  
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weird to say the soap is inside the cabinet.  It's fine but it's more common to say the soap is  
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in the cabinet. Let's have a little test sentence. Vanessa: 
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Where is the fork? Where's the fork? The fork  is inside the cup or the fork is in the cup?  
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Which one is the best for daily conversation?  Can you say it out loud? I'll give you three,  
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two, one. The fork is in the cup.  The fork is in the cup. Great work. 
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Vanessa: Look at our last two prepositions of place,  
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out of or outside or outside of. Look at these  sentences and say them out loud with me. "The  
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shirt is out of the dresser." Or, "The shirt is  outside the dresser." Or, "The shirt is outside of  
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the dresser." With the word outside, you have two  choices, outside the dresser or you can add of,  
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outside of the dresser. Both options are  great and very natural so it's your choice  
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but what is the difference friends between the  shirt is out of the dresser and the shirt is  
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outside of the dresser. Well, the first  option, the shirt is out of the dresser means  
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the shirt was in the dresser and it moved out of  the dresser. We are thinking about where it was  
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before. There's some movement that happens.  Let me give you another example. I am out of  
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the car. I am out of the car. This means before  I was in the car and I moved out of the car. 
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Vanessa: What about the second sentence?  
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The shirt is outside of the dresser. The shirt is  outside of the dresser. Okay, it is a statement. A  
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fact. There's no movement, just oh, the shirt  is outside of the dresser. Same for people.  
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I am outside of the car. I am standing outside  of the car. Maybe I was never in the car, my body  
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just outside of the car. It's more about placement  instead of movement. Are you ready for a little  
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challenge test sentence? Yes, you can do it. Vanessa: 
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Where is the bowl? Where's the bowl.  
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Tell me, where's the bowl. I'll give  you three seconds. Three, two, one.  
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The bowl is out of the box. The bowl is out of  the box. Why is out of correct? Because you saw  
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it was in the box and now it moved  out of the box. But let's imagine  
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this is our original situation. You  don't know where the bowl was before,  
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you can use either. The bowl is out of  the box or the bowl is outside the box.  
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The bowl is outside of the box. If this is what  you see, no problem. You can use both options. 
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Vanessa: Great work, practicing all of these  
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prepositions of placement. I recommend now going  back and reviewing this lesson, speaking out loud,  
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practicing all of these sentences and also  make sure you listen for these prepositions  
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while you watch English movies, TV shows, songs  because I know that you will hear them in daily  
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conversation and I want you to be able to use them  naturally yourself. Well, great work and I'll see  
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you again the next time. Bye. Vanessa: 
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Now that you feel more comfortable with under,  on top of, beside, these prepositions of place,  
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let's go on to the pronunciation lesson. To speak  
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real English and express yourself as naturally  as possible, you need to use contractions.  
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What's a contraction? Well, let's find out. Vanessa: 
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Are you ready to speak English more clearly?  Let's do it. In lesson, you will master  
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how to use contractions in daily English.  What's a contraction? A contraction is two  
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words put together with an apostrophe like this.  I plus am is I'm. Notice the letter A is gone.  
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It's because the apostrophe replaced A so you  can say I'm. I'm. It's not a problem to say I am  
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but in daily English, it is very common to use a  contraction. I'm. Most contractions use a pronoun.  
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A pronoun is I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they.  Let's start by talking about contractions with  
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the verb to be. Let's get to work. Vanessa: 
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Because this is a pronunciation lesson, you  need to be active. You need to speak out loud.  
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I want you to repeat the sentences out loud with  me. Don't think the sentences, say them out loud.  
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This will help your pronunciation muscles and your  confidence. Let's see some common contractions  
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with to be. I am, I'm. Say it with me, "I'm." I'm  cleaning under the couch. Say it with me, "I'm  
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cleaning under the couch." You are, you're. Say it  with me, "You're." Let's say a sentence together.  
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"You're cooking breakfast." You're cooking  breakfast. Great. Let's change the first word, he  
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is. He's cooking breakfast. Say it with  me, "He's cooking breakfast." Or she is,  
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she's cooking breakfast. Say it with me, "She's  cooking breakfast." It is. It's my favorite food.  
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Say it with me, "It's my favorite food." We are.  We're cleaning the whole house. Say it with me.  
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"We're cleaning the whole house." I didn't say  we cleaning. I said, "We're." Say that with me,  
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"We're." Great. They are, they're. They're.  They're coming to visit. Say it with me,  
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"They're coming to visit." Vanessa: 
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Before we talk about adding a negative word, not,  let's talk about some contractions that don't use  
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a pronoun but they use the verb to be. That is,  that's. That's my dinner. Say it with me, "That's  
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my dinner." There is, there's. There's my  dinner. Say it with me, "There's my dinner."  
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What is, what's my dinner? Say it  with me, "What's my dinner?" Great. 
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Vanessa: Let's move on to some negative contractions.  
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Is plus not makes isn't. Isn't. Which  letter is gone? The letter O. He isn't  
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tidying up. Can you say it with me? "He  isn't tidying up." Are plus not is aren't.  
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Aren't. We aren't organized. Can you say  it with me? "We aren't organized." Great. 
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Vanessa: Let's review these contractions with  
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to be before we go on to some other verbs. I want  you to say them out loud with me. Are you ready?  
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I'm cleaning. You're cleaning. He's cleaning.  She's cleaning. It's clean. We're cleaning.  
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They're cleaning. That's my broom. There's  my broom. What's a broom. It isn't a broom.  
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They aren't brooms. Great practice. Vanessa: 
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Let's go on to some contractions that use  another verb, do. We only use contractions with  
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do when we include the word not. This is taking  it to the next level. Do you remember, he isn't?  
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This is a negative contraction. Isn't. We are  going to do the same thing with the verb do.  
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Take a look at this. I don't like hot dogs. I  don't. What's happening here? We have do plus not  
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and the O is gone. It is replaced with  an apostrophe. Same as isn't or aren't,  
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which also have the O gone and an apostrophe.  Do you think you can a sentence with me?  
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"I don't like hot dogs." I don't like hot  dogs. Great. Or we can use the past tense,  
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I didn't tidy up my bedroom. Can you say that  with me? We have did plus not. Say it out loud,  
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"I didn't tidy up my bedroom." Great. Vanessa: 
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Next we have does plus not, doesn't. Doesn't. Can  you say it with me? "Doesn't." Let's put it in a  
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sentence. He doesn't like to clean the bathroom.  He doesn't like to clean the bathroom. Great work. 
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Vanessa: The next contractions include the word  
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will. We use will for the future. Something  that will happen in the future. Take a look  
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at this. I'll introduce you to my cousin.  I'll introduce you. What's that first word?  
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I plus will is I'll. Here, two letters are  gone. Do you know what they are? I'll, W and I  
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are gone so you can say, "I'll introduce  you to my cousin." Can you say that with me?  
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"I'll introduce you to my cousin." Great.  What about this? You will, you'll. You'll.  
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Make sure you have a clear L. Your  tongue is between your teeth. You'll.  
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You'll love this cake. Can you say that sentence  with me? "You'll love this cake." Great. What  
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about these words? He will, she will, it will.  Let's take out W and I and make it he'll, she'll,  
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it'll. Say the sentence with me, "He'll clean  the whole house. She'll clean the whole house.  
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It'll be clean." Can you say that again with  me? "He'll clean the whole house. She'll clean  
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the whole house. It'll be clean." Vanessa: 
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Let's go on to the next one. They plus will  is they'll. They'll. Say it with me, "They'll.  
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They'll watch TV in the living room." Can you say  the sentence? Yes, of course you can. "They'll  
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watch TV in the living room." We plus will is  we'll. We'll. We'll meet my sister tomorrow.  
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We'll meet my sister tomorrow. Vanessa: 
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Next I have a negative contraction  using will. What is will plus not?  
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There is an unusual change that happens.  Will plus not becomes won't. Won't.  
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Here we are taking out the I but we are adding,  O. Don't forget this. This is an exception. Won't.  
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Won't. Let's say a sentence. "They won't  be happy if we are late." Say it with me.  
