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Hello and welcome back to English Today.
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This is the second DVD of The Beginner Level, and in this DVD you will see three more episodes of our story,
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That's Life, and then in our special TV programs there will be a debate about low-cost airlines
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and an interview with a sports expert about football training.
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Then, in the grammar section, we will study the simple present, frequency adverbs, some and any,
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there is, there are, and also making suggestions.
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Now remember, if you have problems understanding anything, use the subtitles, okay?
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So enjoy studying and have fun.
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Hello, Anne.
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Oh, it's you, Peter.
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Look, this is it.
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Look at what?
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My office.
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Here.
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Near my bed.
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Oh, I see.
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By the way, where are the office supplies?
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The computer supplies are in that cupboard over there.
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The folders, pencils, pens, etc. are here in this cupboard.
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And I also have two chairs.
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Oh, good.
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Are these for everyone?
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No, they are not.
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Don't touch anything, please.
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Okay, so you say you have all of the office supplies.
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No, not really.
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There isn't a fax machine.
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There aren't all the programs I need on my computer.
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And I guess you have an answering machine.
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Is it useful?
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I don't need an answering machine.
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I answer the telephone myself.
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Okay, you're right.
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This office is nice.
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And if you need a fax machine, I have one in my apartment.
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Oh, thank you.
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Wait a minute.
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Something is missing.
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Where's the coffee machine?
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All offices have a coffee machine.
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I'm afraid there isn't one here.
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There's a staff kitchen on the other side of the house.
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In the kitchen.
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We can have some coffee there.
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Good idea.
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Hello and welcome back to English Today.
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How are you?
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Now, in that last episode of That's Life, did you notice that Anne described her office?
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And the most important thing for Peter was what?
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The coffee machine.
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Strange.
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Now, I want to look at the language that Anne used.
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She used there is a and there are some.
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Let me explain that to you.
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Now if you have a single object, for example like a glass, then we say there is a glass on the table.
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Or there is a hat on the table.
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Or there is a computer on the table.
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Now that changes when we have more than one object.
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Like these pens for example.
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We say there are some pens on the table.
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There are some pens on the table.
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And therefore, in this example here, books, there are some books on the table.
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There are some CDs on the table.
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So you see how it changes.
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Now, let's go and look at that.
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on the screen, you can see it written.
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So we said, with singular objects we say there is.
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Examples are, there's a computer in Anne's office.
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There isn't a fax machine, that's the negative.
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There isn't a fax machine.
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There's a table in the studio, and there isn't a coffee machine, which Peter can't believe.
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Now look at the plural form.
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We say there are some office supplies in the office and there are some pens and pencils.
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And we also use that for the exact number of plural objects.
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So for example, there are two chairs in Anne's office and there are four pictures, for example, in her studio.
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All right, so that's an introduction to there is and there are some.
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Now, in the next lesson, we're going to look at the difference between some and any, which is very important.
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So listen out for that in the next episode and then come back here and we'll work on it.
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Alright?
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See you later.
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Bye.
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Do you want milk with your coffee?
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There's a bottle in the back of the fridge.
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I prefer it without milk, but with some sugar.
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Oh, I'm afraid there isn't any sugar.
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Well, that's okay.
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Black coffee is good too.
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Do you have any of those great cookies?
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Oh, yes.
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There are some cookies over here.
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Peter speaking.
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What?
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An audition.
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No, not at all.
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I'm free.
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Great.
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Bye.
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Well, finally, an audition.
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Wonderful. When?
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Next Monday, at the opera theatre.
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These cookies are fantastic.
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Are there any more?
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There are some more in the box.
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Thank you.
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Bye, Anne.
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Time for music.
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Hey!
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Take your dirty napkin away from my kitchen!
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It's nice to have you as my new office neighbour.
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Hi again.
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Anne's a bit difficult, isn't she?
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Yeah.
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Now, this is a lesson about some and any.
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Remember, Peter said, can I have some coffee and some biscuits?
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Well, I want to talk to you about that right now.
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Now, in order to understand some and any,
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we have to understand the difference between countable objects and uncountable objects.
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So, these things here are ingredients to make a wonderful English lemon cake.
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Let's divide them into countable objects and uncountable objects.
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Let's start with these.
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Now, these are lemons.
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Countable means you can count them.
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Uncountable means you can't count them.
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Can you count these?
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Yes.
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One, two.
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So these are countable.
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So there are some lemons.
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Now, what about these?
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These are nuts.
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Can you count these?
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Yeah, one, two, three, etc. So they are also countable.
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So we say there are some nuts on the table.
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Now, what about this?
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This is marmalade.
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Now, can you count marmalade?
