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let's get to your first question this00:01:32
week first question comes from anishka00:01:35
hi anishka anishka says hi Alicia I love00:01:37
your ask Alicia series and my question00:01:39
is can you explain the difference00:01:41
between beside and besides great00:01:45
question yeah let's start by talking00:01:48
about beside with no s at the end the00:01:51
word beside means next to so for example00:01:55
please sit beside me or her bag is00:01:58
beside the couch so beside is used to00:02:01
talk about the position of something on00:02:04
the other hand besides with an S at the00:02:07
end is used to talk about situations in00:02:10
which we need to add a little bit of00:02:12
extra information to prove a point so00:02:15
here's an example of this let's say00:02:17
you're thinking about going to a concert00:02:19
and you really want to go but you're not00:02:22
able to because you have a family00:02:24
engagement for example like you have a00:02:25
family birthday party or something you00:02:27
might say I really wanted to go to that00:02:29
concert but I have to go to this family00:02:31
party tonight besides the tickets were00:02:33
really expensive so that besides means00:02:37
in addition to this situation something00:02:40
else so we kind of use besides to00:02:43
connect two points that are making the00:02:45
same argument and we typically do it00:02:47
with kind of negative situations like00:02:49
we're saying in the first part I'm not00:02:51
able to attend this concert that I00:02:53
wanted to go to also the tickets were00:02:56
really expensive so it's kind of like00:02:57
you're supporting the argument with this00:03:00
besides word to show there's this other00:03:02
reason that you weren't able to do it so00:03:04
when you're talking about these00:03:05
situations in which something kind of00:03:07
negative is happening and you want to00:03:09
mention another negative thing you can00:03:12
use besides to do that so let's look at00:03:14
another example of this let's say you're00:03:16
talking with someone about a new job00:03:18
opportunity and you want to know how00:03:20
they're doing they might say something00:03:22
like well I was really interested in the00:03:24
job and the interview went well but I'm00:03:26
not sure that it's the right fit for me00:03:28
besides there's been a lot of negative00:03:30
information in the news about this00:03:32
company lately so this is another00:03:34
situation in which you're kind of00:03:35
talking about something that you're00:03:37
choosing not to do or ultimately you're00:03:39
not going to do and you're giving some00:03:41
extra information to back up that00:03:43
feeling that you have to back up that00:03:45
opinion so to back up means to support00:03:47
that opinion so in both of these00:03:49
situations you're talking about00:03:50
something that is not going to happen as00:03:52
expected and then you're also giving00:03:55
another reason for that with besides00:03:57
like saying in addition to this sort of00:03:59
kind of uncomfortable situation or this00:04:01
unfortunate situation there's this other00:04:04
thing that leads me to make the same00:04:06
decision so this is how we use besides00:04:09
with an S but we use beside with no s to00:04:11
talk about something that is next to or00:04:14
by or near us so I hope that this00:04:16
answers your question thanks so much for00:04:17
sending it along okay let's move on to00:04:19
your next question next question comes00:04:21
from Assan hi Assan Assan says hi Alicia00:04:25
can we use among and between00:04:28
interchangeably nice question question00:04:30
no you cannot use them interchangeably00:04:32
so among is used when we're talking00:04:34
about a group of something so for00:04:37
example let's say you're in the forest00:04:38
and you are standing in the middle of00:04:40
the forest there are lots of trees00:04:42
around you right you could say I am00:04:44
standing among the trees right so that00:04:47
means you're kind of inside a group of00:04:49
something right you might also say this00:04:51
when you're in a group of people as well00:04:53
like oh she's standing among the people00:04:55
in the crowd so this sounds like you're00:04:57
surrounded by something or when you have00:04:59
like a lot of things to choose from you00:05:01
might say like choose your favorite00:05:03
color from among these choices which00:05:05
sounds like there are many different00:05:07
options for you on the other hand00:05:09
between is used when there are just two00:05:11
things so again if you are in the forest00:05:13
for example and you decide to stand00:05:15
between two trees you would not use00:05:18
among to describe that you would say I00:05:20
am between two trees I am standing00:05:22
between two trees you wouldn't say I'm00:05:24
among two things we use between when we00:05:27
have two choices we would do the same00:05:30
thing when we're choosing our favorite00:05:31
color for example if you said please00:05:33
choose your favorite from between these00:05:35
two colors it sounds like there're only00:05:37
two options so this was a really quick00:05:40
breakdown of the differences between00:05:42
among and between but the general guide00:05:44
to keep in mind is that we use among00:05:46
when there are many options or many00:05:48
choices or many things to consider in00:05:50
the situation and we use between when00:05:52
there are two things to consider in the00:05:54
situation in my earlier example about00:05:56
the forest we also use between to talk00:05:59
about a position that is in the middle00:06:01
of two things so I hope that this quick00:06:03
answer helps you understand the00:06:05
differences between among and between00:06:07
thanks so much for sending it along okay00:06:09
let's move on to your next question next00:06:11
question comes from Francis pic hello00:06:14
Francis I hope I said your name00:06:15
correctly Francis says hi Alicia could00:06:17
you tell me the difference between in00:06:20
front of and opposite thanks okay nice00:06:23
question yeah so in front of versus00:06:26
opposite the key difference here is00:06:28
really kind of in your position and kind00:06:31
of in what you want to express in this00:06:33
situation so I know that's a very very00:06:35
vague answer so let's get into what I00:06:36
mean in front of let's start here so00:06:39
when we say that something is in front00:06:41
of something else it means that the00:06:43
position of that thing for example my00:06:45
phone is directly like before something00:06:50
else so I could say my phone is in front00:06:52
of me right now yeah or when you think00:06:54
of like your house you might be able to00:06:56
think of something that is in front of00:06:58
your house maybe there's a fence in00:07:00
front of your house or a road in front00:07:02
of your house right so in front of00:07:05
refers to anything that is in the00:07:07
position like before you or before00:07:09
something else on the other hand00:07:12
opposite is used when we have kind of00:07:14
you can think of like a direct00:07:16
reflection of something on the other00:07:18
side so what does that mean so for00:07:20
example when you go to a restaurant or00:07:22
to a cafe you're sitting in the00:07:24
restaurant in the cafe and on the other00:07:26
side of the table is another person00:07:28
right you're there with your friends for00:07:29
example you could say my friend is00:07:32
opposite me so why is opposite okay to00:07:35
use here it's because you are one person00:07:38
and your friend is one person we use00:07:40
opposite when the two things are facing00:07:43
each other and they are about the same00:07:46
so another example of this would be00:07:48
building so let's say you're thinking00:07:49
about your house for example you could00:07:52
say my house is opposite my friend's00:07:55
house so that sounds like there are two00:07:57
houses they're kind of the same style00:07:59
building the same kind of thing and they00:08:00
are directly on the other side of one00:08:03
another you could say yes my friend's00:08:05
house is in front of my house or you00:08:07
could say I am sitting in front of my00:08:09
friend that is also okay to say but we00:08:12
use opposite when we're talking about00:08:14
something that's like a direct00:08:16
reflection of something and there is00:08:18
some flexibility with this expression we00:08:20
tend to use it a lot when we're talking00:08:22
about cities and buildings and cities so00:08:24
for example if you say I live opposite00:08:26
the bank that's okay of course your00:08:28
house is not a bank that's fine to say I00:08:30
live opposite the bank it's just like00:08:32
you're saying you live in a direct like00:08:35
line of sight from that thing and the00:08:37
two things are kind of roughly the same00:08:39
so if I put my phone on the table at a00:08:41
restaurant I would not say I'm sitting00:08:43
opposite my phone that sounds kind of00:08:45
strange because the two things are not00:08:47
equal so this is how we use opposite to00:08:49
talk about positions so in some we can00:08:52
use INF front of to talk about something00:08:54
that is kind of before us anything that00:08:56
is before us that we can kind of see or00:08:59
that we can interact with that thing is00:09:01
in front of us that's our position on00:09:03
the other hand opposite is used when00:09:05
there's kind of a reflection happening00:09:07
so one person is here one person is00:09:09
there one house is here one house is00:09:11
there they're kind of equal sorts of00:09:13
things this is how we use opposite to00:09:15
talk about position so I hope that this00:09:17
helped you understand the difference00:09:18
