It’s time to take your English to the next level! Complex writing makes use of multiple clauses in its sentences, which means that a sentence can place clauses inside other clauses. We call these “embedded clauses.” This shouldn’t be confusing once you understand the function of each part of the sentence. In this advanced English grammar lesson, we’ll learn how to break down sentences into their individual clauses and see how each functions to deliver the writer’s message clearly. You’ll learn how to identify and understand the relationships between independent and dependent clauses, including noun clauses, adjective clauses, and adverb clauses. I told you this was going to take you to the next level! Test your knowledge with the quiz: https://www.engvid.com/advanced-english-grammar-multi-clause-sentences-embedded-clauses/

Watch my previous videos about all the different kinds of clauses: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYD9HaZwsI5QYbTHi6V5vQF5Ce1zwkOm
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In this lesson:
0:00 Multi-clause Sentences in English
0:40 Can you identify all the clauses?
9:20 Example 2: Identify the clauses
13:35 Is this too difficult for you?

TRANSCRIPT:
Hi, everybody.
Welcome to www.engvid.com.
I'm Adam.
In today's lesson, I have a little bit of an advanced grammar lesson, so make sure you
take your time and concentrate because this can be a little bit difficult, okay?
What I'm going to show you is how to look at a multi-clause sentence, a sentence that
has more than one clause, or quite a few clauses, and some of these clauses are inside
other clauses.
So, we would call this "embedded clauses".
Now, you can have very simple embedded clauses.
This is not simple, okay?
So, here's what I want you to do first.
Before I show you all the different clauses in this sentence, I want you to take a moment
and try to identify them by yourself.
You can press pause on your video player, try to identify all the different clauses,
and then when you're ready, press play, come back, and I'll walk you through this sentence
slowly and show you all the different clauses, and then show you how all the relationships
work or how all the different pieces work together, okay?
Whenever you're ready, come back.
I'm going to start.
So, first, let me read the sentence.
"Many young people are taught that if they work hard while they are young, they will
have a good life as adults because they will have the money to do what they want."
Legitimate sentence.
It's actually not even that long because there's enough information in it.
It's properly organized, but there are quite a few different pieces to it.
So you need to start understanding the relationships between all these different pieces and how
they work together.
So let's start.
"Many young people are taught", you have a subject, you have a verb, a passive, but it's
still a verb, "are taught something", right?
So this is your independent clause because subject, verb, and there's an object coming,
so we're going to leave that there.
I'm just going to work with these two markers here.
Okay?
Now, first thing you notice, here's a "that", and I'm going to put this in a little bit
of a square.
"Taught what", so I need an object for "taught", and this is the beginning of my object.
This is the beginning of a noun clause.
And I'll tell you a little bit more about noun clauses, adjective clauses, all that
after.
So, basically, from here - actually, I'm going to do this differently.
I'm going to put this here.
Everything between the two brackets is the object "are taught".
They are taught all of this, beginning with a noun clause conjunction, or a noun clause
marker.
Good.
Right away, you see another one, "if".
"If they work", so you have a conjunction, subject, and verb, so right away you have
your second clause.
So now, the question is, what is the - this is a clause I mentioned, it's a noun clause
- a clause must have a subject and a verb.
So, what is the subject and verb of - that goes with "that"?
Same.
If they work - oh, no, not - sorry, this way.
They work.
"That they work".
So right away, you can notice that both of these conjunctions are actually sharing a
clause, a subject and a verb combination.
So, if I break it down like this, so, young people are taught that they will have a good
life as adults, right?
This is your independent clause with the object noun clause.
Now, if they work hard while they are young, they will have - when will they have, or how
will they have a good life as adults?
If they work hard, they will have a good life as adults.
So, I have this conjunction and this conjunction sharing one clause.
And this is where people get confused, because they don't - you have to understand that clauses
can be shared.
Dependent clauses can be shared.
Independent clause is independent and must be able to stand by itself.
Dependents, you can start playing with them, you can share, etc.
But we're not done yet. […]

Do you live in a place when there are no native English speakers to practice with? Don’t let this stop you from improving your listening and speaking skills. There are many online tools you can use to interact with native English: websites, apps, and other internet features. Watch this lesson to learn how to learn and practice English using these tools. By using the methods I recommend, you can turn normal internet browsing into English learning. https://www.engvid.com/listening-and-speaking-alone-self-study-tips