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Well, you can count the container, but not the marmalade inside.
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So this is uncountable.
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And we say in English, there is some, there is some marmalade.
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It's a singular verb.
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So we put it here.
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It's uncountable.
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Okay.
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Now, let's look at this.
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What's this?
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This is salt.
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Salt.
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Now, is this countable or uncountable for you?
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Countable or uncountable?
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Well, it is very difficult to count all the little bits of salt, so this is uncountable.
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We put it here, all right?
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Now, next thing.
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These two eggs.
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Countable, uncountable.
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One, two, countable there are some eggs.
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This here is spices, spices.
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Now these you can count, so we say there are some spices.
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What about this, milk?
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You can count the bottle, but can you count the liquid?
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No. So all liquids are uncountable and we say there is some milk.
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There is some milk.
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So singular, singular verb.
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Put that there.
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Now what have you got here?
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Butter, butter.
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Can we count that?
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Well we can count a packet, yes, but the butter inside?
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Exactly, No, we can't count butter.
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So there is some butter.
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We put it here.
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Good.
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Now what else have we got?
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Flour.
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You know flour, flour we use to make pizza, to make cakes.
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Is that countable?
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Exactly.
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It's not countable.
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It's like salt, like sugar, like coffee.
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So we put this here uncountable.
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And the last thing, this, what's this?
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Water.
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Is water countable?
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No, it's not.
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So water goes with the uncountable.
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There is some water.
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Quite difficult, hey?
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Let's look at the screen to see that written, all right?
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And we will do a general summary.
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So we said countable objects in the plural.
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In the positive form we say there are some lemons on the table,
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there are some CDs on the table, there are some eggs on the table, so that's countable.
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Now the negative is there aren't any, we use any, there aren't any cigarettes on the table,
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there aren't any
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biscuits important any for the negative there aren't any magazines for
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example all right now questions here again we use the word any we use any in the negative
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and any in the questions so are there any glasses on the table are Are there any books on the table?
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Are there any pens?
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All right, so some in the positive, any in the negative and the question form.
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Good.
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Now, let's move on to uncountable objects.
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These ones here.
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The examples are, there is, singular verb, some sugar on the table.
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There is some flour on the table.
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There is some water on the table.
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Negative.
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Again, we use any.
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We say there isn't any bread on the table.
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There isn't any wine, a liquid, on the table.
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There isn't any chocolate on the table.
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Questions.
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Again, with the singular verb, and any.
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Is there any money on the table?
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Is there any pasta?
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Unfortunately not.
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And is there any beer?
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Okay?
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Now, I want to add one more thing to this lesson.
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And it's the words this, that, these, those.
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Let me explain.
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with one object you say this CD when it's close to you this CD
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but when it's distant from you far away you say
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that CD this
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that all right we hear this very often let me take two plural now we say these CDs
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when they're far from you we say those CDs okay
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so these those one this that let's see that on the screen So,
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this book, plural, these books when they're close to you,
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and that chair, for example, and those chairs when they're distant from you.
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That's a big lesson, hey?
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There's a lot to remember.
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So we have some and any,
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countable and uncountable, this, that, these, those.
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Whew!
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You have a lot to do at home to study there.
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Anyway, no problem, because you're great students.
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So, we'll meet again in the studio very soon for some more English.
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Take care.
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Bye for now.
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Work is so hard, guys.
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I wake up at 6.30 every day, have breakfast, and take the train to work.
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Every day.
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I know.
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I get up at 7, but I have a friend at work who usually gets up at 6.
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Why?
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That's too early.
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It takes him an hour to drive to work.
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Wow, that's a long drive.
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Yes, but he lives in the country.
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I think he's lucky.
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Every weekend he can go for walks in the woods, not in traffic jams.
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I guess that's pretty nice.
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He lives in the countryside but works in the city.
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A pretty nice combination.
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What about you, Sharon?
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What time do you wake up?
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I usually get up at about 9 o'clock.
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But I live in the city.
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It's easy to get to work.
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Yes, but you get home very late.
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Often 6.30 or 7.
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You know, I sometimes have five or six groups of tourists a day.
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You work too much, my dear.
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And you sing too much Peter.
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Hello again and how are you?
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Now from that last conversation we learned that Sharon works too much and Peter sings too much.
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How about you?
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Do you work too much?
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What time do you get up in the morning?
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6.45?
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7 o'clock?
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7.15?
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7.30?
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Well, I'm going to describe my typical day and I'm going to use the simple present to do that.
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Alright?
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Well, first I wake up at 6.45, but I don't get up.
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I listen to the radio and I listen to the news.
