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1. Introduction: Hi everyone, How I, you Welcome to the English speaking course where you are going to be learning all about fantastic slang, idioms and naturally expressions in order to sound more fluent and native in English. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Gaia. I'm an English teacher obviously, and I am going to be teaching you in this course. Sorry, before we do go ahead and get started. Third through a little bit of information in regards to the content of the course. So you're going to begin this course by going through a mutual introduction, which we're doing exactly now. And then I'm going to move on to learning about how to sound more natural when speaking English. So I'm going to be going through a list of advice for you in order to send more natural when speaking English so that it can be easier for you to apply outside of this course. Next, we are going to be going through the best sentence swaps to use in conversation. Here you're going to be learning how to take simple expressions that you probably use when speaking in English that are correct but are not very natural. And I'm going to be giving the alternatives to their sentences in order to sound more like us when speaking English. Once we've done that, we're going to be going through the best natural slang words to use in conversation. Understanding which slang is appropriate and how to use that in particular contexts and situations. Now in all of these, you're going to be having exercises and speaking exercises throughout the whole course, where you will be needing to use the new language in sentences with me while participating, as well as writing sentences. Before we do jump in, I just wanted to shout out to any of the women who are here participating in this course. Because ladies, if you're interested, I have an online community, women in English. For all of the women I teach, each is a place where women can come together and practice English, make friends, build confidence altogether in a very comfortable environment. So if you're interested AT free to join, you can see here I have the links you can follow us on Instagram, joined the Facebook group, subscribe to the YouTube channel, and also follow the women in English podcasts or for inches at lady there all the links for you that you can join that. So why don't we jump being straight away and understand how to sound more natural in English.
2. How to sound more natural when speaking English: All right, So let's jump in and understand how to sound more natural when speaking in English. So you guys know I've been teaching English grove quite a long time now, is close to 10 years. And in that time I always get the question, Gaia, how do I sound more natural? How do I sound more fluid? And I've found that these five tips are the, I'm gonna say like the cornerstones are the foundations in regards to wanting to English naturally and sound natural. So the very first one that I've put on the list is consume native English material. Now what does that mean? Well, as, ASL speakers, I have discovered that the majority of students when needing to expose themselves to English or needing to learn English, have a tendency to be, you know, watching YouTube videos specifically made for ESL learners, or reading books specifically written for ESL learners. Consuming material that is either created by a teacher or an institution specifically for b to c one, A1 levels. And where this is great to learn English is extremely limiting in regards to sounding more natural because the material isn't for native speakers. Therefore, it's been appropriated for your English level. Therefore, it's probably using basic expressions or basic grammar structures that you can understand that are correct but aren't necessarily used by native speakers. So when you're looking at exposing yourself to more English, whether you are in an English-speaking country like Australia or in your native country. My advice is consumed native English materials, sorry, watch YouTube channels that we would watch, read books that we would watch. And you can simply do these. For example, if you're looking at YouTube, just what you would in your mother tongue language, but in English without including for English speakers and for ESL speakers. Read books that you would read in your mother tongue language, but read obviously the translated version in English. So this is my first tip. The next that I have here is learn English in a natural setting. Again, this is very much not the same, but very similar to my first tip. And this is more in regards to how you actually decide to lend the language. And I take this from my personal experience, a lot of students, I think that the best way to learn English is with an English teacher or in an English school or through a formal English program. Where this is great because you will learn the foundations of the language in regards to grammar and Structuring. Again, it is going to be quite limited in regards to learning Lang, in regards to learning colloquial language and intonation. And that's something you'll get from a natural setting. Sorry. If you're living in an English speaking country, I would be trying to advise you to learn English while you're out on the street, sitting down and listening to different groups of people speak English. Teenagers, adults, elderly people, to understand how they are naturally using the language. If you are not in an English speaking environment, but in your home country, you can even just do these through the media and utilize one that I was talking about before. The third tip that I have here is darned, try to speak perfectly. Don't try to speak perfectly. Now what happens is when you're learning English, we want to obviously speak English perfectly. And then you go out and hear other people speak English, native people and you say, Oh, but that's grammatically incorrect. That's not a structure we can actually use. That's because real life English isn't spoken perfectly like you see in your grammar books. So when you're practicing speaking English, yes. So be aware of grandma yes. Be aware of vocabulary. But when you're at the level where you are now, where you're wanting to make your English sound more natural. You are that be C1 level. You already have your foundations in grammar and you can afford to concentrate less on grammar and focus more on maybe how you're expressing