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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.
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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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Audio and video sources can be factual, and can be used as evidence, but they can both be doctored, too. When we don't have the facts, we might have hearsay, but can we trust it?
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What's the difference between disinformation and misinformation? And what about misleading information? Find out in this video.
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Sigrid has more fun with limericks, attempting to sing one, and dedicating another limerick to her boss. She offers a final limerick from Edward Lear, the king of limericks. See Part 1 for instructions on how limericks work and how to write one.
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Taking animals for inspiration, Annette focuses on characteristics and techniques that will bring success when it comes to sitting an English examination—in particular the TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language) exam, one of the best-known standardized English language tests.
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Sigrid muses about how much she loves this time of year and time of day where she lives in Italy. If she had one complaint, it would be: too much green!
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Sigrid describes her day using verbs in the simple past tense. Each verb will flash on the screen in the past tense with the infinitive in parentheses, just in case you need a little help. There is even a vegetarian pasta recipe included!
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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!
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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!
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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!
Difficulty: Beginner
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Here are some examples of sentences using both the active and passive voices. Different tenses are used, too!
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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!
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What do people traditionally do on Memorial Day and Labor Day? Let's find out.
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Sigrid talks about two important US holidays, Memorial Day and Labor Day. They are quite different in what they commemorate, but they're combined here because many Americans see them as bookends to the summer season.
Difficulty: Beginner
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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Although we use the passive tense in the present tense, it's used in other tenses, too, and that's what we look at in this lesson.
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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.
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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.
Difficulty: Beginner
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It’s important to be able to talk about our skills and abilities, especially when we’re looking for a job. Learn how to say what you can do, and what you can’t, and witness one man discover his true calling!
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