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Then after I slowly get up, that's difficult, and I take a shower.
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I take a shower.
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I get dressed.
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and then I go for a walk with Sookie.
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Then we have breakfast together.
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She has dog biscuits and I have toast, marmalade and butter.
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Then I go to work on my scooter.
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Now my boyfriend has a different day because he goes to work at 8 o'clock at night.
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Remember, he's a jazz musician.
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Now did you notice I said he goes to work?
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That's because with the third person we add an S, goes.
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He goes to work at 8 o'clock and he comes home at 3 o'clock in the morning because he plays jazz concerts.
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Then he goes to bed and he gets up at lunchtime at 1 o'clock.
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So we meet at dinner, which is, you know, we don't have much time together.
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But that's life.
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Now that was the simple present tense and now we're going to see that on the screen.
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Very, very important this grammatical form.
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So, I work, you work, he, she, it works, she works,
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it works, we work, you work, they work.
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Now, very often you forget to put the S on the third person, so I have another teaching assistant who will help you to remember.
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Mr. Snakes.
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He is here to help you remember to put the S on the third person. So listen.
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I work at home.
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You work every day.
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He works. at night.
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She works in an office.
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It works all week.
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We work together.
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You work full time.
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They work at weekends.
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So remember, it's not difficult, the simple present in English.
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I work, you work, he works, she works, it works.
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Don't forget Mr. Snake, don't forget the S, the third person.
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All right?
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Good.
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Now, listen to the next episode and try and pick out words like often,
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sometimes, occasionally, because we're going to study those next.
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All right?
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Go and have some fun.
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Bye.
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Alice.
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I bet you don't wake up at 6 o'clock every day.
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Tell us something about your typical day at university.
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Well, I sometimes have classes in the morning, but I usually have classes in the afternoon.
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On Mondays, I always attend lectures in the morning.
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And where do you study?
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I usually study in the library, but I sometimes study at home, too, when I don't have classes in the morning.
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My friend David also studies at your university.
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Do you remember him?
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David Leary?
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Yes, I occasionally see him in the library and sometimes in the park.
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In the park?
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Doing what?
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He likes studying there.
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He takes his books, finds a nice park bench and reads there.
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Not a bad idea.
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You can study and enjoy nature at the same time.
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Yes, I like the park too.
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Unfortunately, I often need books that are in the library.
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And what about lunch?
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Do you usually make sandwiches and take them with you?
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Oh no, I hate cooking.
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I usually have lunch in the cafeteria with friends.
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Oh, I do just the opposite.
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I usually cook lunch at home.
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I seldom have a quick lunch at coffee shops.
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Okay, guys.
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Stop with this boring talk.
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What about fun?
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Do any of you do anything besides working and studying?
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It's Friday, remember.
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You're right, Jack.
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I'm so happy it's Friday.
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Me too.
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It's weekend time.
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Time for shopping.
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Jack really knows how to provoke Anne, doesn't he?
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Did you notice those words?
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Sometimes, always, occasionally, because we're going to study those now.
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And in English they're called the frequency adverbs, and we usually use them with the simple present tense.
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And they describe how many times you do actions, frequency adverbs.
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Now, to help me introduce them, I have another teaching assistant.
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This is.. ta-da!
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Mr Dinosaur.
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Mr Dinosaur is here to help you with the frequency adverbs.
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Dinosaur.
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D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R.
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Now, let's see at the screen how Mr. Dinosaur is going to help you.
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Well, look at the screen.
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Now, we're talking about adverbs of frequency, things which describe how often you do something, like habitual actions.
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Dinosaur.
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Look at the screen.
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We have D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R are now these letters represent a frequency adverb let's see
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if you can find them what do you think o is
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when you do something a lot yeah often o is often what about n when you do
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N is never.
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Good.
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N is never.
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What about A?
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Something that you do a lot.
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A is always.
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Good.
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What about S?
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S is sometimes.
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Very good.
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Sometimes.
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Now, U, U is for usually.
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Usually, it's a habit.
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What about R?
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R stands for rarely.
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That's difficult to pronounce.
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Rarely.
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And the last one, look at the top, we've got D.
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday is a bit strange, this.
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Every day.
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All right, so those are the main frequency adverbs.
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Every day, never, often, sometimes, always, usually, rarely.
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You notice sometimes is also the same as occasionally.
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and rarely, another way to say rarely is seldom.
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Okay, now the important thing about Mr. Dinosaur and the frequency adverbs is where to put them in the sentence.
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Now, look at the examples.
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We put them in front of the main verb.
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So, I never go out.
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You always arrive late.
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He usually gets up at seven.
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She rarely plays tennis.
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It often rains.
