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Jun 2016
Tear and desert
Tear and desert
‘Tear’ and ‘desert’ are words that are pronounced differently to indicate their meaning. The noun tear, which is a drop of fluid from the eye, rhymes with the word dear.
‘She shed a tear when her cat died.’
But when we use ‘tear’ as a verb, meaning to rip, it's pr ... Show More
1m 14s
May 2016
Practising contractions
Practising contractions
Pronouncing contractions can be tricky - let’s practise some:
‘I am’ becomes ‘I’m’.
I’m
I’m going to the beach.
I’m going to come with you.
‘You are’ becomes ‘you’re’
You’re
You’re going to the beach today, aren’t you?
You’re late.
‘She is’ becomes ‘she’s’ ... Show More
1m 8s
May 2016
Doubt or Question?
Doubt or Question?
Many English learners confuse the nouns ‘doubt’ and ‘question’.
A ‘question’ is something you ask when you want to find out information.
‘Can you answer my question?’
‘Does anyone have any questions?’
The noun ‘doubt’ describes a feeling of not being sure about ... Show More
1m 2s
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A listener asked about ‘tu’ and ‘vous’. In English, we simply use the pronoun ‘you’ but, in French, things are more complicated. In this conversation, we talk about when to use ‘tu’ and ‘vous’… and how to ‘make the switch’ between the two when our relationships have evolved over ... Show More
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Verb “to be”. Present tense: I am, you are (singular and plural), he is, she is, it is, they are, we are. Past tense: I was, you were (singular and plural), he was, she was, it was, they were, we were. Future tense: for every subject it is the same- will be. I will be, you will b ... Show More
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44: "I had a narrow escape this morning!..."
The French tendency to drive fast will form the basis of our lesson this time - our conversation will deal with a near miss on the road. We'll learn how to say 'I had a narrow escape', we'll meet the expression 'il m'a mis hors de moi' and we'll see how to use the verbs 'doubler' ... Show More
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Gonna and Gotta
In informal English conversation, we often use shorter, versions of common word combinations.
One of the most common is ‘gonna’ - short for ‘going to’.
When we say the words ‘going to’ very quickly, they run together and sound like ‘gonna’.
So ‘Are you going to wash the car today?’ becomes:
B: ‘Are you gonna wash the car today?’
And ‘We ... Show More
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<p><strong>Match the words</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>werden</li>
<li>haben</li>
<li>sein</li>
<li>können</li>
<li>müssen</li>
<li>sollen</li>
<li>sagen</li>
<li>geben</li>
<li>kommen</li>
<li>wollen</li>
</ol>
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<li>to be</li>
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