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  • Hello, everybody. Welcome to this English course

  • In today's video, I'm going  to tell you about nouns

  • Because in English, nouns are very important. They are the basic element of a sentence

  • So if you want to speak English, you need to know about the  

  • different kinds of nouns. And I'm going to try and teach  

  • you as well as I can. Let's get started

  • Ok, so let's start with concrete nouns. Now in English, concrete nouns  

  • are people places or things, including animals

  • That you can see, that you can smell, or taste, or hear, or touch

  • So you can basically use your five senses. Let me give you a few examples

  • If we talk about people

  • you could say, a man or a teacher

  • or me, Fanny. Or Mr. Smith

  • If we talk about places, you could say

  • a house, a school. You could name a city like London

  • Very nice city. Or a beach

  • And if you talk about things, you could say a shoe

  • you could say a marker, you could talk about a dog 

  • or food like a pizza. These are concrete nouns....ok

  • Now let's move on to abstract nouns. So abstract nouns, unlike concrete nouns

  • are ideas, concepts, emotions. And you can't see an idea

  • You can't smell a concept. You can't taste an emotion

  • Or hear it. Or touch it. So they are nouns. They are things that exist, but 

  • you cannot see them, or taste them. You can't use your five sense

  • To give you a few examples, we could talk about love

  • or time, or religion

  • rules. These are all words that represent 

  • ideas, concepts... okay They're abstract nouns in English

  • Now, let's get into more detail about nouns. Let's now see the difference between common nouns 

  • and proper nouns which are  very important in English

  • So common nouns and proper nouns refer to people, places, things,  

  • ideas. Let's see a few examples

  • We could talk about people for example. A woman

  • That's a common noun. But if we talk about a specific woman

  • for example, me, Fanny. That becomes a proper noun with a capital 'F'. 

  • because, and you should know this, proper nouns are always capitalized

  • You could talk about places. A city. That's a common noun

  • But then you can name a specific city. Let's take

  • great city, London, of course. With a capital 'L'. 

  • Remember proper nouns - always capitalized. We can talk about things for 

  • example. An animal. Let's take a dog. A dog

  • That's a common noun. But if we take a specific dog, like  

  • Snoopy - capital 'S', that's the proper noun

  • If we talk about things  again, but for example, a car

  • that's a common noun. But if we name the brand,  

  • the specific brand of the car like Volvo, that's a proper noun. And it takes a capital 'V'. 

  • And finally, and we can say, a team - common noun. But if we name a specific team, for example

  • the best football team, Manchester United

  • then that's a proper noun and it's capitalized

  • Now mind you, 'team', is a special word because it's called 

  • a collective noun in English because it refers to a group of people

  • So collective nouns can be used as singular nouns or plural nouns

  • But we will talk about this again later. So now that we know a lot about nouns in English

  • Let's practice finding nouns in a sentence. Okay, first

  • In my class at Oxford  University, I have many friends

  • My best friend is Jan. I have a lot of love for her

  • Jan has a cute dog. Its name is Juju

  • What are the nouns in these sentences

  • If we take the first sentence, In my class at Oxford University,  

  • I have many friends. We have, class, and friends

  • These are common nouns. We also have a proper noun, Oxford University

  • We know it's a proper noun  because it's capitalized

  • The second sentence is, My best friend is Jen

  • Now in this sentence, the noun is, friend - common noun

  • And there's also the word, Jen, is also a noun but a proper noun

  • As you can see it's capitalized. Then, I have a lot of love for her

  • What noun can you see? Of course, 'love'. 

  • Remember the abstract noun we talked about a few minutes ago

  • And finally, Jan has a cute dog. Its name is Juju. What nouns can we find

  • We can see, 'Jen', again - proper noun. 'Dog' - common noun

  • But also, 'name', and 'Juju'. 'Name's' a common noun

  • 'Juju' is the proper noun. It's capitalized

  • As you probably know, I haven't mentioned, 'I', or 'her', or 'its'. 

  • They are also nouns, but they are pronouns and they're considered a different  

  • category in English. We will talk about them in another video

  • Great job guys! Thank you for watching my video

  • I hope you now have a better understanding of nouns in English

  • Please keep practicing. Practice makes perfect

  • I'm sure you will very soon be able to recognize nouns in a sentence

  • Please make sure to watch my  next video as I keep on talking  

  • about nouns. See you

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  • Hello guys! And welcome to this English course on nouns

  • In today's video, we're going to  talk about singular and plural nouns.

  • When you speak English, it's very important  to know the difference between a singular noun  

  • and a plural noun. Ok

  • So I will explain to you the different rules. And we will practice together

  • Let's get started

  • Ok guys, the first you need to know  is that a singular noun means one

  • So, for example, I can say, 'cat'. 'a cat

  • 'one cat' 'school

  • 'a school' 'one school

  • 'team' Now don't forget, 'team' is a collective noun

  • It's a group of people, but  still, it's a singular noun

  • We talk about 'a team', or 'one team. 'lady

  • 'monkey' 'tomato

  • 'a tomato' 'one tomato

  • Or 'piano'. Now, if we talk  

  • about plural nouns, it means more than one. So for example, two, three, four, or many

  • If we take our words again,  'a cat' becomes 'cats'. 

  • 'two cats' 'three cats

  • 'many cats' 'school'' becomes 'schools'. 

  • 'team' becomes 'teams'. Ok, so you just add an 's'. 

  • Now 'lady' becomes 'ladies. 'monkey' becomes 'monkeys'. 

  • But, two different rules. As you can see, 'lady' is consonant + 'y'. 

  • Now when you have consonant + 'y', in an  English word, the plural will be 'ies'. 

  • 'lady' 'ladies

  • But when you have vowel + 'y' like  'monkey', it just becomes 'monkeys'. 

  • You simply add an 's'. Ok, 'monkey' becomes 'monkeys'. 

  • 'tomato' becomes 'tomatoes'. 'piano' 'pianos

  • Again, two different rules. Now 'tomato' becomes 'tomatoes'. 

  • You add 'es'. And with most words ending in 'o',  

  • so consonant + 'o', you will add 'es'. But sometimes, you will only add 's'. 

  • Like 'piano', 'pianos'. There is no particular rule for this

  • You just need to know the words  that only end with an 's'. 

  • Ok, let's move on to some pronunciation now. So, when it comes to pronunciation, we have  

  • three different sounds. The first sound is /s/. 

  • The second sound is /z/. And the third sounds is /Iz/. 

  • So let's review some words together and  be really careful, what sound do you hear

  • 'cats' 'cats

  • What can you hear? /s/ 

  • Can you repeat after me. 'cats

  • 'cats' The second word is 'schools'. 

  • 'schools' What sound can you hear

  • Of course, /z/. Repeat after me

  • 'schools' 'schools

  • The third words is 'teams'. 

  • What sound can you hear? Again, /z/. 

  • Repeat after me. 'teams

  • 'teams' Then we have 'ladies'. 

  • 'ladies' /z/ 

  • Repeat after me. 'ladies

  • 'ladies' Then 'monkeys'. 

  • /z/ again. Repeat after me

  • 'monkeys'. 'monkeys

  • Then we have 'tomatoes'. Again, it's the /z/ sound

  • 'tomatoes' 'tomatoes

  • And finally, 'pianos'. /z/ 

  • 'pianos' 'pianos

  • Let's move on to other rules now. Ok guys, let's now talk about nouns  

  • that end in 's', 'sh', 'x', 'ch', or 'z'. Now to make the plural form of these nouns,  

  • you will add 'es'. And the sound will be /Iz/. 

  • Let's review some words together. 'bus' becomes 'buses'. 

  • 'bush' 'bushes' 'fox' 'foxes

  • 'beach' 'beaches' 'quiz' 'quizzes

  • Can you repeat after me? 'buses' 'buses

  • 'bushes' 'bushes' 'foxes' 'foxes

  • 'beaches' 'beaches' 'quizzes' 'quizzes

  • Let's move on. Ok, guys

  • Moving on to nouns that end in 'f' or 'fe'. For example, 'roof' becomes 'roofs'. 

  • 'safe' 'safes' So you simply add an 's'. 

  • Then we have 'leaf' that becomes 'leaves'. Wait a minute. What happened

  • Well, ya, sometimes in English, a word ending  in 'f' becomes a word ending in 'ves' in plural

  • That's not a rule. But some words end in 'ves',  

  • you just have to learn them I'm afraid. Another word, 'wife'. 

  • And again, 'ves'. 'wives

  • 'shelf' 'shelves' Again, this 'ves' ending

  • Now let's focus on pronunciation. 'roofs

  • So it's an /s/ sound. 'roofs

  • 'roofs' Good job

  • 'safes' 'safes

  • Have you heard the /s/ sound? 'safes

  • Then we have 'leaves'. And this time it's a /z/ sound

  • Repeat after me

  • 'leaves' 'leaves

  • Great. Moving on. 'wives

  • 'wives' And finally

  • 'shelves

  • 'shelves' Great job guys

  • Let's move on to practice now. Well students, let's now practice together

  • I'm going to give you a singular noun, and  I want you to try and find the plural form  

  • of this singular noun. Ok

  • Let's give it a try. The first word is 'baby'. 

  • 'baby' Don't forget, it ends with consonant + 'y'. 

  • Do you remember the rule? It's 'babies' with 'ies'. 

  • Very nice. 'baby' 'babies

  • The second word is 'toy'. Hmmm, vowel + 'y'. 

  • So this time, 'toys'. You simply add an 's'. 

  • Then we have 'wish'. Wish is a word that ends in 'sh'. 

  • Remember the rule. 'wishes

  • You add 'es'. 'taxi' becomes 'taxis'. 

  • You simply add an 's'. 'choice' 'choices

  • Simply add an 's' as well. Then we have the word 'wolf'. 

  • Aha! It's a word ending in 'f'. 

  • Is it a word with 'ves'? It is

  • 'wolves' And finally

  • 'photo' Now remember the words ending in 'o'? 