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In England, we sometimes watch TV.
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You occasionally drink wine.
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And the last one is different.
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Every day, they drive to work.
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Usually, every day, we put at the beginning.
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but the others are always before the main verb and after the subject.
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Now, one problem.
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There is an exception to the rule, which is typical of the English language.
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And what is the exception?
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The exception is the verb to be.
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The verb to be is always an exception in English.
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Let's see how that works.
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Look at the example.
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He isn't often late.
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We are sometimes in a hurry.
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You see the position.
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The position of the frequency adverb is after the verb to be, not before.
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And that's the rule.
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So he isn't often late, we're sometimes in a hurry,
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they're never at home, and I'm always tired.
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So those are the frequency adverbs very important, and we use them to describe our habitual actions.
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Now in the next episode of That's Life, listen for this word, enough.
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Enough.
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It's a very strange word because we're going to talk about that in the next lesson here in the studio.
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So go and see That's Life.
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Bye.
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Yes, I always go shopping on Saturdays.
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The first thing I do on Saturday is drive to the supermarket.
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I sometimes go shopping on Saturdays, but usually I sleep late.
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I'm always so tired on Saturdays.
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I'm never tired on the weekend.
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The weekend is a time for fun.
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I paint, go jogging, go out with some friends.
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Unfortunately, I sometimes have to study.
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Oh, I sometimes do a little work at the weekend.
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When I'm free, I like going swimming, going to exhibitions or to concerts if I have enough money.
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Oh, and every Sunday, I clean up the entire flat.
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And in the evening, I watch TV.
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Oh, I never watch TV.
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It's boring.
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Peter and I like going to the cinema at the weekend.
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Yes, it's important not to watch too much TV.
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An hour a day or so, that's enough.
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Come on guys, you talk like my grandfather.
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Work, TV, housework on the weekends, life is more.
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I want you to take me to places where young people have fun.
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Great!
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Get ready, Grandpa.
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Hello and welcome back again to English Today, your live English language program.
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Now, did you notice how Anne said that she loves going to concerts and exhibitions, but she doesn't have enough money?
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Now this word enough, enough, it's written E-N-O-U-G-H.
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The pronunciation is enough.
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What does it mean?
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Let me show you.
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I have a ticket here for a concert.
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Okay?
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This is 45 euro.
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45 euro.
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Now I have 40 euro here.
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40 euro, 45 euro for the ticket.
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It isn't enough.
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It means it's less, it's not sufficient.
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It isn't enough.
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No ticket, no concert.
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So, it happens.
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like Anne, poor Anne, not enough money.
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Now another example, you ask me, can I have a glass of water?
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And I say, sure. So, here you are.
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You say, what, excuse me, it's not enough.
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Not enough, it's not sufficient.
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Oh, I say, okay, fine.
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So, glass of water, here we go.
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And you say, oh, oh, it's too much.
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Too much.
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Now, that is the opposite.
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When something is in excess, it's too much.
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Let's go back to the ticket.
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For example, imagine that the theatre ticket has a discount.
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Now it only costs 30 euro.
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30 euro.
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I've got 40 euro which is too much, in excess, too much, but that's great, that's not a problem, that's great,
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I can go to the concert.
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Okay, so that's enough, too much.
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Now one more word, it's a small word and it's so.
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When do we use so?
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If I say to you,
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you are so intelligent, That describes an emphasis.
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You are so intelligent.
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You could also say the glass is so full.
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So, so is to express an emphasis of something.
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So, we've studied enough, too much and so.
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Let's look at those on the screen now to help you.
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enough pronunciation enough
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when something isn't sufficient there isn't enough water in the glass
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there isn't enough money then we can also use it with an adjective the glass isn't full enough after an adjective.
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It isn't full enough.
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Let's move on to two when we talk about something in excess.
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So, there's too much water in the glass.
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There's too much money.
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Great.
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There are too many coins.
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Now, many is because we use it with countable things.
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There are too many coins.
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We can use it with an adjective.
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For example, the ticket is too expensive.
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The glass is too full.
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All right?
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Then the last thing was so when you want to emphasize something, the ticket is so expensive,
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the glass is so full, or you are so intelligent.
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Fantastic.
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So that's the end of this lesson.
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Remember, enough, too, too much or too many, and so.
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That's it for now, and I'm going to see you again extremely soon.
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Take care.
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Bye.
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May I ask you a question, Alice?
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Sure.
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Ask any question you like.
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I'm an open book.
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Do you have a boyfriend?
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Well, I go out with some boys, but that's nothing serious.
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According to my birth chart, I need some Taurians.
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But that's not easy now that Saturn is in Leo.