between in front of and opposite thanks00:09:21
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nose runny00:10:24
nose runny nose a run nose is a very00:10:30
common problem when you have a cold it00:10:33
feels like water is going to come out of00:10:35
your nose all the time here's an example00:10:39
have a runny00:10:40
nose have a runny00:10:43
nose have a runny00:10:48
nose00:10:50
dizzy00:10:52
dizzy00:10:54
dizy dizzy is an adjective it describes00:10:58
how we feel when it feels like the world00:11:01
is tilting and moving around us we feel00:11:03
like we're spinning and it's hard to00:11:06
feel a sense of balance in our body00:11:09
here's an example I feel00:11:12
dizzy I feel00:11:15
dizzy I feel00:11:19
dizzy stuffy00:11:21
nose stuffy00:11:24
nose00:11:25
stuffy00:11:27
nose a stuff nose is the opposite of a00:11:31
runny nose when you have a runny nose it00:11:33
feels like water is going to come out of00:11:35
your nose when you have a stuffy nose it00:11:38
feels like your nose is stopped00:11:41
completely you can't breathe through it00:11:43
and nothing goes in or out here's an00:11:46
example medicine for a stuffy00:11:50
nose medicine for a stuffy00:11:53
nose00:11:55
medicine for a stuffy nose00:12:02
volleyball00:12:03
volleyball00:12:06
volleyball volleyball is a very popular00:12:09
team sport it's played in two groups00:12:13
there's one group on one side of the net00:12:15
and another group on another side of the00:12:17
net each team has to volley the ball00:12:20
using this motion or this motion or this00:12:23
motion across the net and to the other00:12:26
team members here's an example play00:12:30
volleyball play00:12:32
volleyball play00:12:36
volleyball00:12:38
golf00:12:40
golf00:12:42
golf golf is a very popular sport played00:12:46
in very very big beautiful landscape00:12:49
settings you play golf by hitting a golf00:12:52
club at a small white ball and trying to00:12:55
move the ball into a hole very far away00:12:58
way here's an example play00:13:01
golf play00:13:03
golf play00:13:06
golf00:13:09
boxing00:13:11
boxing00:13:13
boxing boxing is a very intense sport00:13:17
where two opponents fight each other00:13:20
they wear big big boxing gloves and a00:13:23
try to win a fight in boxing here's an00:13:27
example boxing R boxing00:13:31
ring00:13:32
boxing00:13:34
ring00:13:37
travel00:13:38
travel00:13:41
travel the word travel means to go00:13:44
somewhere we can travel for work we can00:13:47
travel for fun we can travel for00:13:49
emergency purposes also to travel means00:13:52
to go somewhere else here's an example00:13:56
travel with00:13:57
luggage travel with00:14:00
luggage00:14:02
travel with00:14:05
lugage00:14:08
graduate00:14:10
graduate00:14:13
graduate okay the word graduate means to00:14:17
finish a course of study so we usually00:14:21
use this word when we talk about00:14:23
finishing high school or finishing00:14:25
college or university classes here's an00:14:28
example example I'm glad that I somehow00:14:31
managed to00:14:32
graduate I'm glad that I somehow managed00:14:35
to00:14:36
graduate I'm glad that I somehow managed00:14:41
to00:14:42
graduate00:14:44
move00:14:46
move00:14:48
move to move can have a couple of00:14:51
different meanings we can use it to talk00:14:53
about our body motions we also use this00:14:57
verb to talk about changing your00:14:59
residence changing the place where you00:15:02
live we use the verb move to talk about00:15:05
going to a new place to live here's an00:15:08
example we've moved into an00:15:12
apartment we've moved into an00:15:15
apartment we've moved into an00:15:21
apartment New00:15:23
Deli New00:15:25
Deli New Del00:15:29
New Delhi is a very big city in the00:15:31
country of India New Deli00:15:34
India New Delhi00:15:37
India New Dell ye00:15:41
India let's review I'm going to describe00:15:45
a word or phrase in English see if you00:15:48
can remember it then repeat after me00:15:51
focusing on00:15:52
pronunciation00:15:54
ready do you remember how to say the00:15:58
word word that refers to a medical00:16:00
condition when it feels like water is00:16:03
going to come out of your00:16:09
nose runny00:16:12
nose runny00:16:14
nose and how to talk about the feeling00:16:18
when you feel that you're not in Balance00:16:21
you feel the world is moving or00:16:27
shifting00:16:29
dizzy00:16:32
dizzy what about the words we use to00:16:35
talk about the feeling when your nose is00:16:38
stuck nothing can go in or00:16:42
out stuffy00:16:45
nose stuffy00:16:48
nose do you remember how to say the00:16:51
sport that's played with two teams on00:16:54
opposite sides of a net and using these00:16:57
three motions00:17:04
volleyball00:17:07
volleyball let's try the sport that's00:17:10
played on beautiful landscaped settings00:17:13
with a club and a small white00:17:19
ball00:17:21
golf00:17:24
golf what about the sport that's played00:17:27
by fighting another person with giant00:17:30
gloves on each00:17:35
hand00:17:37
boxing00:17:40
boxing now let's see if you remember how00:17:42
to say moving from one place to00:17:50
another00:17:52
travel00:17:55
travel another one what about the word00:17:58
we use to talk about finishing a course00:18:01
of00:18:06
study00:18:08
graduate00:18:11
graduate do you remember how to say00:18:14
changing the place where you live from00:18:16
one place to a new00:18:22
place00:18:24
move00:18:26
move and Fin finally do you remember how00:18:30
to say the name of a very big city in00:18:36
India New00:18:39
Delhi New00:18:42
Delhi well done see you next time00:18:46
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lobby00:19:09
lobby00:19:11
lobby a Lobby is the basic place in a00:19:15
hotel usually where people can wait or00:19:18
people can make arrangements to meet00:19:21
someone else it's kind of a space for00:19:23
everyone to use here's an example hotel00:19:27
lobby00:19:29
hotel00:19:30
lobby hotel00:19:34
lobby wakeup00:19:36
service wakeup00:19:38
service wakeup00:19:41
service wakeup service is a service you00:19:44
can request from hotel staff you can ask00:19:48
the front desk staff at the hotel to00:19:51
call your room at a certain time to wake00:19:53
you up here's an example I use the00:19:56
wakeup surface to call me at at 6:0000:19:59
a.m. I used the wakeup service to call00:20:02
me at 6:0000:20:04
a.m. I used the wakeup service to call00:20:09
me at 6:0000:20:12
a.m.00:20:14
sweet00:20:16
sweet00:20:18
sweet a sweet is a type of hotel room in00:20:22
a sweet style hotel room there is a00:20:25
kitchen and maybe a sitting area in00:20:28
included inside the room here's an00:20:30
example hotel00:20:33
suite hotel00:20:35
suite hotel00:20:39
suite00:20:41
cycling00:20:43
cycling00:20:45
cycling cycling is a popular sport00:20:48
cycling uses a bicycle usually people00:20:52
who cycle like to go for long distances00:20:55
and even participate in competitions00:20:58
here's an example cycling00:21:01
race cycling00:21:03
race cycling00:21:06
race auto00:21:09
racing auto00:21:11
racing auto00:21:14
racing auto racing is short for00:21:17
automobile racing so this refers to a00:21:21
sport where cars are raced on a racing00:21:24
track here's an example racing cars on00:21:28
an auto racing00:21:29
track racing car on an auto racing00:21:33
track racing car on an auto racing00:21:41
track Scotch00:21:43
tape Scotch tape Scotch tape Scotch tape00:21:49
is actually a brand of tape this is a00:21:52
very commonly used kind of very clear00:21:55
thin tape we often use around the house00:21:59
in the office at school and so on here's00:22:02
an example roll of Scotch00:22:05
tape roll of Scotch00:22:07
tape roll of Scotch00:22:12
tape be00:22:14
born be00:22:16
born be born so we use born to talk00:22:21
about the date of our birth or the00:22:23
location of our birth make sure when you00:22:26
use this verb that you change the B verb00:22:29
to match your subject for example I was00:22:32
born he was born she was born or you00:22:36
were born and so on for example I was00:22:40
born in00:22:41
1980 I was born in00:22:44
1980 I was born in00:22:51
1980 get a00:22:53
job get a00:22:55
job get a00:22:58
job to get a job means to go out and00:23:02
search for a way to earn money this can00:23:06
be a part-time job a full-time job a00:23:08
freelance job and so on here's an00:23:11
example my brother finally got a00:23:14
job my brother finally got a00:23:17
job my brother finally got a00:23:22
job00:23:24
die00:23:26
die die00:23:28
die the verb to die means to no longer00:23:33
be alive we can use the verb to talk00:23:35
about people no longer being alive00:23:38
animals plants basically any living00:23:41
thing here's an example die of an00:23:45
illness die of an00:23:48
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Tokyo Tokyo00:24:00
Toyo Tokyo is a very very big city in00:24:03
Japan it's one of the biggest cities if00:24:06
not the biggest city in terms of00:24:08
population in the world here's an00:24:11
example Tokyo is really00:24:14
convenient Tokyo is really00:24:17
convenient Toyo is really00:24:22
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people can meet00:24:46
others00:24:49
lobby00:24:51
lobby and how to say the service you can00:24:55
ask for in the hotel where the friend00:24:57
desk staff will call you in the00:25:03
morning wakeup00:25:05
service wakeup00:25:09
service okay what about the type of00:25:11
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a sitting area00:25:19
included00:25:21
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tape Scotch00:26:14
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birth be00:26:29
born be00:26:31
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doing some00:26:45
tasks get a00:26:47
