Do You Have 60 Minutes? You Can Speak English Like a Native Speaker!

in the next 60 Minutes you're going to learn how to speak like a native speaker you're going to learn how to speak fast use natural expressions and also understand native speakers welcome back to Jer English of course I'm Jennifer now let's get started so many students tell me that they struggle to understand native speakers in the real world so first you're going to learn six tips to understand native speakers but these tips will also help you learn how to speak FAS F and sound natural what do you mean she can't make it did you hear what I just said what do you mean she can't make it I said what do you mean she can't make it but of course I didn't say it like that I said what do you mean she can't make it notice how I said what do you what do you what do you what do you mean what do you mean this is called called connected speech and native speakers love connecting their speech but of course this makes it difficult for you to understand us so let me share the most common connected phrases that you need to know the first one of course what you what you what do you mean what are you doing what do you want how do you know she can't make it did you catch this one how do you how you how you how do you know what you doing this weekend did you get this one what are you becomes Whata Whata Whata what you doing this weekend so make it your goal to learn these connected phrases but for now focus on the top three you need to know what you how and what you how about this one how are you going to get to the mall how how are you that's a connected phrase how are you how are you how are you g now this is a reduction we take two words going to and we reduce it into one GNA these are informal they're very casual but they're frequently used in spoken English I got to go I'm sure you know this one got to sounds like got I got to go give me a break give me give me give me a break give me sounds like gimme I don't know I don't know don't know as a reduction I don't know I want to go to the movies want to becomes Wana start with these and pay attention and keep adding more reductions to your speech we'll be there at 5 we'll be there at 5 we will be there at 5 we'll be there will will this is a contraction we take two separate words and we form one word the thing you need to know about contractions is that they are grammatically correct you can use them in your spoken English and your writing and although they do sound more casual they are grammatically correct I would never say it is a hot day I would say it's a hot day it's it's it's a hot day I would not say she is my friend I would say she's my friend she's my friend now because of this students might not get the verb because it's in a contraction you must learn contractions if you want to understand native speakers let's start with the most common it is it's there is theirs I have I've you are your should not shouldn't will not won't start with these and keep adding contractions to your speech it will help you understand native speakers let's try that listening exercise from the beginning again what do you mean you can't make it what do you mean you can't make it I'm sure you already understand this a lot more because you now understand the connected speech but did you also know I said make it make it now if you looked at each individual sound it sounds like may hit so you might be thinking May the month of May April May and kit like a Kit Kat bar I don't understand this is linking linking is when we take a sound from one word and we put that sound on the next word we do this in English to help us connect our speech and smooth our pronunciation so we can speak without pauses make it notice there's that c on make but it forces me to take a pause make it so to get rid of that pause I take that c and I put it on the next word makeit may kit let's try another listening exercise you shouldn't walk alone at night now I used a contraction should not becomes shouldn't you shouldn't and then I said walk alone but again there's that c sound so I take that k sound and I put it on the next word and it becomes W cologne but cologne sounds a lot like men's perfume which we call cologne for women it's perfume but for men it's cologne so this can cause confusion because you might think I just said cologne meaning men's perfume but this is part of Walk Alone Walk Alone walk alone with linking the best way to get comfortable with linking is to study native speakers so instead of listening to an entire 30 minute episode just listen to one sentence on YouTube or on TV and pause and listen to that sentence many many times and really get comfortable with how those sounds are pronounced together and really get comfortable with how those sounds are pronounced at a natural pace let's try a listening exercise I got a lot of merch I got a lot of merch I got a lot of merch here I used a reduction a lot of is pronounced a lot a lot now what is merch maybe you you understood the sound you understood I said merch but you have no idea what that means that's because native speakers we shorten words all the time for no reason this is very casual and informal but it's done in both a professional and social context so merge is short for merchandise if you work in a company that buys and sells products most likely your Co co workers will say merch and you might not understand what they mean that's a Fab dress Fab is short for fabulous I have to take my cat to the vet vet is short for veterinarian are we meeting at HQ HQ is an