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Next, check out my videos about pop culture references:
Understand Real English: Famous Lines from Movies https://youtu.be/guGXV1vzQXo
Learn English expressions that come from TV shows https://youtu.be/VgyOXlKYEX4

In this lesson:
0:00 How to improve your English skills alone
0:33 Listening
6:43 Speaking
9:44 Combine Listening & Speaking

TRANSCRIPT:
Hi, everybody. Welcome to www.engvid.com. I'm Adam. In today's video, I want to give you some tips on how you can improve your listening and speaking skills while alone. For example, if you're doing self-studying or if you live in a place that you don't really have much access to a native English speaker, you can study, you can still practice these skills by yourself using some very accessible internet tools, and I'm going to show you how to do this.

So, we're going to start with the listening skills. Now, I put here YouTube and TED.com. Obviously, you know YouTube, you're watching us on YouTube, www.engvid.com. TED.com is a site where people give speeches. It's a very popular site and very interesting speeches and lectures and all this stuff. And the function I'm going to show you also applies to TED.com. Now, okay, let me actually explain this first, and then I'll get into the different places you can find this.

So, in YouTube, now, keep in mind that this might be a little bit different depending on the device you're using, but if you go to "Settings", usually it's in the bottom right corner of the YouTube video screen, but not always. You may have to look around a little bit. Try to find this symbol. This is the settings symbol. This is actually a gear, that's what it's called. Try to find this, and once you open this, you should see an option for playback settings. Playback means the speed that the video plays in, and the audio. That's the key here. Set the playback speed to .75. This will slow down the speaking. You could go to .5, but that's a little bit too slow, I think. .75 is very good, and if you're listening to someone who's a very fast speaker, this will slow them down to something that you can listen to. If they're really, really fast speakers, then you can try .5. Or, go to .5, it'll be very, very slow, and then go back to .75 and see if you can keep up with the speed. But anyways, the main thing is that it slows down the speaker so you can actually pay attention to all the words they're saying, right?

Another thing you can do, and again, on TED.com I know that they have transcripts. On YouTube, some channels offer transcripts, some don't. What you can do, if you can print out the transcript, this is even better. Listen to the video, listen to the speech a little bit slower, at .75, and follow the transcript. So, you're listening and reading, and just making sure you understand what the person is saying. Then, listen again. Put the playback setting back to normal speed, and listen again, and again, follow the transcript to make sure you understand what's being said, and also pay attention to the enunciation and the intonation, where the speaker goes up, where the speaker goes down, sometimes how words might be blended together, right? So, you get all these different aspects of the listening while you're understanding what's going on. Then, listen again at normal speed without a transcript, and just pay attention to how the speaker is speaking.

Now, a few other things you can do. If you printed out the transcript, what you can do is get some whiteout. Now, whiteout is this, like, white tape, or even sometimes it's a liquid. For example, if you're writing something and you need to... and you made a mistake, you need to clear it and write on top of it, you put that white stuff on, that is called whiteout. So, take some whiteout, take the transcript, and just randomly block out words all over the transcript. Then, listen again at normal speed, and follow the transcript, and fill in the blanks that you created for yourself. This is just a good listening drill, right? You're listening for the specific words. Now, if you're going to be taking the IELTS, especially the IELTS, the TOEFL not as much, if you're taking the IELTS, this is excellent practice for the listening section of the IELTS, to follow along and fill in blanks.

Now, once you get comfortable with this, go to YouTube and start looking for all kinds of different listening things, especially, like, sitcoms. […]

Are you ready to shop like a native English speaker? In this lesson, we’ll learn essential shopping vocabulary that will help you understand sales, deals, and discounts like a good consumer. Whether you’re navigating Black Friday mayhem, hunting for a clearance sale, or avoiding a “bait and switch” scam, these words and expressions will make you a savvy shopper in any English-speaking country. Sound too good to be true? https://www.engvid.com/speak-like-a-native-shopper-english-vocabulary-for-shopping-sales-scams/

More English for shopping:
Learn English Vocabulary: Shopping at the Supermarket https://youtu.be/UK3jgQ0gQcM
Learn English Vocabulary: Buying a Car https://youtu.be/pLq9KzUdSbM

