Lessons In English Usage

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There is a lot more to learning a language than just learning the grammar and pronunciation, and then filling up with idioms, phrases, and slang terms.  You will also need to know how to use all of those tools.  That is were English Usage comes in.

Sometimes, in different situations, you will find that, though what you want to say, may be grammatically correct, there is often a different way that certain things are said.  This is where the world of grammar and lexis tend to overlap and there is a definite mix of both worlds.

Below is a growing list of lessons on many different situations that a person may find themselves in while using English

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ADDING EMPHASIS:

• *Adding Emphasis*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emxo5YP2KEY&index=11

 

ASKING FOR AND GIVING ADVICE:

• *Asking For and Giving Advice* 001…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2JdvsLaYyA

 

ASKING FOR & GIVING DIRECTIONS:

• *Asking for & Giving Directions in English*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT3gxB1uU8Q
• *Giving Directions* (with Vocabulary) – (British English)…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGPLBCZi85s
• *How To Give Directions* – (Slightly more advanced)…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh2DuioOmbY

 

APOLOGIES:

• *Apologies, Gratitude, Offers & Requests* (British English)…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=curq04VNYdI

 

EXPRESSING CERTAINTY AND UN-CERTAINTY:

• *Expressing Certainty And Uncertainty* 001…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PDEy8eyWw

 

EXPRESSING REGRET ABOUT THE PAST / HOPES & WISHES FOR THE FUTURE:

• *Expressing Wishes In The 3rd Person* (+1 in 1st Person) …  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfmmTTVgGGo
• *How To Express Wishes (Past, Present & Future) … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE5pG73uuas
• *”I Wish I Had” / “I Wish I Hadn’t”* …  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4c0J8BiVvg

 

EXPRESSING WISHES:

• *Expressing Wishes* 001…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfmmTTVgGGo

 

EXPRESSIONS (Common Daily):

• *Common Daily Expressions (Part 1)*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzZ5AlI-IdE
• *Common Daily Expressions (Part 2)*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh5Ol5PKDvQ
• *Common Daily Expressions (Part 3)*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwZwh8xJ_Ng
• *Common Daily Expressions (Part 4)*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMxA4Q94qao
• *Common Daily Expressions (Part 5)* (making Appointments)…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiQmI9mvB-Q

 

GRATITUDE:

• *Gratitude, Offers, Requests, Apologies* (British English)…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=curq04VNYdI

 

TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE:

• *Describing When We Have Someone Do Something For Us*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep4B4yu_OEc

 

GREETINGS & INTRODUCTIONS:

• *Greeting, Introductions & Saying Goodbye* (British English)…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Cda9xyMr0

 

MAKING OFFERS:

• *Offers, Requests, Apologies & Gratitude* (British English)…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=curq04VNYdI

 

MAKING AN APPOINTMENT:

• *Making an Appointment*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mta4yj5pliY
• *Common Daily Expressions (Part 5)* (Making Appointments)…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiQmI9mvB-Q

 

MAKING DEDUCTIONS:

• *Modals of Deduction* (British)… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C74fuUpjO9U&index=9

 

MAKING PREDICTIONS:

• *Making Predictions* (The language used for making predictions about the future)…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjVdWBQqDwk

 

MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS / GIVING ADVICE:

• *“Should” & “Would” for Recommendations*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVj0-GpeBMo&index=19
• *“Should” & “Shouldn’t”*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zQUr2zpDyU

 

MAKING REQUESTS:

• *Requests, Apologies, Gratitude & Offers* (British English)…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=curq04VNYdI

 

SURVIVAL ENGLISH / TRAVELLING ENGLISH:

• *Survival English for Travelling*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk-NeG9yX1w&index=31

 

TELEPHONE CONVERSATION:

• *English Telephone Conversation*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWawMZxDh9Y

 

TELLING THE TIME:

• *Telling The Time*…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ocefMsExk&index=24

 

WELCOMING A VISITOR:

• *Welcoming a visitor* (conversational British English) … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvSi-MSa1c

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