acronym for headquarters which is the head office the main office of a company but pretty much everyone calls it HQ so when you're studying native speakers listen for these shorten words and just make a list of them and keep adding the most common ones to your speech Let's try another listening exercise you got to cut it out you got to cut it out I used a reduction got to gotta you gotta cut it out cut it out cut it cut it out now maybe you heard the what and you're thinking hm what does does Jennifer have to cut out does she have to cut something out but no because this is an idiom so to understand native speakers you have to learn phrasal verbs idioms and expressions because we use them all the time take a look at this article from Forbes Magazine now everything I have underlined is either a phrasal verb an idiom or an expression and they don't have literal meanings so maybe you understood the word cut but that doesn't help you understand my message because it doesn't have a literal meaning now there are hundreds and hundreds of phrasal verbs idioms and expressions but don't worry because I have many video tutorials on my channel already so make it your goal to add one one a day one phrasal verb idom or expression a day and that will be 36 65 in one year and by expanding your vocabulary with these phrasal verbs idioms and expressions it will really help you understand native speakers now that you have these amazing strategies to understand native speakers Let's test your listening skills let's see if you can understand native speakers here are your instructions for the entire lesson I'm going to say a sentence and I'm going to say it at a fast pace the way I would speak to my friends or colleagues I'm going to use phrasal verbs idioms and expressions and I'm going to use natural pronunciation and you're going to test your listening skills I will say each sentence three times write down exactly what you hear in the comment section and then after I'll explain exactly what I said the expression I use and the natural pronunciation changes okay our first listening test did you break it to him did you break it to him did you break it to him did you get that one I said did you break it to him first let's talk about the pronunciation changes did you we pronounce this as dig Did did so I combine those sounds together and I take youu and I change it to Y did you did you did you break it Tim notice the last two words really sounded like one word Tim Tim it almost sounded like Tim the name Tim and that's because we frequently get rid of the AG on him and her at a natural pace and we connect it to the word before so it really sounds like m m and then you hear the T from to Tim Tim did you break it to him now what does this mean to break something to someone is an expression and we use this when you share news or information with someone but it's always negative so maybe you applied for a promotion but you're not going to get the promotion so that's the negative news did you break it to him that he's not getting the promotion so did you share this negative news with him did you break it to him our next listening test remember to put what you hear in the comments cut it out would you cut it out would you cut it out would you did you get that one I said cut it out would you first let's talk about pronunciation did you the same thing is happening here with would you u u becomes Y and I combine those sounds w w would you would you cut it out would you now let's talk about cut it out you'll notice we have T's in between vowels in American English when a t comes between vowels we change that to a d d a very soft D cut it out cut it out and I pronounce all three as one cut it out cut it out cut it out cut it out would you the expression to cut something out means to stop something that is annoying or frustrating or irritating or unwanted so let's say you're in a meeting for work and in the background your kids are going crazy they're screaming they're yelling they're fighting this is behavior that is unwanted frustrating irritating annoying and you want them to stop so you can say to your kids cut it out would you our next listening exercise write what you hear in the comments you got to kick it up and Notch you got to kick it up and Notch you got to kick it up and Notch did you get that one I said you got to kick it up a notch first notice how I used Gada this is a reduction It's a combination of the words got to and it's pronounced as one got you got you can also say you've got a you have got to but in American English it's very common to just say you got to you got to you got to is the same as you have to now let's talk about the expression to kick something up a notch when you kick something up a notch is just encouraging you to perform better work faster work harder so let's say you were tasked with assembling 100 boxes and 2 hours have passed and your boss sees that you've only assembled 20 boxes and your boss wants to tell you that you need to work harder you need to work faster you need to perform better she can say you got to kick it up a notch you got to work faster you got to work harder our next listening exercise write what you hear in the comments I'll say it three times don't let them get to you don't let them get to you don't let them get to you how' you do with that one I said don't let him get to you first let's talk about pronunciation don't let them let them notice again I take that H off of him I drop the sound and then I'm left with M but I combine it with the word before let them let them