In this lesson:
0:00 Shopping & Sale Vocabulary in English
0:36 Black Friday
2:33 Cyber Monday
3:07 Boxing Day
3:54 Singles Day
4:47 clearance
5:27 markdown
6:25 going out of business
6:50 final sale
7:32 bait-n-switch
8:41 gimmick
9:22 BOGO
10:08 bargain hunting
10:21 too good to be true
10:45 a find/a steal
11:14 take an additional ____ off the lowest ticketed price
12:07 door crasher
13:09 final offer & take it or leave it

Transcript:
Hi, everybody. Welcome to www.engvid.com. I'm Adam. Today, I want to talk to you about shopping. But more specifically, I want to talk about sales, because everybody loves a sale. Everybody wants to get the cheapest product they can and find something really special and tell all their friends how much money they saved. So, I'm going to tell you about some of the biggest sales, again, mostly in North America, but some of them are actually international, and then I'm going to give you a whole bunch of good words and expressions that will help you become a better shopper when it comes to sales. Okay?

So, we're going to start with some of the biggest shopping days in, again, North America, but not only. As you're going to see, it's becoming much more international. So, we're going to start with Black Friday. Now, Black Friday is very much an American shopping day, although in the last few years, I've seen stores all over the world advertising Black Friday sales. In the States, this happens on the Friday after Thanksgiving, so it's between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Right? This is when people start buying gifts, like Christmas gifts and end-of-year gifts. So, this is the biggest shopping day in the US.

Now, it is so popular that it's a little bit crazy. There's actually a good word to describe this shopping experience. It's mayhem. Mayhem means complete chaos, complete uncontrolled craziness going on in the stores all over the US. In this mayhem, people are... They line up, first of all, hours before stores open because they want to get in there and get the best deals before other people get them. And once the store is open, everybody rushes inside and everybody goes... Tries to grab all the products they want, and it's very common to hear about people fighting each other over, like, a TV, for example. It's complete craziness, complete chaos. It's mayhem. Okay? But where does the name come from? There's a few different theories, but some people, and the one that seems to make the most sense, because this is the biggest shopping day, this is when stores start moving from the red, means losing money, into the black, making a profit. That's one explanation. There are a few other ones, but that sounds like a good one to me.

Anyways, following this Friday, there is something called Cyber Monday. This is the Monday right after the Black Friday sales. This is the biggest online shopping day, when all the retail... Online retailers - this is a good word, also - retailers are the people selling in stores or online. All the online retailers put their products and services on sale as well. So, also a very busy shopping day, but not in stores, on the computer.

Then there's Boxing Day. This is one day after Christmas. Now, in most... In most of these countries, all the stores are closed the day after. So, Christmas is really a two-day holiday. The third day, the second day after Christmas, all the stores are open and there are huge sales with big discounts, and everybody goes shopping, basically to try to save all the money that they spent on Christmas gifts. So, it doesn't actually really make sense, but lots of good deals on Boxing Day. Boxing Day comes from a British tradition that after Christmas, the wealthy people used to make little boxed gifts for the servants and all that stuff. That's where the name generally comes from.

Recently, in the last few years, there's the biggest sale of them all. It's an online sale. It's called Singles Day because it happens on November 11th, so 1-1-1-1, a lot of single people out there. This is by AliExpress, this is a Chinese company, and they're... It's basically the Chinese version of Amazon. […]

To get ahead in the business world, you need to be a good communicator. In English, this means being able to use phrasal verbs naturally. In this lesson, we look at phrasal verbs such as sort out, deal with, pitch in, point out, and others. By learning these, you may end up getting ahead. But even if you don’t, at least you will have learned some phrasal verbs. Test yourself with the quiz at https://www.engvid.com/15-phrasal-verbs-for-business-and-the-office/

More of my videos about phrasal verbs:
15 PHRASAL VERBS with meanings you can't guess! https://youtu.be/RUKXBpiWlic
16 "MAKE" phrasal verbs https://youtu.be/5Q1LRungTaE

Or check out more business English vocabulary lessons:
Professional & Business English: Negotiating Vocabulary https://youtu.be/ZHenb2_eOTU
11 English Expressions for Starting a New Job or Business https://youtu.be/gmXoqRkpq9Y

In this lesson:
0:00 15 Professional English Phrasal Verbs
1:15 deal with
1:52 get ahead
2:22 bring up
2:46 think through
3:32 point out
4:14 pitch in & chip in
5:05 put off
5:42 count on
6:31 do ______ over
7:24 end up
8:16 sort out
8:58 go up against
9:33 ask around
10:01 spell out

Transcript:
Hi. Welcome to www.engvid.com. I'm Adam. In today's video, I'm going to talk to you about some phrasal verbs, but the phrasal verbs we're going to look at are actually very useful for business situations. Whether you work in an office or for some big company, you're going to probably hear or even use a lot of these phrasal verbs.

