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Let’s learn about compound words in English! This is when two or more words come together, making a new word that functions as a single word.

Compound words can be:

As you can see from those examples of compound words, there are three types:

Today I’ll teach you 30 compound words - some you might already know, but others will be new to you. And I’ve prepared a free PDF with 100 compound words, each one with a definition and example sentence - I highly recommend you download it to expand your vocabulary even more!

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Do you know when to use in, inside, into, and within? These prepositions can be tricky, but today I’ll help you understand the difference clearly! 

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DO NOT pronounce these word endings exactly as they look...

We say them DIFFERENTLY in English! Listen to today's lesson to find out the natural way to say them.

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Let's learn 10 spelling differences between British English and American English with lots of examples! If you can’t remember all these words, don’t worry, just download the free PDF of this lesson which has all of them nicely listed for you.

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Learning fluent English often feels like trying to cross the Amazon rain forest...

But here's the good news: 

You CAN reach your English fluency goals, if you have three things:

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When you join the Espresso English Academy, you'll benefit from:

✅ A step-by-step path of courses helping you improve every area of your English: speaking, listening, grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, business English, informal expressions, and more. Just follow the lessons and you can be confident you're making great progress towards fluency!

✅ Guidance from me and the the other teachers on the Espresso English team. We help you fix any mistakes and level up your English by giving you personalized feedback on your homework - the speaking and writing tasks inside the courses.

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You can join the Espresso English Academy at a huge discount - and you'll get instant access to the courses and community.

I can't wait to help you reach a higher level of English fluency.

Let's make YOU the next Espresso English success story! 😍

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Get ready to expand your vocabulary by learning 40 collocations with the word discussion!

Collocations are words that native speakers often use together, and learning them helps you speak English more fluently and naturally.

40 collocations are a LOT, so make sure you download the free PDF of today’s lesson by clicking on the link under this video. That way you can save the lesson and review it again later!

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Let’s learn all about superlative adjectives - when to use them, how to form them, and mistakes to avoid!

Adjectives are words that describe things, and superlative adjectives compare 3 or more things, or compare one thing to all others. Here are some examples:

 - My grandmother is the oldest person in my family.  - Russia is the biggest country in the world.  - This is the easiest test I’ve ever taken.  - I just finished the most interesting book I’ve ever read

How do we form superlatives? Let me quickly explain 5 rules and give you a few examples of each. And make sure to listen to the end because I’ll explain the most common error I see English learners make with superlatives.

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One of the most common situations that can make you a little nervous is when you have to introduce yourself.

This could be in a job interview, when the interviewer says “So, tell me about yourself!” or it can be at the beginning of a meeting or presentation, or when you join a new group, class, or team. You want to give a nice, strong, confident self-introduction, so that you make a good first impression.

Well, today I’m going to teach you a super-easy way to introduce yourself professionally - and this can be used in both formal and informal situations. 

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Did you know the word PARTY has 4 different meanings in English? Today we’ll learn these along with 30 expressions using the word “party.”

Make sure you download the PDF of today’s lesson by clicking on the link in the video description, so you can save it and review everything later.

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Want to expand your vocabulary amazingly fast? Today we’re going to take 25 words and turn them into 100 words by learning their multiple forms - a noun form, verb form, adjective form, and adverb form.

You probably already know the English word beautiful - that’s an adjective, it describes a person or thing. Now, make sure you know all 4 forms:

§  Noun: I stopped to admire the beauty of the sunset. (in this sentence it’s being used as a noun - THE beauty)

§  Verb: She painted some flowers on the wall to beautify the room. (beautify is an action, a verb, meaning to make something beautiful)

§  Adjective: I bought a beautiful new dress. (as an adjective, it describes a thing - in this case, a dress)

§  Adverb: He sings beautifully.(as an adverb, it describes a verb - the way he sings)

Let’s keep going with more English words that have 4 forms.

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Today’s your lucky day, we’re going to learn English phrases about good luck, bad luck, and chance. These all seem kind of similar, they all use the word luck or lucky, but as you’ll see they’re used in very different situations. That’s why I’ve prepared a quiz where you’ll have to match the right phrase with the right situation – you can take it at the end of the lesson.