let them don't let them don't let them get to you now I said you at the end many native speakers will drop this to you don't let them get to you get to you just like we saw with did you would you but I said you don't let them get to you now what does this mean when someone gets to you it means that you become angry annoyed irritated or frustrated because of that person's Behavior but we can also use this in situations if you get really angry when you're stuck in traffic I can say don't let the traffic get to you so don't let the situation make you angry because what does being angry do it doesn't benefit the situation in any way don't let the traffic get to you don't let your boss's criticism get to you don't let it anger you frustrate you or annoy you our next listing exercise I'll say it three times write what you hear in the comments what are you looking at what are you looking at what are you looking at did you get that one what are you looking at so here we have a very simple sentence but it might be difficult for you because of those natural pronunciation changes how I combine my words at a natural pace what are you sounds like one word what are you what are you so the r just becomes and I attach it to what what what what what are you now I think I said you but you can also again shorten that to Y and native speakers commonly do that so get comfortable with it what are you what are you what are you what are you but remember it sounds like one word what are you what are you looking at here it's very common to take a word that ends in in G and drop the G sound that g sound and just end it on n look looking looking that looking that but notice I combine it with the word that comes next because it's a vowel looking that so instead of looking at it sounds like not not and then I combine them looking at not looking at looking at what are you looking at so how did you do with those listening exercises share your score in the comments below and remember you were being tested on your ability to understand the words I say but also the ability to understand what my meaning is so maybe you understood the words but you didn't know the expression or the idiom you didn't know what it meant so you need both but don't worry if this was difficult because the more you practice the more you study native speakers the more you add these Expressions to your vocabulary the easier it will become so now what I'm going to do is I'm going to say each sentence again and I want you to imitate me and try to say it as closely to the way I pronounce it and if you are in a private space I want you to say it out loud if you're in a public space well then try this again when you're at home and you can say it out loud did you break it to him did you break it to him did you break it to him cut it out would you cut it out would you cut it out would you you got to kick it up a notch you got to kick it up a notch you got to kick it up a notch don't let them get to you don't let let them get to you don't let them get to you what are you looking at what are you looking at what are you looking at are you enjoying this lesson if you are then I want to tell you about the finally fluent Academy this is my premium training program where we study native English speakers from TV the movies YouTube and the news so you can improve your listening skills of fast English expand your vocabulary with now natural expressions and learn Advanced grammar easily plus you'll have me as your personal coach you can look in the description for the link to learn more or you can go to my website and click on finally fluent Academy now let's continue with our lesson if you use all the tips that you've learned all your new vocabulary and pronunciation you will absolutely sound like a native speaker let's keep going and now we're going to review an email conversation between me and two friends and in this conversation we schedule a dinner together here's a picture of me with my two close friends so you can put a face to the name on the left we have my friend harender but she goes by the name harm and she's an engineer and on the right we have my friend Melissa she has her PhD and she is doing a research Fellowship so these are my friends and we're scheduling a get together let's review the email Melissa lives in a different city so she sent har and I an email letting us know that she's coming to town and she wanted to schedule a get together so let's review this email from Melissa hi ladies hope you're both doing well spring is just around the corner now this is a nice expression here spring is just around the corner the expression is to be so our verb to be spring is just around the corner just is optional but it is very commonly used and this means happening soon or almost here so it's just another way of saying spring is almost here spring is happening soon you can use this expression in any situation in a work context you could say our annual reviews now notice I'm using R because reviews is plural so we need to conjugate our verb to be our annual reviews are just around the corner which means happening soon now notice we don't put an S or make Corner plural we only conjugate our verb to be everything else Remains the Same so if you think about any event you could use this expression my vacation is just around the corner that could be a good one to use all right let's continue on Spring is just around the corner now just wanted to give you a heads up this is a great expression here to give someone a heads up let me write that out to give someone a heads