So, again, just to review, a phrasal verb is a verb in connection, in conjunction with a preposition, and together, the two words mean something other than the individual words, in most cases. Again, remember that phrasal verbs often have more than one meaning, but I'm just going to give you the business context meanings for each of these phrasal verbs. So, we're going to look at "deal with", "get ahead", "bring up", "think through", "point out", "chip in" or "pitch in", they actually mean the same thing, "put off", "count on", "do something over", I left a blank, here, because you're usually going to put a word noun in between, "end up", "sort out", "go up against", "ask around", and "spell out". Okay? So, these are the phrasals.

So, let's start with "deal with". When you deal with something, you basically have to face it and manage it, whatever it is. It could be a situation, it could be a problem, it could be a schedule, etc. So, managers and CEOs of companies have to deal with many problems throughout their work day and the work week. So, when you deal with something, you're able to handle it, there's another word for it, "handle" is "deal with". You can make sure that you do what is necessary to do to accomplish your goal or fix whatever problem you have. Okay?

When you "get ahead", that's the next one. Get ahead, in terms of promotion and advancement, that's when we use this. So, if you work for a company, you don't want to stay in the same position for many years. You work really hard, that way you can get ahead. Get ahead means get a higher position or get more money or be transferred to a different location where you can do more work. So, get ahead, in terms of business, get a promotion, advance, progress, etc.

Bring up. So, when you bring something up, you're introducing it into the conversation. Okay? So, while I'm making my presentation, if you have any ideas you'd like to bring up, please do so. Right? So, say it. Introduce it into the conversation and then we can discuss it a little bit more. Again, all of these are just the business context. There are other meanings to these phrasal verbs.

Think through. Usually, think something through or think through a problem, for example. So, you can have something in between or something after this phrasal verb. So, when you think through something or you think something through, you consider it, you work through it very, very carefully. It's very similar to what the actual words mean, but again, the main idea here is that you're looking at something very carefully before you make a decision, before you take an action, etc. So, for example, think through your options before you decide where to invest your money. Okay? Think through the proposition very carefully before you sign the contract, etc. Lots of different examples you can use it for.

"Point out". So, if somebody points out something or points something out, they are calling attention to it. So, somebody's giving a speech and you put up your hand and you say, "Yeah, I'd like to point out that _______", right? So, you're bringing attention or you're... You can say it's a little similar to "bring up". Point out, you're pointing to something specifically, you're introducing something specific into the conversation. Okay? So, you point it out. […]

To understand the news in English, it is important to have enough vocabulary to follow the speakers. The news often focuses on politics and political scandals, so in this lesson, we go over common vocabulary from these fields. You will learn terms such as impeach, checks & balances, the silent majority, integrity, manipulate, and more. Build your vocabulary base to be able to watch news, read newspapers, and engage native speakers in political debates. Test your knowledge with the quiz: https://www.engvid.com/political-vocabulary-in-english-21-common-terms/

More of my videos about political vocabulary:
10 English Expressions from Politics https://youtu.be/zglSHvH5Xm4
Talking about POLITICS in English https://youtu.be/h2jBsmGKwLs

In this lesson:
0:00 Political Vocabulary in English
1:15 checks & balances
2:45 due process
2:52 allegation
4:26 silent majority
4:43 vocal minority
5:31 polls
6:02 political suicide
6:44 swing vote
7:46 manipulate
8:26 witch hunt
9:25 partisan & bipartisan
10:33 whistleblower
11:33 obstruction
12:14 subpoena
12:50 treason
13:40 perjury
14:04 deflect
14:26 smoking gun
15:08 impeach

Transcript

Hi, everybody. Welcome to www.engvid.com. I'm Adam. In today's video, I want to talk to you about politics. Now, especially in recent years, there's been a lot of political news from all over the world, but especially from, like, North America, in certain situations in particular. So, today, I wanted to give you some vocabulary to help you understand just the tremendous amount of news that is going on; all the stories that are going on, and it's... keeps going on, and on, and on. Because now we live in the age of the internet, and people can find out what's going on in other countries all the time. So, keep in mind that this is just a partial list; meaning: This is just an introduction. There are many more words, many more expressions that are part of politics that you should get to know, but these will at least get you started. And if you're interested, obviously you can do a little bit more research; do some more reading, etcetera. So, more or less, I'm focusing on political justice - I guess you could say - and how... how politicians basically look after each other or look at each other, and suspiciously, depending on the situation. Right?