  • You can add 'es' or simply 's'. Well with photo, you simply add an 's'. 

  • 'photos' Now if we focus on pronunciation now

  • Repeat the words after me. 'babies

  • The sound is /z/ 'babies

  • 'toys' 'toys

  • 'wishes' Remember this /Iz/ sound

  • Repeat after me. 'wishes

  • 'taxis' 'taxis

  • 'choices' 'choices

  • 'wolves' 'wolves

  • And finally, 'photos' 'photos

  • Excellent job guys. Now let's move on to some example sentences

  • I have some example sentences for you guys. Using singular and plural nouns

  • I would like you to repeat the sentences after me. And be really careful to sue proper pronunciation

  • Let's get started. First

  • 'I want a dog.' 'I like dogs.' 

  • Repeat after me, guys. 'I want a dog.' 

  • 'I like dogs.' 

  • The second sentence

  • 'I don't want a fox.' 'I don't like foxes.' 

  • After me, guys. 'I don't want a fox.' 

  • 'I don't like foxes.' Great, moving on the to the third sentence

  • 'I bought a watch.' 'I have many watches.' 

  • Repeat after me. 'I bought a watch.' 

  • 'I have many watches.' 

  • Good job. Sentence four now

  • 'I have a new stereo.' 'Now, I have two stereos.' 

  • After me. 'I have a new stereo.' 

  • 'Now, I have two stereos.' 

  • Excellent! And finally

  • 'There's a knife.' 'There are six knives in the kitchen.' 

  • Repeat after me. 'There's a knife.' 

  • 'There are six knives in the kitchen.' 

  • Amazing job guys. Very nice

  • I hoped this has helped. I hope you now understand better,  

  • singular and plural nouns in English. Now, I haven't talked about all  

  • the pronunciation rules, But I hope you have a good  

  • sense now of how pronounce plural forms. Make sure you watch my next video if you  

  • want to know more about nouns in English. Thank you very much for watching guys

  • Thank you for watching my video, guys! If you've liked this video,  

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  • Subscribe to the channel. Put your comments below and  

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  • Hello, guys. Welcome to this English course on nouns

  • In today's video, I'm going to tell  you about irregular plural nouns

  • Now there are crazy ways of  making plural forms in English

  • And there are a lot of irregular forms. I want you to know about them,  

  • so let's get started

  • Again, guys, there are so many  irregular plural forms in English

  • And I'm afraid there are no particular rules. You just need to learn the words

  • But I'm going to try and tell  you about the most common ones

  • Ok? Let's review some words together

  • Ok, so, for example. We have a singular noun  

  • which is 'woman'. It's plural form is 'women'. 

  • 'woman' 'women' Then we have 'man'. 

  • The singular noun, 'a man', it becomes 'men'. 'a child' becomes 'children

  • 'a tooth' 'teeth' 'a foot' becomes 'feet

  • 'a person' becomes 'people'. 'a mouse' becomes 'mice

  • Ok, let's move on to pronunciation now. Well students, let's work on pronunciation a bit

  • Please repeat after me. 'woman' 'woman

  • 'women' 'women

  • Good. 'man' 'man

  • 'men' 'men

  • 'child' 'child' 'children' 'children

  • Very good guys. Moving on

  • 'tooth' 'tooth' 'teeth' 'teeth

  • 'foot' 'foot' 'feet' 'feet

  • 'person' 'person' 'people'  

  • 'people' Very good guys

  • And the last one. 'mouse' 'mouse

  • 'mice' 'mice

  • Excellent, guys. Let's now move on to other irregular plural forms

  • Now there are words that have the  exact same singular and plural forms

  • They are not common, but you need to know a few. Let's take a look together

  • As you can see, 'sheep' is the singular form. But the plural form is not 'sheeps'. 

  • It is 'sheep'. Same goes for 'deer' 'deer'. 

  • 'moose' 'moose' 'fish' 'fish

  • 'aircraft' 'aircraft' Ok, so you will say, “I see one sheep.” 

  • But also, “I see two sheep.” The exact same word

  • Ok, let's go back for pronunciation. I want you to repeat after me

  • 'sheep' 'sheep' 'deer' 'deer

  • 'moose' 'moose' 'fish' 'fish

  • 'aircraft' 'aircraft

  • Good job guys. Let's move to other irregular forms

  • Some nouns are never singular. We always use their plural forms

  • I have a few common ones for you guys. Let's have a look

  • 'jeans' 'pants

  • 'glasses' 'sunglasses

  • 'clothes' 'scissors

  • 'pajamas' So you will say,  

  • “I have some jeans.” Or, “I have scissors.” 

  • But you cannot say, “I have a jean.” It is incorrect in English

  • Let's work a bit on pronunciation. Repeat after me, please

  • 'jeans' 'jeans' 'pants' 'pants

  • 'glasses' 'glasses' 'sunglasses' 'sunglasses

  • 'clothes' 'clothes' 'scissors' 'scissors

  • And finally, 'pajamas' 'pajamas

  • Good guys. Let's now look at other irregular plural forms

  • Now, just a few words about nouns in  English that have Latin and Greek origins

  • Their plural forms are very weird. It's a bit complicated, so we're  

  • not going to into too much detail. Don't worry too much about them

  • But just a few words that I think you should know. First, we have words ending in 'a'. 

  • Their plural form will end in 'ae'. For example

  • 'antenna' becomes 'antennae' 'alumna' 'alumnae

  • Words ending in 'us', us, will end in 'i'. 'octopus' 'octopi

  • 'cactus' 'cacti' Words ending in 'is', will end in 'es'. 

  • 'is' becomes 'es'. For example, 'analysis' 'analyses

  • 'diagnosis' 'diagnoses' And finally, words ending in 'on', end in 'a'. 

  • 'criterion' 'criteria' 'phenomenon' 'phenomena

  • These plural forms are very difficult, guys. Even native speakers make a lot of mistakes,  

  • so don't worry too much about them. I just wanted to give you a little  

  • taste of Latin and Greek plurals. Let's move on to example sentences now

  • Ok, guys. I have a few example sentences for you

  • It's a great opportunity to practice  saying irregular plural forms in English

  • Be very careful to use  proper pronunciation as well

  • Let's start. First,  

  • 'my sister has one child' 'my  brother has two children'. 

  • Repeat after me. 'my sister has one child'  

  • 'my brother has two children'. Next

  • 'I'm a quiet person, sodon't talk to many people.' 

  • Please repeat after me. 'I'm a quiet person,  

  • so I don't talk to many people.' 

  • Good guys. Next sentence

  • 'Did you catch one fish or two fish at the lake?' 

  • Repeat after me, please. 'Did you catch one fish or two fish at the lake?' 

  • Very good. Next sentence

  • 'I have one pair of glasses  and two pairs of sunglasses.' 

  • Repeat after me. 'I have one pair of glasses  

  • and two pairs of sunglasses.' 

  • Excellent, guys. And finally

  • 'He has one cactus in his front yard,  

  • but many cacti in his back yard.' Repeat after me

  • 'He has one cactus in his front yardbut many cacti in his back yard.' 

  • Ok, students. I hope you repeated after me

  • And you practiced your pronunciation

  • I hope you now have a better understanding of  

  • irregular plural forms in English. There are many of them.

  • Not many rules to follow. A lot of words to memorize

  • But, I'm sure with a little  bit of practice, you can do it

  • Thank you for watching my video. Make sure you watch the other  

  • videos as well. Thank you

  • Thank you guys for watching my video. If you've liked this video,  

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  • Thank you very much. See you

  • Hello guys, welcome back to  this English course on nouns

  • In today's video, I'm going to  tell you about compound nouns

  • They are very common in English  and there are thousands of them

  • You need to know about them. Let's get started

  • A compound noun is made up of two different words. So you take two words, you put them together,  

  • to create a new noun. They're usually quite easy to understand

  • For example, 'full moon'. 

  • 'Full' is obviously the  adjective describing the moon

  • Let's take a look at other examplesand how to create compound nouns

  • Sometimes, compound nouns are a single noun. Like, 'toothpaste'. 

  • Sometimes, they're two or more words hyphenated. Such as 'mother-in-law'. 

  • And sometimes, they're two  separate words, like 'ice cream'. 

  • Now, you have to be careful. Sometimes, you have a simple  

  • adjective plus a noun like 'a green house'. But you also have a compound noun which is  

  • a different meaning. 'A greenhouse'. 

  • Now, 'a green house', is a house which is green. But the compound noun, 'a greenhouse',  

  • is a place where you grow plants. Completely different meaning

  • Ok, so you have to be careful. Stresses can help

  • Usually the stress is on the  first syllable in compound nouns

  • Ok, I hope you get it guys. Let's take a closer look now at compound nouns

  • Ok, let's now take a look at the parts  of speech that make up a compound noun

  • We can have a noun and another noun. Like, 'bedroom'. 

  • We can also have a noun and a verb. Like, 'haircut'. 

  • A noun and a preposition. Like, 'passer-by'. 

  • A verb and a noun. Like, 'washing machine'. 

  • A verb and a preposition. Like, 'drawback'. 

  • A preposition and a noun. Like, 'underground'. 

  • An adjective and a ver. Like, 'dry-cleaning'. 

  • An adjective and a noun. Like, 'software'. 

  • Or a preposition and a verb. Like, 'input'. 

  • As you can see guys, there are so many ways  to create compound nouns with different words

  • Now let's get back to our  example for pronunciation

  • Please repeat after me. Bedroom 

  • Bedroom Haircut 

  • Haircut Passer-by 

  • Passer-by Washing machine 

  • Washing machine Drawback 

  • Drawback Underground 

  • Underground Dry-cleaning 

  • Dry-cleaning Software 

  • Software Input 

  • Input 

  • Good job guys. Now let's now move on to plural compound nouns

  • So when we want to make compound nouns  plural, there are rules to follow

  • If you have a single word, you simply add an 's'. But if you have separate words,  

  • whether hyphenated or not, you will  make the most significant word plural

  • Let's take a look at examples

  • 'Newspaper' will simply be 'newspapers'. So I have man newspapers

  • Swimming pool. Now, what's the most significant word

  • Well, it is 'pool'. So we will say, 'there are two swimming pools'. 