up to give someone a heads up this is when you give someone Advanced knowledge knowledge or information on a specific topic so knowledge [Music] information on a specific topic so in this case a specific topic is that I'll be in Ottawa where harm and I live in a few weeks so the actual event is happening in a few weeks 2 three weeks but she's letting us know now so she's giving us the knowledge the information in advance so we can plan ahead so we can look in our calendars and make sure we're free so you might say to your boss just a heads up that our annual reviews is that what I said annual reviews yeah just ah heads up that our annual reviews are just around the corner just around the corner now because I use just in the expression I might get rid of it here but it is common to use just a heads up but you could just say heads up that our annual reviews are just around the corner heads up heads up so I'm letting my boss know now so he can prepare for it so very very common expression so she'll be in Ottawa in a few weeks she gave us a heads up I would love to see you if you aren't somewhere warm and tropical this is a little joke because Canadians frequently go on vacation in the winter to a tropical place because it's so cold in Canada so this is just a little joke okay let's continue on on with Melissa's email if you happen to be available on Saturday March 18th that would work perfectly let's take a look at this expression we're using the verb happen but is followed by an infinitive if you happen to be available this means to do or be by chance so for example if you happen to see Maria can you give her a heads up that the annual reviews are what's our expression are just around the corner this is a very long sentence but I wanted to use all of our Expressions so let me just put this up here there's no room if you happen to see Maria so happen and then are infinitive this means that you're not planning to see Maria it just happens by chance okay so you don't have a meeting scheduled with Maria but maybe you work in the same building and you frequently see Maria so this is likely if you happen to see Maria can you give her a heads up Advanced information that the annual reviews are just around the corner that the annual reviews are happening soon now Melissa included this if you happen to be available on Saturday just as a way of saying I understand that you might not be available so if by chance you're available on Saturday March 18th that would work perfectly as I have to make a presentation that afternoon and then the next morning early afternoon I'll be heading back to to to means Toronto it's just the short way of saying Toronto where Melissa lives now notice the expression she used head back to head back to this is the more informal casual way of saying returning to Toronto or going back to I'll be heading back to Toronto so you can use this when you're not at your home location even if you're at the store and you're going home you can say I'll be heading back home soon so you can use that in lots of situations if you'd rather do an early brunch on the 19th that might also be a possibility so she's giving us an alternative if Saturday doesn't work then she suggested an alternative which is brunch on the 19th brunch Americans love brunch okay I know some students in other parts of the world they're not really familiar with brunch what it is so brunch we have breakfast lunch dinner right these are our three main meals brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch so brunch that's why we take the unch from lunch but we put the be from Breakfast Brunch so it's a combination of breakfast lunch food items food items and it usually takes place between 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and it's very commonly held on Sundays so most restaurants will have a brunch menu on on Sundays only and that menu is available from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and you can have breakfast or lunch items or they combine those items does brunch exist where you live H let me let me know in the comments I want to know okay so that was oh still on fingers crossed this is when we hope something happens fingers crossed fingers crossed so if you're taking your I Els exam I would say fingers crossed you pass pass I hope you passed so let me just highlight this now also keep in mind all the notes I'm taking you can download the lesson PDF it will be in the comment section below so fingers crossed to say you hope something happens fingers crossed will be able to organize an Ottawa rendevu this is a French word but we commonly use it to say get together and Ottawa get together that would be the English version of the word rendevu get together okay miss you both Melissa a so sweet now harm replied to the email you reply to an email so let me just write that harm reply to the email first she was faster than me and let's see what she said hi Melissa so nice to hear from you and so excited you're coming to town when you come come to town this is just a way of saying you're coming to my location Ottawa is not a town it's a city so it doesn't matter if the size of your city is quite small or large we use it for any size it's just an expression coming to town means coming to the place where you are okay Sunday brunch would work best okay so harm wants to have Sunday brunch but also I can make Saturday work too so harm prefers Sunday would work best work best I hope you're noticing these Expressions work best but I can also make Saturday work too all right that's from harm now