So, we're gonna start by exactly that: "checks and balances". This is how governments are... have been established, especially democracies have been established with institutions that can watch each other, so that no group, no institution, no piece of the government gets too much power. A "check" basically means, like, a limiting force. If you put a "check" on somebody, you're limiting them; you're put... you're stopping them from reaching too high or too powerful, etcetera. And "balance" is balanced - means equal power distributed to all the different branches of government. So, in the US, for example, they have the "executive branch" of government, which is the President's office; they have the "judiciary", which is the Supreme Court; and they have the "legislative", which is the "Senate" and "Congress". So, three parts of government; they are co-equal parts of government. "Co-equal" means that each of these three parts has the same power as the other three. Right? So, that's the whole idea. So, the... the Supreme Court makes sure that the government President doesn't do anything illegal. The Senate makes sure that the Supreme Court is okay. They put the judges in there. Everybody has some sort of control over the other two. So, that's the "checks", and they maintain the "balance". So, that's what this is about.

But if there is a problem, if somebody is accused or of doing a crime, or there's some sort of allegation of a crime... an "allegation"... I'm going to go all over the place here. An "allegation" is basically an accusation. It's saying that someone did something bad, but this hasn't been proven yet. So, if you ever watch the news, you will always hear the reporter say: "the alleged murderer", "the alleged rapist", "the alleged thief". They never say: "the murderer", "the thief" until the person has been convicted in court. Until the person has been proven guilty, he is only "alleged" to have done something; only accused. So, when someone is "alleged" or when someone is "accused" of something, that person has their right to "due process". This means a legal and... like, a fair and legal process to try to defend himself or to try... or for the other people to try to convict; to prove guilty. So, "due process" means the ability to talk to a lawyer, the ability to gather evidence, the ability to ask... look for witnesses, or ask experts. Basically, you're allowed to do everything you can in order to protect yourself. And in most democracies, at least, a person is "innocent until proven guilty". […]

Confused about how to use “having” + past participle in English? In this grammar lesson, I explain this advanced structure, with examples like “having done” and “having finished”. You’ll learn how to form these phrases, when to use them (mainly in writing), and why they indicate completed actions. I’ll also clear up common confusion between participles and gerunds, as in: “Having overseen production...” vs. “Having several years of experience...”. For more practice, take the quiz at https://www.engvid.com/having-past-participle-advanced-english-grammar/ And don’t forget to subscribe for more advanced English lessons!

More of my advanced English grammar videos:
Advanced English Grammar: Participles https://youtu.be/eWvkSp16VFY
Advanced English Grammar: The Infinitive Clause & the Infinitive Phrase https://youtu.be/exmDE3cMU24

In this lesson:
0:00 "Having" + Past Participle
0:25 How to use this structure
3:58 Complex examples

