Difficulty: Newbie
United Kingdom
In this first of two segments entitled 'Painting', Jessica teaches us the colors. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Lydia teaches us how to tell time in English. Listen closely!
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Lydia teaches us the weekdays, the seasons and the months in English. Listen closely!
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Jessica takes us on a walk through Prospect Park. She stops several times to point out and describe various objects along the way.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
In this grammar lesson, the function and proper use of prepositions is demonstrated. How many different prepositions can you find?
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Caralie demonstrates the use of 12 useful, everyday verbs. Do you know them all?
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Actor Caralie Balcom from New York teaches us letters and numbers and sings the alphabet song at the top of the Empire State Building.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This final segment is about two fun expressions: "to kick the can down the road" and the currently popular expression, "Delay, delay, delay." Then Sigrid sums up parts 3 and 4.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Now we'll look at some verbs and phrasal verbs that use imagery to talk about plans and timetables that change. This segment is about "to shelve," "to put on ice," "to put on hold," and "to hold off."
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Here is one more verb to use when you want to avoid giving an answer: "to stall." Sigrid then sums up and gives you some tips for remembering all of the related verbs from both segments of this video.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Here are some verbs that are handy when plans change. This segment features "to postpone," "to delay," "to procrastinate," and "to put off."
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.
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