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1. STANDALONE INTRO: Welcome to English and English course for
complete beginners taught by a highly
experienced language teacher. In this course, we will be
covering the following topics. Routines, alphabet, numbers, basic information about yourself such as
your name and age, countries, nationalities,
languages, work and study. Telling you the time, days
and months and colors. English, Abramovich is slow
paced, easy to understand. Terms of lots of
opportunities for practice. So without any further
ado, let's get started.
2. UNIT 1: ENGLISH GREETINGS: Unit one, Greetings. Let's have a look now at
some basic greetings. Hello. Hi. These can be used
at anytime during the day. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Good night. Say all these together. Hello. Hi. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Good night. Good morning is
used up until 12 o'clock. Midday. Good afternoon is
used from 12 o'clock, midday until five PM. Good evening is used from 05:00 PM until roughly 07:00 PM. Goodnight is used from seven
P onwards or when it's dark. Our first question, how are you? I'm very well. I'm feeling good. I'm well, not too bad. Not very well. I'm feeling awful. And you won saying farewell. We use the following
expressions. Goodbye. Or see you soon. You may sometimes just here. Bye. Let's see
short conversation containing these
words, inaction. Good morning. How are you? Hi, I'm feeling good. And you I'm very well. Thank you. Let's practice. Let's begin by looking
at this verb table. This is the verb to be
in the present tense. Let's say it together. I am. You are. He or she is. We are. They are. Now we're going to play
a quick memory game. I'm going to make
each row disappear. You need to say
aloud which words are missing. Let's begin. What's covered up?
That's right. I am. Let's try another
What's missing? He she is. Let's try again. The missing words
are we are now. Missing words are, you are. And last but not least. That's right. They
are well-done. Let's have a look
at this table now. Here we can see some people
and how they are feeling. Peter is feeling good. Jane is feeling not very well. Martin is feeling very well. Susan and lender are
feeling not too bad. Roberts and fill
are feeling awful. Who is feeling good? Pizza is feeling good. Let's try some more. Who is feeling not very well? Say your answer out loud. Your answer should be. Jane is feeling not very well. Who is feeling very well? Martin is feeling very well. Who are feeling awful? Robert and fail
are feeling awful. Who are feeling not too bad. Susan and Linda
feeling not too bad. True or false. Peter is feeling good. Is that true or false? The answer is true. Jane is feeling very well. Is that true or false? The answer is false. Jane is feeling not very well. Number three, Martin
is feeling very well. Is the answer true or false? The answer is true. Number for Susan and
Linda are feeling awful. Is that true or false? The answer is false. Seasonal Linda, or
feeling not too bad. And now, number five, Robert and fill are
feeling very well. Is that true or false? The answer is false. Robertson fell or feeling awful. Now I'm going to
ask you to change the table into short sentences. Let's try the first one
about pizza. Together. Peter is feeling good. Please note that I can exchange the name Peter for
the word, Hey. I will follow Peter
with the verb is. And I will do exactly
the same thing for Jane. I can exchange Jane for Chez. Follow the word Jane
with the verb is one. I have more than one person
such as Susan and Linda. Then I can exchange these
names for the word they. So I follow Susan and Linda
with our don't forget when writing your
sentences as well to include a full stop
and a capital letter. Let's start of your sentence. Now I have a team. You have one minute to complete the rest of the sentences
from the table. Off you go. Let's have a look
at your answers. Please note that
the word filling in some of these
sentences is optional. I have placed it in brackets. Now you'll turn how we
say your answer aloud. I am feeling well done. This brings us to
the end of unit one.
3. UNIT 2: ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION AND ALPHABET: Unit to the alphabet. Let's move on to looking
at the alphabet. As you can say, that all 26 letters in
the English alphabet. Let's learn them together. Repeat after me. A, a, B, B, C, C, D, D, E, F, F, G, G. Hate speech, hate H I J J K, K, L L, M, and N. And O. O P P Q Q R S S T T U U V V W, W X x y, y, z. Now I'm going to give
you two options. Say aloud the correct option. Is this letter a or h.