TRANSCRIPT
In today's video, we're going to look at a bit of a grammar situation that for some reason
people have a hard time with.
And I'll show you why you shouldn't, because you've already studied this particular structure
in other contexts, with other words and stuff.
So today we're going to look at "having" plus a past participle.
For example, "having been", "having done", "having played", "having finished", etc.
So I'm going to give you a couple of examples to start with, just to show you how we get
to this structure to begin with, and then I'll show you some other situations where
it's a little bit confusing.
So "Having edited his paper, Tom was ready to submit it."
Now, first of all, keep in mind that in spoken English, you probably won't hear this too
much.
It's a little bit formal.
It's mostly used in writing.
But in writing, it is very common to see this structure.
So it's important to understand it.
So first thing you need to understand is that "having" is just... it's basically like a
reduction of a conjunction, a subject, and the verb.
What's very important to remember is that this is a perfect tense, means that whatever
action happened here is finished, is completed, in the past.
Okay?
So, "After he had edited, all of this squeezes to this."
And that's what the "having" means.
The conjunction, "after" or "because", etc., suggests that it's understood in terms of
the context of the whole sentence.
So it's also very important to understand that when you're using this participle in
this kind of structure, the understood subject, like "he", must be the same as the subject
of the next clause.
You can't have this beginning with a different subject because people will not understand
what's happening, who did what, when the action happened, when it finished, etc.
Now, if you want to see it even simpler, I split the two clauses into separate sentences.
"Tom finished editing his paper."
"He was ready to submit it."
These two sentences mean the same as this one sentence.
Now, notice that I don't use "finished".
I could say "having finished editing" instead of "having edited".
So "ing" here, "ed" here.
Why?
Because the "finished" is understood in the "having", because remember, it's a complete
action, so it's obviously he finished doing it, he completed this process, and then we
go to the past participle to show the full mixture of the things, right?
"He had edited", it becomes a past participle squeezed into the "having".
Now, I know this might be a little bit confusing, but we can use this in any context as long
as we have the same subject, right?
So, "Sandy, having finished her chores, Sandy was allowed to go out."
"Having finished her chores", because I don't have a verb for "choring", for example, right?
There's no such thing, so I have to use the "finished" something.
"Having finished" is basically you have twice completion, but because I don't have another
verb for "chores", or I could say "having done her chores", if you want to do it that
way, that would work as well.
"Having finished her chores", "having done her chores", etc.
The "finished", a little bit redundant, redundant meaning you're saying something that you don't
need to say, it's already understood in the "having".
But there are situations where it can be very confusing what is happening, so I'm going
to show you three sentences so that you can compare this particular structure with a simple
participle and with a gerund, which is where people often get confused.
Let's look at that.
Okay, so now we're going to look at a few more sentences, and I'll show you some areas
where it can get a little bit confusing.
So, before we get into the direct comparison, let's look at this one just to give you another
idea of how it could be read in two ways.
Sentences with "having" can be used in two ways.
"Having been to Spain several times, Jim is a great person to ask for tips."
So, this could be an adverb clause or an adjective clause. […]

Need help asking for or giving instructions in English? This lesson is perfect for beginners! Learn how to ask for help, give step-by-step instructions, and use polite questions like “Can you show me how to use the printer?” or “How do I install the game?” We’ll also cover how to give instructions using phrases like “First, do ______,” and “Lastly, add your final touches.” Whether it’s asking “Can you help me with the scanner?” or explaining how to make mashed potatoes, with this class you’ll gain useful English language skills for everyday tasks and formal situations. https://www.engvid.com/easy-english-conversation-how-to-ask-for-and-give-instructions/

More English vocabulary for real life:
English Vocabulary for Renting a Car https://youtu.be/ux9iLl83zF4
Shopping at the Supermarket https://youtu.be/UK3jgQ0gQcM

TRANSCRIPT
Hi, everybody. Welcome to www.engvid.com. I'm Adam. Today's lesson is a bit of a beginner lesson. So, not too difficult, but still good practice for everyone to listen and make sure you review some old material; maybe learn a few new words or expressions here and there. So, what we're going to learn today is how to ask for and give instructions. For example, if you want to use something or if you want to do something, but you're not sure how, you can ask someone to basically show you or teach you how to use it. And they're going to give you step-by-step instructions. So, we're gonna start with the general questions. Again, remember: Native-English speakers might find many other ways to ask, but these are the basics. These are the ones that you can use in any situation to ask for help with something. So, "How can I do" whatever you need to do. "How can I turn on the computer?", "How can I print something?", "How can I use the printer?"

"How do I". "How can I", "How do I" essentially means the same thing. "How can I...?", like: "How will I be able to?", "How do I" or "How do you", "How do you do this?" Same idea. "How do I do this?" Same idea. Means just take the action itself; that's the necessary action. "Do you know how to work this camera?", "Do you know how to use this pencil?" Like, a automatic penci. "Do you know how to, basically, submit an assignment?" Okay. "Do you know how to write an email?" Lots of things. Whatever the action is, just use the verb, the infinitive. Now, again, in... in most English-speaking countries - like Canada, UK, Australia - people tend to be a little bit more polite in asking a question, so they're not very direct. So, you can also create an indirect question by starting with "Can". "Can you", "Can I", etcetera. "Can you help me with this?" Like, you have a... something in front of you, you don't know how to use it or how to work it, you can ask someone: "Can you help me with this?" Or, if the thing you need help with is somewhere else: "Can you help me with the copier upstairs? I don't know how to use it." Right? So, "Can you help me with" whatever you need help with.

