Most USEFUL English Expressions and Structures! - Learn English

in today's lesson you're going to learn the most useful the best expressions and structures in any English class ever this is the best one this one best okay so your friend wants to ask you about yesterday your actions what happened what question do they ask I just loved Rick and Morty so I'm trying a Rick and Morty mail pronunciation what did you do yesterday that's fine that's normal nothing wrong with that but you might also hear the pronunciation like this what'd you do yesterday what'd you do yesterday let's slow that down practice with me what the T could be glut alized so what what repeat with me what did you can be smushed together to sound like Jo Jo with a schwa sound jerk together whatcha what'd you do yesterday say with me what'd you do yesterday that question is fine but more commonly we change the word do for three words get up - I explained in a lot more detail how to use get up to be up to in this video here watch that if you need that explanation if not perfect let's continue just know that get up to replaces do fine so you remember the pronounciation what you get up to what you get up to yesterday you don't have to say it like that but you will hear it so it's important to practice the pronunciation what did you get up to yesterday that's fine and that's perfect don't worry okay so he's thinking about the answer yesterday nothing and which Game of Thrones but that's not really doing something so he'll say this I didn't do much but you know that we can replace that with something else three words which words exactly get up - I didn't get up too much last night I know what you're thinking why is it more common to replace one very small word with three words it makes no sense I don't know why is table in Spanish a feminine noun sometimes life doesn't make sense you could replace much with another modifier I didn't get up to anything yesterday I wasn't social I didn't see my friends I know nothing but this is for general actions going out seeing friends watching TV blenny thing but when you want to say I didn't do much but specifically work you say it a different way I had work I should have finished it but I didn't I just played Xbox and watched TV in that case you'll say I didn't get much done so you want to say generally I didn't do much but more commonly I didn't get up too much I didn't get up to anything but for work things or obligations I didn't get much done and again you can change the modifier I had so much work but I didn't get anything done have you seen Rick and Morty it's so good I watched the entire series ok Rick and Morty is the best show on earth I'll just say it these are all past examples but of course we can use them for future examples too let's have a look if you want to say today I have a lot of work you can say it in this way and again this sentence is quite general I need to get a few things done maybe you noticed this structure is called the causative in another video I'll talk about that but for this you just want to say I need to finish a few things you'll say it like this today I need to get a few things done I've got to send emails I've got to meet friends I've got to finish some work I've got two errands what is an errand you know those little jobs where you have to go somewhere and do something it's a little journey to deliver something to fix something to buy something those little journey jobs those are called errands what's the verb with errand run you run an errand or in plural I have to run some errands you want to say today I need to get a few things done I need to finish a few things getting more specific you want to list your obligations the things that you have to do you can express it like this for example I've got work to finish that is my obligation that is what I have to do you see this structure it's so useful it always starts with I've got then the noun then 2 with the verb in the infinitive another example could be like before you could say I've got to finish some work I've got to see some people that's fine that's great but this structure sounds better it's very useful and you can change it to anything you want really I've got work to finish I've got people to see I've got places to go of God those emails to send ya another example could be do you remember the word for a little journey where you have to do a job with the journey what's that word it's an errand what's the verb that goes with it I've got errands to run I've got errands to run I'm sorry I can't have lunch with you I mean yes I don't like you but I've also got errands to run so you can adapt this structure to lots of different things and before we finish I think you have two questions about this one can I just say I have yes you can that's fine the other question is probably about past can we use this in past yes absolutely you had an obligation in the past just change the verb today I had some work to finish it sounds more natural if you put some or a few before the noun it just sounds good so to put everything we've learned today together tell me in the comments today this week this weekend next week what do you have to do or another example yesterday what did you get up to tell me in the comments I see you in the next class bye

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Length: 8min 9sec (489 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 02 2017