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The English language has a lot of words with 2 meanings, words with 3 meanings, and even more! Today I’ll teach you 15 words with multiple meanings at the beginner, intermediate, and more advanced levels.

And I’ve got a quiz to help you practice these words - you can find it in the free PDF guide. 

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Want to learn some phrasal verbs based on my daily routine? Join me as I go through my day, teaching you phrasal verbs along the way!

When you’re done with this lesson, try the quiz that’s inside the free lesson guide.

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Did you know we have 5 different ways to pronounce the letter X in English? We’re going to learn and practice them today! Get ready to listen and repeat after me.

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What’s wrong with these sentences?

The answer? They’re all using an INCORRECT preposition after the adjectives.

The correct sentences are:

Little mistakes like these can make it obvious you’re not a native English speaker - so today I’m going to help you avoid them by teaching you some common combinations of adjectives and prepositions.

Make sure to download the free lesson guide so you can review everything we learn today, and test yourself with a quiz. You can click here to get that free PDF.

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Suffixes are added to the ends of words, usually to change their grammatical form:

Today we’re going to look at 10 suffixes with 5 example words each. If you want to see sentences using each of these words, make sure to download the free lesson PDF!

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Prefixes are added to the beginnings of words to change their meaning.

For example, the prefix UN- means the opposite: happy  :-) unhappy  :-(

The prefix OVER- means "too much:" spend - overspend (spend too much money)

Here are 10 common prefixes in English with 30 example words and sentences! 

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Today I'll teach you 10 super-fast fixes for vocabulary and spelling mistakes!

I hope you enjoyed this "lightning round" of quick fixes for spelling and vocabulary mistakes - and I also hope to see you inside the 200 Common Errors Course.

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Are you pronouncing these words wrong? Let me share 5 quick fixes for pronunciation mistakes that I often hear among English learners.

There are even more of these inside my 200 common errors in English course, where we cover grammar, vocabulary, spelling, AND pronunciation mistakes.

When you make these small adjustments to your pronunciation, your accent improves and other people can understand your English more clearly.

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Hey students! Today you’ll learn 5 quick fixes for common grammar mistakes that English learners often make. If you want to learn a LOT more, come join my 200 Common Errors Course at my website EspressoEnglish.net

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Break is one of the most common verbs in the English language - so let’s learn 20 common collocations, meaning words that are frequently used together. After watching the lesson, download the free PDF to try the quiz so you can test your knowledge of these collocations - click on the link in the description to get that lesson guide and quiz.

Learning collocations like these can really help you speak English more naturally, because it becomes easier to put words together. I’ve got two ways to help you - my 1000 collocations e-book and my advanced vocabulary and collocations course. You can find them at my website EspressoEnglish.net

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Want to learn all the English verb tenses in less than ten minutes? That’s what you’re going to do in this video! I’ll teach you the 12 essential verb tenses AND when to use them, with examples.

There’s a LOT of information in this lesson, so make sure to download the free lesson guide. You can save it, print it out, and there are even places in the guide where you can write your own sentences with each verb tense.

Many English learners have difficulty with verb tenses - they often stop to think "which verb tense should I use?" and the rules about tenses can be confusing. I hope this lesson has helped you understand the differences between verb tenses in English.

...but don't just read about verb tenses, you also need to practice them! I recommend writing your own example sentence with every verb tense in this lesson. The more example sentences you write, the easier it will be to remember the structure of the verb tenses and when we use each one.

So go ahead and download the free lesson guide to fill in your own examples for every verb tense. You can learn about verb tenses in much more detail inside my Advanced English Grammar Course.

The lessons include quizzes to help you review and practice the verb tenses, and there's also the option to do "writing tasks" and send them in for feedback and grammar correction from our teaching team. This is very valuable because you can find out if you're making any mistakes with the English tenses... or using them correctly! 

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Want to make better sentences in English? Use relative clauses! I’ll teach you all about them today.

You can download a free PDF of this lesson which also includes a quiz for practice - click here to download it - you’ll definitely want it because we’re going to cover a lot of information.