from me then I reply that's awesome I'm so glad you're coming so my that's awesome well it's explained right here it's the fact that Melissa is coming so that's awesome you could use a different adjective that's amazing that's fabulous that's wonderful these are some Alternatives I like the word awesome that's the one I always use notice the contraction that is that's awesome so just to express good news that's awesome so if you told me you passed your IELTS that's awesome I'm so glad you passed your IELTS I'm so glad you're coming to town you're coming I'm actually the opposite of harm uhoh difficulty here I'm being difficult so what was harm harm wanted to work harm wanted to meet for Sunday brunch she said that would work best but I'm saying actually I'm the opposite so that means Saturday works best Saturday works best for me okay s oh I write it right here I'm the opposite of harm LOL laugh out loud right Saturday would be best notice W in our messages we commonly use would be best just to express that hypothetical but I could also say Saturday works best for me I didn't write it but you can definitely include that you can even include it here Saturday would be best for me there's no difference in meaning between these two they both convey the same message I prefer Saturday but just grammatically they're a little bit different oh sorry Saturday that should just be Saturday works best so because Saturday is a singular day I need my S on works right if I said those days that would be plural those days work best for me okay so now my verb would be conjugated with those days which is plural but I can make Sunday work okay so I'm the opposite of harm so because harm and I don't agree we don't see eye to ey that's a good expression I turned it to Melissa to make the decision what's best for you Melissa oh kind of sneaky of me I put Melissa in the difficult position of having to decide what's best for you Melissa now you could also say this is very common but you could also say what works best for you Melissa or I could say what would be best for you Melissa all of these have the exact same meaning so some nice alternatives for you now what does Melissa say what do you guys think Saturday or Sunday Branch H hi Jennifer and harm Saturday evening the 18th would be ideal as I won't have too much time the next morning before my train okay so she will be rushed on Sunday so it would be difficult for her to have brunch I believe it leaves around noon yeah that would be difficult cuz we would have to meet at 9:30 10 a.m. no even earlier cuz if it leaves at noon she would have to be at the train station at noon so she'd probably have to leave the restaurant around 11:00 a.m. that would not leave a lot of time now notice she said it leaves around Now noon even though we're talking about a future day 3 weeks in the future why did she use the present simple hm the it is the train right so my train leaves around [Music] noon but this is three weeks from today so this is in the future right so why did she use the present simple because we use the present simple in the future for one very specific situation and that's timable events or you could consider it a scheduled event so your transportation your planes your trains your boats major transportation you have a ticket with a departure time so even if your trip is next month you would still say my flight leaves at 6: a.m. next month even if it's in the future because we use the present simple I'll write that for you present simple oops not present time present simple for timetable events or scheduled events in the Future Okay so that's why she said it leaves around noon she goes on to say I'm off to Denver when you're going somewhere Denver Colorado is the place where she's going in the United States I'm off to this is a great expression so when you're leaving to go somewhere you could say I'm off to the store see you soon I'm off to the conference see you next week okay I'm off to and then the location where you're going this is an excellent expression now notice the verb to be because if it is you and your friend or coworker you would say we are which I would write as a contraction we're off to the conference see you next week I'm off to Denver on the 21st of March so that only gives me one day to pass Etc so pack whatever else she needs to do between trips if this weren't the case I would have tried to extend my stay in Ottawa by another day so she's giving us the reason why she has to leave so early on Sunday and it's not possible to to have brunch on Sunday basically no pressure at all but it would be fun to meet up up all together we commonly put the preposition up with meet when we're getting together with friends do you want to meet up tonight you could also say meet it's one of those phrasal verbs that are optional and has the same meaning you want to meet up tonight now I wrote this the way I would write this to a friend because we commonly leave out unnecessary words like auxiliary verbs do you want to meet up tonight do you want to meet tonight okay they have the exact same meaning but I would use this with social situations that being said harm if you can't make it on Saturday perhaps we can grab a quick coffee on Sunday morning before I take off take off is a casual way of saying leave leave leave now a lot of students know this one because your flight takes off right that is the expression we use my flight takes off around noon my flight leaves around noon and notice this is in the present simple because it's a scheduled event grab is a common