Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Now that you have an idea about what causal verbs and causal constructions are, let's give them some context. We're still using the verbs "have," let," "get," and "make," and the theme is housepainting.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Let's look "under the hood," and see how to build causative constructions using "have," "let," "get," and "make."
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
What are causatives? Causal verbs are used to cause things to happen. They're used in causative constructions. Although there are various specific verbs in this category, we commonly use four ordinary verbs for this: ("have," "let," "get," and "make"). Let's make some sense of them.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Now Sigrid has also lost her glasses! In this final part, learn how to use modal verbs to express probability, and find out whether she finds the missing items.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Sigrid has lost a couple of important items and is trying to think where they might be. In this part, she has lost her car key. She uses plenty of modal verbs to tell her story, including modal verbs expressing probability.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
When do we use "should" and "could"? At the end of the video, you'll also find a preview of the next 2 videos where modals are used in everyday speech for discussing probability.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Every modal verb is a bit different and not all of them can be used in all tenses. We use "may" for permission, but we can use "can" and its conditional form "could" as well.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Abi opens her picture dictionary and introduces us to some useful vocabulary pertaining to houses. In particular, she focuses on the outside areas surrounding the house and various tools.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
In the second part of this lesson, Luana goes through the kitchen items we use to serve and eat our food, and explains how and when they are used.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Let's learn the names of various kitchen utensils with Luana! We'll start with the utensils used to prepare and cook food, such as tongs, sifters, graters, knives, cutting boards, pots and pans...
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia, United Kingdom, USA
This video clearly presents some fundamental differences between American English, British English, and Australian English in terms of spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
In order not to forget anything, Luana and Austin have made a list of the clothes and other items they need to pack. Austin reads the list while Luana gathers the items, and then they discuss their strategy for getting to the airport on time.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Modal verbs are special verbs that go together with action verbs to indicate ability, permission, obligation and more. Let's see how they work.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
As the harvest ends and the Christmas season approaches, families across the United States come together to share a lavish meal in the annual celebration known as Thanksgiving. In this video, we learn some of the crucial vocabulary used at this special time of year.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
As the series draws to a close, we have learned the one hundred most commonly used words in the English language. Maria and Spencer can relax and walk happily in the park, where nobody will bother them... or so they think!
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