  • You cannot say, 'there are two swimmings pools.' No 's' at swimming

  • Brother-in-law What's the most significant word

  • Well of course, it is 'brother'. So you will say, “I have two brothers-in-law”. 

  • And finally, 'woman doctor'. Now, what's the most significant word

  • Actually, both words are significant. So we will both make them plural

  • Remember, the plural form of 'woman' is 'women'. So we will say, “Four women doctors work  

  • at the hospital”. Let's work on pronunciation

  • Can you repeat after me, please. I have man newspapers

  • I have man newspapers

  • There are two swimming pools. There are two swimming pools

  • I have two brothers-in-law. I have two brothers-in-law

  • And finally, Four women doctors work at the hospital

  • Four women doctors work at the hospital

  • Good job guys. Now let's move on to practice

  • To practice, I have a few sentences. And I want you to tell me if we are using  

  • compound nouns or not. Let's take a look

  • I want to drink some cold water. Is 'cold water' a compound noun

  • What do you think? It isn't. 

  • 'Cold' is a simply adjective describing the water

  • She has a new boy friend. Is boy friend a compound noun

  • Well, it isn't in this case. He's your friend and he's a boy

  • But the compound noun, 'boyfriend', in one  word, exists and has a different meaning

  • Then, your boyfriend is more than a friend. He's the boy you're having a relationship with

  • Other example. The blue bird was singing in the tree

  • Is 'blue bird' a compound noun? Not in this case

  • It's a simple bird and it's blue. But, the compound noun, 'bluebird',  

  • in one word, exists. It's a specific bird

  • Let's meet at the bus stop. Is 'bus stop' a compound noun

  • What do you think? It is

  • I have two alarms clock

  • What about 'alarms clock'? Well, it is a compound noun,  

  • but there is a big mistake. Can you see it

  • Of course, the plural form. The plural form is not 'alarms clock'. 

  • But, 'alarm clocks'. Because the most significant word is 'clock'. 

  • Ok guys, let's move on. Thank you for watching

  • I hope you better understand compound  nouns and how to create them

  • There are so many compound  nouns in the English language,  

  • but they are usually very easy to understand

  • And if you're not surelook it up in a dictionary

  • The dictionary will tell you  if it's a compound noun or not

  • Thank you for watching guys. And see you in the next videos

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  • Hello, guys. Welcome back to this English course on nouns

  • In this video, I'm going to tell you  about countable and uncountable nouns

  • It's very important to know the  difference between countable  

  • and uncountable nouns in English. And students often get confused

  • So please listen to me very carefully. Let's get started

  • Countable nouns are nouns that you can count

  • Uncountable nouns are nouns that you can't count. They're usually a type or a group

  • And they're always singular. Let's look at a few examples

  • Countable nounsyou can say, “a dog.” You can say, “one dog,” “two  

  • dogs,” “three dogs,” and so on. “Man.” 

  • You can say, “a man.” “Two men.” 

  • Idea.” You can say, “one idea,” “two ideas,” and so on

  • Computer.” Again, you can say, “one computer, two computers.” 

  • And, “house.” Well, you can say, “one house, two houses,  

  • three houses,” and so on. These are countable nouns

  • You can count them. But if we look at uncountable nouns

  • When you say, “water.” You can't say, “One water, two waters.” 

  • It doesn't make any sense. You cannot count water

  • Same goes for air. You can't say, “one air, two airs.” 

  • It's just 'air'. It's uncountable

  • 'traffic' 'English

  • 'Equipment' These are all uncountable nouns

  • You cannot count them And they're always singular

  • Okay, guys. Now, let's take a closer look at rules with  

  • countable nouns and uncountable nouns. So how do we know if a word  

  • is countable or uncountable? Well there are a few tricks that can help

  • Let's look at these words. Some groups of words are very often uncountable

  • And this can help you. For example, liquids

  • Water, juice, milk, beer. All those words are uncountable

  • Powders. Sugar, flour, salt, rice

  • Uncountable words as well. Materials. Such as wood, plastic, metal, or paper

  • Food as well. Like fruit, meat, cheese, and bread

  • And finally, abstract ideas. Like time, information, love, and beauty

  • Another trick is that most of the timeyou can measure uncountable nouns

  • Let's look at examples. For example, if we take liquids

  • I have two liters of milk. Now, you cannot count milk

  • But you can measure milk. And you can count liters

  • So you can say, “I have two liters of milk.” You can say, “I have a glass of water.” 

  • Or “I have glasses of water.” “Cups of coffee.” 

  • Bottles of water.” So you can measure this uncountable noun

  • Same goes with powders. “I have one kilogram of sugar.” 

  • Two kilograms of sugar.” With materials and foods,  

  • we often use the word, 'piece'. For example, “I ate two pieces of cake.” 

  • Or bread. Or pizza

  • Or meat. Or cheese

  • “I need pieces of paper.” Wood

  • Plastic. Metal

  • Or “I have some water.” 'Some' is an article that always  

  • works with uncountable nouns. Ok guys, I hope you understand

  • Let's move on. Some words can be both countable  

  • and uncountable nouns. Now not all of them

  • But some of them. Let's take a look

  • “I would like to eat some cake.” “I would like two pieces of cake.” 

  • So in these two sentences, 'cakeis obviously and uncountable noun

  • But if I say, “I would like to eat two cakes.” Suddenly, it becomes a countable noun

  • Why? Because in the first two sentences,  

  • we are talking about pieces of one cake. In the last sentence,  

  • we are considering the whole cake. So it becomes countable

  • Another example. “I would like to eat some chicken.” 

  • “I would like to eat a piece of chicken.” Both sentences, uncountable noun, 'chicken'. 

  • But the last sentence, “I see two chickens.” Hmm, 'chicken', in this case, is a countable noun

  • Why? Because  

  • in the first two sentences, 'chicken' is food. But in the last sentence, 'chicken' is an animal

  • So the animal is a countable noun. 'Chicken' as food is uncountable

  • Hope you get it. Let's move on to example sentences now

  • Let's now review a few example  sentences, so you can practice  

  • using countable and uncountable nouns. Please repeat after me

  • And be careful to use proper pronunciation. Let's get started

  • First sentence guys. “I put one hundred  

  • candles on six cakes.” Please repeat after me

  • “I put one hundred candles on six cakes.” “I put one hundred candles on six cakes.” 

  • Good job. Second example

  • “I ate two pieces of cake.” 

  • Please repeat after me. “I ate two pieces of cake.” 

  • “I ate two pieces of cake.” Next sentence

  • “I saw some trash on all the streets.” Please repeat after me

  • “I saw some trash on all the streets.” “I saw some trash on all the streets.” 

  • Very good. Next one

  • “I need to buy some milk and  some butter from the market.” 

  • Please repeat after me

  • “I need to buy some milk and  some butter from the market.” 

  • “I need to buy some milk and  some butter from the market.” 

  • And finally. “Traffic and pollution  

  • are problems in many cities.” Repeat after me

  • Traffic and pollution are  problems in many cities.” 

  • Traffic and pollution are  problems in many cities.” 

  • Good job guys. I hope you repeated after  

  • me and worked on your pronunciation. Thank you for watching this video

  • I hope you now have a better  understanding of countable  

  • and uncountable nouns. I know it's hard,  

  • but don't worry, keep practicing. Practice makes perfect

  • Thank you for watching my video and  please watch the rest of the videos

  • Thank you guys for watching my video. If you liked it, please show me your  

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  • Hello, guys. And welcome to this English course on adjectives

  • In today's video, I'm going to tell you  everything there is to know about adjectives

  • And what they are exactly. The best way to describe  

  • an adjective in English is to say that it's a word that describes or clarifies a noun

  • It gives you information on peoplethings, ideas, nouns, or pronouns

  • It is very important to  understand what adjectives are 

  • and to know how to use them. Because they are essential when you speak English

  • Let's get started

  • Adjectives give us so much  information about nouns

  • Let's, for example, take a common noun, 'cup'. And see how many ways there  

  • are in English to describe a cup using different kinds of adjectives

  • Let's see. We can say,  

  • It's a great cup.” Just give your opinion

  • It's a big cup.” Talking  about the size of the cup

  • If you want to talk about the  shape of the cup you could say

  • It's a round cup.” “It's an old cup.” 

  • If you want to talk about age. Or if you want to say what colour it is

  • It's a white cup.” Or talking about temperature

  • It's a cold cup.” “It's a broken cup.” If you make observations

  • It's a Korean cup.” Talking about origins. Or you can mention the material

  • It's a plastic cup.” OrIt's a coffee cup.”  

  • Talking about the purpose of the cup. Now 'coffee' as you know is a noun

  • But in this case, it can be used as an adjective. All these adjectives are places before the noun

  • Let's learn more about adjectives. Adjectives can found before the noun

  • It's called the attribute position. Or after the noun

  • Which is called the predicative position. And it's just as common

  • Adjectives which are found afterverb, describe the subject of this verb

  • Usually a noun or a pronoun. So if we take the sentence, “The girl is nice.” 

  • The adjective, 'nice', refers to the  subject of the sentence, 'the girl'. 

  • But it is placed after the verb 'to be'. “My students are happy.” 

  • Same thing. The adjective, 'happy', describes  

  • the subject of the sentence, 'my students'. But it is placed after the verb

  • I hope you understand guys. Let's move on to practice now

  • Let's now practice finding  adjectives in a few sentences

  • “I'm a tall woman.” Can you see the adjective in this sentence

  • I hope you can. The adjective is 'tall'. 

  • It gives you the height of the woman

  • “I'm a British woman.” Now where is the adjective

  • The adjective is 'British'. Gives you the origins of this woman

  • “I have blonde hair.” Now what's the adjective in this sentence

  • Of course guys, it is 'blonde'. It gives you the color of the hair

  • My eyes are blue.” Now that's a different sentence

  • Can you spot the adjective? The adjective is 'blue

  • What's blue? My eyes

  • 'My eyes' is the subject of the sentence and the adjective is 'blue'. 