The correct answer is a. Is this letter G or J? The correct letter is G. Is this letter I or a? Correct letter is I. Is this letter C or D? The correct letter is D. Is this letter p or r? The correct, That is
our this letter G or J. The correct letter is j. Is this letter I or L. The correct letter is OWL. Is this lesser p or q? The correct letter is P.
Is this lesser B or C? The correct letter is C. Is this letter W or X? The correct letter is X. Is this lesser K, or see? The correct letter is k. Is this letter E or F? The correct letter is F. Is this letter M or N. The correct letter is n. Is this letter H or M. The correct letter is M. Is this letter Q, or the correct letter is o. Is this letter V or U? The correct letter is U. Is this letter W or V? The correct letter is V. Is this letter S or Z. The correct letter is S.
Is this letter Y or Z? The correct letter is, is this letter V or Y? The correct letter is, why? Is this letter T or S? The correct letter is t. Is this letter u or w? The correct letter is w. Is this letter O or q. The correct letter is Q. Is this letter e or i? This letter is a. Letter N or h. This letter is h. Is this letter B or r. This letter is b. Here you can see how
the letters are. Sad. A, B, C, D E, F, G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z. Do note that in America, It's common to say
z instead of z. Here you can see some sound combinations when two letters are placed
next to each other. These four combinations
are very common. Repeat these sounds after me. Th next feature
that sounds like, Let's see this sound
in some words. That three. Our next combination is S H, which sounds like, let us see what these
words sound like. Xi, Shou. Shock. Our next combination is C, H. When these two letters are
placed next to each other, we hear the sound. Let's see it in practice. Too. Chin chore. And finally, pH, which sounds like Phil. Photo. Phrase. Now next exercise. I'm going to spell
allowed some names. During this task. I will say the word
space when I need you to use the space
bar on your keypad. For this exercise, you will
need a pen and some paper. Get ready to write. Number one, write down the
letters that you hear. Let's do the first one together. H e l, l, o. Let me say that again. Hey, h e l, l. Which word did you write
down? Was it hello? Hopefully. So. If so, well done. Let's have a look at number two. From now on, the words
that I will be spelling allowed will be common names. Let's get started. K I N. K I M. The word you should have
written down is Kim. Let's try number three. I will say two times. T O N T O M. What did you get? Tom? Let's try number four. J O H and J O H. And the answer is John. Let's have a look
at number five. L. You see why? Let me say that again. L, You see why? The answer you should
have is, Lucy. Let's go now to number six. S U S a N, S U S a N. Name you should have
written down is Susan. And number seven now, p a t a, or let me say that again. P a T E R. The name is Peter. Number eight are O B E R T O B a ah, t. Robert. Number nine. E L a I N a. First second time. E L a I N a Elaine. And number ten, D E S M O N D. For the second time. D E S M O N D Desmond. The names in pink are common English names
for women and girls. The names in blue are
common English names. For men and boys. Let's have a look at
some harder ones now. Number 11, S a S k i a S a K I a Saskia. Number 12. M a our T I N M a R T I N. From now on, you're going to
hear a name with two parts, a firstname and a second name, also known as a family name. Let's try number 13 together. I will say it two times. K a N Y a space W E S T. Let me say that again. K a N Y a space, W E S T. Kanye West. K a n y a space. Don't forget to use your
space bar on your keypad. W E, S, T. Okay? Number 14. Over to you. B O R I S space J O H and S O n. Let's say that one more time. B O R I S space J, H, and S. And which name did
you write down? You should have. Boris Johnson. Number 15. D O N a L D space T R U N P. And for a second time, D N a L D space T or U M, P. The name you should
have is Donald Trump. Okay, Let's go now to number 16. Be a y o n c a space K N O W L E S. And for a second time, be a y o n c a space K N O W a S. Name you should have
is based on say, Knowles. Number 17. C H R I S space H E S W O R T H. And for a second time. C H R I S space H a M, S W O R T H. The name you should have
is Chris hems worth. Number 18. J a n, N I F a R space O P E. For a second time, j a n, N i F e, or space l p. A name you should have
is Jennifer Lopez. Number 19. See, Hey, a L I a space T H E R O N. And for a second time, C H a R L I a space T H E R. And then you should
have is Charlie's throne. And our lastname number 20, is K O U R T N a y space, K a R D A S H i ae. And let me say that
for you one more time. K O U R T and a y space, k a or D A, S, H I, N. Final name is
Kourtney Kardashian. There are lots of
names that well done. If you did them all. Let's have a look at
this quick conversation between Linda and Louis. What is your name? My name is Louis Jenkins. Jenkins, JE and KI. And what is your name? How do you spell your name? This is the end of unit two.
