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Who, whose and who’s – an English grammar lesson

In this video lesson we compare the pronoun who with its possessive form, whose, and show examples in action. We look at: – how to use who and whose in questions – how to use who and whose in relative clauses – the important difference between whose and who’s To make most nouns possessive in English, we add apostrophe ‘s’. However the pronoun who is different because its possessive form is whose. To check you’ve

January 22, 2019 No Comments

pronouncing numbers in British and American English

Intermediate

Pronouncing numbers in British and American English (1-100)

How do we say numbers like twenty, thirty, forty, fifty etc. in English? Well, it depends. There are some curious differences between how I say them in British English and how Jay says them in American English. For example, twenny vs. twenty. Jay often drops the middle t in twenty and says twenny. Then there’s thirty. There he says the t but it sounds like very fast d sound – commonly known as a flap

January 11, 2019 1 Comment

Intermediate

2018 memories – our favourite English comedy skits.

We love English comedy skits and sketches at Simple English Videos! They mean you can see English in action, and help us to make learning English fun. It’s really motivating when you can get a joke in English and they can make new English words and phrases more memorable too. So in this video Vicki and Jay are looking back and sharing their 2018 memories. They’ll show you their favourite English skits and sketches and

December 29, 2018 No Comments

English Jokes 2018 Review Video Premiere

Intermediate

English Jokes and a Premiere Announcement

Next week, we’ll be publishing our 2018 review video. Please come and join us at 3 p.m. New York time on Friday 28th December 2018 for the YouTube premiere. This will be the first Simple English Videos Premiere. The chat will be live and Jay and Vicki will be there to respond to your questions and comments in real time. And if you miss it, you can also catch us in Facebook the next day

December 21, 2018 No Comments

Intermediate

The First Conditional in Action – English Grammar

The first conditional is a useful English grammar structure for talking about future possibilities. If you watch this video, you’ll see lots of first conditional examples. Hey – we just used a first conditional there! It’s such a useful structure! First conditionals have two clauses: the condition and possible result. We’ll show you how to form them, make negatives and questions, punctuate them and reverse the order. You’ll learn about a common mistake and the

December 14, 2018 No Comments

Intermediate

What’s inside a Christmas cracker? Let’s see!

What are Christmas crackers? They’re a British tradition. Just about everyone has a cracker with their Christmas meal. And what’s inside a Christmas cracker? Watch us pull a cracker and we’ll show you. You’ll also learn some Christmas cracker vocabulary along the way. There are always three things in a cracker – a paper hat, a joke and a novelty. We’ll show you hats that don’t fit, corny cracker jokes with puns that will make

December 14, 2018 1 Comment

Intermediate

The Zero Conditional in Action – English Grammar

Zero conditionals are a really useful and simple English grammar structure. We often use them to talk about scientific facts, but that’s not their only use. In this video your see lots of zero conditional examples and learn how you can also use it to talk about habits and routines and even the past. Zero conditionals have two clauses: the condition and result. We’ll show you how to form them, make negatives, punctuate them and

November 16, 2018 12 Comments

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