yourself, how you're engaging in the language. And these will make you sound more natural because you will send a lot less robotic and a lot more interested in what you're talking about. The next tip I have here is use idioms and phrasal verb expression. This is something they're going to be learning here in this class. So this is similar to what we were talking about when learning English in a classroom. It's very structured, it's very perfect. And you're not always how to incorporate slang idioms and phrasal verb expression. And in English, especially if you're living in Australia, we have swaps for everything we say and we swap it in order to use an EDM or a phrasal verb because it just sounds more friendly to us and less formal. The last tip is to speak slowly against all popular belief. Because it's a common belief that when native speakers speak English, we speak so fast. So when an ESL learner is trying to sound natural when speaking English, there is a tendency to think, oh, I need to speak really fast as well because that will make me sound natural. But it's not true because these speed, combined with obviously your mother tongue accent, makes it feel a little bit uncomfortable for us when we're having to listen? And all sort. Opposite to popular belief as well when we are speaking English, It's very strategic. In asked speed, meaning we take lots of pauses. We emphasize lots of words, again through clauses and three, slowing down our voice in order to express ourselves, express tone in what we're saying. And if you're speaking surface where you save all your sentence at once, it sounds very unnatural because there is no expression of feeling and torn in what is being said. Sorry, those are the five steps in order to help you become more natural when speaking English.
3. Introduction to sentence swaps: Okay, so beginning with the first section of this course, we are going to look at sentence swaps. Now what our sentence swaps? Well, sentence swaps are situations where you use a basic sentence, a sentence that could be correct, an expression, or a way of expressing yourself that could be correct, however, isn't necessarily that natural. And what I'm going to do in this section are take somewhat correct sentences and swap them. Sentence saw, swap them for a more native natural option. An option that we actually use when we're speaking in English in this way. Now, you're going to learn how to transform your correct English into a more native style English incorporating idioms, incorporating a little bit of slang, and incorporating new expressions that native speakers actually use.
4. Sentene swap "I'm good thanks, you?": Okay, so we're wanting to reply to a question like, how are you one of the most common expressions that I hear people using? Iz. Good, thanks. How are you? Good, thanks. How are you and where are this is totally correct. Just like how are you is totally correct. We have some data options that you can swap these out for. So we're going to go through for better options that are colloquially used in English. And the first reply is saying, all good, You all good. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Great. So all good. You simply means everything is fine. How are you? But notice how we're cutting out some of the words. So instead of using my full question, how are you, I simply use the subject. You. And I raised my voice at the end. All good, meaning everything is fine. All good. You. And I raise my voice at the end of you to make the person understand that I'm asking them a question. Now with an expression like this, it's really important to raise your voice because it's not a complete question, it's not a grammatically correct sentence, therefore, we need to raise our voice. All good here. The next option we have is pretty good Yourself. Pretty good yourself. Can you repeat that for me, please? Fantastic. So pretty good. Ease and expression. That means I'm feeling quite well. It is tending more to the positive side pretty good yourself. It's the same as saying you, however, it, using the reflexive pronoun makes this expression, though it is extremely colorCode, a little more formal. So you could use these even in your workplace, with your colleagues, even with your boss. Pretty good job self. I use this all the time, even informal situations. My next expression that I have, these can't complain. You can't complain. You. Again, this is tending more onto the positive side. It just means that, hey, things are quite good for me and I have nothing to complain about. So I can say that I feel pretty good, I can't complain. You and again, remembering to raise our voice, Why don't you try it, pronouncing that with me, I'm going to say it and get you to repeat it back. Can't complain you. Great. And our last expression here is pretty awry. You pretty old, right? You can, you repeat that back for me? Great. So pretty all right. Is exactly the same as saying pretty good. However, pretty old, right? Is a little less formal and even more colloquial. Pretty old, right? You
5. Sentence swap "Not good" : On the other hand, when we are applying to the question, how are you? And things aren't so great? Instead of saying, How are you not good? Not good, again, it is correct, but it's quite a strong expression. If you simply reply, no, good, the person listening to you, one would either think that you're upset them or you're not feeling well because of them, or you just generally rude because It's a very direct and harsh sentence where you're not giving a lot of information, you're simply saying, I'm not going to leave me alert. So we have some better options that you can use. The first one is to say, not the best, really, not the best. Really can you repeat that back for me? Great. So not the best really is just a softer way of saying, I'm not good. I don't feel that good. How are you going? Not the best really. The second option we have ys a little under the weather, a little under the weather. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Great. So a little under the weather has a specific meaning and we would earn only use this if you're not feeling well is because you're unwell. So it means that you're feeling a little seek. Maybe you've got a code. Maybe you just generally feeling unwell physically. But it doesn't mean, you know, I'm feeling under the weather because I had a fight with my boss. No. It's to talk about a physical condition and under the weather. This is an idiom in English which just means not to be totally healthy. And by replying to a little under the weather means look, I'm a little sick. I'm not feeling my best. The next expression that I have is I don't feel myself today. I don't feel myself today. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Now, this is a great expression. You can use it across all different situations. It kind of expresses, you know, when you wake up in the morning and you feel like how you normally feel. Maybe a little more tie it. Maybe feel a little off. Maybe you feel like you're lacking in motivation. You just don't feel how you normally feel. And for that reason you can't say that you feel well. How are you going today? I don't feel myself today. Lord, feel a little unmotivated. Now, the next two expressions we can use in this particular structure. The first one we have is kind plus adjective. And here I've put tied as an example. So somebody might say, you know, how's it going? And you can say kinda tie it, can unmotivated, kinda off. And here, you don't necessarily have to put the subject. You don't have to say like all kind of tie it. I'm kind unmotivated because it's extremely colored kool and we're using like the slang version of these, you can just simply say, kinda tie it, kinda sad. And the same is valid for our next option here, which is a tad plus adjective. Now, at tad ease, any expression that means just a little. So you could say, can I haven't had a milk or I'm a tad dress, just meaning like I'm a little stressed. It doesn't mean that you are completely stressed or completely tied to just a little tie it. So again, when somebody's asking how you are, you can say a 10 stressed a tad, tie it a tad under the weather. My last expression here is, could be better. Could be better. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Great. So it could be better. I mean, look, I'm not great and I know that I could feel better. So it doesn't mean that you're terrible. You could feel or K but not at your maximum and you know that you'd normally feel better. So how's it going? Could be bad out. It's not the worst day, but it could be better. So these are one do three-fold more or less, seeks fantastic swaps. I want you to try to start using incidence. Not good, which can sound a little harsh and to direct.
6. Sentence swap "I don't understand": Okay, The second most commonly used expression, English and not just by you guys but also boss native speed is he's I don't undestand. And again, I don't understand is extremely correct and totally fine to say, but we have some better options that sound a little more natural. So instead of saying, I don't understand, try saying, I get it. I don't get it. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Great. So I don't get it means I don't undestand to get something, to get something. Here we're using the verb, get me, understand. So you get, you know, can mean so many different things in English. In this case it means understand. You can even use it into positive sense and say, Yeah, I get it. Yeah, I get it meaning yes, I understand or I don't get it. I don't get it. I don't undestand second option is I'm lost. I'm lost. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Fantastic. So up until now you've probably learned, I'm lost in the literal meaning like I'm literally lost. I don't know where I am. We also mean that metaphorically to be lost in a conversation, to be lost an explanation to say, Hey, I don't know where I am in these conversation, I don't get it and therefore, I'm lost. Now, I lost. You need to be careful how we use it. If you're using it just with your friends, super informally, there's no problem if you're using it more in a more professional context and a more formal context, I would probably say, don't say, I'm lost. Another one of these expressions that I will indicate to you that's a little bit better for a more formal situation. The next one we have these I'm not following. I am not following. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Fantastic. And this is actually one of the expressions I was just talking about that are a little more appropriate when we're looking at a more professional, formal context. Now, I am not following. We are using in the ink form because we use it in any way. In a particular situation where in that moment, you're not able to Fuller what is being said and you're in the process of understanding. So if somebody's Tolkien and I'm going to nominate blah, blah, blah, stop, and not following stop. I'm not understanding what you are saying. I'm not able to follow the conversation because I'm lost. The next one is you lost me. You lost me. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Great. So you lost me. Again. It is metaphorically meaning it doesn't mean that literally somebody lost you, but it just means that somebody was talking. You are understanding them and then something happened and you got lost. So if you're listening to somebody and you're like, yes. Okay. I understand. Hang on. You lost me. What do you mean? Hang on. You love me. Can you repeat what you just said? So we use this when we're in the process of having a conversation with someone. And we've stood more or less everything until we get to a point. When somebody says something that you like, all you lost me there. I don't get what you just said. Now I'm confused. The last expression that I have here is can you back track is sick. I don't get it. Can you back track a sec? I don't get it. Try to repeat that back for me, please. Great. Sorry. Can you backtrack a second? I can get it to back, track me to go backwards, to walk back quotes. Now in the metaphorical sense of a conversation, to backtrack a conversation is to maybe repeat information that has already been said going backwards in order to understand the concept better. So imagine you are explaining a long story of something that happened yesterday and the day before and how that's going to affect your future. And this could lead to some confusion. And if somebody says, hey, stop, can you backtrack again? What you're going to do there is you've gotten to stock your story and repeat maybe the last few sentences of what you've just explained, okay? So if you ask somebody to do this, you're letting them know, Hey, you lost me, I'm getting confused. Can you please repeat that information you just said? Because I don't get it because I'm not understanding.