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I see.
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Anyway, I think you have a strange relationship with boys.
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Oh no. I like boys very much.
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They're great at carrying packages.
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You're exceptional.
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Thanks Jack.
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But now, stop talking about me, let's talk about you.
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What do you think of me?
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No really, I'm curious.
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What do you do at work?
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Oh nothing special.
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You know Speedmaster, the sporting goods factory?
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Yeah sure, they produce wonderful running shoes.
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What department do you work in?
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I'm a sales manager.
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Last month they gave me a promotion and now I am responsible for Southern Europe.
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That's why I moved here.
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Wow, that's really interesting.
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You must be very good at work.
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What exactly do you do?
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Oh, basically I look for new clients and keep them informed about new product lines and take care of their requests.
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What kind of requests do they have?
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Oh, they often ask questions about new models and prices.
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What do you do if they want a discount?
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Well, basically I don't get mad.
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I listen to them and then I tell them, no!
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Well, seriously speaking, it depends.
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Each client is different.
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If they're important, I try to make an agreement with them.
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Hi, Anne.
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Hi, Sharon.
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Where's Peter?
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Oh, Peter's preparing his audition.
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Well, tell Peter I wish him good luck.
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Do you really care?
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Hello and welcome back to English Today for some more live English.
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Now Jack, does he really care for Sharon?
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I think he does.
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Let's ask Mr. Monkey.
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Mr. Monkey, does Jack really care for Sharon.
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Mr. Monkey.
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Yes, yes, he agrees, he agrees, he cares.
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Now, in that episode, there were a lot of questions, and I want to practice that with you now.
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And to do that, we are going to have a quiz.
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I am going to change profession.
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I am no longer an English teacher I have a different
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job I will ask ten questions I will give the answers
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and you must guess my new job now
574
if you guess it correctly I will play a flight for
575
you to go to London for a romantic weekend how about that flight to London So 10 questions.
576
Listen carefully.
577
Number one, do I work in an office?
578
No, I don't.
579
Number two, do I work outside?
580
Well, yes, actually, I do sometimes work outside.
581
Next, do I have special qualifications?
582
Oh yes, I have special qualifications for my job.
583
Okay, next one.
584
Do I work at weekends?
585
Yes, I do actually.
586
Most weekends I work.
587
So, I don't work in an office.
588
I work outside sometimes.
589
I have special qualifications and I work at weekends.
590
Okay, next one.
591
Do you travel a lot?
592
Oh yes, I travel everywhere.
593
I travel to America, to the Far East, around Europe a lot.
594
Do you earn a lot of money?
595
Oh yes, I earn a lot of money.
596
Next question.
597
Do you use your hands when you work?
598
Yes I do.
599
I use my hands and I also use my feet.
600
Very important.
601
Next one.
602
Do you work with other people?
603
Yes that's very important.
604
I work with other people.
605
Next one.
606
Do you use music in your job?
607
Music?
608
Now music is very important for me, music.
609
And the last question, do you wear special clothes?
610
Well, yes.
611
For my job, I have special clothes, I have special shoes, particular shoes,
612
and I do my hair in a special way.
613
So, I use my hands and my feet.
614
I work with other people, I use music, I earn a lot of money,
615
I wear special clothes and I travel a lot. So what's my job?
616
Hmm?
617
No. No. No. It's difficult. Shall I tell you?
618
I'm a prima ballerina.
619
I won, you lost.
620
No London, no flight to London.
621
Next time there'll be another quiz.
622
All right, good.
623
So let's look at the grammar that we've just used for asking questions.
624
OK, now we have the question form with the question word like when,
625
the auxiliary, do, I, the subject, and then arrive, which is the verb.
626
So, when do I arrive?
627
OK, that's a typical question in the simple present.
628
Look at the next one.
629
What do you do at work?
630
What do you do?
631
Next one.
632
Now this is important and we need Mr. Snake because it's who does he work with?
633
Remember does.
634
Third person, the S, do becomes does.
635
So who does he work with?
636
Next one.
637
Why does she study?
638
Third person.
639
How much does it cost?
640
Again, third person, it.
641
When do we leave?
642
Where do we live?
643
And how do they speak English?
644
OK, so remember, third person does is the auxiliary plus the infinitive.
645
All right?
646
So those are the English question forms.
647
Now, in the next episode, listen out for the negative form, and then we'll study that together.
648
OK?
649
So have fun studying, and I'll see you again very soon.
650
Bye!
651
Oh, girls, we're talking about jobs.
652
Tell me about your job, Sharon.
653
What do you do at the moment?
654
Uh, that's an interesting question.
655
Really?
