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Even vs EVEN

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Even with surprise

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Even with surprising

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Even with surprising examples

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Even in negative sentences

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Even in comparisons

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Grammar structure

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Comparison words

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Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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Do you even know how to use the word even?

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Let's talk about it.

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Vanessa: Get ready to strap on your English helmets

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because you're going to be taken for a rollercoaster ride about how to use the word even.

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Maybe you use the word even in school but I hope that this lesson will be even more

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practical, even more useful, and even more enjoyable than those lessons.

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If you feel like I can't do it, it's too tough, well I have some good news for you, even you

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can do it.

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Let's get started.

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Vanessa: You can use the word even in two situations.

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Let's take a look at the first one, including a little test.

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Which of these two sentences do you think is the most correct?

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I don't like coffee, even with milk and sugar.

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Even I don't like coffee with milk and sugar.

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Which one of these sentences feels better to you?

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We haven't talked about how to use the word even yet but listen to your heart, what do

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you think?

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Vanessa: Well, this is kind of a trick question because

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both of these are grammatically correct but they have slightly different meanings so let's

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take a look at why they're different.

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When you say something that's unexpected you can use the word even to emphasize that this

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is something surprising or shocking.

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You might think, well maybe you don't like coffee but everyone likes coffee with milk

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and sugar.

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It becomes less bitter, it's more sweet, it's easier to drink; but when I say to you I don't

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like coffee, even with milk and sugar, that's kind of surprising because most people like

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it with milk and sugar if they don't like black coffee; but I'm telling you, even with

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milk and sugar, I don't like it.

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Vanessa: In this lesson, you're going to see the surprising

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part written in blue so that you can just get an idea about where to place the word

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even and why we're using it to show surprise.

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Let's take a look at some other examples.

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You should visit the art museum in my city, you can even see a Picasso painting.

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Going to an art museum, when you go to a new place, that's not a surprising tourist activity

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but if you visit my small town you'll probably be surprised to see a real Picasso painting;

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so we can add the word even to show that this is a surprising thing.

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Vanessa: You can even see a Picasso painting.

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What if we took out the word even?

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You should visit the art museum.

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You can see a Picasso painting.

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Okay, it's fine.

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It's just a statement, it doesn't show surprise.

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When you add the word even it emphasizes, "This is surprising, this is more than I expected."

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You can even see a Picasso painting.

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The location of the house is perfect, it even has a swimming pool.

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Vanessa: Okay, house has a good location, that's fine,

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but what do we want to show that's surprising, it has a swimming pool so we're going to add

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the word even.

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It even has a swimming pool.

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It emphasizes that this is more than you expected, this is surprising.

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Let's take a quick look at the grammatical structure.

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You might have noticed that we use the word even directly before that surprising part.

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This means that we can move the word even to different parts of the sentence to show

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that something else is surprising.

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Let's take a look at a sentence.

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I thought that everyone liked my chocolate cake but even Dan doesn't like it.

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This means that Dan likes all foods so it's surprising that Dan, who's not a picky eater,

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doesn't like the chocolate cake.

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Even Dan doesn't like it.

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This is the same as one of the tests sentences that we looked at, even I don't like coffee

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with milk and sugar.

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Vanessa: We're emphasizing that I, who usually like

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all things, I'm not picky, even I don't like it.

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You can move the word even to show an emphasis on a different surprising part of a sentence.

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Let's look at how even is used in some negative sentences.

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My family hasn't called me for one week, not even my sister has called me.

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This means that I expect my sister to call me, she always calls me so this is much less

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than I expected.

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Not even my sister has called me.

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I can't believe that they're trying to sell that house, it doesn't even have a bathroom.

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All modern houses have a bathroom, right, so I'm adding the word even to show some negative

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surprise.

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It doesn't even have a bathroom, how are they going to sell this house?

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Vanessa: Let's go onto the second way that you can

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use the word even and another little test question.

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I want to know which of these two sentences feels the most correct.

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This lesson is even more interesting than I thought or this lesson is even less interesting

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than I thought.

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Which one feels the most right to you?

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I'll give you a moment to think about it.

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Well, this is another trick question.

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Both of these sentences are grammatically correct but I hope that the first one, this

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lesson is even more interesting than I thought, is the most true for you.

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Vanessa: Let's break down what this means.

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The second situation where we can use even is in comparisons.

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You might remember comparisons from your classroom English days, they're words like taller, bigger,

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more interesting, more annoying.

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When you add the word even it's emphasizing that comparison.

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Maybe when you clicked on this video you thought, "I probably need to learn more about the word

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even, maybe this lesson will be useful."

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Vanessa: You didn't really think, "Wow, this is going

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to be so interesting," but when you clicked on it you thought, "Oh, this lesson is even

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more interesting than I thought."

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It exceeded your expectations, at least I hope so.

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Let's take a look at the grammatical structure.

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You could say, "I laughed loudly at the joke but my brother laughed even louder than I

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did."

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Here our comparison word is louder, which you can see by that different color, and we're

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adding the word even to emphasize that, "I laughed loudly but he laughed even louder

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than I did."

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Make sure that you use the right comparison words in these situations.

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With short words like loud or tall we just add ER, louder, taller, and then with long

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words like beautiful, interesting, you need to add more or less, more beautiful, more

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interesting.

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Vanessa: She needed to sleep but studying for the exam

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was even more important.

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We've got two things, we've got studying and sleep and we want to emphasize studying was

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even more important.

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You could say, "She needed to sleep but studying was more important."

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Okay, that's fine.

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You're still using a comparison word, more important, to show that one thing is more

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important than another, but when you add the word even it emphasizes this.

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Studying was more important.

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Vanessa: What about this sentence?

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"Phrasal verbs are important but I need to practice my pronunciation even more."

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Where's the comparison word here?

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In this situation, at the end of the sentence you're just adding the word more, so what

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is important to you?

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What do you need to practice more?

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"Well, pronunciation is something I need to practice even more."

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You can say, "I need to practice pronunciation more," but when you add even it shows emphasis.

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"Pronunciation is something I need to practice even more."

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Vanessa: Let's review a couple of these sentences together.

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I want you to speak out loud, I want you to imitate my voice.

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When you hear your voice using these wonderful sentences with the word even, it's going to

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help you remember them, it's going to help you exercise a little bit of your pronunciation

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muscles, and also help you to see how they're used grammatically.

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All right, try to say these sentences with me.

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Vanessa: I don't like coffee, even with milk and sugar.

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The location of the house is perfect, it even has a swimming pool.

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My family hasn't called me for one week, not even my sister has called me.

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This lesson is even more interesting than I thought.

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I laughed loudly at the joke but my brother laughed even louder than I did.

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Phrasal verbs are helpful but I need to improve my pronunciation even more.

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Great work.

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I hope that you could understand how to use the word even, even better than before.

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Vanessa: If you thought, "Oh, I couldn't do this,"

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Well, I hope by now you've realized that even you can do it.

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Now I have a question for you.

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Let me know in the comments where is somewhere that you want to visit more than another place?

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For example, "I want to visit New York but I want to visit Argentina even more."

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This is a natural way to use the word even.

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Let me know in the comments and make sure to read each other's sentences too so that

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you can just have a deeper understanding and continue your practice.

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Vanessa: Thanks so much for learning English with me

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and I'll see you again next Friday for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.

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Bye.

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Vanessa: The next step is to download my free ebook,

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You'll learn what you need to do to speak confidently and fluently.

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Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more free lessons.

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Thanks so much.

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Bye.

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