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Turn on, turn in, turn off, turn out, turn away - what do these phrasal verbs mean? Some of them are used in multiple ways! Today you’ll learn 10 common English phrasal verbs with TURN - and I’ve also got a quiz to help you practice.

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Let's learn about 3 tiny little words that can cause mistakes and confusion for English learners: some, any, and no. When exactly do we use these, and how can you avoid errors? I'll explain it all clearly in today's lesson!

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I want to make sure your English grammar is correct, so that you can be confident about it. You can learn a lot more inside my basic and intermediate grammar e-books, as well as my advanced grammar course.

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Let’s learn common internet abbreviations used in online chats and comments as well as text messaging. There are hundreds or thousands of these, and new ones are being invented all the time – but today you’ll learn 30 of the most common abbreviations so that you’ll understand when you see them online, and you can chat or text message more confidently in English.

I’m going to go through these pretty fast – I’ll just explain what they stand for and sometimes give a quick example. You can download this lesson to save it and review it later by clicking here, and I’ll e-mail you the lesson PDF for free.

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In today’s lesson I’ll teach you the difference between the words agenda, itinerary, and schedule - three similar words that can often be confused by English learners.

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How well do you know English prepositions? Let’s find out with this quiz!

I’ll show you a sentence, and you’ll try to choose the correct preposition. After a few seconds, I’ll show you the right answer.

There are 15 questions - keep track of your score and leave a comment letting me know how you did. Good luck!

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Reported speech is when we talk about what someone said in the past - and the verbs we use for it are called “reporting verbs” - ones like say, tell, ask, recommend, advise, warn, promise, and more.

But there are some important little details to remember about the sentence structure when using each of these reporting verbs, so a lot of English learners make mistakes with them. Today I’ll teach you 30 common reporting verbs and the correct ways to use them in a sentence.

I recommend downloading the PDF guide to this lesson so that you can review and remember all these reporting verbs and sentences - you can get it by clicking here: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-30-reporting-verbs/ 

I’ve organized the reporting verbs into categories:

Most common reporting verbs

Reporting verbs for advice

Reporting verbs for arguments and strong feelings

Reporting verbs for statements

Other reporting verbs

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Do you know how to use direct and indirect objects CORRECTLY in English? Today I'll help you avoid two very common mistakes I see English learners make!

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What Are Phrasal Verbs? They are verbs with two or three words: main verb + particle (preposition or adverb). Phrasal Verbs are very common in the English language!

In this lesson, you’re going to learn different types of phrasal verbs - transitive and intransitive, and separable and inseparable. Don’t worry too much about those terms; I’ll show you very clearly how each type of phrasal verb works in a sentence! You’ll definitely want to download today’s lesson guide, because it includes extra content - some lists and examples of each type of phrasal verb. To get that free guide, click on the link in the video description and enter your e-mail address to receive the free PDF.

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Contractions combine two words into a short form with an apostrophe – for example, I am becomes I’m; could not becomes couldn’t... and many more that you’ll learn in this lesson.

Contractions are extremely common in spoken English and informal written English, and today you’re going to learn 50 of them – yes, we do have that many contractions in English!

Make sure to download the free PDF guide to this lesson so you can save the full contractions list and all the example sentences.

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Linking verbs do not describe an action – instead, they connect the subject of the sentence to a word describing it or providing additional information about it. For example:

I’ll show you a list of linking verbs, and then we’ll look at a lot of examples. If you want to download this lesson to save it and review it later, click here and enter your e-mail address to get the free PDF. 

Our question of the day is “What do gotcha, gotta, and got it mean – and how do we use them in informal spoken English?” All of these involve the word “got,” but they are different!

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Do you know how to apologize in English, beyond just the single word “Sorry”? Let’s learn some phrases for making apologies and then phrases for responding to an apology.

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You’re probably pronouncing these words wrong - yes, even you, native English speakers! Today I’m going to teach you the right way to say 20 English words that are often mispronounced - so you can say them confidently.

Because this lesson focuses on pronunciation, I’m not going to explain the definitions - but if you download the free lesson guide PDF, each word has its definition and an example sentence. You can get it by clicking here and entering your e-mail address.