4. UNIT 3 NUMBERS IN ENGLISH: Unit three numbers. In this unit, we will be
learning the numbers. Let's start off by looking
at the numbers from 0 to 20. Repeat after me, 001122334455, 667788991010111112121313, 14141515161617171818191920. 20. Now let's do some practice. I'm going to give
you two options. For example, is this
number 0 or six? The answer is 0. Say you answer aloud. Is this number six or seven? The answer is six. Number three or two. The answer is three. Is this number five or six? The answer is five. Is this number seven or two? The answer is seven. Is this number two or one? The answer is two. Is this number four or three? The answer is for, is this number eight or nine? The answer is nine. Is this number 0 or one? The answer is one. Is this number eight or six? The answer is eight. Is this number 11 or ten? The answer is ten. Is this number two or 12? The answer is 12. Is this number 11 or ten? The answer is 11. Is this number four or 14? The answer is 14. Is this number 16 or six? The answer is 16. Is this number 13? Or three? The answer is 13. Is this number 17? Or seven? The answer is 17. Is this number five or 15? The answer is 15. Is this number eight or 18? The answer is 18. Is this number nine or 19? The answer is 19. And finally, is this
number 20 or two? The answer is 20. On this slide here, you can see all of
the spellings for the numbers from 0 up to 20. Let's add on these hair. Double, triple and quadruple. Double means two times
55, for example. Triple means three
times 555. For example. Quadruple means four times 5555. Let's do a listening activity. I'm going to say aloud
some telephone numbers. All of the telephone
numbers are UK based charity help lines or
emergency service numbers. I will say each
number two times. Write your answer down
on a piece of paper. Let's do the first one together. 999. 999. The answer is 999. This is the number for
the emergency services. Now number 2116123116 123. The answer is 116123. This is the number
for Samaritans. Number 30800. Double one, double 10800. Double one, double one.
Here's your answer. 0800, double one, double one. You might also hear
O 800, W1, W1. This is the number
for Childline. Let's have a look now
at number 4030123. Double six, double 00300123, double six, double 0. And here's your answer. 0300123, double six, double 0. This is the number for Frank. Frank provides advice and counseling for people
with drug addiction. Let's have a look at
our last number now. Number 5030012320400301232040. Let's have a look at the answer. 0300 or 0301232040, which is the number
for Action Fraud. How did you get on? I hope that was
successful for EA. Let's have a look
now at the tens. I said we're going
to start off with some familiars such as 01020, which we've seen already. We're going to do now all of
the tens and hundreds now going from 30 all
the way up to 200. So say this after me. I'll say each one twice. 0010 102020. T. T for t for t. 50506060707080, 8090911001000110, one hundred twenty one hundred twenty one hundred thirty one hundred thirty one hundred and
forty one hundred and forty one hundred and fifty One 150 One hundred
and sixty one hundred and sixty one hundred and
seventy one hundred and seventy one hundred and eighty one hundred and eighty one
hundred and ninety. One hundred and ninety. And finally, two
hundred two hundred. Okay, Let's do two options now. So which one is correct? Say your answer out loud. 1770. The answer is 7100 or ten. The answer is ten. 50 or 15. The answer is 5030 or 13. The answer is 39, or 19. The answers 900 or ten. The answer is 016 or 60. The answer is six, day 12, or 20. The answer is 2080 or 18. The answer is a t. For t or 14. The answer is 4100 or 110. The answer is 100. A 170 or 70. The answer is 17014 or 140. The answer is a
hundred and forty. Hundred and sixty or 16. The answer is a 16018 or a 180. The answer is 180, 20 or a 120. The answer is a 12015 or 150. The answer is a 15090 or a 190. The answer is a 19020 or 200. The answer is 200110, or a 130. The answer is a 100110. And the last 130 or 13. The answer is a 130. These are your spellings for the numbers from 0 up to 200. Now we're going to do
the numbers in-between, for example, 2122, etc. Let's have a look
at this to help us. To say 31. We put 31 next to each other. And we include a hyphen. Thirty one, thirty two, thirty three, thirty