  • “I'm nice.” Again, can you spot the adjective

  • It's 'nice'. Okay

  • And finally, “The weather is cold.” 

  • What's the adjective

  • Where is it? Can you see it

  • The adjective is 'cold'. What's cold

  • The weather. 'The weather' is the  

  • subject and the adjective is 'cold'. Now in the first three sentences,  

  • it's the attribute position. Remember

  • The adjective comes before the noun. And in the last three sentences, it's  

  • the predicative position. Remember

  • The adjective comes after the noun. And in this case, after the verb 'to be'. 

  • I hope you understand this

  • Good job. Okay, guys

  • Let's go through the sentences again. This time focusing on pronunciation

  • It's very important that you  repeat the sentences after me 

  • to practice saying these adjectives in a sentence. Okay, let's get started

  • “I'm a tall woman.” Can you repeat after me

  • Twice. First, “I'm  

  • a tall woman.” “I'm a tall woman.” 

  • Very good. Moving on

  • “I'm a British woman.” Repeat after me

  • “I'm a British woman.” “I'm a British woman.” 

  • Good. Third sentence 

  • “I have blonde hair.” So repeat after me  

  • please. “I  

  • have blonde hair.” “I have blonde hair.” 

  • Very good. “My eyes are blue.” 

  • Repeat after me. “My eyes are blue.” 

  • My eyes are blue.” Next one

  • “I'm nice.” Repeat after me

  • “I'm nice.” “I'm nice.” 

  • Good job. And finally

  • The weather is cold.” Please repeat

  • The weather is cold.” “The weather is cold.” 

  • Excellent job, guys. Ok, guys. Thank you for watching this video

  • I hope you now understand what adjectives are and how to use them in English

  • Please be sure to watch my next video  as I continue talking about adjectives

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  • Hello, guys

  • Welcome to this English course on adjectives. In today's video, I'm going to talk about  

  • prefixes and suffixes that are commonly  added to adjectives in English

  • A prefix is a few letters added to a beginning  of a word to change the meaning of that word

  • And a suffix is a few letters added to  the end of the word to change the meaning

  • We'll get more into detail. Let's get started

  • Let's take a look at a few  adjectives with prefixes

  • Again a 'prefix' is a few letters added  to the beginning of the adjective

  • Mostly to make it negative. Let's take a look at a few examples

  • First we have the prefix 'un'. U, n. For example, if we take the word, 'fair', and  

  • want to make it negative, we can add u – n to have  the word 'unfair' which is the opposite of fair

  • Same goes for 'happy'. 'unhappy

  • 'sure' become 'unsure'. 

  • Another prefix is i –n , 'in'. To make the adjective negative, again

  • For example, 'active' – 'inactive'. 'appropriate

  • 'inappropriate' 'complete

  • 'incomplete' The prefix i –r now, 'ir'. 

  • For example, 'responsible

  • 'irresponsible' 'regular

  • 'irregular' 'rational

  • 'irrational

  • Then we have the prefix i –m, 'im'. For example

  • 'balance' 'imbalance

  • 'polite' 'impolite

  • 'possible' 'impossible

  • And finally, the prefix, 'il'. I – l. 

  • Like, 'legal' 'illegal

  • 'literate' 'illiterate

  • 'logical' 'illogical

  • These are just a few examples, guys. There are so many other prefixes in English

  • But I hope you now have a better understanding

  • Let's move on. Let's now talk about suffixes

  • In English, you can add a few letters tonoun or a verb to make it into an adjective

  • Not necessarily a negative adjective. It's not like prefixes

  • There are so many suffixes in Englishbut here is a list of very common ones

  • We can find a suffix 'able'. Like, 'adorable'. 

  • 'comfortable' Also the suffix  

  • 'en', e – n. Like, 'broken'. 

  • 'golden' 'ese

  • Like, 'Chinese'. 'Japanese

  • 'ful' Like, 'wonderful'. 

  • 'powerful' 'ative

  • Like, 'informative'. 'talkative

  • 'ous' 'dangerous

  • 'enormous' Or 'some'. 

  • Like, 'awesome'. 'handsome

  • Again, these are just a few examples. There are so many suffixes

  • But I hope you now have a good idea  of how to use suffixes in English

  • Let's now move on to practice

  • Okay, guys. Let's practice finding  

  • adjectives in the following sentences. And prefixes or suffixes

  • Let's have a look. “I have an uncomfortable seat.” 

  • Now, can you spot the adjective, first? Of course, the adjective here is 'uncomfortable'. 

  • Can you see any prefix or suffix

  • I do. There is a prefix, which is 'un'. 

  • And there is a suffix as well. The suffix, 'able'. 

  • Okay, so look at how we transformed the word. The first word was 'comfort' in English

  • First, we added a suffix to make it into  an adjective, which is 'comfortable'. 

  • And then we added a prefix,  'un', to make it negative

  • So the seat is not comfortableit is uncomfortable

  • That's how prefixes and  suffixes can be used in English

  • The second sentence, “She has a black car.” Can you spot the adjective, first

  • Of course, it's the adjective 'black'. Is there a suffix or a prefix

  • No, there isn't. Next sentence

  • His father was unhelpful.” What's the adjective

  • 'unhelpful' Of course

  • Any prefix, suffix? Yes, there is a prefix

  • Again, which is 'un'. To make the adjective negative

  • And there is a suffix, 'ful'. To make the noun 'help' into an adjective

  • 'unhelpful' Next sentence

  • The actor is handsome.” The adjective, of course, is 'handsome'. 

  • Is there a prefix? No, there isn't. Is there a suffix

  • Of course, 'some'. 'handsome

  • “I hate oily food.” The adjective is 'oily'. 

  • Of course. Is there a prefix

  • There isn't.

  • Is there a suffix

  • Of course. The 'y' is a suffix

  • You have the word, the noun, 'oil'. And to make it into an adjective you  

  • add the suffix 'y'. And finally

  • She is a dishonest woman.” The adjective is 'dishonest', of course

  • Do you have a prefix? We do. Yes

  • We have the prefix, 'dis'. It shows this woman  

  • is not honest, she is dishonest. Okay, so that's how with prefixes and suffixes  

  • we can really transform words in English. It's wonderful isn't it

  • There are thousands of prefixes and suffixes. Again, these are just a few examples

  • But I hope you now understand how it works in  English and how you can really transform and play  

  • with the different words and kinds of words. Okay, guys. Let's now review the sentences  

  • together and focus on pronunciation. Repeat after me, please

  • “I have an uncomfortable seat.” “I have an uncomfortable seat.” 

  • Good job. Second sentence

  • She has a black car.” 

  • She has a black car.” 

  • Good. Keep repeating

  • His father was unhelpful.” “His father was unhelpful.” 

  • The actor is handsome.” “The actor is handsome.” 

  • Good. Moving on

  • “I hate oily food.” “I hate oily food.” 

  • And finally. “She is a dishonest woman.” 

  • She is a dishonest woman.” Excellent guys

  • Okay, guys. Thank you for watching this video

  • I hoped this helped you understand a bit  more about prefixes and suffixes in English

  • Keep practicing. It takes practice to get better identifying  

  • prefixes and suffixes, but I'm sure you can do it. Make sure you watch the video as I continue  

  • talking about adjectives in English. Thank you

  • Thank you guys for watching my video. I hoped this help you

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  • Hello guys and welcome to this  English course on adjectives

  • In this video, I will be talking to you  about adjectives ending in 'ed' or 'ing'. 

  • These adjectives are very common  in English and they often confuse  

  • students and learners in general

  • So please be really careful. Listen  very carefully. Repeat after me

  • Try and understand what the difference is. Let's get started 

  • Adjectives ending in 'ed',  describe a person's feeling

  • For example, 'bored'. 'I am bored.' 

  • Adjectives ending in 'ingdescribe a situation or an event

  • For example, 'boring'. Let's take a sentence

  • 'This film is boring.' Ok that's the event

  • It's boring. And because the film is boring, I am bored

  • That's my feeling. I hope you get it

  • Let's get a few more common examples. For example, 'annoyed' and 'annoying'. 

  • 'He is annoyed'. That's a feeling

  • 'The noise is annoying'. You're now describing the noise

  • Other example, 'confused', 'confusing'. 'The student was confused'. 

  • 'The English was confusing'. 'depressed

  • 'depressing' 'My mom was depressed'. 

  • 'She watched a depressing TV drama'. 

  • 'excited' 'exciting

  • 'I'm excited.' 'Travelling is exciting.' 

  • 'frustrated' 'frustrating

  • 'My dog is frustrated.' 'Staying home all day is frustrating.' 

  • 'frightened' 'frightening

  • 'My little sister is frightened of the dark.' 'A dark room is frightening.' 

  • 'satisfied' 'satisfying

  • 'My dad is satisfied.' 'He has a satisfying job'. 

  • 'shocked' 'shocking

  • 'We were shocked by the accident.' 'It was a shocking accident'. 

  • 'interested' 'interesting

  • 'I'm interested in articles.' 'I'm reading an interesting article'. 

  • Last example, two sentencestwo different meanings

  • Look at these: 'The teacher was bored.' 

  • 'The teacher was boring.' Now you really have to  

  • understand the difference between those two because the meaning is not the same at all

  • When you say 'the teacher was bored', you are describing the teacher's feeling

  • Okay, that's how the teacher felt at that time. He or she was bored

  • But when you say 'the teacher was boring', 

  • you are describing the teacher. Okay, the teacher made the students  

  • feel bored because he or she was boring. Okay, so remember 'ed' is for feelings

  • And 'ing' is to describe  events, things, situations

  • Okay let's move on to practice now. I now have a few example sentences for you

  • Let's have a look together. 'Wow I am excited or exciting about my new car

  • Now what's the correct answer? What do you think

  • Now remember 'ed' to talk about feelings. 'ing' to describe things

  • In this case, are you talking about your  feelings or are you describing your new car

  • Of course you are talking about your feelings. So 'Wow I'm excited about my new car.' 

  • Second example: 'Try not to get  

  • bored or boring when you study English.' 

  • Now what do you think are you talking  about feelings are you describing things

  • Of course, again, we're talking  about feelings in this sentence

  • 'Try not to get bored when you study English.' Then, 'Math is confused or confusing to me.'? 

  • Do you know the answer? You are describing math to you

  • It is confusing to you. So math is confusing to me

  • 'It was a thrilled or  thrilling rollercoaster ride.'? 

  • Now in this case, if you think for a minutecan a roller-coaster ride feel anything

  • No it can't. So it's obviously a description

  • It was a thrilling rollercoaster ride. And finally

  • 'My mother is disappointed or  disappointing in my English score'.? 

  • Of course you are talking  about your mother's feeling

  • She is disappointed in your English score. Very well guys

  • I hope you did well and I hope you  understand the difference between  

  • 'ed' adjectives and 'ing' adjectives. Let's now review the sentences together  

  • and focus on pronunciation. Now listen very carefully  

  • and repeat after me please. 'Wow, I am excited about my new car.' 

  • 'Wow, I am excited about my new car.' 

  • Good. 'Try not to get bored when you study English.' 

  • 'Try not to get bored when you study English.' 

  • Good guys. Third sentence

  • 'Math is confusing to me.' 'Math is confusing to me.' 

  • Very good. 'It was a thrilling roller coaster ride.' 

  • 'It was a thrilling roller coaster ride.' 

  • Very nice. And finally

  • 'My mother is disappointed in my English score.' One last time

  • 'My mother is disappointed in my English score.' Good job guys

  • Okay students. Thank you for watching

  • I hope you understood the difference  between adjectives ending in 'ed' and 'ing'. 

  • They are very important as they will  allow you to describe how you feel and to 

  • describe things and events and situations

  • Please keep practicing as this is  still a common mistakes among students

  • So the more you practice, the better you'll get. Thank you very much

  • Thank you guys for watching my video. I hope you've liked it and if you have,  

  • please show me your support. Click 'like', subscribe to our channel,  

  • put your comments below, and  share the video with your friends

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  • Hello guys and welcome to this  English course on adjectives

  • In this video, I'm gonna talk  to you about adjectives order 

  • in a sentence using more than one adjective to modify a noun

  • Now this is a very important topic because if you use more than one 

  • adjective to modify a noun, you have to follow a specific order,  

  • so you need to keep watching. Let's get started

  • Let's take a look at this adjective order

  • It looks like a lot at first, but you will  learn very fast and practice will help

  • Let's have a look together. First, we will use the adjectives  

  • describing quality or giving your opinion. Like delicious, beautiful, or good

  • Then, we will talk about size. Adjectives like tall, short, big

  • Then comes age. Like old, young, new, twenty-year-old

  • Then comes shape. Adjectives like 

  • round, or square. Then color - red, green, blue

  • Origin - like Korean, Mexican, or American

  • Material - like glass, gold, or wooden. And finally, purpose adjectives 

  • like sport or coffee. Remember my cup from the first video

  • Well we could say - it's a great big  

  • old round white Korean plastic cup. So a great - giving my opinion

  • big - the size. old - the age

  • round - for the shape . white - the color

  • Korean - for the origins

  • plastic - the material. That's the adjective order.  

  • I cannot break it. I have to follow it

  • Don't worry guys. Most of the time you will only use one  

  • maybe two or three adjectives in one sentence. But still you have to follow this order

  • Let's now look together at a few  sentences with multiple adjectives

  • For example, these beautiful  young girls went to school

  • First, how many adjectives  do you see in that sentence

  • I see two adjectives beautiful and young. The order is beautiful - your opinion

  • And then, 'young' for age

  • Second example. I have dirty old running shoes

  • How many adjectives can you see? There are three

  • Dirty - your opinion. Old -the age 

  • And running - which is a purpose adjectives

  • Then we have - that's a hot green Korean pepper

  • How many adjectives? There are three adjectives

  • Hot - your opinion. Green - the colour

  • Korean - the origins. And finally, Canada is a nice large country

  • Two adjectives. Nice - for your opinion

  • And large - for the size. Let's now review the 

  • sentences together for pronunciation. Please repeat after me

  • These beautiful young girls went to school

  • These beautiful young girls went to school

  • I have dirty old running shoes. I have dirty old running shoes

  • Good. That's a hot green Korean pepper

  • That's a hot green Korean pepper

  • Very nice. And finally, Canada is a nice large country

  • Canada is a nice large country

  • Good job guys. Let's now move on to more practice

  • Okay guys you are experts now. Time to move on to some extra practice

  • I have sentences for you - some of them 

  • are correct - some of them are not. And it's up to you to tell me

  • Let's have a look. She is a tall British woman

  • Now how many adjectives can you see in this sentence

  • I see two adjectives. And is the order correct

  • Tall - is the size. British - the origins

  • So it is correct. Yes. Size comes before origins

  • She is a tall British woman. I have a red big ball

  • How many adjectives? Two

  • And is the order correct? Red is the color 

  • and big is the size. Well no it isn't. 

  • It should be - I have a big red ball. Size comes before color

  • I got a gold new watch. Again, I suppose you know - two adjectives

  • Gold for the material. and new for the age

  • And age comes before material so it should be I got a new gold watch

  • My mother has red long hair. We have two adjectives

  • Red for the colour. And long - the size

  • And size comes before color so it should be, My mother has a long red hair

  • And finally, this is a cute little white puppy

  • Three adjectives. Is the order correct

  • what do you think? Well it is correct

  • We have 'cute' for your opinion. ' 'little' for the size

  • 'white' for the color. And the order is correct

  • This is a cute little white puppy Okay guys

  • Thank you for watching this video. I hope this helped you  

  • understand adjective order. This is not that difficult

  • My students learn this order very  quickly and I'm sure you will, too

  • That's it for this video. I hope  to see you in the next one. Bye

  • Thanks guys for watching my video.

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  • Hello students and welcome back to  my English course on adjectives

  • In this video, I'm going to talk to  you about intensifiers and mitigators

  • Now what are those? Don't be scared of their names

  • Intensifiers are simply words that  will make adjectives stronger

  • They will give adjectives  more power or more emphasis

  • For example, two very common intensifiers  in English are 'really' and 'very'. 

  • Mitigators on the other hand, make the adjectives  weaker like the words brother or family

  • But we're gonna go into a little more detail. Keep watching

  • Let's start with intensifiers. And I have a list of intensifies for you

  • Of course these are not all of thembut it's a good start because they are  

  • very common in English. Let's have a look

  • really This video is really interesting

  • The adjectives in this sentence is  interesting and we make it stronger  

  • with the intensifier, 'really'. It's really interesting

  • very For example, I'm very happy to learn English

  • The adjective is 'happy'. And we give it more power with the intensifier

  • very I am very happy to learn English

  • Other intensifiers include absolutely. or example your new dress is absolutely  

  • amazing. 'extremely

  • Like 'It's extremely cold outside.” 

  • 'incredibly' For example, 'Your son is incredibly smart.' 

  • 'completely' 'My wallet is completely empty.' 

  • unusually 'The classroom was unusually quiet.' 

  • And finally, 'enough'. 'He isn't old enough to drive.' 

  • Now for this last sentence, the adjective  is old and II intensifier is enough

  • It's a special case because as you can hear and  see, 'enough' always comes after the adjective

  • Intensifiers are commonly used with  comparative and superlative adjectives

  • For example, with comparative  adjectives, we offer news much

  • For example, 'He runs much faster than me.' 'Faster' is the comparative form  

  • of the adjective 'fast'. And to intensify the comparison,  

  • we use the intensifier 'much'. So he runs much faster than me

  • We also use 'a lot'. For example, 'This red bag  

  • is a lot heavier than this white bag'. 'heavier' is the comparative form of  

  • the adjective 'heavy'. And we make it even more  

  • powerful with 'a lot heavier'. And we also use 'fun'. 

  • For example, 'She is far taller than me'. 'taller' is the comparative of 'tall'. 

  • We make it more powerful with 'far'. 'Far taller than me'. 

  • Now with superlative  adjectives, we can use 'easily'. 

  • For example, 'This is easily  the best restaurant in town'. 

  • 'best' is the superlative  form of the adjective 'good'. 

  • And we make it even more powerful by  saying, 'easily the best restaurant'. 

  • And we also use 'by far'. For example,  

  • 'Sarah is by far the smartest girl in class'. Let's move on to mitigators

  • Now mitigators are the opposite of intensifiers. They weaken the adjectives

  • Let's look at a few examples. Mitigators include 'fairly'. 

  • For example, 'It's fairly sunny today'. The adjective 'sunny' is  

  • weakened by the mitigator 'fairly'. So it's not sunny it's a bit less than sunny

  • Other mitigator 'rather'. So when I say, 'I'm rather tired', 

  • I'm not exactly tired. I'm a bit less

  • The adjective is less powerful  because of this 'rather'. 

  • Other example, 'pretty'. 'It's pretty expensive'. 

  • Which means it's not expensive. It's a little bit less

  • Oh quite like, 'The movie was quite good'. The adjective 'good'  

  • is less powerful because of this 'quite'. Now be very careful because if you use 'quite'  

  • with an extreme adjective such as 'terrible', 'perfect', 'enormous', or 'excellent' – 

  • quite means 'absolutely'. It becomes an intensifier

  • For example, 'She is quite gorgeous.' Means she is absolutely gorgeous

  • It's more powerful because  of the intensified 'quite'. 

  • So be very careful when you use 'quitebecause depending on the adjective that you 

  • choose it has a different meaning. And it can be either an intensifier  

  • or a mitigator. Let's move on

  • Just as intensifiers, mitigators can  be used with comparative adjectives

  • Let's look at a few examples. We can use 'a bit'. 