OK, are you ready? Make sure to practice with me by repeating these words out loud using the correct pronunciation

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April 1 is an informal holiday known as April Fools’ Day! People celebrate by playing jokes and trying to trick people in funny and harmless ways.

You might be wondering about this word “fool” – how is it used in English? I’ll teach you all about it in today’s lesson. 

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Hi! It’s Shayna from EspressoEnglish.net and today you’ll learn 20 words that most people spell wrong. In fact, two of them are in the title of this video! 

1. The word definitely does NOT have an “A.” Some people even write “defiantly” which is a completely different word. But the correct spelling of definitely is definitely.

2. And the other mistake is your, y-o-u-r. In the title of the video it should be you’re, which is short for “you are.” The version spelled y-o-u-r is for possession - your house, your dog, your backpack.

Before I continue, I want to invite you to download the free lesson guide, which actually has 100 commonly misspelled words. Click on the link in the video description and enter your email address, and I’ll send you that free PDF download.

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Let’s learn and practice future tenses in English! We have a whole bunch of ways to talk about the future in English, including:

Today I’ll explain which future tense to use in which situation - and I’ll ask you to practice with me, so get ready. You’ll definitely want to download the lesson guide so that you can review everything - click here and enter your e-mail address, and I’ll send you the lesson PDF for free.

Instead of explaining things tense by tense, I’m going to do it situation by situation, because in some situations we can use multiple tenses.

I’d also love to help you even more inside my Advanced English Grammar Course, where we go in detail into lots of important grammar topics. And there are lots of opportunities to put it into practice, like we did today - so that you can speak and write with good grammar.

Today we’re going to learn phrasal verbs with RUN - run around, run for, run off, run on, and many more. 

Because these phrasal verbs are all so similar, it’s essential to test yourself by taking a quiz to see if you remember the difference. Download the lesson guide to try the quiz!

If you want to be fluent in English, then you need to know phrasal verbs, because we use them all the time! 

Most traditional English textbooks don’t focus on phrasal verbs, but I have a course that will teach you 500 common phrasal verbs in the context of conversations. It’s an easy and natural way to learn them.

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Today you’ll learn 6 different ways to talk about regrets in English. Regrets are things in the past where you made a mistake or did something bad and now you feel bad about it and you wish you had done things differently.

You can download the PDF guide to this lesson by clicking here!

As you can see we’ve got a lot of different phrases for expressing regret. The English language is like that, right? There’s not just one right way to say things. Native speakers use many different expressions. 

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Alliteration is repeating the same (or similar sounds) at the beginning of words - hey - “similar sounds” - that’s an example!

Alliteration is often used in poetry and music because it helps the phrase flow nicely - and we also have a number of common expressions that use it.

Today you’ll learn 20 of them! Download this lesson by clicking here.

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What exactly is the past tense of the words lead, read, and dream? That’s our question of the day! 

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One challenge for English learners is how to pronounce the names of countries as well as nationalities - nationalities are adjectives describing someone or something from that country. So today we'll practice 50 of them! Nationalities in English follow some patterns, so I've organized these words into categories.

And when you download the lesson guide, you'll find more - I think I've listed over 200 countries and nationalities. Click here to get that free PDF download.

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Stop using the same basic English words all the time - today you'll learn 20 powerful adjectives in English, such as excruciating, destitute, miraculous, absurd, and jittery. These words are a little more advanced, so they’re great for helping your English sound more fluent.

Make sure to practice your pronunciation by repeating these words after me, and study the example sentences to see how these adjectives are used!

You can download a free PDF guide to this lesson, and it also includes a quiz to help you practice the new words. Click here to get that free PDF and quiz.

All right, get ready to learn these powerful adjectives!

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A student asks - "Can we say 'less tall' for the opposite of taller?"

Listen to this "ask the teacher" lesson to find the answer!

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You do NOT want to mix up the phrasal verbs in this lesson, because mistakes with them could be quite embarrassing! So let's make sure you know the difference between these.

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Do you want to learn 100 phrasal verbs in the next 15 minutes?

Get ready because that’s exactly what we’re going to do!

I’ll tell you right now that we’re going to go through them fast, so there’s no way you’ll remember them all just by watching this video once. That’s why you should definitely download the free PDF guide, so you can review them again and again.