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living00:27:03
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about three different ways to use had in00:35:27
English let's get started the first way00:35:30
to use had been that I want to talk00:35:32
about is to express an interrupted00:35:36
action in the past we use had been as00:35:40
part of the grammar structure to make an00:35:42
expression that does this so to00:35:45
visualize this on a timeline if this is00:35:48
the past here marks the present and the00:35:50
future we use had been in a structure00:35:55
where we pair it with the ing form of a00:35:58
verb the ing form of a verb is the00:36:00
continuous form or the progressive form00:36:03
of a verb we use had been plus the ing00:36:07
verb form to refer to a past continuing00:36:11
action and then we pair this with a00:36:15
simple past tense expression so the00:36:18
simple past tense expression is the00:36:22
action that happened to stop the00:36:25
previous continu00:36:27
action so to look at a few key points00:36:31
relating to this we use this had ing00:36:36
form with for or since to Mark the00:36:39
starting point of the continuing action00:36:42
so when did this actions start we00:36:44
express that with for or00:36:47
since we use this this kind of uh00:36:50
structure with a simple past tense00:36:54
expression a simple past tense00:36:55
expression and and you'll find it's very00:36:58
very common to use the word when to Mark00:37:02
the point of interruption to mark this00:37:05
point where the continuing action00:37:07
stopped or was changed in some way so00:37:10
you'll find that when is commonly very00:37:12
commonly used in patterns like these so00:37:15
let's look at some example sentences and00:37:17
see how we put them together first I had00:37:21
been studying in silence for 2 hours00:37:25
when my phone ran00:37:27
so here is my had been plus my00:37:30
Progressive verb form this is my00:37:33
continuing action in silence studying in00:37:36
silence this means there was no sound I00:37:38
was studying very quietly not listening00:37:41
to music no interruptions so I had been00:37:44
studying in silence for two hours so00:37:47
this part right here tells me or tells00:37:50
the listener where the action the00:37:53
continuing action in the past started so00:37:56
this the speaker had been studying for 200:37:59
hours when here when marks the point at00:38:03
which something happens there's an00:38:04
interruption when my phone rang my phone00:38:09
rang past tense expression so ring is00:38:13
the present tense form of rang past00:38:16
tense form so for a phone to ring means00:38:18
for a phone to make a sound as in00:38:20
someone is calling so this means the00:38:23
speaker was doing a continuous action00:38:26
for 2 hours studying and then at this00:38:29
point the Speaker's phone rang so we use00:38:32
this had been plus the ining form to00:38:35
express this and mark the interruption00:38:37
with simple past tense another example00:38:40
of this we had been waiting for a bus00:38:44
for 30 minutes when we heard an00:38:48
announcement that the bus was 1 hour00:38:51
late at Native speed this sounds like00:38:53
we'd been waiting for a bus for 3000:38:55
minutes when we heard heard an00:38:56
announcement that the bus was late or00:38:59
the bus was 1 hour late rather so again00:39:01
we see this continuing action we had00:39:04
been waiting for a bus in this case we00:39:06
have extra information the reason we00:39:09
were waiting we'd been waiting for a bus00:39:11
for 30 minutes so this tells us the00:39:13
length of the continuing action so this00:39:15
is a 30 minute period we've been waiting00:39:17
for a bus for 30 minutes when so this is00:39:20
my Interruption point when we heard past00:39:24
tense we heard an announcement that the00:39:26
bus was 1 hour late so this past tense00:39:31
heard corresponds to this simple past00:39:33
tense right here on my timeline so00:39:36
continuing action interrupted by a00:39:38
simple past tense expression one more00:39:40
example then we'll go to the next part00:39:43
uh she had been working for a few hours00:39:46
when her boss requested an update at00:39:48
Native speed she'd been working for a00:39:50
few hours when her boss requested an00:39:52
update so again continuing action she00:39:55
had been working for a few hours in this00:39:58
case she'd been working for a few hours00:40:00
when her boss requested an update so we00:40:04
use these two together simple past tense00:40:07
and this past perfect with the00:40:09
continuous form to express the00:40:11
relationship between a continuing action00:40:13
that was interrupted by this past action00:40:16
so we show the relationship between00:40:18
those two with grammar patterns with00:40:20
sentences like these so let's compare00:40:23
this now to point two for this lesson00:40:25
Point 2 for this lesson uh uses had been00:40:29
as part of a sentence that shows cause00:40:31
and effect in the past so again to00:40:36
imagine this uh sort of visually to look00:40:38
at it on a timeline we can imagine there00:40:41
was some continuing activity some past00:40:43
continuing activity and it created an00:40:47
effect a past effect so again we're00:40:50
looking at everything happening in the00:40:52
past we're not focusing on the present00:40:55
here we're talking all of all of this00:40:56
stuff the effect the activity is in the00:40:59
past so a couple points about this use00:41:03
first this implies that the continuing00:41:06
action stopped so when you use this uh00:41:09
as we'll see in just a moment with the00:41:11
example sentences this implies which00:41:14
means we don't say it directly but it00:41:16
means that this continuing action is00:41:19
done it's finished we want to talk about00:41:21
it it was continuing at some point but00:41:23
now it is finished and uh the other00:41:26
Point here we use this simple past tense00:41:29
to past perfect continuous as we'll see00:41:31
down here so let's take a look at a00:41:33
couple of examples first my mother was00:41:37
Furious because she had been waiting for00:41:39
us for two hours my mother was Furious00:41:42
that's my simple past tense statement00:41:44
like I said here my mother was Furious00:41:47
because so here is where I'm showing the00:41:50
cause and effect relationship she had00:41:53
been waiting for us for 2 hours she had00:41:56
been waiting for us for 2 hours so00:41:58
here's the activity she had been waiting00:42:00
for 2 hours and the effect my mother was00:42:03
Furious so again this part the effect is00:42:07
also expressed using simple past tense00:42:09
but here we're not communicating like an00:42:12
interruption as we did with point one00:42:15
we're communicating this cause and00:42:17
effect00:42:18
relationship another example we were00:42:22
exhausted because we had been hiking all00:42:25
day we were exhausted because we'd been00:42:27
hiking all day again here's my effect we00:42:30
were exhausted that's my effect here00:42:32
simple past tense because so here's my00:42:35
word that shows the relationship between00:42:37
these ideas we'd been hiking all day00:42:41
we'd been hiking so this means this00:42:43
activity hiking continued all day and00:42:46
this is the effect00:42:47
exhausted final example I was ecstatic00:42:52
because I got some good news I had been00:42:54
waiting for for months so this is kind00:42:57
of a long sentence I was ecstatic is the00:43:00
effect ecstatic means very very happy00:43:02
like energetic you're so so happy about00:43:04
something00:43:06
because I got some good news Okay so00:43:09
this part is passed yes here I had been00:43:12
waiting for I got some good news I had00:43:16
been waiting for for months so this part00:43:20
right here is the continuing past action00:43:23
the speaker was waiting for a very long00:43:25
time so I got some good news I had been00:43:28
waiting for for months you'll notice00:43:31
here there's two fours that's correct so00:43:34
I had been waiting for to wait for00:43:36
something is like a set phrase I had00:43:39
been waiting for something or I was00:43:40
waiting for noun phrase here I'm using00:43:44
four months I've been waiting for for00:43:46
months so you might see this uh double00:43:48
four uh here in there but this is the00:43:51
reason there are two of them for months00:43:52
or for days or for years you could00:43:55
replace the time period perod there so00:43:57
we use uh this had been plus some kind00:44:01
of usually you'll notice there's like an00:44:03
emotional effect here uh so you might00:44:05
see something like that it's common to00:44:06
see an emotional effect a feeling00:44:08
related effect here so this is another00:44:11
use of had been and again we're using00:44:13
the continuous tense here to describe00:44:15
this continuing past action okay so00:44:18
finally let's go to point three for this00:44:21
lesson three uh we use had been as part00:44:24
of a sentence that makes the sequence of00:44:27
past actions clear so this comes from uh00:44:31
just the grammar point the past perfect00:44:34
grammar point in General on a timeline00:44:37
like this if you have two actions that00:44:40
both happened in the past like action00:44:43
one and action two and they're in the00:44:45
same sentence use past perfect to talk00:44:48
about the earlier action and use simple00:44:51
past tense to talk about the more recent00:44:53
action that's what this says here so00:44:55
again if if two past complete actions00:44:58
are in the same sentence use past00:45:01
perfect which is had been for for00:45:03
today's lesson we're going to focus on00:45:04
had been had been Plus past participle00:45:07
verb uh for the earlier action and00:45:11