7. Sentence swap "I'm sleepy": All right, so the next sentence we're having a look is the expression, I'm sleepy or I'm tired. Now, again, this is all related to when people say How are you, How you feel a lot of the time we reply, I'm tired or I'm sleepy. And that is okay, but it's really basic. And again, we have some more colorful expressions like utilizing some idioms or even some phrasal verbs when answering the question. So the first one we can say is, I'm a wreck. I'm Rick. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Fantastic. So I'm wrecked made like I'm super tight and really tie it. Someone says, How's it going? He said, I'm wrecked. They'd be like All a lie. What did you get up to last night? Or have you been working really hard? Or they might even say all, you should go home early so you can get some rest. It means that you'll very, very tired. The next expression we have, ys, a phrasal verb, and I'm wiped out. I'm wiped out. Now, to be wiped out, again, just means to be extremely tired. How a theme, wow, I'm wiped out. I am. So, so tie it. Expression number three. I'm naked. I'm not. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Great. So I never notice how I'm not pronouncing that k. It is silent. I just pronounced the n. I'm naked. Again, I'm super tired and this is a very Australian expression. So for those of you who are in Melbourne or Sydney or other parts of Australia, this is really commonly used. I'm MACed, I need to go to bed. I'm not good. I just wanted to land on the couch. My almost the last expression is, I'm totally be, I'm totally beat. You can even say I'm beat, meaning I'm tie it. And we say beat, meaning that it almost gives the sense that the day has beaten you up inside the bag, Jew. And therefore you've lost all your energy and you're feeling super tie. I'm totally beat. A needed her to bed. I'm totally beat. I'm not going to come in tomorrow morning. I'm totally be can you repeat that back for me, please? Fantastic. And ask simple last expression. I'm sorry, tied. Now you can say, I'm tired, I'm sleepy. It just sounds more natural to add so or an adverb like really or totally. It just softens it a little bit and makes it feel a little more complete. So you can say I'm sir, tie it. I'm a little tired. I'm totally wiped out. And by adding these adverbs, it just sounds more like how we would use the expression. Let's move on to the next one.
8. Sentence swap "Is there a seat": Okay, So the next expression that we are going to be swapping is an expression commonly used by university students or people who maybe you're going to the theater, cinema. And you need to ask if there is a free seat, if there is a free place for you to seek. And normally the expression that I'm hearing my students use is, is there a seat for me? There? Is there a seat for me there, meaning they're in the row or in a particular area you're asking about. This is correct, but it is under the lung comfortable in English, it sounds too long and wordy. So instead of saying these would say something like, is there a free spot? Is there a free spot? Jonah, repeat that back to me. Great. So here, the noun spot we use to mean C-D, place, area for me to stand, stand, or seat. Is there a free spot? Meaning is there a place that he's free for me to sit or stand? The next o turn deceive what we have is, can you make a space for me? Can you make a space for me? Now this is a question. And what we're doing here is asking if the people in the row or on the table, or in a particular area can move in order to make a space for you to sit or stand. Can you make a space for me? The next alternative is squeezing can I squeeze it in? Again? This is asking and requesting if it's okay if you move yourself in the direction of what appears to be a free space. And if there's people around can make a little bit of room for you can just squeeze in and standard out there. Do you mind if I squeeze it in, seat in that free spot? Normally you use these, for example, if you're at the cinema and you see a free space. But to get to that chair, need to move through some people and you can say, sorry, can I just squeeze it and get to that free thoughts? My last alternative is, is there a free space for me? And this is very similar to the question, is there a free spot? However, instead of utilizing the woods spot, we utilize the word free space. Is there a free space for me? Can I just sit over there? Is there a free space for me over in aisle?
9. Sentence swap "What are you doing on the weekend": So the next sentence swap that when looking at is in regards to the question, what are you doing on the weekend? And if you're in Australia, this is one of the most common small talk questions you will get us, especially Friday afternoon or evening, Thursday afternoon. And what are you doing on the weekend? Again, it's totally fine, but I'm going to give you some more native colloquial ways you can express this. So instead of saying, What are you doing on the weekend, you can simply say plans for the weekend. Plans for the weekend. Did you want to repeat that for me, please? Fantastic. So this is like while you're having a conversation with somebody and you can just simply say, sorry, plans for the weekend or any plans for the weekend. And again, you can understand that this is a colloquial expression because we're asking a question with out beginning with a verb. It's just directly beginning with a nap plans for the weekend. And we are making it understood that it is a question again by raising our voice. The next one we have is, what are you planning to do on the weekend? You planning to do on the weekend? Now, dramatically, it is a very incorrect because we have no auxiliary verb instead of saying, What are you planning to do on the weekend, which is fine to say. You may hear people saying, What are you planning to do on the weekend and they'd say it really fast, like, what are you planning to do on the weekend? What you planning to do on the weekend? And this is very, very native way just to ask, what are you doing on the weekend. So you want to try to practice that with me? What you planning to do on the weekend? Why don't you repeat that? Great. We'll practice one more time. What you planning to do on the weekend. Very good at the bit difficult because we use a lot of connected speech with this sentence. The next one that we can say is what? The guard for the weekend. This one I used all the time when I lived in Australia. What's the goal for the weekend? Can you repeat that back for me, please? Great. So again, it just means what what are we doing for the weekend? But instead of intending, what is the person doing, it's more a question like, what is the situation for the weekend? What are the events that are unfolding? This is more the intention of the question, however, we use it directly to say, What are you doing? What go for the weekend, then go meaning the plans. And we don't ever really use the expression that go outside of this question in order to express plan so that GO isn't a synonym for plans. We can't use it in a different context, but for the context of this question, it's totally fine. The last one we have is, what are you getting up to on the weekend? What are you getting up to on the weekend? You want to repeat that back for me? Great. So again, what are you getting up to on the weekend means what are you doing on the weekend? And to get up to something. Again, to get up to something. This is a phrasal verb construction. That actually means like, do. I can say, I get up to a lot in the morning or I'm not going to get up too much on the weekend. So this is just replacing Alva do, and because it's a phrasal verb, it's heaps more natural and color-code who's in English while especially Australian English, where we can we use phrasal verbs instead of normal vocabulary. So what are you getting up to on the weekend? What are you planning to do on the weekend? Great job everyone. Let's move on to the next slide.
10. Sentence swap "I need help with": Alright, so now we're going to have a look at the expression I need help with. And of course we are saying these all the time, whether we are in the working environment well with friends or just at home and I need help with is fine. But when especially when we are asking for a favor, for somebody to do something for us, for somebody to help us. In English, we want to sound obviously as nice as possible. And sometimes when you're talking to a person who you already know and you try to transmit your niceness with being for more like would you mind helping me? Would you help me? It can come out a little bit cold and it can feel like a sense of detachment and it might have the opposite reaction. I'm not sounding rude, but sounding a little bit snobby. So instead, we like to use a lot more phrasal verbs and colloquial expressions when we're expressing a need for help or requesting something because it just sounds nicer to us. So some alternatives to I need help with ease. I need a hand with. And this is very, very similar, but instead of using help, we swap that for a hand, I need a head width, which means obviously I need help with and if it can help you remember properly. And if you need help with somebody, it's because that helped comes from another person, which means it's like you need another set of hands. So I need your hands to help me with this particular theme. And we get, I need a hand width, I need a hand weight. You want to repeat that back to me? Great, Fantastic. So the next one is, can you give me a hand? Can you give me a hand the same as the expression before? It's just using a question form. Can you give me a hand? Do you want to repeat that for me? Awesome stuff. And the last one we have is, can you help me out with? Can you help me out with now, just by simply using the phrasal verb version of help, which is help out. These already sounds so much nicer and so much more natural in citizen. Can you help me with, can you help me out with, and notice how I'm splitting my phrasal verb and I'm putting my object in the middle, help me out with, why don't you practice saying this phrase, the phrase over this question, can you help me out with? Repeat that back for me. Fantastic. So these are some really great alternatives you can use breathing the professional environment or socially environment instead of saying, I need help with.