656
Why do you say that?
657
Well, you know I have a degree in archaeology, but now I'm doing something quite different.
658
Do you have a part-time job?
659
No, unfortunately, it's a full-time job.
660
I work for a travel agency.
661
Oh, what do you do?
662
I give tours around the city.
663
I bring tourists to monuments and museums and other interesting places.
664
Oh, that's nice.
665
Could I have you as a tour guide for one day?
666
I'm sorry.
667
I only work with groups, usually with Japanese people.
668
Oh, well, I'm a black belt in karate.
669
Very funny.
670
But it's not enough.
671
It's too bad.
672
Anne, stop cleaning for a moment.
673
Sit down and tell me about your job.
674
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
675
I work in a publishing company.
676
Oh, so you work with famous writers?
677
Not exactly.
678
I don't work with the writers.
679
I just read their proofs and correct them before printing.
680
Ah, by the way, do you know Paul Taylor?
681
He works with you, right?
682
Yes, yes, but we don't work in the same department.
683
He works in the advertising department.
684
But we are good friends.
685
Every weekend we play tennis together.
686
Play tennis?
687
I'm jealous.
688
Do you play tennis too?
689
Do you want to play with us?
690
Well, just joking.
691
I don't play tennis that well.
692
Only karate and karate.
693
Jack, I don't play tennis very well, I only do karate.
694
He doesn't play tennis very well, it's easy.
695
Men.
696
Now, anyway, it was a good example of the negative of the simple present tense.
697
I don't play tennis very well.
698
Now, I'm going to tell you my typical day again but in the negative and listen to the grammatical form, okay?
699
I don't wake up at 6.45, I don't get up after,
700
I don't listen to the radio.
701
Now, don't is do not, Do not abbreviate it, okay?
702
I don't take a shower.
703
I don't have breakfast with Sookie.
704
And I don't have tog biscuits.
705
Now think of my boyfriend.
706
Let's go into the third person.
707
My boyfriend doesn't go to work at 8 o'clock at night.
708
He doesn't play the saxophone, he plays the double bass.
709
Now, doesn't is does not contracted.
710
Doesn't, okay?
711
Plus the infinitive.
712
So, he doesn't play, let's say, at 1 o'clock in the morning.
713
He doesn't come home at 7 o'clock in the evening.
714
So you see, these are examples of the negative form.
715
And now we need to go and look at the screen
716
because we need to see how that works in comparison to the positive form.
717
All right?
718
Great.
719
Now, look at the examples.
720
I don't teach on Sundays. Do not becomes don't.
721
I don't teach on Sundays.
722
You don't know my parents.
723
Jack doesn't play tennis well.
724
Alice doesn't have a boyfriend.
725
The house doesn't belong to Anne.
726
Third person doesn't.
727
We don't work part-time.
728
You don't know Anne's aunt.
729
And Alice and Sharon don't live together.
730
So now we have studied the positive form, the question form, and the negative form of the present tense.
731
So a whole world opens up for you.
732
Okay, well, you just keep studying and we'll meet again here for another live show very soon.
733
All right, take care.
734
Bye.
735
Good evening from Eric Brown.
736
Welcome to another edition of Let's Talk.
737
With me here in the studio are Marie and Tom.
738
Hello, Marie.
739
Hello, Tom.
740
Hello, Eric.
741
Well, today let's talk.
742
Let's talk about...
743
About what, Marie?
744
Low-cost airlines.
745
Very interesting.
746
You're right, Eric.
747
You know, there are 90 low-cost airlines in Europe today.
748
Really? So many?
749
Yes, that's right.
750
90. Lots of people fly with low-cost airlines. Of course.
751
It's very cheap to fly with these airlines.
752
It's not always cheap, Marie.
753
It's cheap to fly midweek on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, but it's not cheap to fly at weekends on Saturday or Sunday.
754
But are the planes safe?
755
Yes, the planes are usually new, so they are safe.
756
That's good.
757
It's important to fly in safe planes.
758
And what about the tickets?
759
Is it easy to find them?
760
Yes, it's very easy.
761
I usually buy my tickets online with my credit card.
762
Well, I travel a lot.
763
Really?
764
You're a real expert on low-cost airlines, Marie, aren't you?
765
Yes, I am.
766
My boyfriend lives in Berlin.
767
Oh, and how often do you visit him?
768
I go to see him twice a month.
769
Oh, I see, I see.
770
And are the flights on time?
771
Yes, they're usually on time.
772
I leave work at 5.30 in the afternoon and arrive at the airport at 6.
773
Perfect for the check-in.
774
That's very convenient.
775
You're lucky, Marie.