simple past for the more recent action00:45:14
so again uh today I'm focusing on had00:45:16
been using had been in these sentence00:45:18
structures but you'll see just uh other00:45:21
past perfect structures as well so let's00:45:24
take a look at some examples these get a00:45:26
little bit long and there are some key00:45:28
points to talk about first by the time I00:45:32
got to the kitchen this morning00:45:34
breakfast had been00:45:36
prepared so by the time I got so to get00:45:40
somewhere means to arrive somewhere by00:45:42
the time I got to the kitchen this00:45:44
morning so this is my simple past tense00:45:47
expression breakfast had already been00:45:50
prepared so I have already here in00:45:53
parentheses uh you may hear it I feel it00:45:55
would be very natural to put already in00:45:58
this sentence to express that something00:46:00
that was expected was completed so this00:46:03
sentence means breakfast was prepared00:46:05
first and then the speaker arrived in00:46:07
the kitchen but when we're telling00:46:08
stories and we're talking about the00:46:10
relationships like the time00:46:12
relationships between activities it00:46:14
sounds very natural to put everything00:46:16
together like this by the time I got to00:46:18
the kitchen this morning breakfast had00:46:20
already been prepared another example00:46:24
when I went to get my lunch from the00:46:26
office00:46:27
breakroom I saw that it had been eaten00:46:31
when I went to get my lunch from the00:46:33
office break room I saw that it had been00:46:36
eaten so you'll notice this one when I00:46:39
went to the office break room here's an00:46:41
action I saw so this verb is also in00:46:45
simple past tense because it's like00:46:47
these two things are happening at the00:46:50
same time I went to the office break00:46:52
room and I saw my lunch had been eaten00:46:54
that happened before before I went to00:46:57
the break room and I looked for my lunch00:46:59
so when the two actions are when these00:47:02
two actions are closely related use00:47:04
simple past tense they're happening at00:47:06
like the same time but this action my00:47:08
lunch had been eaten that's the key past00:47:11
action here so that should take a past00:47:14
perfect structure one more example I00:47:17
tried to take care of the bill at a00:47:19
special company dinner but when I gave00:47:23
my credit card to the staff they told me00:47:27
the bill had been paid so there's a lot00:47:29
of information here the speaker is00:47:31
expressing they wanted to pay the bill00:47:33
so I tried to take care of the bill to00:47:36
take care of the bill is another way to00:47:38
say to pay something I tried to take00:47:40
care of the bill at a special company00:47:42
dinner but when I gave my credit card to00:47:47
the staff they told me the bill had been00:47:51
paid so again these things giving the00:47:55
credit card to the staff and receiving00:47:57
the information happened at about the00:47:59
same time the bill being paid happened00:48:02
before this situation so we use this00:48:05
past perfect to describe that you'll00:48:07
also notice these are passive structures00:48:09
the bill had been paid my lunch had been00:48:11
eaten uh breakfast had been prepared so00:48:14
you might see that very commonly with00:48:15
the structure as well so these are three00:48:19
different ways that you can use had been00:48:21
to talk about these relationships00:48:23
between past actions past activities so00:48:26
I hope that this was helpful for you if00:48:28
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this lesson I'm going to talk about00:48:55
three different ways to use had been in00:48:58
English let's get started the first way00:49:01
to use had been that I want to talk00:49:03
about is to express an interrupted00:49:07
action in the past we use had been as00:49:11
part of the grammar structure to make an00:49:13
expression that does this so to00:49:16
visualize this on a timeline if this is00:49:19
the past here marks the present and the00:49:21
future we use had been in a structure00:49:26
where we pair it with the ing form of a00:49:29
verb the ing form of a verb is the00:49:31
continuous form or the progressive form00:49:34
of a verb we use had been plus the ing00:49:38
verb form to refer to a past continuing00:49:42
action and then we pair this with a00:49:46
simple past tense expression so the00:49:49
simple past tense expression is the00:49:53
action that happened to stop the00:49:56
previous continuing action so to look at00:50:00
a few key points relating to this we use00:50:04
this had been ing form with for or since00:50:09
to Mark the starting point of the00:50:11
continuing action so when did this00:50:13
action start we express that with for or00:50:18
since we use this this kind of uh00:50:21
structure with a simple past tense00:50:25
expression a simple past tense00:50:26
expression and you'll find it's very00:50:29
very common to use the word when to Mark00:50:33
the point of interruption to mark this00:50:36
point where the continuing action00:50:38
stopped or was changed in some way so00:50:41
you'll find that when is commonly very00:50:44
commonly used in patterns like these so00:50:46
let's look at some example sentences and00:50:49
see how we put them together first I had00:50:52
been studying in silence for 2 hours00:50:56
when my phone rang so here is my had00:51:00
been plus my Progressive verb form this00:51:03
is my continuing action in silence00:51:06
studying in silence this means there was00:51:08
no sound I was studying very quietly not00:51:11
listening to music no interruptions so I00:51:15
had been studying in silence for two00:51:18
hours so this part right here tells me00:51:21
or tells the listener where the action00:51:24
the continuing action in the past00:51:26
started so the speaker had been studying00:51:29
for 2 hours when here when marks the00:51:33
point at which something happens there's00:51:35
an interruption when my phone rang my00:51:40
phone rang past tense expression so ring00:51:44
is the present tense form of rang past00:51:47
tense form so for a phone to ring means00:51:50
for a phone to make a sound as in00:51:51
someone is calling so this means the00:51:54
speaker was doing a continuous action00:51:57
for two hours studying and then at this00:52:00
point the Speaker's phone rang so we use00:52:03
this had been plus the ing form to00:52:06
express this and mark the interruption00:52:09
with simple past tense another example00:52:11
of this we had been waiting for a bus00:52:16
for 30 minutes when we heard an00:52:19
announcement that the bus was 1 hour00:52:22
late at Native speed this sounds like00:52:24
we've been waiting for a bus for 3000:52:26
minutes when we heard an announcement00:52:28
that the bus was late or the bus was 100:52:31
hour late rather so again we see this00:52:33
continuing action we had been waiting00:52:36
for a bus in this case we have extra00:52:38
information the reason we were waiting00:52:41
we'd been waiting for a bus for 3000:52:42
minutes so this tells us the length of00:52:45
the continuing action so this is a 3000:52:47
minute period we've been waiting for a00:52:48
bus for 30 minutes when so this is my00:52:51
Interruption point when we heard past00:52:55
tense we heard an announcement that the00:52:57
bus was 1 hour late so this past tense00:53:02
heard corresponds to this simple past00:53:04
tense right here on my timeline so00:53:07
continuing action interrupted by a00:53:09
simple past tense expression one more00:53:11
example then we'll go to the next part00:53:14
uh she had been working for a few hours00:53:17
when her boss requested an update at00:53:19
Native speed she'd been working for a00:53:21
few hours when her boss requested an00:53:23
update so again00:53:25
continuing action she had been working00:53:28
for a few hours in this case she'd been00:53:30
working for a few hours when her boss00:53:33
requested an update so we use these two00:53:36
together simple past tense and this past00:53:39
perfect with the continuous form to00:53:41
express the relationship between a00:53:43
continuing action that was interrupted00:53:46
by this past action so we show the00:53:48
relationship between those two with00:53:50
grammar patterns with sentences like00:53:52
these so let's compare this now to point00:53:55
two for this lesson point two for this00:53:57
lesson uh uses had been as part of a00:54:01
sentence that shows cause and effect in00:54:04
the past so again to imagine this uh00:54:08
sort of visually to look at it on a00:54:10
timeline we can imagine there was some00:54:12
continuing activity some past continuing00:54:15
activity and it created an effect a past00:54:19
effect so again we're looking at00:54:21
everything happening in the past we're00:54:24
not focusing on the present here we're00:54:26
talking all of all of this stuff the00:54:28
effect the activity is in the past so a00:54:31
couple points about this use first this00:54:35
implies that the continuing action00:54:38
stopped so when you use this uh as we'll00:54:40
see in just a moment with the example00:54:43
sentences this implies which means we00:54:46
don't say it directly but it means that00:54:48
this continuing action is done it's00:54:50
finished we want to talk about it it was00:54:53
continuing at some point but now is00:54:55
finished and uh the other point here we00:54:58
use this simple past tense to past00:55:01
perfect continuous as we'll see down00:55:03
here so let's take a look at a couple of00:55:05
examples first my mother was Furious00:55:09
because she had been waiting for us for00:55:11
two hours my mother was Furious that's00:55:14
my simple past tense statement like I00:55:16