  • For example, 'He's a bit faster than me'. When you say, “He's a bit faster than me,” it's 

  • less powerful thanHe's faster than me.” So 'a bit' it's mitigates it weakens 'faster'. 

  • Same goes for 'rather'. For example,  

  • 'This dress is rather nicer than that dress'. It weakens the comparison the nicer

  • Third case we can say 'a little bit'. For example, 'There's a little bit more  

  • rain today than yesterday'. It's less powerful then

  • There's more rain. And finally we can say, 'slightly'. 

  • For example, 'My car is  slightly older than your car'. 

  • So it's just a little bit older than your car. It's weak because of this mitigator

  • Let's now move on to practice. I want things to be very clear so I  

  • have a few example sentences for you guys. And I want you to tell me if you see an  

  • intensifier or a mitigator. Let's have a look first

  • 'It's a very interesting game'. Now what's the adjective in that sentence

  • 'interesting' of course. What about 'very'. 

  • Is it an intensifier or a mitigator? What do you think

  • It's an intensifier of course. It's a very interesting game

  • It's more powerful thanks to this 'very'. The second sentence,  

  • 'She cooks fairly good pasta'. Now the adjective in this sentence is 'good'. 

  • I'm sure you know what about 'fairly'. Is it an intensifier or a mitigator

  • It's a mitigator guys. The adjective 'good' is  

  • less powerful because of 'fairly'. 'She cooks fairly good pasta'. 

  • The third example, 'He's quite brilliant at speaking English'. 

  • The adjective is 'brilliant'. Now just a hint

  • It's an extreme adjective. 'brilliant' is a very strong adjective,  

  • so what about 'quite'? Is it an intensifier or a mitigator

  • It is an intensifier of course  because the adjective is extreme

  • I hope you got that

  • Next example. 'She's a bit younger than I am'. 

  • The adjective is actually a comparative adjective. In this sentence,  

  • 'younger' a bit acts as a mitigator of course. And finally, 'My dog is much fatter than my cat'. 

  • Again, it's a comparative adjective 'fatter'. And what about 'much'? 

  • What do you think? Intensifier, mitigator

  • It's an intensifier. It's much fatter than my cat

  • Good job guys. Let's move on

  • Let's go through the sentences  again and focus on pronunciation

  • Please repeat after me. It's a very interesting game

  • One more time. It's a very interesting game

  • Good. Second example

  • She cooks fairly good pasta. She cooks fairly good pasta

  • Third example guys. He's quite brilliant at speaking English

  • One more time. He's quite brilliant at speaking English

  • Moving on. She's a bit younger than I am

  • She's a bit younger than I am

  • And finally, my dog is much fatter than my cat

  • My dog is much fatter than my cat

  • Excellent guys. Thank you guys for watching the video

  • I hope this has helped. Now using intensifiers and  

  • mitigators takes practice. A lot of practice

  • But I'm sure you can do it and it's worth it

  • It will make a true difference  to your speaking skills

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  • Hello, everyone

  • Welcome to this English course on adverbs. And in this video we're gonna talk about adverbs

  • Now the simplest definition of an adverb is that  it's a word that describes or modifies a verb

  • Now actually adverbs can modify other  parts of the sentence like other adverbs

  • But in this video, we will focus  on verbs and four kinds of adverbs

  • Adverbs of time. Adverbs of placeOf Manner and Adverbs of Degree

  • Usually they will answer the  following questions about the verbs

  • When? Where? How? and To what extent

  • Let's look at these sentences. "The boy ran." 

  • And then we have, "The boy ran excitedly." 

  • Now this example shows the power of adverbs

  • In the second sentence you  find out how the boy ran

  • In the first sentence you don't have any information on how the boy ran

  • So in the second sentence, we find  out that the boy was very excited

  • So it's very important to understand  adverbs and understand how to use them 

  • because they will make you  speak English a lot better

  • So let's get started

  • First let's talk about the position of an adverb. So where do we put the adverb in the sentence

  • Now that is a bit tricky because the  adverb in an English sentence can be in  

  • different parts of the sentence. Let's look at a few examples

  • She climbed the mountain slowly. Slowly she climbed the mountain

  • She slowly climbed the mountain. Can you guess which word is the adverb

  • The word 'slowly' is the adverb. It describes how she climbed the mountain

  • And as you can see, the adverb is in  three different parts of the sentence  

  • but the meaning is exactly the same. So let's practice pronunciation

  • Repeat after me please. She climbed the mountain slowly

  • Slowly she climbed the mountain. She slowly climbed the mountain

  • Great guys. let's move on. Let's now talk about how to make adverbs

  • Now most adverbs, not all of  them, but most of them end in -ly

  • So it's actually very easy. You take the adjective and you  

  • add 'ly' at the end. Let's look at a few examples

  • If you have the adjective 'nice', and you  add 'ly' to it, you make the adverb 'nicely'. 

  • So for example you could say, "He is a nice speaker"  

  • using the adjective 'nice'. But you could also use the  

  • adverb 'nicely' and say, "He speaks nicely." 

  • A second example - If we take the  adjective 'quick', and we add 'ly',  

  • we can make the adverb 'quickly'. So we could say

  • "He is a quick runner." But we could also say

  • "He runs quickly." Okay. Let's practice pronunciation

  • Repeat after me please. "He speaks nicely." 

  • "He runs quickly." Good job guys

  • Let's move on. Be careful guys

  • Not all adverbs end in 'ly'. Some adjectives don't change  

  • form when they become adverbs. They're called flat adverbs

  • Typical flat adverbs would be  'early' or 'late' and a few others

  • And it's very important to  know these flat adverbs

  • Because a lot of my students try  to add 'ly' to some adjectives 

  • and unfortunately they make incorrect sentences. So let's take a look at an example

  • Okay. If I tell you "The car drove fastly

  • Do you think that makes sense? Now it does make sense to try to add 'ly

  • to the adjective 'fast', but unfortunately guys  

  • 'fastly' does not exist in English. So the correct sentence is

  • "The car drove fast." Another example

  • "He arrived 'late' or 'lately' to class." What do you think's the correct answer

  • Again, it makes sense to try to  add 'ly' to the adjective 'late', 

  • but 'lately' is not the adverb  of the adjective 'late'. 

  • The adverb is 'late'. So the correct sentence is,  

  • "He arrived late to class." Let's practice pronunciation

  • Please repeat after me. "The car drove fast." 

  • "He arrived late to class." 

  • Great job guys. I hope you now understand flat adverbs better

  • Let's move on. Let's now  

  • take a look at a few sentences to practice  finding and making adverbs that modify verbs

  • Now remember, adverbs tell  us so much about the verb

  • Usually they tell us 'when' or 'where' or 'how' or 'to what degree'. 

  • So the first example we have is, "He easily lifted the box." 

  • Can you spot the adverb in this sentence? Of course the adverb is 'easily' - ending in 'ly'. 

  • Okay and it tells us how he lifted the box. It's an adverb of manner

  • Now the second sentence, and this is a bit more difficult

  • "I will download the file tomorrow." Now where is the adverb

  • Because there is no word ending in 'ly', so it's a bit more complicated

  • Well the adverb is 'tomorrowand it tells you 'when'. 

  • It's an adverb of time. And these are sometimes a bit more difficult

  • Make sure you watch my next video. I will talk about them

  • Our third example now. "I put it there." 

  • Again no words ending in 'ly'. The adverb is the word 'there'. 

  • And it tells us 'where'. It's an adverb of place

  • We will talk about them in our next videos as well

  • And our last example, "You didn't study enough for the test." 

  • The adverb is the word 'enough'. And it's an adverb of degree

  • Okay. It tells us to what degree

  • Again it's not a word ending in 'ly'. And we will talk about adverbs  

  • of degree in our next videos. For now, let's practice pronunciation a bit

  • Please repeat after me. "He easily lifted the box." 

  • "I will download the file tomorrow." 

  • "I put it there." 

  • "You didn't study enough for the test." 

  • Great guys. Remember guys - it's very important to  

  • understand adverbs and to know how to make them. They will make you speak English so much better

  • And this video was only a quick  introduction to adverbs in English

  • In our next videos, we will  focus on each kind of adverbs

  • So make sure you watch the rest of the course. Thank you for watching my video  

  • and see you next time. Thank you guys for watching my video

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  • Hello, everyone. Welcome to this English course on adverbs

  • And in this video I'm gonna focus on Adverbs of Time

  • Now adverbs of time tell us 'when' an action happens

  • and also 'how long' and 'how often'. Now these adverbs are extremely common in 

  • English

  • so you really need to know about them. So let's start learning together

  • Let's now take a look at a few example sentences telling us 'when' something happened

  • 'She ate ice cream yesterday.' The adverb in this sentence ishave you 

  • noticed? 'yesterday' of course

  • And it's an adverb of time. When did you eat ice cream

  • 'yesterday' I see you now

  • Now where is the adverb in this sentence? Of course the adverb is 'now'. 

  • Again it's an adverb of time. When do I see you

  • 'now' 'I tell him daily.' 

  • The adverb is 'daily'. Again adverb of time

  • 'We met last year.' Can you see the adverb

  • Of course the adverb in this case is 'last year'. 

  • Again notion of time. When did we meet

  • 'last year' And finally, 'He will call you later'. 

  • The adverb in this sentence is also an adverb of time

  • It is 'later'. So these are all adverbs of time 

  • And as you can see in those examples, usually adverbs of time are at the end of 

  • the sentence. Let's do a bit of pronunciation practice

  • Repeat after me, please. 'She ate ice cream yesterday.' 

  • 'I see you now.' 

  • 'I tell him daily.' 'We met last year.' 

  • 'He will call you later.' 

  • Good guys. Let's move on

  • Let's now move on to example sentences showing us how long something happened

  • These adverbs are also usually placed at the end of the sentence

  • But let's have a look. 'She stayed home all day.' 

  • Which part of this sentence is an adverb? Can you see it

  • Of course, 'all day'. And it tells us how long she stayed home

  • 'I studied in Canada for a year now.' In this sentence, 'for a year' tells us 

  • how long I studied in Canada. 'He has taught English since 1990.' 

  • How long has he taught English? Since 1990. 

  • 'I studied English for four hours.' Which pond is the adverb

  • 'For four hours' 'How long did I study English?' 

  • 'for four hours' And finally, 'We have lived in New Zealand 

  • since 2005.' The adverb is of course 'since 2005'. 

  • As you can see adverbs are not necessarily just one word

  • 'since 2005' - two words. 'for four hours' - three words

  • Okay, so they're not just one word sometimes they're more than one

  • Now let's do a bit of pronunciation practice. Repeat after me

  • 'She stayed home all day.' 

  • 'I studied in Canada for a year.' 'He has taught English since 1990.' 

  • 'I studied English for four hours.' 

  • 'We have lived in New Zealand since 2005.' 

  • Good guys. Let's move on

  • Adverbs telling us how often express the frequency of an action

  • They're usually placed before the main verb, but after the auxiliary verb

  • such as B may have or must. The only exception is if the main verb is 

  • the verb to be. In which case the adverb goes after the main 

  • verb. Let's have a look at a few example sentences

  • 'I often eat pizza.' Can you spot the adverb

  • It's 'often'. And as you can see, it is placed before the 

  • main verb which is 'eat'. So 'I often eat'. 

  • The second example, 'He has never drunk Cola.' 

  • In this case, we have an auxiliary verb. The auxiliary verb 'have' and the main 

  • verb is 'drunk'. So the adverb is placed between the auxiliary 

  • verb and the main verb. 'He has never drunk.' 

  • 'You must always brush your teeth.' Same applies

  • We have an auxiliary verb 'must'. Okay

  • And we have the main verb 'brush', so the adverb goes after the axillary verb

  • but before the main verb. 'You must always brush.' 

  • 'I am seldom late'. So the main verb is the verb 'to be'. 

  • Be careful. So in this case the adverb goes after the 

  • main verb. 'I am seldom late'. 

  • And finally, 'He rarely lies.' 

  • The main verb is 'lies'. So the adverb goes before the main verb

  • 'He rarely lies'. Okay

  • Let's do a bit of pronunciation practice. Now repeat after me

  • 'I often eat pizza.' 

  • 'He has never drunk Cola.' 'You must always brush your teeth.' 

  • 'I am seldom late.' 'He rarely lies.' 

  • Great job guys. Let's move on

  • Some adverbs expressing 'how often' express the exact number of times that an action happened 

  • They're called definite 'adverbs of frequency'. And in this case, they're usually placed at 

  • the end of the sentence. Let's have a look at a few examples

  • 'I visit my dentist yearly.' The adverb is 'yearly'. 

  • Okay. 'Once a year' and it expresses the exact 

  • number of times that I visit my dentist. It's a definite adverb of frequency

  • so it's placed at the end of the sentence. Other example

  • 'He goes to the gym once a week.' Again we have a definite adverb of frequency 

  • which is 'once a week'. 'I work five days a week.' 

  • Same thing. We have a definite adverb of frequency which 

  • is 'five days a week' so it's placed at the end of the sentence

  • And finally, 'I saw the movie five times.' 

  • Again 'five times' expresses the exact number of times that I saw the movie

  • Let's do a bit of pronunciation practice. Repeat after me

  • 'I visit my dentist yearly.' 'He goes to the gym once a week.' 

  • 'I work five days a week.' 'I saw the movie five times.' 

  • Good. Moving on now

  • If you want to use more than one adverb of time in a sentence

  • you should put them in the following order: First, 'how long?'. 

  • Second, 'how often?'. And finally, 'when?'. 

  • Let's take a look at a very good example sentence. 'He taught at the school for ten days every 

  • month last year.' Now as you can see, first, we're told 'how 

  • long' - for ten days. Then, we're told 'how often' - every month

  • And finally, were told 'when' exactly - last year

  • This is a very good sentence using the different kinds of adverbs of time in the right order

  • so I hope you can do the same let's practice 

  • pronunciation together. Now repeat after me

  • 'He taught at the school for 10 days every month last year.' 

  • Good job, guys. Let's now practice together okay guys

  • Let's do a bit of extra practice. I have four example sentences for you to spot 

  • adverbs of time, so let's get started

  • 'He has been to Canada three times.' Can you spot the adverb

  • Of course the adverb is the adverb frequency 'three times'. 

  • Okay. How often has he been to Canada three times

  • The second example is, 'Generally I don't like to eat spicy food.' 

  • The adverb is 'generally'. And remember I told you some adverbs of frequency 

  • work well at the beginning of a sentence if you want to emphasize the frequency

  • so 'generally' is one of them. Another example would be 'sometimes'. 

  • Next example. 'He will clean his room regularly from now 

  • on.' Now be careful

  • In this case, we have two adverbs. The first one 'regularly'. 

  • The second one 'from now on'. Keeping the order, 'regularly' is 'how 

  • often?' followed by 'when?' – 'from now on'. 

  • And finally, 'I've been going to church for four days 

  • every month since 1996.' Three adverbs in this case

  • 'how long?' – 'for four days

  • 'how often?' - 'every month

  • 'when?' – 'since 1996' Let's practice pronunciation now

  • Please repeat after me. 'He's been to Canada three times.' 

  • 'Generally, I don't like to eat spicy food.' 

  • 'He will clean his room regularly from now on.' 

  • 'I've been going to church for four days every month since 1996.' 

  • Great job. Moving on

  • Okay guys. You now know a lot more about adverbs of time

  • Remember these adverbs are extremely common in English

  • so it's very important for you to learn about them

  • They will improve your English skills very quickly

  • Okay now there are obviously other types of 

  • adverbs - adverbs of place of manner and of degree 

  • And I will focus on these in my next videos, so check them out

  • Thank you for watching my video and see you next time

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  • Hello, everyone. Welcome to this English course on adverbs

  • In this video, we're gonna talk about adverbs of place

  • Adverbs of place tell us where an action happens. They could also give us information on direction

  • distance, or movement. Let's take a look at a quick example

  • 'Let's go and play outdoors.' Now in this sentence, the adverb of place 

  • is 'outdoors'. It answers the question, 'Where?'. 

  • Where? 'Outdoors.' 

  • Okay. Now let's learn a bit more about adverbs 

  • of place together. Let's get started

  • First, let's talk a bit about 'here' and 'there'. 

  • 'Here' and 'there' are two adverbs of place that relates specifically to the speaker

  • 'Here' meaning close to the speaker. Close to me

  • 'There' meaning farther away. Okay. Let's take a look at a few examples

  • 'I put my keys there.' So the adverb 'there' indicating the location 

  • of the keys and they're a bit farther away from me

  • Okay? Second example

  • 'Please come here.' 'Here' being the adverb, you know, meaning 

  • to me. So these adverbs  

  • are place at the end of the sentence

  • But you can also put them at the beginning if you want to emphasize the location

  • For example, 'Here are your keys.' 

  • 'Here'. close to me

  • 'There is your umbrella.' Over there, farther away

  • So in these two cases, I want to emphasize the location 

  • so I place the adverb at the beginning of the sentence

  • Okay, guys? Let's now practice pronunciation

  • Please repeat after me. 'I put my keys there.' 

  • 'Please come here.' 

  • 'Here are your keys.' 'There is your umbrella.' 

  • Good job, guys. Let's move on

  • Let's now take a look at adverbs of movement and directions

  • Some adverbs end in '-ward'. Or '-wards'. 

  • It's the same thing. And they express  

  • movement in a particular direction. For example, 'homeward' or 'homewards

  • 'backward' or 'backwards' 'forward' or 'forwards

  • 'onward' or 'onwards' So they express a movement

  • And they specify a particular direction. Let's take a look at a few examples sentences

  • 'We drove eastwards.' or 'eastward'. It would be the exact same thing

  • 'The children looked upwards at the stars.' 'You need to move forward one step.' 

  • So each time you have a movement specifying the direction of this movement

  • Okay? Good

  • Let's practice pronunciation now. Repeat after me please

  • 'We drove eastwards.' 

  • 'The children looked upwards at the stars.' 

  • 'You need to move forward one step.' 

  • Good, guys. Let's move on

  • Some adverbs express both movement and location at the same time

  • For example, when I say, 'The child went indoors,' 

  • There's a movement. The child goes into the house

  • But it's also a location. He's insideindoors

  • Another example would be, 'He's going abroad.' 

  • It's a movement, but it's also a location abroad in another country

  • Finally I could say, 'The rock rolled downhill.' 

  • There's the movement going down, but it's also 

  • a location. Now let's practice pronunciation

  • Please repeat after me. 'The child went indoors.' 

  • 'He is going abroad.' 'The rock rolled downhill.' 

  • Good job, guys. moving on

  • 'everywhere' 'somewhere

  • 'anywhere' or 'nowhere' are adverbs of place as well

  • But they are special because they describe a location or direction 

  • that is indefinite or unspecific. For example

  • 'I looked everywhere for my car keys.' 

  • 'I'd like to go somewhere for my vacation.' 

  • 'We're going nowhere.' 'Is there anywhere to get a coffee?' 

  • Let's practice pronunciation together. Repeat after me

  • 'I looked everywhere for my car keys.' 'I'd like to go somewhere for my vacation.' 

  • 'We're going nowhere.' 'Is there anywhere to get a coffee?' 

  • Great guys. Let's move on

  • Just so you know, some adverbs can also be prepositions

  • Now the difference is that an adverb stands alone

  • A preposition is always followed by a noun. So for example, 'outside'. 

  • 'outside' can be an adverb? For example, 'we were waiting outside.' 

  • It's an adverb. It stands alone

  • But it can also be a preposition. For example, 'We were waiting outside his 

  • office.' It goes with a noun

  • Another example, 'I kicked the ball around.' 'around' is an adverb, in this case it 

  • stands alone. But it can also be a preposition

  • 'I kicked the ball around the field.' It goes with a noun

  • Okay? So an adverb stands alone

  • A preposition is followed by a noun. Now let's practice pronunciation

  • please repeat after me. 'We were waiting outside.' 

