Today, we learn the difference between what we “can” do and what we “have to” do. We meet poor Herbert, who is sad that nobody can go to his party. Steve, on the other hand, finds it impossible to make plans with his friends, but is also quite inflexible himself.

In English, the future tense can be formed with "going to" + infinitive, though "going to" is often shortened to "gonna" in conversation. In this video, meet some people and find out about their plans.

Here you can hear lots of examples featuring the "going to" future, with sentences starting with "I'm going to" or "I'm gonna." We meet Lance, who has no plans to wash his clothes any time soon, and a businessman who runs us rapidly through his hectic schedule.

Two partygoers discover that by amazing coincidence they have almost exactly the same plans for the year ahead. Surely it must be fate, that they have met on this special night...

Can you tell the time in English, and say whether it will be foggy or drizzling later? In part two of this video for beginners, you will learn how to tell the time, follow TV weather reports, and say what you want to do in the future.

In part 2 of this lesson, learn how to tell people what time it is, ask when things begin and end, and find out when certain events will occur.

Learn how to say what you did, how you feel, and describe some minor ailments, or “aches and pains,” that you might be suffering from.

Learn how to ask and say what you did this morning, yesterday, or on the weekend. With their humorous take on everyday life, the Side by Side team shows you how!

In this video, you'll hear people talk about the past and the present. A man recites his poem, and then we go to a commercial break, where the fictional company Presto seems to have cornered almost every market with its wonder products!

Tommy is worried that nobody came to his baseball game, but it turns out that someone in his family did go. Find out who it was, and learn how to talk about past activities in the past tense!

Elderly couple Harold and Gertrude reminisce about their first date together. Although their memories are a little hazy, they can agree that it was a very special day!

Here are Cheryl Crow and Kris Kristofferson together performing "Me and Bobby McGee," a popular song written by Kristofferson and Fred Foster, but most well-known from a posthumously released version by Janis Joplin.

Placing an order over the phone for… the perfect woman? Enjoy this funny clip written and directed by John Kenower. It stars Russ Hamilton and Cathy Conley and the music is by William Kenower.

Howard and his robot Kathy get to know each other. Enjoy the final part of this funny short video written and directed by John Kenower.
Starring Russ Hamilton and Cathy Conley.
Music by William Kenower.

Canadian sensation Shawn Mendes made his debut at age 16 with the album "Handwritten." Here he performs the hit single "Stitches" in a duet with US singer and actress Hailee Steinfeld.