four, thirty five. Thirty six, thirty seven. Thirty eight. Thirty nine. Now, your turn. I'm going to give you
one minute now to work out what these numbers are. You can say your answer out loud or you can write it
down on some paper. Off you go. Yep. Okay. Let's go
through your answers. So the first one fifty one sixty to eighty three. Ninety four. Twenty five. Seventy six. Forty seven. Eighty eight fifty nine. Sixty one. Let's have a look now
at the next section. So during the numbers
between a hundred and ten, hundred and twenty, one hundred, eleven hundred, twelve
hundred and thirteen, etc. So again, we're going to combine these with our numbers
from one to ten, just as we did previously. So let's have a look
at an example here. 141140 to 143144145146147148149. So let's play a game. I'm going to show a number
in the white screen. You need to say Allow
the number that you see. Let's do the first one. Number should be 134. Let's try another. 248761, 527399851. How did you get on? I hope
you've got them. All right. So numbers beyond 999, we have 10,000,000,
100,001,000,001 billion. Let's have a look at
this conversation here between Linda and Louis. How old are you? What is your age? I am 27 years old. How old are you? None of your business? Sorry. How old are you? Now? Your turn. Say your answer aloud. How old are you? I am put your age years old. I am 27 years old. I 39 years old, for example. Well done. This brings us
to the end of unit three.
5. EXPRESS TUTORIAL: BASIC ENGLISH CONVERSATION: Welcome to English or damage, which express tutorial,
basic conversation. Number one, greetings. Good morning. How are you? Hi, I'm feeling good. And you I'm very well. Thank you. Now your turn. How are you? Let's have a look at the vocab. Hello. Hi. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Good night. How are you? I'm very well. I'm feeling good. I'm well, not too bad. Not too very well. I'm feeling awful. And you goodbye. See you soon. Topic two, names. I'm Linda. What is your name? My name is Louis Jenkins. How do you spell Jenkins? J, K, I, N, S. Now your turn. What is your name? How do you spell your name? Let's have a look at the vocab. What is your name? What is your first name? What is your name? My name is my first name is my surname is how
do you spell that? It is spelt topic three. Birthdays. When is your birthday? Mine is the 21st of June. My birthday is on the
second of August. How old are you? I'm 27 years old. How old are you? Mind your own business? Sorry. Now your turn. How old are you? When is your birthday? Let's have a look at
the vocab together. When is your birthday? My birthday is on the
first, second, third, fourth, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th of January,
February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October,
November, December. How old are you? What is your age? I am years old. None of your business
topic for home residents. Where do you live? I live near London. How about you? I live in Stafford
in the Midlands, but I grew up in Leeds. Where are you from? I come from Essex, but I grew up in Luton. Now your turn,
Where do you live? Where are you from? Let's have a look at
the vocab together. Where do you come from? Where are you from? I come from I am
from I grew up in. Where do you live? I live in I live near to
eyelid in the topic five. Work. What do you do for work? I'm in sales. How about you? I work in finance
as an accountant. I like my job because the
hours and pay are good. Do you enjoy your job? No. The pay is bad. And I hate my boss. Now your turn. What do you do for work? Do you like your job? Let's have a look at the vocab. What do you do for work? What do you do for a living? What is your job? I work as a I work in I am a do you enjoy your job? Yes. Hours and pay are good? Yes. My manager is nice. My colleagues are nice. No. The hours and pay our bad. No, I hate my boss. I hate my colleagues. Topic six. Relationships. Are you single? Yes. My wife and I are divorced. How about you? I have a girlfriend
called Sarah. We don't have any children yet. Do you have any children? Yes. I have a daughter
called milli. Now, your turn. Are you single? Do you have any children? Let's have a look at