  • 'We were waiting outside his office.' 

  • 'I kicked the ball around.' 'I kicked the ball around the field.' 

  • Very good, guys. Let's now move on to practice, shall we

  • Okay, guys. Let's do a bit of extra practice

  • I have a few example sentences for you to 

  • spot adverbs of place. First example

  • 'John looked around but he couldn't find his wife.' 

  • Now remember, adverbs of place, answer the question – 'where?' 

  • Can you spot the adverb here

  • Of course, it's the word 'around'. Where did John look

  • He looked 'around'. Second example

  • 'I searched everywhere I could think of.' Now where did I search

  • 'everywhere' 'everywhere' is the adverb

  • 'Let's go back.' Now what's the adverb in this sentence

  • It's 'back' - of course. Where

  • 'back'. Next example,  

  • 'Come in.' Where

  • 'in'. Okay, the adverb is 'in'. 

  • Okay, so adverbs of place answer the question – 'where?'. 

  • Okay, Let's practice pronunciation. Please repeat the sentences after me

  • 'John looked around but he couldn't find his wife.' 

  • 'I searched everywhere I could think of.' 

  • 'Let's go back.' 'Come in.' 

  • Good job, guys. Okay, guys

  • You now know a lot more about adverbs of place. Now I know it's hard to learn about all these 

  • adverbs, but don't worry, you'll get there

  • You just need a bit of practice. Okay

  • Now I'm gonna carry on talking about adverbs in my next videos

  • so make sure to watch them. Thank you for watching and see you next time

  • Thank you so much guys for watching our video. I hope you liked it and if you did, please 

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  • Hello, everyone. And welcome to this English course on adverbs

  • In this video, I'm gonna talk to you about adverbs of degree

  • Adverbs of degree tell us about the intensity of something

  • The power of something. Now in English, they're usually placed before  

  • the adjective or adverb or verb that they modify. But obviously, as always, there are exceptions

  • And there are very common adverbs of  degree that I'm sure you use all the time

  • Uhm... 'too', 'enough', 'very', 'extremely', But there are so many others

  • Okay? So let's dive into it and learn  

  • about adverbs of degree. Let's have a look at a few  

  • examples of adverbs of degree. Especially how they are used  

  • with adjectives, adverbs and verbs. Now adverbs of degree are usually placed before  

  • the adjectives and adverbs that they modify. And before the main verb of the sentence

  • For example, in the sentence, 'The water was extremely cold.' 

  • You have the adjective 'cold' and the adverb  'extremely' that modifies the adjective cold

  • And as you can, see the adverb is placed before the adjective that it modifies

  • Second example, 'He just left.' In this case, the adverb 'just'  

  • comes before the verb 'left', which is the main verb of the sentence

  • 'She is running very fast.' Now in this case, we have two adverbs

  • The adverb 'fast' and the adverb 'very' that modifies the adverb 'fast'. 

  • And as you can see, our adverb 'very' is placed before the adverb that it modifies

  • And finally, 'They are completely  exhausted from the trip.' 

  • The adverb completely modifies  the adjective 'exhausted

  • And is therefore placed before it. I hope you understand, guys

  • Let's move on. Okay, guys. Let's practice pronunciation now

  • Please repeat after me. 'The water was extremely cold.' 

  • 'He just left.' 

  • 'She is running very fast.' 

  • 'They are completely exhausted from the trip.' 

  • Good job, guys. Let's move on

  • Some very common adverbs of degree in  English are 'enough', 'very' and 'too'. 

  • Let's look at a few examples. 'Is your coffee hot enough?' 

  • So in this case, our adverb 'enoughmodifies the adjective, 'hot'. 

  • 'He didn't work hard enough.' In that case, our adverb 'enough' modifies 

  • another adverb, the adverb 'hard'. And as you can see, the adverb 'enough

  • is usually placed after the  adjective or adverb that it modifies

  • Another example is 'very'. 'The girl was very beautiful.' 

  • So the adverb 'very' modifies  our adjective 'beautiful'. 

  • 'He worked very quickly,' So in this case, our adverb 'very' modifies 

  • the adverb 'quickly'. And as you can see, 'very' is usually 

  • placed before the word that it modifies. And finally, our third example is 'too'. 

  • 'This coffee is too hot.' It modifies the adjective 'hot'. 

  • 'He works too hard.' In that case, 'too' modifies the adverb 

  • 'hard'. And as you can see, 'too', is usually placed 

  • before the word that it modifies. Okay? I hope you got it

  • Let's move on. Let's now focus on pronunciation

  • Please repeat after me. 'Is your coffee hot enough?' 

  • 'He didn't work hard enough.' 

  • 'The girl was very beautiful.' 'He worked very quickly.' 

  • 'This coffee is too hot.' 'He works too hard.' 

  • Okay, guys. Let's move on. Okay, guys

  • Let's do a little bit of extra practice with a few example sentences

  • 'He speaks very quickly.' Can you spot the adverb of degree

  • It's 'very'. And it modifies the  

  • other adverb of the sentence, 'quickly'. 

  • 'He speaks too quickly.' Now, another very common adverb of degree

  • 'too'. Be very careful

  • There's a difference between 'very' and 'too'. 'Very' is a fact

  • 'Too' means there's a problem. Okay? He speaks so quickly that you cannot understand

  • 'He speaks too quickly.' Another example

  • 'My teacher is terribly angry.' Where is the adverb of degree

  • It's the adverb, 'terribly'. That modifies the adjective, 'angry'. 

  • 'They were almost finished.' 

  • Can you spot the adverb? It's 'almost'. 

  • And it modifies the verb, 'finished'. Okay

  • So we're not finished yet. We're 'almost' finished

  • And finally, 'This box isn't big enough.' The adverb of degree in this case is the adverb 

  • 'enough' and it modifies our adjective 'big'. 

  • And remember, 'enough' usually goes  after the word that it modifies

  • Okay? I hope you get it, guys. Time for some pronunciation practice

  • Please repeat after me. 'He speaks very quickly.' 

  • 'He speaks too quickly.' 'My teacher is terribly angry.' 

  • 'They were almost finished.' 'This box isn't big enough.' 

  • Good job, guys. Okay, guys. You now know a lot more about 

  • adverbs of degree. And I'm sure this video will help you improve 

  • your English, But keep practicing

  • And make sure you watch the  other videos on adverbs

  • They're very useful as well. Thank you for watching and see you next time

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  • Hello, everyone. Welcome to this English course on adverbs

  • In today's video, I'm going to talk to you about adverbs of manner

  • Adverbs of manner tell you how something happens. And they're usually placed after the main 

  • verb or after its object. Let's take a look at a few sentences

  • 'He swims well.' The adverb 'well' tells you how he swims 

  • and is placed after the main verb 'swims'. 'He plays the piano beautifully.' 

  • The adverb 'beautifully' tells you how he plays the piano 

  • and is placed after the piano which is the object of the verb to play

  • Hope you get it. Let's get into more detail now

  • Adverbs of manner are usually placed after the main verb or after the objects

  • For example, 'He left the room quickly.' The adverb 'quickly' is placed after the 

  • object, 'the room'. Now just so you know,  

  • some adverbs not all of them, but some adverbs,  

  • can also be placed before the verb. So in this case, you can also say

  • 'He quickly left the room.' Let's practice pronunciation

  • Repeat after me. 'He left the room quickly.' 

  • 'He quickly left the room.' 

  • Good guys. Let's move on

  • What's very important for you to know is that an adverb of manner cannot come between

  • verb and its direct object. Okay, so it must be placed  

  • either before the main verb

  • or after at the end of the clause. So let's take a look at a few examples

  • 'He ate quickly his dinner.' Now this sentence is incorrect

  • Okay? 'ate' is the verb

  • 'his dinner' is the direct object of the verb. So the adverb 'quickly' cannot be placed 

  • between those two. Okay

  • So you should say, 'He ate his dinner quickly.' The adverb is at the end and that's correct

  • Or 'He quickly ate his dinner.' That's also correct

  • The adverb is placed before the main verb. Another example

  • 'He gave me gently a hug.' Now this is incorrect

  • You cannot separate the verb 'give' from its direct object 'a hug'. 

  • So two correct sentences would be first, 'He gave me a hug gently.' 

  • with the adverb at the end of the sentence. Or 

  • 'He gently gave me a hug.' The adverb comes before the verb

  • Hope you get it. Let's now practice pronunciation

  • Please repeat the sentence after me. 'He ate his dinner quickly.' 

  • 'He quickly ate his dinner.' 

  • 'He gave me a hug gently,' 'He gently gave me a hug.' 

  • Good, guys. Let's move on

  • Time now to practice. Here are a few example sentences for you to 

  • spot the adverbs of manner. 'He swam well.' 

  • As you can see, we use the adverb 'well'. It tells you how he swam

  • And it's placed after the main verb, 'swam'. 'The rain felt hard.' 

  • Again, our adverb 'hard' tells you how the rain fell

  • And is placed after the verb. 'The children were playing happily.' 

  • The adverb isCan you find it

  • 'happily'. Of course

  • 'She angrily slammed the door.' Can you see the adverb

  • It's 'angrily'. How did she slam the door

  • 'angrily'. And finally

  • 'Slowly she picked up the flower.' Can you spot the adverb of manner

  • It's 'slowly'. And it's at the beginning of the sentence

  • Because we want to emphasize the manner. And this is also something very common when 

  • you read books. Okay, guys

  • Let's now practice pronunciation. Please repeat after me

  • 'He swam well.' 'The rain fell hard.' 

  • 'The children were playing happily.' 'She angrily slammed the door.' 

  • 'Slowly she picked up the flower.' 

  • Great job. Okay, guys

  • That's it for this video. Please make sure you watch the other videos 

  • on adverbs, and keep practicing

  • Adverbs are extremely common in English. And they will make you speak a lot better

  • Thanks for watching and see you next time

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