said here my mother was Furious because00:55:19
so here is where I'm showing the cause00:55:21
and effect relationship she had been00:55:24
waiting for for us for 2 hours she had00:55:27
been waiting for us for 2 hours so00:55:29
here's the activity she had been waiting00:55:31
for two hours and the effect my mother00:55:34
was Furious so again this part the00:55:37
effect is also expressed using simple00:55:39
past tense but here we're not00:55:42
communicating like an interruption as we00:55:45
did with point one we're communicating00:55:47
this cause and effect00:55:49
relationship another example we were00:55:53
exhausted because we had been hiking all00:55:56
day we were exhausted because we' been00:55:58
hiking all day again here's my effect we00:56:01
were exhausted that's my effect here00:56:03
simple past tense because so here's my00:56:06
word that shows the relationship between00:56:08
these ideas we've been hiking all day00:56:12
we've been hiking so this means this00:56:14
activity hiking continued all day and00:56:17
this is the effect00:56:18
exhausted final example I was ecstatic00:56:23
because I got some good news I had been00:56:25
waiting for for months so this is kind00:56:28
of a long sentence I was ecstatic is the00:56:31
effect ecstatic means very very happy00:56:33
like energetic you're so so happy about00:56:35
something00:56:37
because I got some good news Okay so00:56:40
this part is passed yes here I had been00:56:43
waiting for I got some good news I had00:56:47
been waiting for for months so this part00:56:51
right here is the continuing past action00:56:54
the speaker was waiting for a very long00:56:56
time so I got some good news I had been00:57:00
waiting for for months you'll notice00:57:02
here there's two fours that's correct so00:57:05
I had been waiting for to wait for00:57:07
something is like a set phrase I had00:57:10
been waiting for something or I was00:57:11
waiting for noun phrase here I'm using00:57:15
for months I've been waiting for for00:57:17
months so you might see this uh double00:57:20
four uh here and there but this is the00:57:22
reason there are two of them for months00:57:23
or for days for years you could replace00:57:26
the time period there so we use uh this00:57:30
had been plus some kind of usually uh00:57:33
you'll notice there's like an emotional00:57:35
effect here uh so you might see00:57:36
something like that it's common to see00:57:38
an emotional effect a feeling related00:57:40
effect here so this is another use of00:57:43
had been and again we're using the00:57:44
continuous tense here to describe this00:57:46
continuing past action okay so finally00:57:50
let's go to point three for this lesson00:57:52
point three uh we use had been as part00:57:55
of a sentence that makes the sequence of00:57:59
past actions clear so this comes from uh00:58:02
just the grammar point the past perfect00:58:05
grammar point in General on a timeline00:58:08
like this if you have two actions that00:58:11
both happened in the past like action00:58:14
one and action two and they're in the00:58:16
same sentence use past perfect to talk00:58:20
about the earlier action and use simple00:58:22
past tense to talk about the more recent00:58:24
action that's what this says here so00:58:26
again if two past complete actions are00:58:29
in the same sentence use past perfect00:58:32
which is had been for for today's lesson00:58:34
we're going to focus on had been had00:58:37
been Plus past participle verb uh for00:58:40
the earlier action and simple past for00:58:43
the more recent action so again uh today00:58:46
I'm focusing on had been using had been00:58:49
in these sentence structures but you'll00:58:51
see just uh other past perfect00:58:53
structures as well so so let's take a00:58:56
look at some examples these get a little00:58:57
bit long and there are some uh key00:58:59
points to talk about first by the time I00:59:03
got to the kitchen this morning00:59:05
breakfast had been prepared so by the00:59:09
time I got so to get somewhere means to00:59:12
arrive somewhere by the time I got to00:59:14
the kitchen this morning so this is my00:59:16
simple past tense00:59:18
expression breakfast had already been00:59:22
prepared so I have already here in00:59:24
parentheses00:59:25
uh you may hear it I feel it would be00:59:27
very natural to put already in this00:59:30
sentence to express that something that00:59:31
was expected was completed so this00:59:34
sentence means breakfast was prepared00:59:36
first and then the speaker arrived in00:59:38
the kitchen but when we're telling00:59:39
stories and we're talking about the00:59:41
relationships like the time00:59:43
relationships between activities it00:59:45
sounds very natural to put everything00:59:47
together like this by the time I got to00:59:49
the kitchen this morning breakfast had00:59:51
already been prepared another example00:59:55
when I went to get my lunch from the00:59:57
office00:59:58
breakroom I saw that it had been eaten01:00:02
when I went to get my lunch from the01:00:04
office breakroom I saw that it had been01:00:08
eaten so you'll notice this one when I01:00:10
went to the office breakroom here's an01:00:13
action I saw so this verb is also in01:00:16
simple past tense because it's like01:00:18
these two things are happening at the01:00:21
same time I went to the office break01:00:23
room and I saw my lunch had been eaten01:00:26
that happened before I went to the break01:00:28
room and I looked for my lunch so when01:00:31
the two actions are when these two01:00:33
actions are closely related use simple01:00:35
past tense they're happening at like the01:00:37
same time but this action my lunch had01:00:40
been eaten that's the key past action01:00:43
here so that should take a past perfect01:00:45
structure one more example I tried to01:00:49
take care of the bill at a special01:00:51
company dinner but when I gave my credit01:00:55
card to the staff they told me the bill01:00:58
had been paid so there's a lot of01:01:00
information here the speaker is01:01:02
expressing they wanted to pay the bill01:01:04
so I tried to take care of the bill to01:01:07
take care of the bill is another way to01:01:09
say to pay something I tried to take01:01:11
care of the bill at a special company01:01:13
dinner but when I gave my credit card to01:01:18
the staff they told me the bill had been01:01:22
paid so again these things giving the01:01:26
credit card to the staff and receiving01:01:28
the information happen at about the same01:01:30
time the bill being paid happened before01:01:34
this situation so we use this past01:01:36
perfect to describe that you'll also01:01:38
notice these are passive structures the01:01:40
bill had been paid my lunch had been01:01:42
eaten uh breakfast had been prepared so01:01:45
you might see that very commonly with01:01:46
the structure as well so these are three01:01:50
different ways that you can use hadin to01:01:52
talk about these relationships between01:01:55
past actions past activities so I hope01:01:57
that this was helpful for you if you01:01:59
have any questions or comments or if you01:02:01
want to practice making some sentences01:02:03
with this grammar please feel free to do01:02:05
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bye-bye hi everybody my name is Alicia01:02:24
in this lesson I'm going to talk about01:02:26
how to use the preposition at let's get01:02:29
started the first way that I want to01:02:32
talk about in this lesson is using at01:02:35
with locations when we use at before a01:02:39
location it's for places inside cities01:02:44
or places in the countryside so we use01:02:47
at before a specific location like for01:02:50
an activity or to describe our position01:02:53
some examples are at the bank or at work01:02:59
or at the supermarket so we could put a01:03:03
simple expression like I am at the bank01:03:06
or he is at work or we are at the01:03:11
supermarket these Expressions all01:03:13
describe a location our current position01:03:17
another very common expression is at01:03:20
home at home a note about at home home01:03:24
is that we use at home when you are01:03:28
already inside your home when you are01:03:31
already at home we do not use at home01:03:35
when we're talking about moving to our01:03:38
home so for example when we say01:03:40
something like I'm going to go home we01:03:43
do not use a preposition there we do not01:03:46
say I'm going to go at home we do not01:03:49
use it in that way we use at home to01:03:52
describe an object inside our home or to01:03:56
describe our position when we are inside01:03:58
our home so we would say for example I'm01:04:01
at home meaning I am inside my house now01:04:04
this is much more natural than saying01:04:06
I'm in my house so usually we say I'm at01:04:09
home or if for example you forget01:04:12
something inside your home and you go to01:04:15
work or school for the day you might say01:04:17
oh no I left my wallet at home so it01:04:21
refers to something inside your house so01:04:24
please note this when you use at home01:04:27
some other examples these are kind of01:04:29
more countryside related but we say in01:04:31
American English I'm at the river I'm at01:04:35
the river the reason we use the river01:04:38
here is typically because when we are in01:04:41
a town or a city with a river or a01:04:44
couple of different Rivers we can01:04:46
generally guess which river the person01:04:49
means so yes even if there are like01:04:52
maybe two or three rivers in your town01:04:54
or in your city we tend to use at the01:04:58
river so we're not always super specific01:05:01
about it even if there are a few01:05:03
different rivers in in the place where01:05:05
we live another expression you might01:05:07