casual way of saying have have we can have a quick coffee we can grab a quick coffee it's a casual way we commonly use it though with friends or in casual social situations whatever works best and remember I told you optionally you can say whatever works best for you or in this case because she's talking to harm and me she could say you ladies whatever works best for you whatever works best for you ladies to include both of us but whatever works best for you I'm so excited to see you both all right so what do we do do we get together on Saturday or Sunday so this is from harm sounds great I'm in for Saturday night so harm changed her mind and she decided she can meet meet up on Saturday night notice I'm in for Saturday night this is a casual way of accepting something do you want to go to the movies tomorrow sure I'm in sure I'm in so it's a just a very casual way of accepting a casual social invitation I'm in I'm in looking forward to seeing you ladies now notice two and then our verb ing because to is functioning as a preposition and we use Jaren verbs after prepositions I see a lot of mistakes with this expression even though it's one of the most common expressions in English but I see mistakes looking forward to going on vacation I had to think of something that I'm looking forward to looking forward to to going on vacation looking forward to buying a new car whatever it might be and then I should point out because it's not included it's I'm so it's to be looking forward to because it's taking place right now I'm looking forward to buying a new car so don't forget that jiren ver so Harms in for Saturday and what do I say awesome how about fuse Cafe in the market the market is an area in Ottawa okay so this is just an area of the city it's called the market area of the city so I said awesome I told you guys I like the word awesome right so I used it again awesome how about I'm using this to suggest how about fuse Cafe so we're meeting for dinner on Saturday night I'm suggesting a restaurant it's a middle eastern restaurant called feruse Cafe in the market and then I shared the menu so they can look at the menu and see if they want that type of food and then I added happy to go anywhere though H what does this mean happy to go anywhere though I suggested fuse Cafe but I want them to know if Melissa really wanted to go to a different restaurant or harm really wanted to that's fine by me I left out the subject and the verb to be very common in casual conversation I'm happy to go anywhere though we add though at the end of a sentence to suggest there's some kind of contrast the contrast is I want to go to fuse Cafe that's my choice but if harm doesn't that's okay so there's that contrast there when you use a but or however you can add though at the end and then a little smiley face just to let them know I won't be upset if they don't like the food at fuse oh okay and then Melissa said hi ladies so great that we can all meet up she could have said meet the up is optional on the 18th Fu sounds awesome it's been on my list for [Music] ages so for ages this is a great time reference and it means for a long time now notice the verb tense what verb tense did Melissa use it has been which is the present perfect because she put it on her list her list of places she wants to go or try she put it on her list 6 months ago a year ago two years ago and it's been on her list ever since so we use the present perfect for an action that starts in the past and continues until now it's still on her list that being said I'm up for whatever so Melissa sorry Melissa is doing this same thing because harm hasn't told us if she wants fuse or a different restaurant so Melissa is also saying if you don't want to go to fuse that's okay with me I'm up for whatever to be up for something this is a very casual expression to be up for something this means to be willing to do or try something okay so you might say I'm up for having no I'm up for going to the movies tonight so a friend might say oh do you want to go to the movies no I'm up for it I'm up for going to the movies I'm up for it which means I'm willing to go to the movies I'm accepting it basically I'm up for it I'm up for that and then finally what does harm say works for me we've used this a lot now remember in this message we have dropped a lot of subjects and auxiliary verbs that works for me I can't wait very common to just drop these unnecessary words that works for me too works for me and she's adding the S here because even though she didn't include the subject the subject is singular so she's still conjugating her verb correctly even though she didn't include the subject works for me to can't wait and then I think I wrote awesome my favorite word awesome I booked for Roose for 700 p.m. and then that's it I booked book when you book a reservation when you book a ticket it means you make a reservation you make a reservation or you confirm a scheduled event like a scheduled event could be uh your airfare for example I booked my flight so you confirmed that scheduled event you purchased your ticket basically I booked my flight I booked fuse I made the reservation now you can absolutely use book for restaurants extremely common but it is also common to say I made a reservation at Fus if you use make a reservation you have to use at and then the name of the restaurant I made a reservation at fuse so obviously it's a lot easier to just say book and this is in the past simple because it's a completed action I booked Fu for seven I booked my flight so this is still