776
Usually low-cost flights leave from airports a long way from the city.
777
What time is your flight?
778
At 7 o'clock.
779
You're really lucky, Marie.
780
Usually low-cost flights leave late at night or early in the morning when it's not convenient.
781
Yes, that's true.
782
And yes, I am very lucky.
783
Is there any food on the plane?
784
Yes.
785
Passengers buy drinks and snacks.
786
Remember, the drinks and snacks aren't free.
787
You have to pay even for a glass of water.
788
That's true, but it doesn't matter.
789
I arrive in Berlin at 8.30, just in time for a pizza with my boyfriend at Bella Napoli.
790
A very good pizzeria.
791
The best one in Berlin.
792
Oh, that's great.
793
But for us, it's time to say goodbye.
794
Okay, low-cost airlines.
795
Today there are many low-cost airlines throughout Europe.
796
They are very easy to use and they are cheap.
797
And the planes are safe and they are usually on time.
798
Very interesting.
799
Very, very interesting.
800
Thank you, Marie.
801
Thank you.
802
And thank you, Tom.
803
Thank you. And goodbye.
804
And see you again soon on another edition of Let's Talk.
805
Well, low-cost airlines really make traveling easy.
806
For many people, flying is very simple, like taking a bus.
807
Now let's take a look at some very useful vocabulary and expressions you just heard.
808
The check-in is the place where you show your passport and leave your luggage.
809
In English, it is also a verb.
810
We say, I check in at 7.
811
Or, where is the check-in for Berlin?
812
When we talk about cheap prices, we mean it doesn't cost very much.
813
And expensive means it costs a lot.
814
My ticket to Berlin is 600 euros.
815
It's expensive.
816
Your ticket is 100 euros.
817
It's cheap.
818
Her ticket is 30 euros.
819
That's very cheap.
820
To say what airline we use, we say fly with, followed by the name of the airline.
821
I fly with Air Liverpool, or the type of airline.
822
I fly with low-cost airlines.
823
And what about when you want to ask if the plane is late?
824
We can say, are the flights on time?
825
If the flight is at 7 and it goes at 7, it is on time.
826
But if the flight is at 7 and it goes at 10, it's late.
827
Marie said, I buy my tickets online.
828
This means she uses the Internet to buy her ticket.
829
What other things can you do online?
830
Here are some examples.
831
I reserve hotel rooms online.
832
I don't call the hotel on the phone to reserve a room.
833
I use the Internet.
834
I check my bank account online.
835
I use the Internet to see how much money I have in my account.
836
I pay my bills online.
837
I use the Internet to pay the electricity bill, the water bill, the gas bill.
838
Wow, we can really do a lot of things online.
839
Okay, just two more things before we say goodbye.
840
The first is frequency.
841
When we say how often we do something, I asked Marie, how often do you visit him?
842
And she said, twice a month.
843
Twice a month means two times in a month.
844
Once a month means one time in a month.
845
But when we do something more than two times, we say three times a month,
846
four times a month, etc. Even if we change the period of time, the structure of frequency remains the same.
847
For example, we can say once a day, twice a week.
848
But remember, we say three times a year, four times a week.
849
One last thing.
850
Notice the preposition after arrive.
851
When we arrive in a place like a station, airport, shop, we say, I arrive at the airport at 6.
852
But when we arrive in a city or country, we say, I arrive in Berlin at 8.30.
853
So, we say, I arrive at the station, I arrive at the airport, But I arrive in London,
854
or I arrive in Madrid.
855
That's about it for now.
856
Take care and see you soon.
857
Good afternoon to everyone.
858
Welcome to Sports Special, the program dedicated to all sports and all sports fans.
859
I'm Eric Brown.
860
In the studio with me is John Forbes, our sports expert.
861
Well, John, what are you talking about this afternoon?
862
Football.
863
Great!
864
My favorite sport.
865
It's not only your favorite sport, Eric.
866
Millions of people love football. Of course.
867
It's a fantastic game.
868
The best in the world.
869
Well, maybe.
870
But remember, Eric, football isn't only about fame, success, and money.
871
Oh, a lot of money.
872
Professional footballers earn millions of euros.
873
That's true, but football is also about hard work, fitness training, stretching and jogging almost every day.
874
Really?
875
How often do professional players train?
876
They go jogging every day at 8 in the morning, and then they work out in the gym.
877
Ah, so much exercise.
878
And that's not all.
879
Really?
880
What do you mean?
881
Well, they also practice football three or four times a week with the team.
882
And where do they train?
883
They usually do fitness training at the football ground.
884
First they do stretching, then they practice shooting.
885
Is the coach with them during the training?