Now, "Can you show me how to use this thing?" Or: "Can you show me how to use the printer upstairs?", "Can you show me how to do this?" You want to do a particular action. So, use a machine for example; do an action to someone, for someone, or just generally in the office, for example. "Can you show me how to work this thing?" Here, don't be confused with "work" as job. "How to work" means how to make this thing work; how to make it operate, how to make it function. That's what "work" here means. So, "How do you work this?" That's another question you can ask. "How do you work this thing?" means: How does it work? The same idea. This is very informal; very casual English. Or: "Can you show me how this works?" basically, or: "how to use this?" Depending how to... the same idea. I'm just using: "how this works", because native-English speakers will use this verb a lot, so you should be very comfortable with it, and it has nothing to do with a job. Okay? And that's where English becomes a little tricky. Some words have many uses; many... in many different contexts. But I digress; I'm getting off topic. So, now we have the questions. Let's see how you might get the answer. Okay?

Okay. So, now, we're gonna learn how to give instructions. Now, if you're giving instructions and it's just a one-step thing - just one thing to do - then that's very straightforward. "Just do this." But when you're looking at a process - something that has a few steps - then you need to be a little bit more organized. Right? So, a process or something that... step by step. So, something that... something that requires a few steps, you want to break it down into the step-by-step process. You want to show them: "Do this, do this, do this, do that." But you want to make sure that the person understands the order; because if you just do things randomly, it might not work. If you do things in the order that they're supposed to be done, you will be much more successful. […]

English words that are spelled with the letter “a” give English learners a hard time. Why does “caught” rhyme with “pot”, while “laugh” rhymes with “half”? In this lesson, we will look at the different ways these words can sound, and I will provide some tips on how to pronounce these words correctly. I will show you the IPA symbols for the different pronunciations of this letter also, but it’s okay if you don’t know IPA. https://www.engvid.com/how-to-pronounce-a-in-english/

More of my pronunciation lessons to watch next:
English Pronunciation: -OUGH & -AUGH https://youtu.be/485ySXzctIU
"TH" & "D" Sounds in English https://youtu.be/t3RRFei3cvM

In this lesson:
0:00 Introduction
1:21 ɔ / "ah"
4:17 ɛə / "air"
5:18 aɪ / "eye"
5:58 eɪ / "eh"
7:38 i / "ee"

Even if you have trouble understanding native English speakers, the show must go on. This means that you must continue without giving up. In this lesson, we’ll go over some idioms from the world of entertainment that are commonly used in everyday English. You’ll learn about “stealing someone’s thunder”, breaking a leg, what happens “behind the scenes”, what it means when someone “steals the show”, and more. Watch the video, then take the quiz: https://www.engvid.com/learn-10-english-idioms-from-entertainment/

Learn more English idioms with these videos:
Understand Real English: Famous Lines from Movies https://youtu.be/guGXV1vzQXo
Learn English expressionbs that come from TV shows https://youtu.be/VgyOXlKYEX4

In this lesson:
0:00 10 Idioms from Entertainment
0:26 the show must go on
2:20 to run the show
2:54 be in the limelight
3:48 15 minutes of fame
5:15 showstopper
5:56 steal the show
7:01 steal someone's thunder
7:59 bring down the curtains
8:45 break a leg
9:30 behind the scenes

Want to *beef up* your English skills? Native English speakers love to talk about food and to use food images to express ideas. This includes using phrasal verbs where the verb is from food, eating, or cooking. But the meaning of the phrasal verb in total often doesn’t have to do with food at all. In this lesson, we’ll look at some of these phrasal verbs, including "duck down", "clam up", "beef up", "chew out", "swallow up", "chicken out", "chew over", "veg out", "boil over", "cut up", "milk for", "fish through", "pan out", and more! Watch the video, then take the quiz: https://www.engvid.com/15-food-phrasal-verbs-with-meanings-you-cant-guess/

More of my lessons about phrasal verbs:
15 phrasal verbs for business & the office https://youtu.be/iHpdZ8h945k
14 phrasal verbs with strange meanings https://youtu.be/wvxlX3kAsoU

In this lesson:
0:00 15 Phrasal Verbs from food
1:15 beef up
2:08 chicken out
3:04 fish through
3:47 duck down
4:10 duck out
4:36 clam up
5:44 veg out
6:08 milk for
7:16 chew over
7:47 chew out
8:18 boil over
9:35 boil down to
10:49 cut up
11:32 swallow up
12:07 pan out