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"They won't be happy if we are late." Great work. Vanessa: 
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Let's review these contractions with will. Say it  out loud with me. "I'll tidy up. You'll tidy up.  
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He'll tidy up. She'll tidy up. It'll be tidy up.  They'll tidy up. We'll tidy up. We won't tidy up."  
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Great work practicing these natural contractions.  It will help your speech to become more fluent and  
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for you to become more confident when you speak. Vanessa: 
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I recommend reviewing this lesson, speaking  out loud and listening for contractions  
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while you are watching TV, while you are listening  to songs. You can do it. Keep up the great work  
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and I'll see you the next time. Bye. Vanessa: 
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Are your pronunciation muscles warmed up?  I hope so because now it's time to speak.  
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Let's check out the speaking lesson. Let's go. Vanessa: 
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Are you ready to practice speaking English with  me? Yes, let's do it. Today, you will practice  
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five questions from the vocabulary lesson,  five questions from the grammar lesson and  
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five questions from the pronunciation lesson  in module three. I will ask the question. I  
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want you to listen and then speak out loud.  Answer out loud. Don't answer in your head,  
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answer out loud. And when I pause, I will listen  to you. Wherever you live, I will listen to your  
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answer so please be active. Speak out loud. If you  need more time, you can click pause on the video,  
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answer for more time and then continue the video.  All right, are you ready for five questions from  
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the vocabulary lesson? Let's start. Vanessa: 
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Where can I find the broom to sweep the floor?  
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You could say, "You can find the broom in  the closet." Great. I want you to make a  
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full sentence. You could say, "In the closet,"  but this is too short for our speaking practice.  
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I want you to make a full sentence. The broom is  in the closet. The broom to sweep the floor is in  
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the closet. This is very good. Let me ask again,  where can I find the broom to sweep the floor?  
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Great work. When will you tidy up the living  room? How often do you clean the kitchen?  
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Did you find that coffee mug?  
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Notice this question, you can say, "Yes," or you  can say, "No," but this does not practice the key  
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vocabulary so please is make a full sentence.  Yes, I found the coffee mug. Or, no, I did not  
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find the coffee mug. Great. A full sentence. Do  you know someone who doesn't lock their door?  
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Excellent. Vanessa: 
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Let's go on to five questions from the grammar  lesson. What is on that shelf? You could say,  
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"There is a book on the shelf." Great.  Let me ask again, what is on that shelf?  
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How often do you clean under fridge?  
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Who put the cookies on top of the freezer?  
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Do you always put dirty laundry in the  laundry basket? What is next to your bed?  
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Great work. Vanessa: 
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Let's go on to five questions from the  pronunciation lesson. Do you know what  
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time we are meeting for dinner? You can say,  "We're meeting for dinner at 7:00 o'clock."  
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Great. Please use the contraction, we're meeting  for dinner at 7:00 o'clock. Let me ask again,  
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do you know time we're meeting for dinner?  Why isn't the laundry basket in the closet?  
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Why aren't you ready yet?  
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Do you think they'll love the dessert?  
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Why didn't you tidy up before the party? Great  work practicing all of these questions in speaking  
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out loud. I recommend reviewing this lesson and  continuing to practice your speaking skills.  
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I'll see you again the next time. Bye. Vanessa: 
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driving or even sleeping. Each  module includes a lesson guide,  
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which is like a mini textbook that I've created  for you so that you have all the information in  
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one convenient place. Vanessa: 
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Vanessa: You'll also have access to a community of  
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sometimes even daily. It's a great way to make  friends around the world and practice speaking  
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English. Plus, I host weekly live lessons in  our private Facebook group so that you can  
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Vanessa: And now I have a question for you,  
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let me know in the comments who your house? Is it  you? Is it your mom? Your husband? Maybe nobody?  
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Let me know in the comments who cleans your  house. And thank you so much for learning  
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English with me. I will see you again next Friday  for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel. Bye. 
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Vanessa: The next step  
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is to download the free PDF worksheet for this  lesson. With this free PDF, you will master  
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today's lesson and never forget what you have  learned. You can be a confident English speaker.  
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Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel  for a free English lesson every Friday. Bye.
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