And a little bonus - the free PDF also has quizzes to help you practice these phrasal verbs. Click here and enter your e-mail to get that free download instantly - it’s a really, really useful one. 

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Our question of the day is from a student who asked what the expression “wishful thinking” means. 

Wishful thinking is when there’s something you hope or want to happen… but the reality is that it probably won’t; it’s actually very unlikely. Let me give you a couple examples!

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In a previous lesson we learned 10 words ending in -less, which means without, and today we’ll learn 10 words ending in -ful, which means something like “full of”:

Note that the suffix is -ful, only one L, different from the word “full” which has two Ls.

After learning these 10 words, download the free PDF lesson guide and try the quiz to practice them - just click on the link in the video description and enter your e-mail address to get that free download.

I want to see you become successful in learning English, and that’s why I make these videos as well as courses you can join. 

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In English, the suffix -less means “without.” For example, something that is “colorless” is white or transparent; it has no color. Or someone who is “homeless” has no place to live; they are without a home. Some of these words are simple like that, but others are not so obvious - you might be surprised by the definitions of restless and priceless, which we’ll learn in this lesson.

Today we’ll learn 10 English words that end in -less, with example sentences so you can see how they’re used. To practice these words, make sure to download the PDF guide to this lesson because it has a quiz to see if you can use each word in the correct sentence.

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What does it mean to “call someone out”? That’s our question of the day!

Here's the definition and a few examples.

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The English word “mind” refers to the center of your thoughts, memory, and imagination. It’s one of our most common words, and we use it in a whole bunch of different phrases and expressions - from “make up my mind” to “never mind” to “out of your mind.” So today I’ll teach you 20 common English phrases using the word “mind.”

I highly recommend that you download the free PDF guide to this lesson, because it includes a quiz to help you practice these different expressions with “mind.” You can get that by clicking on the link under this video and entering your e-mail address.

Now that you’ve learned 20 expressions with “mind,” do you think you can use them correctly? Download the PDF and try the quiz to find out! Another great way to practice these expressions is to try creating your own example sentences with each one.

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Sports are a huge part of American culture, and we even have a lot of sports idioms in English - informal expressions that come from baseball, football, tennis, and more!

Today you’ll learn 12 sports idioms, what they mean, and how to use them.

I recommend you download the PDF guide to this lesson, because it includes a quiz to help you practice these expressions. You can do that by clicking here get that PDF by e-mail.

OK, let’s kick off this lesson - kick off means to start, and it’s from soccer, since the game starts with a player kicking the ball. That’s a little bonus expression for you!

I hope you enjoyed these sports idioms - and now, the ball’s in your court - your next action is to download the PDF and try the quiz - give it your best shot! And if you’d like to continue learning idioms, come join my 300+ idioms course available at EspressoEnglish.net

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Today's student question - what's the difference between light up, lighten up, and enlighten?

These have some meanings you might not expect!

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Did you know that we have two types of verbs in English? 

They are action verbs (or dynamic verbs) and state verbs (also called “stative verbs” or “state of being verbs”). 

There are even some verbs that can be BOTH action verbs and stative verbs, depending on the use and context! We’ve also got some special grammar rules about state verbs, and today you’ll learn all about them. 

I’ve made the lesson guide available for you to download for free - just click here and enter your e-mail address to receive that free PDF download.

Hope that helps you understand the difference between action verbs and stative verbs, as well as how we use them! 

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If you want to speak fluent English, you want to go beyond common adverbs and learn some more advanced ones! Today you'll learn 30 advanced adverbs with example sentences. 

This is definitely a lesson you’ll want to review, so make sure to download the free PDF guide by clicking here entering your e-mail address. 

Many of these words will be new to you, and I’m excited to get started. 

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In today’s lesson we’re going to learn 50 irregular plural nouns - these are nouns that don’t follow the normal rules for forming plurals. Even a lot of native English speakers aren’t sure about how to form the plurals of these words. When you learn them, you can avoid mistakes and then be confident that your English is correct.

If you want to download this lesson as a PDF, click here and you’ll get a worksheet with all these examples of irregular plural nouns as well as a quiz. I’ll be happy to send it to you for free.