in the future at the time I'm recording this I am very excited to see my friends and go to fuse Cafe and I hope you learned a lot of natural vocabulary to help you sched ual your next visit with your friends I am very excited for you to use all of your natural Expressions to sound like an American now one of the best ways to sound more natural like a native speaker is to stop saying hello how are you I'm fine so let's review the best alternatives to help you sound natural first let's talk about why you should add alternatives to your speech how are you I'm fine is absolutely a greeting in English and native speakers use this greeting but we use it more as a pleasantry in situations where it's more obligated to interact for example if you're waiting in line at the grocery store or when you're being served at a restaurant the waiter or waitress will say how are you and you reply I'm fine it's just an expected interaction but you don't actually tell the person how you are so we only really use it in these situations when we're interacting with our friends our family our co-workers and more social situations native speakers do not say how are you I'm fine the most common alternative is to say how are you doing how are you doing how are you doing so notice I'm changing this into the present continuous how are you doing it's a very small change but it will make you sound so much more fluent and natural how are you doing now to answer you can say I'm doing plus adjective doing plus adjective I'm plus adjective or simply the adjective now let's talk about the most common adjectives you can use to answer starting from the most positive to the most negative I'm doing amazing I'm awesome doing fantastic are you kidding I'm fantastic incredible wonderful super or Never Better You could also say I've never been better but to shorten that never better Fiona I've never been better and after you answer you can say and you what about you how are you doing I created a free lesson PDF that summarizes all the expressions from this lesson so you can look in the description or comment section for the link to download the PDF for more neutral adjectives that mean not amazing but not terrible you could say I'm doing pretty good so far so good doing okay I'm all right not too bad not bad not shabby I can't complain I have no complaints I'm hanging in there and sometimes you're just having a bad day so let's talk about some more negative adjectives I've been better not the best not great I'm not too good hopefully you only only need to use the positive adjectives now this lesson is to help you sound like a native English speaker I have an entire program called the finally fluent Academy and in this program you will study native English speakers to improve your listening skills of fast-paced English and you'll add the most common phrasal verbs idioms and expressions to your speech you can look in the description and the comment section for the link to get started another very common way to say how are you and my personal favorite is how's it going how's it going to reply you would say it's going plus adjective going plus adjective or simply adjective and you can use the same adjectives we've already discussed how's it going it's going great thanks and you how's it going another common alternative to how are you is what have you been up to lately or recently what have you been up to lately not too much I've been busy at work what about you the most common way to answer this is to say not too much not too much but then you can add on what you did so the past simple or what you've been been doing so the present perfect continuous not too much last week I moved so I've been busy decorating my new apartment some more casual alternatives to this expression are what's new what's new and exciting what's happening and a more slang expression is what's shaking so what's new and exciting with you well I started a new job a few weeks ago so I've been pretty busy settling in and there's one very common slang expression that you can use as an alternative to this greeting and that's what's up what's up or you can even shorten this and simply say su su if you want to sound like a very cool young native English speaker you can say sup sup well what's up up Su hey sup bro sup but I don't say that I say what's up you have already learned so much so now I'm going to quiz you but this is going to be a fun quiz because I'm going to quiz you on how American your English really is let's find out how well you know American cultures traditions and vocab ulary question one what would an American English speaker call this do you know any ideas we call it a Band-Aid so if I'm at your house and I cut my finger I would ask you do you have any Band-Aids now this is a bandage but American speakers always call it a Band-Aid because that's the brand name the most common bandages are by the brand Band-Aid so we just call it a Band-Aid question two a related question and make sure you're keeping track of your score and you can share your score at the end question two related question what is a Band-Aid fix speaking of Band-Aids what is a Band-Aid fix any ideas a Band-Aid fix is a temporary solution to a problem this is an idiom in English that uses the word Band-Aid tried putting Band-Aids on it but I could say filling the potholes is a Band-Aid fix the entire Road needs to be repaved which would be the permanent solution and filling the potholes is the temporary solution and that's why it's a Band-Aid fix and I hope my videos help you permanently improve