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Basic Vocabulary - Common Words in Context - Part 18

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

With the car repaired, Maria and Spencer go to pick up Oscar, who has been waiting patiently for them all day... but the hungry and over-enthusiastic dog immediately finds himself in trouble.

Sigrid explains - Causative constructions - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

This segment lays out the building blocks of a passive causative construction. We also compare and contrast causative constructions with other similar constructions. Sigrid uses the expression "to mix and match," which means putting different things together in different ways.

Sigrid explains - Causative constructions - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Sigrid introduces passive causative constructions, which combine causal verbs and the passive voice. We use them all the time in everyday conversation when we focus on the object rather than the subject.

Parts of Speech - Modal Verbs - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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.

Parts of Speech - Modal Verbs - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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.

Parts of Speech - Modal Verbs - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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.

Parts of Speech - Modal Verbs - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie 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.

Basic Vocabulary - Common Words in Context - Part 20

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie 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!

Basic Vocabulary - Common Words in Context - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

In this episode, we learn about the strong bond between Maria and her pet dog, Oscar. It takes only simple, but very important vocabulary to say, “I love you!”

Basic Vocabulary - Common Words in Context - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

More simple, but very common words are used in context in part three of this series for beginners. We learn more of the most common prepositions and new conjugations of the verb "to be."

Luana and Austin - Packing Their Suitcases

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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.

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Luana explains - Cooking utensils - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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...
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Caption 24 [en]: So these two go hand in hand.
Caption 24 [en]: So these two go hand in hand.

Parts of Speech - Modal Verbs - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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.
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Caption 16 [en]: that I have to put in the ignition to make the car go,
Caption 16 [en]: that I have to put in the ignition to make the car go,

Sigrid explains - Causative constructions - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Let's look "under the hood," and see how to build causative constructions using "have," "let," "get," and "make."
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Caption 10 [en]: Of course, there might be other words in between,
Caption 10 [en]: Of course, there might be other words in between,

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