the vocab together. Are you single? Are you married or divorced? Are you in a relationship? I have a girlfriend. I have a boyfriend. I am married. I'm single. I am divorced. Do you have any children? Do you have any kids? Yes. I have a child. Yes. I have two children. Two kids? Yes. I have a son. I have a daughter. Yes. I have two sons. I have two daughters. No. I don't have any children. Topics Southern football. Which football team
do you support? I am a Tottenham fan. Meet. Who do you play football? I play football twice a week. And you I can't
play at the moment. I have an injury. Now your turn. Which football team
do you support? Do you play football? Let's have a look at the vocab. Which football team
do you support? I am a fan. I support. You play football? Yes. I play once a week. I play twice a week. No. I prefer to watch. No. I am injured. Topic eight, hobbies and music. What do you like to
do in your free time? I love baking cakes,
shopping, and music. Which bands do you like? I love rock music. Metallica is my favorite band. I hate rock. I prefer dance music. And now your turn. What do you like to
do in your free time? Which bands do you like? Let's have a look
at the value cab. What do you like to
do in your free time? What do you like to do
in your spare time? What are your hobbies? I love I hate baking, shopping, gardening, music,
football, sports, the gym, watching TV. What kind of music do you like? I love rock, pop,
dance, soul, jazz. What is your favorite band? My favorite band is, my favorite singer,
is I hate rock music. I prefer. This brings us now to the
end of our Express tutorial. I hope you enjoy the video.
6. EXPRESS TUTORIAL: ENGLISH SIMPLE PAST: Express tutorial,
simple past tense. Let's learn these
verbs together. Repeat after me. To play, to walk, to cook, to wash, to open, to close. Twofold, to eat, to
drink, to drive, to see, to run, to speak, to write, to fly. Formation. For regular verbs. Take the infinitive and add ED. To play. Played. To walk, walked, to cook, cooked, to wash, washed, to open, opened, to close,
closed, twofold, folded. For irregular verbs,
there is no pattern. These must be learned. To eat, ate, to drink, drank, to drive, drove, to see, soul, to run, run, to speak, spoke, to write,
wrote, to fly, flew. Let's have a look at
some more regular verbs. To arrive. Arrived, to enter,
entered to mend, mended, to mention, mentioned to repair, repaired, to allow loud. Let's have a look at some
more irregular verbs. To make. Made, to go, Went to have, had to be, was to know, mu to
stand, stood, to come, came to leave, left
to give, gave. Usage. The simple past, also
known as the predator. It describes completed
action in the past. The simple past is
connected to a time phrase, usually last week, two days ago, two years ago, e.g. regular verbs are simple. Add an ED ending to
your infinitive. Irregulars have any pattern. These have to be
learned by heart. Let's have a look at
the simple past in different types of
sentences and questions. In an affirmative sentence. I gave her my book. We are using give
an irregular verb. I arrived at school on time. We are using here. Arrive. Arrive is
a regular verb. Let's look at this now. In a negative sentence. I didn't give her my book. I didn't arrive at
school on time. In a negative sentence, we use Didn't plus infinitive. Now for question forms. Did you give her my book? Did you arrive at
school on time? In this case, we are using
Did plus infinitive. And now a negative question. Didn't you give her my book? Didn't you arrive
at school on time? Now, I am using D1
plus infinitive. Now, let's practice. Fill in the gaps for each sentence using
the verb in brackets. Let's have a look at
the example together. We something football
at the park. How infinitive verb is to play? The answer should be, we
played football at the park. I have taken my
infinitive to play and I added ED
towards the island. Now time for you to do the rest. Pause the video now. When you are ready, press
continue to see the answers. Let's have a look
at the answer key. Lisa, we looked to
the post office. Tom washed his hands. She sang the song. He ran a marathon.
Last Saturday. I opened the wind, died. They went to the park. Jane ate a sandwich, drank some orange juice. We already knew him from school. I met her in front
of the station. Lisa walked to the post office. Ben stood at the bus stop, spoke about the party. That brings us now to the end of our past tense,
express tutorial. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching.