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 […]
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Learn how to say thank you in English conversation – British and American. You’ll see lots of examples of thanking in action and enjoy plenty of jokes along the way. We’ll show you: different ways to tell someone they’re nice how to use the structure Thanks for -ing (with a gerund) some formal phrases like
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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In our last video we looked at six different ways to pay someone a compliment and you can see that video here: https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/6-easy-ways-to-pay-compliments-in-english/ In this video we’re looking how NOT to give compliments. We’ll show you examples of things that can go wrong, and suggest ways to avoid them. For example: Complimenting a woman on
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Learn 6 easy ways to pay compliment in English a make the world a happier place! We’ll show you lots of compliment examples and talk about which compliments mean most to us. (They have to be genuine and can’t be manipulative!) We’ll also show you six easy grammar structures for compliments: look/be + adjective love/like
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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
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What do we say when we make a mistake? Maybe it’s an expletive. (Did you you know the pronunciation of expletive is different in British and American English?) In this video we look at some swear word alternatives like bother, shoot and damn. You’ll also learn the phrasal verb screw up and the more polite
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