886
Yes, of course.
887
The coach is very important for the team.
888
He shows the players good techniques for passing, dribbling, and heading.
889
And he decides who plays in the matches.
890
Hmm.
891
How many matches are there in a football championship?
892
Thirty, more or less.
893
You know, football championships take place in the winter, usually from September until June.
894
And when do they play matches?
895
At weekends, but the big clubs also play during the week for the European Cups.
896
Oh, championships, European Cups, training.
897
Footballers are very busy.
898
Yes, they are.
899
The only time they rest is in the summer.
900
Well, holidays only in the summer, but what about fun?
901
For example, can the players have a beer after a match?
902
Of course, Eric, especially if they win.
903
A beer is a perfect way to celebrate a victory.
904
Well, a footballer's training routine is very hard, but it is very rewarding too.
905
Okay, thanks to our expert, John Forbes.
906
And goodbye to all football fans and sports lovers.
907
See you again soon for a new edition of Sports Special.
908
First of all, football and soccer are the same thing.
909
Football is the British word and soccer is the American form.
910
But they are exactly the same thing.
911
So, let's take a look at some of the vocabulary we use to talk about football. Do you like football?
912
If you do, then you are a football fan.
913
Like me.
914
Do you support a team?
915
I support Inter.
916
We say that we support a team when we are a fan of that team.
917
So, what is a team?
918
It's the group of players that play together.
919
For example, Manchester United is a football team.
920
A person who plays football as a job is called a professional footballer or a professional football player player.
921
Footballer and football player are the same thing.
922
A football player is a footballer.
923
And every team has a coach.
924
A coach is the person who prepares the team.
925
He teaches techniques and how to play well.
926
So, eleven football players make a team, and when two teams play against each other, they play a match.
927
But as John told us, footballers don't only play matches, they do a lot of training.
928
Training is all the exercises they do to prepare for matches.
929
We can say, footballers do training, or footballers train.
930
Training is the noun, and train is the verb.
931
And what do they do when they train?
932
John said a few.
933
They work They work out in the gym.
934
They do stretching.
935
They go jogging.
936
And they practice football skills.
937
John also mentions some of the skills or techniques that footballers practice.
938
Passing, which means to pass or kick the ball to another player.
939
Dribbling, which means to move the ball forward with the ball.
940
Shooting, which means to shoot or kick the ball into the goal.
941
and heading, which means to hit the ball with your head.
942
It's a lot of hard work.
943
I think they definitely deserve a beer when they win.
944
Well, that's all from me for now.
945
Take it easy.
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Why Practice Speaking with This Video?
Practicing with this video is a fantastic way to build real-world speaking skills! The dialogue between Anne and Peter feels natural—like a conversation you might have in an office or with a friend. It’s perfect for IELTS speaking practice because it uses everyday vocabulary and situations, helping you sound more fluent and confident. Plus, the mix of casual chat and practical descriptions (like talking about office supplies) gives you a chance to practice both social and functional language. Use a shadowing app to mimic their tone and rhythm—this "shadow speech" technique will train your mouth to move like a native and improve your listening at the same time. Learning English with videos like this makes practice fun and relatable!
Grammar & Expressions in Context
The video is packed with useful grammar and phrases. Let’s break down a few key ones:
- "There is/there are": Anne uses this to describe her office: "There isn't a fax machine" and "There are two chairs." This structure is essential for talking about what exists in a space—great for describing your home, workplace, or even a favorite café.
- Frequency adverbs (implied): While not stated directly, phrases like "I answer the telephone myself" show habit, which ties into the simple present tense. Practice saying "I always make coffee in the kitchen" or "She never uses a fax machine" to master this.
- Making suggestions: Peter says, "If you need a fax machine, I have one in my apartment"—a polite way to offer help. Try using "Why don’t we..." or "How about..." to make your own suggestions, like "Why don’t we check the staff kitchen for coffee?"
Common Pronunciation Traps
Watch out for a few tricky sounds in the dialogue! The word "cupboard" is often pronounced with a silent "p" (/ˈkʌbərd/), so don’t say "cup-board"—it might confuse listeners. Also, "supplies" has a long "i" sound (/səˈplaɪz/), not a short one. Notice how Anne stresses "office" on the first syllable (/ˈɒfɪs/) and "machine" on the second (/məˈʃiːn/). Using a shadowspeaks tool can help you catch these nuances—repeat after the speakers, pausing and replaying until your pronunciation matches theirs. Small tweaks like these will make your speech sound much more polished!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | any, which is · dinner, which is · rule, which is |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've studied · have studied |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | enjoy studying · hate cooking · stop talking |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most important · The best |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.