your English so they're not a Band-Aid fix so put no Band-Aids no Band-Aids put no Band-Aids in the comments but it's just a Band-Aid fix question three what would an American English speaker call this do you know any ideas I would call it a Kleenex Kleenex for example can you pass me a Kleenex now these are tissues but again the brand name is Kleenex which is why Americans just call it Kleenex I need a Kleenex and keep in mind we do this even if we don't use the brand Kleenex or the brand Band-Aid we still just call it the brand names native speakers don't use brand names for many things but Band-Aid Kleenex also Q-tips which are technically cotton swabs I've never called it a cotton swab always Q-tip also chapstick which is technically lip balm but the brand is ChapStick and tupp aware which is the brand and it is plastic storage containers the brand is tupperware so these are the main ones where Native American English speakers just use the brand and name question four this is a fun one I'm an American at a baseball game what am I most likely eating H what am I most likely eating what do you think put it in the comments I'm eating a hot dog that's right baseball and hot dogs are synonymous now there are other options but I'm most likely eating a hot dog and if you asked this question to 10 Americans I'm pretty sure all 10 would choose hot dog but other common food items maybe you said are peanuts popcorn pretzels or nachos but again most likely I'm eating a hot dog question five another fun question what does the Tooth Fairy do M American traditions what does the Tooth Fairy do any ideas the tooth fairy takes your tooth from under your pillow and leaves you money in return this is of course for little kids when they lose their baby teeth they take that tooth they put it under their pillow and they're so excited because when they wake up in the morning the Tooth Fairy has left them money and of course the mom and dad are tooth fairy but the little kids they believe in tooth fairies until of course they grow up and realize it was their mom and dad leaving them money does that tradition exist in your culture or does that sound super weird to you the idea of putting your tooth that fell out of your mouth under your pillow and then waking up in the morning and getting money does that sound weird because Traditions can definitely sound weird if they're not part of your culture but of course to me that sounds totally normal and it was a part of my childhood so what's your score so far let's move on question six if I ask you to complete a task what two words two words should you use to accept that task any ideas let me give you a hint will you do me a favor and subscribe to my Channel like this video and share it with your friends and to accept this task two words what can you say will do will do will do Jennifer will do ASAP as soon as possible you can do it right now just click subscribe and like or if you want to sound super American and very confident you can reply back with one word and say done done because your expressing it as if you have already done it so you're putting it in the past tense to show how confident you are that you accept and will do this task but remember those two words will do question seven if I'm starting to get angry because I'm hungry I'm I'm hangry you knew this one right I've taught this to my students in many different videos and shorts as well I'm hangry which is a combination of hungry and angry someone's hangry I'm not hangry Tito question eight another culture and traditions question what do Americans most commonly eat on Thanksgiving do you know of course it's turkey turkey is synonymous with Thanksgiving in fact a lot of people call it turkey day if you Google turkey day it will tell you the date of Thanksgiving question nine what does let's Uber it let's Uber it what does let's Uber it mean any ideas this means let's take an Uber so so notice how I'm turning Uber which is a noun if you're not sure Uber is an alternative to a taxy I'm taking Uber the noun and I'm using it as a verb native speakers love using nouns as verbs so instead of saying I sent you an email a native speaker will say I emailed you so using email as the verb I'll call you on WhatsApp later WhatsApp is the noun I'll WhatsApp you using WhatsApp as a verb native speakers we love doing this but we only do it in specific situations with specific nouns so for now just use the three I taught you and finally question 10 how are you doing with this test question 10 if I answer it's going great what question was I asked it's going great what's the question the question is how's it going how's it going great going great it's going great those are the three different ways you could answer and of course instead of great you can choose whatever adjective you'd like amazing job now I want you to get out there and have fun speaking like a native speaker do you want me to share more lessons just like this if you do then put more more more put more more more in the comments below and of course make sure you like this lesson share it with your friends and subscribe so you're notified every time I post a new lesson and you can get this free speaking guide where I share six tips on how to speak English fluently and confidently you can click here to download it or look for the link in the description and this lesson will also help you sound like a native speaker make sure you watch it right now

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Length: 66min 23sec (3983 seconds)

Published: Tue May 28 2024