Let’s quickly review how we form regular plural nouns, and then we’ll get to the irregular ones and more complicated cases.

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Today’s student question is “What's the difference between "in mind" and "on my mind"?”

What a great question!

These phrases look very similar, but they’re actually used slightly differently in English.

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We’ve got a detailed lesson today all about the first conditional - how to form it, when to use it, and some variations on this sentence structure. There are tons of examples in here, and I’d encourage you to try writing your own sentences as well.

You can download the full text from this lesson, which also includes a quiz, by clicking here.

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One of my students asked when exactly we say the phrase “excuse me” in English. This student heard it in several different situations, and wants to know how it’s supposed to be used.

I can think of at least 6 different times you should say excuse me!

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Subject-verb agreement is one of the first things you learn in English class. It means the subject of the sentence has to have the correct verb form:

Simple, right?

Well, watch out because today we’ll look at 10 tricky cases, some situations where the correct subject-verb agreement might not be so obvious! Many English learners make mistakes with these, so pay close attention.

And after watching this lesson, make sure to try the quiz to test yourself. You can download it by clicking on the link below and entering your e-mail address.

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Today we’re going to learn 15 English phrases and expressions using the word can’t - like can’t be bothered, can’t hold a candle, can’t stomach, and more. 

I bet a number of these expressions will be new to you. So make sure to download the PDF guide to this lesson, which also includes a quiz to help you practice. You can get that by clicking here and entering your e-mail address: https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-15-expressions-with-cant/ 

All right, I can’t wait to get started!

There’s a famous quote by Henry Ford that goes like this: “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t - you’re right.” This means if you have a positive attitude and you believe you can do something, then you will be able to do it. But if you have a negative attitude and you believe you can’t do something, then you won’t be able to do it.

Our mindset has a very powerful effect on our success. So that’s why I’m always encouraging you not to say or think things like “I can’t speak English very well” or “I can’t become fluent” because these attitudes will actually prevent you from reaching your goal.

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Today's student question is: "When do we use FEW vs. A FEW?"

I'll explain it today with examples!

We'll also learn how many, exactly, is "a few" as well as how to use "little" and "a little" correctly.

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Are you confused about how to use HAVE HAD and HAD HAD in English? Today’s lesson will help you, with tons of examples! If you want to save this lesson to read and review later, you can download the free PDF by clicking here.

All right, if you want to use have had and had had correctly, first you need to understand the present perfect tense and past perfect tense. Both of them are formed by using an auxiliary verb + main verb. 

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In today’s lesson we’re learning all about money words, money collocations, and money idioms!

This is a good one, and there’s a lesson guide you can download to review all of today’s vocabulary and expressions. Click here, enter your e-mail address, and I’ll send that PDF right to your inbox.

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Good news! Our Ask the Teacher video series is back, I’ll be answering a student question every week.

If you want to download 30 of our past “ask the teacher” lessons, they are super short and sweet, and you’ll learn a lot - click here and enter your e-mail address to get them all in a PDF.

Today’s question is, “Teacher, can you explain the ‘i before e except after c’ rule?”

Yes - there’s a little rhyme that we often use to remember whether to spell words with IE or EI, and it goes: “I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh.”

Let’s look at the words that follow this rule… and the exceptions to it!

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In English it’s very common to use the present continuous to talk about the future, in the case of activities that are planned, arranged, or scheduled. We’re going to see a LOT of examples today, and in the middle of the video I’ll ask you to create your own!

If you’d like to download the PDF of this lesson to save and review later, click here, enter your e-mail address, and I’ll send it right to you.

OK, let’s look at positive sentences, negative sentences, and questions that show how we use the present continuous for future plans/arrangements.

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What’s the difference? When do we use each of these English verb tenses? Today I’m going to explain two simple rules so that it will become clear to you! 

Not only will I give you example sentences, but I’ll also ask you to make your own.

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Hello students, and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! I've got a little gift for you: A free PDF download of the 30 "Ask the Teacher" lessons we published this year. Now you'll have all these short and sweet lessons in a single PDF! Click on the link to download it today.

And I have another piece of good news... "Ask the teacher" videos are coming back in January! I will be doing them weekly - make sure you're subscribed to my channel so you don't miss any of them.

This also means... I need your questions about English! Ask me about grammar, vocabulary, phrases, expressions... anything you want to know or are not sure about regarding the English language. You can leave a comment with your questions or use the contact form on EspressoEnglish.net.

I'm so excited to answer more of your questions - and again, make sure to download all the previous "ask the teacher" lessons by clicking on the link in the video description. ⭐ 

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How do we reply to thank you? “You’re welcome” is the most common response, but we have many other phrases in English! Today you’ll learn multiple responses to "thank you," so you can speak more fluently. First I’ll teach you the phrases, and then we’ll see examples of how to use them in short conversations.

I also prepared a free PDF download for you, which has all the information from today’s lesson as well as a quiz to help you practice and review!

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Today we’ll learn  10 English phrasal verbs for socializing. These phrasal verbs are used very frequently when native English speakers talk about getting together with other people, and I want to help YOU use them confidently.

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Are you wondering how to form questions in English with correct grammar? Well today I’m going to teach you a simple method for asking questions in almost ALL the verb tenses!

I think you’ll find this lesson very helpful, and I’ve made a free lesson guide available for you to download. It also includes a quiz so you can practice forming questions. 

All right, let’s take a look at this question formation formula. I like to remember it with the acronym QUASM, and that stands for

Reported questions, indirect questions, and subject questions also do not follow QUASM. Click on each link for my lesson on those topics!

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Let’s have some fun today - we’re going to learn and practice 40 words that sound kind of silly and they’re fun to say. A lot of these words are a little more advanced, so you might not be familiar with them yet. 

The best way to review and remember this funny-sounding vocabulary is to download the text and audio from this lesson - just click here to do that. It has all the words, the definitions, and the example sentences.

Now get ready to learn, and especially get ready to listen and repeat - yes, I want you to practice saying these silly words out loud, and I’ve left space in the video for you to do so.

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What are countable and uncountable nouns, and how do we use them in English grammar? We’ll learn all about them today, with lots of examples!

Make sure to download the PDF guide to this lesson, because it has the lesson text as well as a quiz to help you practice countable and uncountable nouns. 

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What other English grammar topics would you like to learn about? Leave me a comment and let me know. Bye for now!

When do we use difficulty (singular) vs. difficulties (plural)? I’m going to explain this and also teach you a number of collocations, typical combinations of words, to expand your vocabulary! Learning collocations improves your English fluency because instead of trying to put a sentence together word by word, trying to think “which verb goes with this noun?” or “which adjective sounds more natural?” – instead, you’ll already know combinations of words that go together. My e-book, 1000 collocations in 10 minutes a day, makes learning collocations quick and easy. It has 50 short lessons, 50 quizzes, and comes with audio as well.

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Wondering when to use worse vs. worst? Even some native English speakers make mistakes with these. Today I’ll teach you how to use them correctly, with lots of examples!

And I’ve got a little bonus for you - a free PDF download with the text of this lesson as well as a quiz to help you practice worse and worst. Click here and enter your e-mail address to get that free PDF.

The opposite of worse is better, and I’m here to help your English get better!

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Time is one of the most common words in English, and it’s used in a LOT of different phrases beyond just asking “What time is it?” 

Today we’ll learn 20 idioms or expressions with the word “time” - and you can download all of them by clicking here. When you enter your e-mail address, I’ll send you a free PDF guide to this lesson as well as a quiz. So make sure to get a copy of that to practice and review.

Now that you’ve learned these 20 expressions, it’s time to practice! Make sure to try the quiz inside the free PDF of this lesson, which you can download by clicking the link under this video.

As you can see from this lesson, common English words are used in lots of idiomatic expressions with meanings that might not be obvious. I have a course to teach you over 300 common idioms in English, you can join that by visiting https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-idioms-course/  - Learning these expressions can really help take your English fluency to the next level.

One of my students asked me what’s the difference between these two questions:

This is an excellent question because there IS a difference between positive questions like the first one, and negative questions like the second one. I’ll teach you about it in today’s lesson, and we’ll also cover question tags, like “She has a car, doesn’t she?” But first I have a question for YOU: Do you want to be a well-rounded English speaker? That means someone who is good at ALL the areas of the language – speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. You need all of those skills for fluency. That’s why my Complete Program for English learning has courses in every single area of the language. It’ll help you improve ALL your skills in just 10-15 minutes a day. The good news is that the Complete Program is available at a 50% discount compared to buying all my courses individually... ...and the even better news is that you can divide up the payment over 3 or 6 months so it’s even easier to join! Click here to see everything included in my Complete Program and find out how to sign up.

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If you want to have a good conversation in English, learn to ask good questions! Today I’ll teach you 10 question words and then show you 100 examples of different questions using them.

You can download this lesson as a PDF by clicking here and entering your e-mail address, that’s a good way to review all the example questions and maybe create some of your own.

All right, let’s look at our question words in English and when to use each one.

Now let’s see 100 examples of questions with these words! ⭐ 

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I hope you’re hungry… I mean, hungry to learn some new vocabulary today! 

I’m going to teach you 50 common collocations with the word “food” - these are words we often use together. So you’ll be able to talk about food more fluently in English!

There’s a lot of vocabulary in this lesson, and I’ve made a free lesson guide available for you to download - so you can review everything we learn today and also practice with a quiz.

The collocations we’ll cover can be divided into 3 groups: adjectives with food, verbs with food, and nouns with food.

If you’d like to take the next step in learning from me, check out my e-book with 1000 collocations on all sorts of topics. You can find that along with all my other courses at my website EspressoEnglish.net

Wondering when to use lie vs. lay? Should we say someone is “laying down” or “lying down”? And what about lied, laid, and lain? It can be so confusing, especially for students learning English! Today we’ll learn the difference between lay and lie, as well as all of their forms, with plenty of examples. My goal is to make it clear for you. That’s also why I wrote an e-book called 600+ Confusing English Words Explained! It’s full of clear explanations and examples helping you understand the difference between words that lots of English learners mix up – like specially and especially, advice and advise, and many, many more.

Wondering whether to use sell vs. sale vs. sold? Should we say “for sale” or “on sale”? Learn the difference easily in today's lesson on sell, sale, sold. I also wanted to let you know that our Black Friday sale is coming up soon! It starts November 24, and there will be discounts on ALL Espresso English courses and e-books. Save the date and remember to check your e-mail for details.

Interjections are words used to express emotion. There are hundreds of them, and they are very common in everyday English conversation. The best way to learn interjections is not by studying a list, but by learning how each interjection is used in real life. Here are are 10 interjections in English and examples of how we use them. Learning from conversations is a great way to learn English more naturally! That’s why all the lessons in my Everyday English Speaking Courses are based on conversations. This way, you can learn English phrases in context, and know what to say when you’re in a similar situation.

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In today’s lesson you’ll learn all about how to use different helping verbs - these are an essential part of English grammar.

Helping verbs, also called “auxiliary verbs,” are verbs that have the grammatical function of “helping” the main verb of the sentence. We’ll cover basic helping verbs like do/does/did, be (and all its various forms), have/has/had, as well as modal helping verbs like can, may, should, must, will, shall, and would.

There’s a lot of information in today’s video, so make sure to download the lesson guide by clicking on the link below and entering your e-mail address.

Now you know how to use these important helping verbs! I’d challenge you to try writing a few of your own sentences and questions with each one. You can review this lesson by downloading that free PDF, which is available under the video.

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Today we have a mega-lesson about one of the most common English verb tenses, and that is the present perfect tense. This lesson will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about the present perfect: we’ll cover:

This is like the complete guide to the present perfect, and you can actually download a free PDF with all the information from this lesson as well as some practice quizzes. Click on the link under this video and enter your e-mail so I can send you the free PDF. 

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Let’s learn English phrases you can use to ask for a favor! If you’re not sure what a favor is, that means asking someone to help you or to do something nice for you, even though it might inconvenience them a little bit. You can speak more confidently when you know the specific phrases that native English speakers would say in this situation. I always want to teach you real and practical phrases, ones that you’ll actually use. That’s why I created the Everyday English Speaking Courses, with lessons full of useful phrases for daily life, in many different situations!