hear is at the mountain at the mountain01:05:10
this is used when we do mountain related01:05:13
activities like skiing or snowboarding01:05:16
so if you're on the phone with a friend01:05:18
or texting a friend you might say I'm at01:05:20
the mountain today you might also use01:05:23
this when you're hiking you might say01:05:25
like I'm hiking at the mountain though I01:05:27
feel like it's more commonly used uh01:05:29
with skiing and snowboarding I'm hiking01:05:32
at the mountain you might also hear in01:05:35
the01:05:36
mountains plural in the mountains that01:05:39
tends to be a little bit more commonly01:05:41
used for hiking related activities I'm01:05:44
hiking in the mountains today because it01:05:46
sounds like you're going between01:05:48
mountains like there's more than one01:05:50
perhaps so we tend to use in the01:05:52
mountains more for hiking at the01:05:55
mountain more commonly for Ski and01:05:57
Snowboard uh and other snow related01:06:00
activities so a note about at and in is01:06:04
that sometimes in is also correct but it01:06:08
refers to being inside a place so in01:06:11
many of these example sentences we01:06:14
absolutely can use in instead of at so a01:06:18
lot of questions from viewers are like01:06:21
is it correct to use in or is it correct01:06:23
to use at and the answer is yes they're01:06:26
both correct to use in many cases the01:06:28
difference is this right here when we01:06:30
use in with one of these locations like01:06:34
in the bank or in the supermarket it01:06:37
refers more to being inside the01:06:39
supermarket if you just want to describe01:06:42
like being maybe in front of the01:06:43
supermarket or you're going to uh enter01:06:46
the supermarket but you're not inside01:06:48
yet you want to say I'm at the01:06:50
supermarket it's better to use at if you01:06:53
want to refer refer to being inside01:06:55
something inside a location in a city01:06:57
you would say I'm in the supermarket01:07:00
like on the phone I'm in the supermarket01:07:02
right now do you need anything is also01:07:04
totally correct you could say I'm at the01:07:06
supermarket right now also totally01:07:08
correct so we use it with these kinds of01:07:11
City locations uh both in and at we do01:07:14
not however say in work we don't say in01:07:18
work we say I'm at work because it's01:07:20
kind of like a condition uh same thing01:07:23
with home we don't really say I'm we01:07:25
don't say I'm in home you might hear01:07:27
people say I'm inside my house or I'm01:07:30
inside my home right now but we don't01:07:32
say inh home so you can use in with01:07:35
these kinds of places I'm uh in the bank01:07:38
right now I'm in the supermar market01:07:40
right now I'm in my school right now so01:07:43
you might hear it with like building01:07:44
names and that's totally correct you can01:07:46
use at or in in those cases uh a couple01:07:50
of other points uh regarding use of in01:07:53
for locations you can use in before City01:07:57
and country name so for example I'm in01:08:00
Barcelona or he's in Switzerland or01:08:04
she's in Toronto so we do not use at in01:08:08
these cases like he's at Barcelona we01:08:10
don't use that or she's at Switzerland01:08:13
we do not use at before City and country01:08:16
names in this way so please keep this in01:08:19
mind locations inside cities and in the01:08:21
countryside areas we use at to describe01:08:25
those we use in before City and country01:08:28
names okay let's continue to the next01:08:31
use of at we use at to talk about the01:08:35
time of day so this means we use it01:08:38
before the time of a scheduled activity01:08:42
some01:08:43
examples let's meet at 2 so at comes01:08:47
before two yes you can say let's meet at01:08:50
2: p.m. or let's meet at 2:00 all of01:08:53
those sentences are correct we just need01:08:55
to use it before the time expression01:08:58
another one she arrived at 3:30 she01:09:01
arrived at 3:30 again you can say half01:09:04
past 3 that's totally fine as well all01:09:07
of those are correct this is a past01:09:09
tense action but we're still talking01:09:11
about the scheduled activity something01:09:13
that happened like according to a01:09:15
schedule we use at another one we left01:09:18
at 10 we left at 10 so again comes01:09:21
before the time expression01:09:24
one more he's going to start the meeting01:09:26
at 9: so this is a future activity a01:09:29
future scheduled activity he's going to01:09:32
start the meeting at 9 you'll also hear01:09:36
at night at night when we want to talk01:09:38
about something that happens at night we01:09:40
use at night please note we do not use01:09:44
at morning or at afternoon or at evening01:09:47
we do not use at with these words we use01:09:50
it for night at night something happens01:09:53
at night I go to sleep late at night01:09:55
let's meet uh late at night so at night01:09:58
is kind of a set expression for you to01:10:01
remember a note about the time of day01:10:05
portion here we use in in cases like01:10:09
these but we use in before a length of01:10:13
time to show duration so you'll notice01:10:16
each of these example01:10:19
sentences like 10 9 332 these are not01:10:22
lengths of time these are specific01:10:25
points in time something happens at a01:10:28
specific point in time when we use in01:10:31
before a length of time it shows how01:10:35
long that activity is going to be or it01:10:39
talks about how long something took in01:10:41
the past some examples of this let's01:10:44
meet in two hours let's meet in two01:10:48
hours this means two hours from this01:10:53
point in time let's meet so this refers01:10:56
to a duration of time we are going to01:10:59
meet in 2 hours this is the suggestion01:11:01
here we use in we cannot use at let's01:11:04
meet at two hours is incorrect another01:11:07
example we finished the task in 1001:11:10
minutes we finished the task in 1001:11:12
minutes that means 10 minutes was the01:11:16
duration of time the length of time01:11:18
required to finish the task we finished01:11:21
the task in 10 minutes at is incorrect01:11:24
here similarly we cannot use in in these01:11:27
cases let's meet into to does not refer01:11:31
to meeting uh at 2:00 we cannot use it01:11:34
in that way you may however hear someone01:11:38
use in before a period of time like two01:11:42
or 10 or something like that when they01:11:44
mean 10 minutes like let's meet in five01:11:47
means let's meet in five minutes 501:11:49
minutes from now it follows this pattern01:11:52
but this is used in very casual01:11:54
situations where the relationship and01:11:56
the plan is very clear this is a case01:11:59
where you may hear in used before a01:12:02
number but please keep in mind it does01:12:04
not refer to a time period or rather it01:12:07
doesn't refer to a Time directly it01:12:09
refers to a time in the future usually01:12:12
10 minutes we usually use this01:12:14
expression with minutes let's meet in01:12:16
five let's meet in 10 let's meet in 2001:12:19
perhaps it's generally a very short01:12:21
period of time but you cannot use in in01:12:24
these cases she arrived in 330 is01:12:26
incorrect we left in 10 is incorrect we01:12:29
do not use it in this way so please keep01:12:32
this in mind in is used before a length01:12:34
of time to show duration okay I want to01:12:38
finish this lesson by looking at some01:12:41
common Expressions some common01:12:43
Expressions that use at so many people01:12:45
ask like why do I use at in this01:12:48
expression or what's the rule for using01:12:50
at so we have these two big rules that01:12:53
that we can think about but there are01:12:55
many English Expressions that don't have01:12:57
a specific rule it's just part of a set01:13:00
expression like at night that's just how01:13:03
it is it's just an expression we use01:13:05
with at so I've chosen some very common01:13:08
Expressions that you can use with at and01:13:11
practice first at best at best at best01:13:16
means in the best possible case in the01:13:21
best possible case we see at best very01:13:25
commonly at the beginning of a sentence01:13:27
for example at best we have two weeks to01:13:32
solve the problems with our product at01:13:35
best we have two weeks to solve the01:13:37
problems with our product this means in01:13:41
the best possible case we have two weeks01:13:44
so this is a short way to say in the01:13:47
best possible situation we can do this01:13:50
so we shorten this to at best best at01:13:54
best another expression is at all a very01:13:57
common expression this is often at the01:14:00
end of a sentence we use it for emphasis01:14:03
it means in any way or to the least01:14:07
degree so for example I can't speak01:14:11
Chinese at all I can't speak Chinese at01:14:14
all so this sentence I can't speak01:14:16
Chinese is grammatically correct at all01:14:20
shows emphasis it means in any anyway I01:14:23
can't speak Chinese I can't speak01:14:25
Chinese at all is much stronger it's01:14:29
better for emphasis to include this at01:14:31
all expression there so you'll find this01:14:34
very commonly at the end of a sentence01:14:37
like this and it often but not always01:14:39
has to do with inability to do something01:14:42
or something that's very difficult to do01:14:45
okay the next expression is At Last At01:14:49
Last At Last means finally finally01:14:51
something you have waited for for a long01:14:53
time or anticipated been excited about01:14:57
at last means finally you'll see it very01:15:00
commonly like alone in a kind of excited01:15:04
expression for example At Last I saved01:15:07
enough money for a car I saved enough01:15:10
money for a car so something the speaker01:15:12
was excited about or something the01:15:14
speaker has been planning for or working01:15:17
towards we would use at last uh in01:15:20
coordination uh together with that01:15:22
expression so at last finally I saved01:15:25
enough money at last another expression01:15:29
at all hours at all hours at all hours01:15:32
means at any time of day so this one is01:15:36
maybe a little clearer to understand all01:15:38
hours that means all hours of the day or01:15:41
at any time of the day for example the01:15:45
customer service phone line is available01:15:48
at all hours so you can kind of see that01:15:52
this at follows this time of day pattern01:15:56
it's available at all hours or my01:15:58
neighbors did something at all hours my01:16:01
neighbors were noisy at all hours so01:16:03
it's kind of like this pattern but we01:16:05
use all hours here to mean any time of01:16:09
day okay one final expression is the01:16:12
very common expression at any rate at01:16:16
any rate this means anyway or regardless01:16:22
so this is used used typically at the01:16:24
beginning of a sentence and we often use01:16:26
it when we're kind of contrasting we're01:16:29
showing like the difference between two01:16:31
points so for example if you're really01:16:33
really busy at work and you explain to01:16:36
your coworker I'm so busy right now I01:16:38
have so many things I have to do but at01:16:41
any rate I have to get this report done01:16:44
by tomorrow that means anyway so even01:16:47
though there's all this other stuff I01:16:49
have to do this we use at any rate to01:16:52
mean anyway so this is a very common use01:16:55
a very commonly used expression too uh01:16:58
in work situations uh and in school and01:17:00
study situations so it's kind of a nice01:17:03
way to move on from a topic and focus in01:17:06
on something else so at any rate so uh01:17:10
this is an introduction to some common01:17:12
Expressions that use at in English and01:17:15
some rules you can follow for using at01:17:17
with locations and with time of day01:17:20
expression so I hope that this was01:17:22
helpful for you if you have any01:17:23
questions or comments or if you want to01:17:25
practice making sentences with at please01:17:28
feel free to do so in the comment01:17:30
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again soon01:17:47
bye-bye hi everybody my name is Alicia01:17:50
in this lesson I'm going to talk about01:17:52
how to use the preposition in in English01:17:55
let's get started okay there are three01:17:58
basic groups that I want to talk about01:18:00
for this lesson the first of these basic01:18:02
groups is locations locations so when I01:18:05
say locations I mean specifically before01:18:08
like city names and country names of01:18:12
course you can also apply this to01:18:14
Regions so maybe something that's larger01:18:16
than a city but it's not the country01:18:19
that could be a state or a prefecture or01:18:22
a province depending on your country so01:18:25
we can use in before the name of the01:18:28
city the country the region to express01:18:32
being01:18:33
inside that place so let's take a look01:18:36
at a few examples of this first I'm in01:18:40
Canada or he's in Europe or we're in01:18:46
Egypt so all of these sentences Express01:18:50
that the subject in this case I am am in01:18:53
Canada or he is in Europe or we are in01:18:56
Egypt they are inside each of these01:18:59
places so that means inside the country01:19:01
of Canada inside Europe somewhere inside01:19:05
the country of Egypt another key point01:19:09
about these sentences is that it sounds01:19:13
like they're visiting the place so these01:19:17
expressions are used when we are01:19:19
traveling to talk about the place we are01:19:22
in now the location we're in now so this01:19:26
is a little bit different from sentence01:19:28
patterns like these which express the01:19:30
place where we live for example she01:19:34
lives in New York City or they live in01:19:39
London we do not use at for these01:19:42
Expressions we use in so when you want01:19:45
to describe when you're visiting01:19:47
someplace you can use in before the01:19:49
place to do that when you want to talk01:19:51
about the place where you live you01:19:53
should also use in but please make sure01:19:55
you use this live before in so lives in01:20:00
in this case with he she or it subjects01:20:03
uh and live in with I or uh you or they01:20:08
subjects so we can use it to talk about01:20:10
our location the place where we are01:20:12
physically located and when we use in it01:20:15
sounds like we are inside that place I01:20:19
want to talk about a couple more01:20:21
specific uses kind of more detailed uses01:20:24
of in the first one I want to talk about01:20:27
is the expression he's in the hospital01:20:31
he's in the hospital we can use in to01:20:35
refer to buildings like Community01:20:37
locations like in the supermarket or in01:20:40
the bank or something like that it's not01:20:43
as common as using at for example I'm at01:20:47
the supermarket or I'm at the bank we01:20:50
use in again when we want to emphasize01:20:53
for some reason that we are inside a01:20:56
location we want to have that feeling of01:20:59
being enclosed inside a space so if you01:21:03
want to say something like uh I'm inside01:21:06
the supermarket if you want to01:21:08
communicate that idea you could say I'm01:21:10
in the supermarket like maybe you're01:21:12
searching for someone else in the01:21:13
supermarket you might say I'm in the01:21:15
supermarket where are you you might use01:21:18
it in that case but more generally to01:21:20
refer to the place that we're visi01:21:22
visiting inside a community like smaller01:21:25
buildings we tend to use at more often01:21:28
in this specific case however in marks01:21:32
an important detail this sentence means01:21:36
the person in the hospital here is sick01:21:39
so he's in the hospital means he is sick01:21:42
when we say someone is in the hospital01:21:45
it means they have been hospitalized01:21:48
that means they are staying in the01:21:50
hospital please note that when we use at01:21:54
in this sentence like he's at the01:21:56
hospital it just means the person is01:21:58
visiting the hospital so if I say I'm at01:22:02
the hospital right now it would mean I'm01:22:04
visiting someone in the hospital or I01:22:08
have a checkup or an appointment with a01:22:10
doctor it's like I'm there for a short01:22:12
time if you say I'm in the hospital it01:22:15
sounds like you are very sick or you01:22:17
need some extended treatment so please01:22:20
keep this difference in mind between at01:22:22
and in with this01:22:24
expression another one that's very01:22:26
common is this expression I'm in a01:22:29
meeting I'm in a meeting here the01:22:33
meeting is happening now and the person01:22:36
who is speaking is participating so we01:22:39
always use the Expression I'm in a01:22:41
meeting we don't say I'm at a meeting01:22:43
really we might say I'm at a conference01:22:46
so for a very large place or a very01:22:49
large kind of meeting where many people01:22:51
gather usually usually like at a hotel01:22:54
or an event center you could say I'm at01:22:56
a conference we generally use I'm in a01:22:59
meeting I'm in a meeting okay so let's01:23:02
move on now after we've talked about01:23:04
locations I want to talk about Tim01:23:06
related Expressions so there are many01:23:09
different ways that we can use in with01:23:12
time first we use in uh before a length01:23:17
of time to express duration so that01:23:20
means how long something took in the01:23:23
past or to talk about the future after01:23:27
how long something is going to happen01:23:30
let's look at some examples of this01:23:32
first let's meet in 10 minutes that01:23:36
means 10 minutes from now I want to meet01:23:39
you so let's meet in 10 minutes or he01:23:43
finished his homework in one hour this01:23:46
sentence means in the past it took him01:23:49
one hour to finish his homework he01:23:52
finished finished his homework in 1 hour01:23:54
is a natural way to say that another one01:23:57
future we're leaving for our vacation in01:24:00
3 days so this means 3 days from now we01:24:04
are going to leave for our01:24:06
vacation another one she's going to01:24:09
graduate from college in one year so01:24:12
again one year from this point in time01:24:14
she's going to01:24:15
graduate the test results will be ready01:24:19
in 3 months but this one I want to talk01:24:22
about quickly in the next few days01:24:24
you'll notice that this in comes at the01:24:26
beginning of the sentence that's okay so01:24:28
in the next few days this is my time01:24:31
period here in the next few days meaning01:24:33
maybe two or three or four we may ask01:24:36
staff to work overtime so this is01:24:39
referring to again a future duration01:24:42
never in my life have I seen traffic as01:24:46
bad as today's so here never in my life01:24:51
never in my life so this this means in01:24:52
the speaker's life up to now so like01:24:56
from the past up to now in the speaker's01:24:58
life this is the time duration here so01:25:01
there are many different ways we can use01:25:03
in one key point to remember is about01:25:07
expressions like this when you're using01:25:09
you know 10 minutes or 1 hour or01:25:11
something like that please be very01:25:13
careful about your use of singular and01:25:16
plural so for example in 10 minutes01:25:19
don't forget this s sound when you're01:25:21
speaking and don't forg get the S when01:25:23
you're writing when you're using01:25:25
singular expressions like 1 hour or one01:25:29
year please note you should not use an S01:25:32
here not one hours not one years so01:25:35
please be careful of this s in your01:25:37
speech and in your writing the next01:25:40
point I want to talk about with Tim01:25:42
related Expressions uh is using in to01:25:46
express the seasons or when you're01:25:48
expressing Seasons uh years months and01:25:51
decades by decades I mean uh 10 years at01:25:54
a time a decade is a 10e time period so01:25:58
let's look at some examples of this I'm01:26:00
going to Mexico in summer so in comes01:26:03
before the season here we could use it01:26:06
in Autumn or in spring or in Winter as01:26:09
well I love hot soup in winter so again01:26:13
in comes before the season this ex this01:26:16
example sentence uses a decade uh what01:26:19
was your fashion like in the 19 1990s so01:26:23
please note here in the 1990s we use the01:26:27
to talk about decades so in the 1980s in01:26:31
the 1970s we use this the uh before uh01:26:36
decades before decades in the decade01:26:39
name don't forget this s this means like01:26:41
the group of years inside uh that decade01:26:45
so 1992 1999 so that group of years more01:26:49
than one in other words that's why we01:26:51
include this01:26:52
s okay uh one more our company earned a01:26:56
lot of money in01:26:58
2017 so here in comes before the year I01:27:02
want to talk about so we can use in in01:27:04
these ways as well the last point that I01:27:07
want to talk about with this group is01:27:09
time of day expression so there are a01:27:11
few times of day uh that we use in with01:27:15
we use it with the expression in the01:27:17
morning so I wake up at 8: in the01:27:19
morning or in the afternoon or in the01:27:22
evening we use at with night we do not01:27:25
say in night we say at night at night so01:27:29
please remember these three time of day01:27:31
Expressions use in okay let's go to the01:27:35
last group for today the last group I01:27:38
want to talk about is position position01:27:41
and then I'll have kind of a bonus01:27:42
section down here too uh position we use01:27:46
in before an object or a place to01:27:50
express something is INS inside01:27:52
something else so at the beginning of01:27:54
this lesson I talked about using in with01:27:57
locations like cities this is the same01:28:00
idea or a very similar idea but on a01:28:03
much smaller scale than over here some01:28:06
examples my keys are in my bag so that01:28:10
means my keys are inside my bag you can01:28:13
use either if you want but in is shorter01:28:16
so it's a little more efficient to say01:28:18
and to write we're in a cave we're in a01:28:21
cave so maybe you can post this as a01:28:24
caption to like a hiking picture or01:28:26
something we in a cave again means we01:28:28
are inside a cave or I found $20 in my01:28:33
pocket so the common theme with all of01:28:36
these sentences is that one thing can be01:28:39
inside of another thing so something in01:28:42
a pocket or in a bag or in a cave we're01:28:47
like communicating that feeling of being01:28:49
inside something or something is in01:28:52
inside something else so that is what we01:28:54
communicate with this position use of01:28:57
in we can also consider position like01:29:01
rank so this is something you see a lot01:29:04
in competitions uh tournaments uh just01:29:07
various rankings of things you'll see in01:29:11
before like uh the the type of01:29:14
competition or before like the category01:29:18
so let's look at some examples of this01:29:20
our team won first place in the01:29:24
competition so here in comes before like01:29:28
the competition or it comes before the01:29:29
competition name the tournament name uh01:29:32
the race the marathon whatever like the01:29:36
topic is or whatever the competition is01:29:39
uh we place in before the name of that01:29:42
thing another example that restaurant is01:29:46
in the city's top 10 list that01:29:49
restaurant is in the city's top 10 list01:29:52
so here the city's top 10 list is kind01:29:55
of like this competition or it's this01:29:57
exclusive group that's like the topic uh01:30:00
that we want to describe the restaurant01:30:03
belonging to so we use in that01:30:05
restaurant is in the city's top 10 list01:30:09
please note in these cases we don't use01:30:11
inside we're not communicating a feeling01:30:14
of like being enclosed in something here01:30:17
we're rather describing rank or position01:30:20
kind of conceptu01:30:22
so we cannot use inside in place of in01:30:25
in these01:30:26
examples all right the last point I want01:30:29
to talk about is this kind of extra01:30:32
point we use in when we're talking about01:30:35
our beliefs and our opinions some01:30:38
examples I believe in you so this is a01:30:42
very like encouraging expression I01:30:44
believe in you which is meant to like01:30:47
Inspire confidence in someone so we use01:30:50
in before the noun phrasee in this case01:30:54
you before the noun phrase that we have01:30:57
strong feelings or a strong opinion01:30:59
about I believe in something another01:31:02
example we believe in a healthy work01:31:06
life balance for all employees so that01:31:09
means we uh have strong positive01:31:12
opinions about this topic for all01:31:15
employees so you will see uh believe in01:31:19
noun phrase as kind of a set pattern so01:31:22
these are all the topics I want to talk01:31:24
about for this lesson as I've kind of01:31:27
hinted at here though there are many01:31:29
uses of in that are idiomatic that means01:31:32
they're part of like a set expression01:31:35
and that's something that will come with01:31:37
time and with study and vocabulary01:31:39
practice understanding when to use in in01:31:42
those cases however when you're talking01:31:44
about locations or time time of day or01:31:47
you're talking about position you can01:31:49
follow these guidelines to help you01:31:51
choose between01:31:52
for example at or maybe on or by so I01:31:55
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your feelings let's begin calm please01:32:35
calm down calm means quiet or peaceful01:32:40
if someone is upset or agitated you can01:32:42
tell them to calm down01:32:46
energetic Tom is an energetic01:32:49
person if someone has a lot of energy01:32:51
you can say they're energetic you can01:32:54
use this if someone is really active or01:32:57
hyper01:32:58
happiness nothing is more important than01:33:01
happiness this is a noun form of the01:33:04
word happy when you're happy you are01:33:06
experiencing01:33:08
happiness01:33:10
emotional my friend gets so emotional01:33:13
when she talks about01:33:14
politics if someone shows very strong01:33:17
feelings about something you could say01:33:19
they're being emotional if movie song or01:33:22
something else makes you feel like01:33:24
crying from happiness or sadness you can01:33:26
say it's emotional anger you have to01:33:31
control your anger anger is a thing you01:33:34
feel when you're angry if something01:33:36
really bothers or annoys you it makes01:33:38
you feel01:33:40
angry01:33:41
jealousy jealousy is an ugly thing01:33:45
jealousy is what you feel when you are01:33:47
unhappy that someone else succeeded it's01:33:50
also something something you feel if you01:33:52
think your boyfriend or girlfriend likes01:33:54
someone01:33:56
else01:33:57
excitement the thought of going to01:33:59
Disney World fills me with excitement if01:34:02
you're really looking forward to01:34:04
something fun you can say that you feel01:34:06
excited01:34:08
grumpy I'm always Grumpy in the morning01:34:10
until I have some coffee if someone is01:34:13
grumpy it means they're not happy and01:34:15
you probably should leave them alone a01:34:18
grumpy person usually seems really01:34:20
negative01:34:22
remorseful I feel pretty remorseful01:34:25
about how I quit my01:34:27
job feeling remorseful about something01:34:29
is similar to feeling sorry about01:34:31
something01:34:33
proud I'm really proud of my son for01:34:35
making such good grades feeling proud of01:34:39
someone is when you feel really good01:34:40
about them for something they did you01:34:43
can also feel proud of things you've01:34:45
done like if you're proud of how hard01:34:47
you01:34:48
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there are two ways to Define input and01:37:20
output first from the language learning01:37:22
perspective input is listening and01:37:24
reading and output is speaking and01:37:26
writing the second way to look at it is01:37:29
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you get so input is the time and effort01:37:34
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input and output we want to focus on01:38:00
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in part two how tracking your input and01:38:08
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Learners do a ton of infut with studying01:38:15
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200 Pages probably not so most Learners01:38:42
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of input helps you have a three-minute01:39:09
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minutes 9 minutes and so on you know how01:39:14
to improve just add an hour more look at01:39:16
it in another way you can also try to01:39:18
get more output while maintaining your01:39:20
input 1 hour so trying to get seven or01:39:23
eight minutes of conversation from 101:39:25
hour of study time now the numbers may01:39:28
not always be the same because of the01:39:29
law of diminishing returns but what's01:39:31
important to understand is that if01:39:33
you're putting in effort you should01:39:34
always aim to get some sort of result in01:39:36
return otherwise you're not making01:39:38
progress that's why this tactic is so01:39:40
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