11. Sentence swap "Thank you": All right, so I think this one is going to be very, very helpful because I get asked this question all the time. The expression Thank you. So what can happen, especially if you're working in an English speaking environment, you find yourself constantly asking for help and constantly asking questions, especially if you're an ESL speaker and always say, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. And I've had many students who have said Gaia, I feel like I just keep repeating. Thank you. Is there another way to show appreciation? Is there something else I can say? Because I'm saying it so many times it's starting to feel very fake. So here are some alternative. Thank you. Is totally fine. I pretty much just say thank you. But if you're finding yourself constantly repeating thank you, especially like in emails, these are some different options you can use. The first one is, thanks, you're the best. Thank you. You're the best. Now, obviously, saying that somebody is, you're the best, you wouldn't be using it to talk about you maybe like the stake holder or a Patna. It's more of a casual context if you're just talking about maybe your team or your colleagues. The next expression we have these, I owe you one, I owe you one. This is like Australia. And to say these Want, it means somebody does something for you and your CR. Grateful you're like, Oh my God, I need to return the favor. Because what you did was fantastic. So you say, I owe you one, meaning I owe you a favor. And just by simply saying I owe you on, we have said thank you. Instead of having to say thank you, Why don't we practice pronouncing it because it could be a little bit difficult to pronounce. I'd like you to repeat after me. I owe you one good and one more time. I owe you one. Perfect. Next one. Thanks a million. Thanks a million. Then we have your life save up. So if somebody has done something that, wow, really helped you out, you were in a bit of a tough situation and I did something and you're like, Oh yes, you fixed everything. You can say you are a lifesaver, meaning you saved my life by doing this particular action and I'm so grateful you're a lifesaver. And the last one I promise to pay you back. I promised to pay you back. Very similar to I owe you one. Somebody does something really great for when you're like, Oh my God, you know what? I promised to pay you back. You're a legend. I promised to pay you back your life. Say that you're the best and you're just expressing how grateful and appreciate TB you are. Instead of having.
12. Sentence swap "Hi mam/ sir" : Okay, so this particular expression, I actually noticed a lot on social media and email writing. Especially I don't know if it's just myself, but especially to English teachers. The expression Heller man, when you are wanting to address a woman. And the expression, ma'am or sir, is something that eats. Not really in normal everyday English. I've never told anyone, man, and I think I've only hold one of my school teachers when I was a child, but it is very uncommon. So anytime you are in a formal and professional environment, we don't use man and we just simply address the name of the person and the fact that you addressed the person by their full name, by the correct name here is how you express your formal illness and your sense of professionality. So we don't say Heller man, we don't say Heller's. Instead you can just say like, hey, and I'll use my name as an example. Hey, Gaia. Hi guys. Oh hello, Gaia. We just have to use the first name. We don't even need to use the last name because it could sound very strange and we feel like we're getting towed off like by our parents. But we just simply say, hey, hi, hello, plus the correct name of the person. And this is valid if you'll just like literally addressing a person like in a conversation, phone calls, emails, sending DMs, a commenting, writing messages. We never use, ma'am or sir.
13. Sentence swap "Would you like a coffee" : All right, so our next expression is a Would you like a coffee? Would you like a coffee? And this is totally fine, but it's super formal. Sir. If you are in a very formal environment, would you like a coffee is what I would advise you to use. If your chatting with your friends, chatting with your colleagues, or talking to somebody that it's just not a formal situation. Would you like a coffee could feel a little bit cold. So instead of saying B, you can say 1 a coffee, one a coffee. And this is very colloquial as you can see, one not ease slang, instead, one not incorrect English is, do you want Coffee? But in slang English we just combine it all together, make it super easy and say 10 coffee. Want a coffee? Would you like to repeat that back with me? One. A coffee. Fantastic. The next one is one, uh, grab a coffee, want to grab a coffee? I use this all the time with my friends is a Hegel's. What do you do? We want to grab a coffee, want to grab a bite to eat? So this expression means, do you want to go and get a cup of coffee to grab something? One of the rabid coffee want to grab a milkshake means and do you want to get a coffee? Do you want to go buy a coffee together? One or grab a coffee, John, and try repeating that with me. Wanna grab a coffee? Repeated back. Great. Let's try one more time. One or grab a coffee. Awesome. The next one we have here is fancy a coffee. Fans. A coffee. Now, fancy in English sometimes can mean like, do you want, do you lack a coffee? And these expression mean, do you feel like you want a coffee now? Do you think it's a good idea for us to go and get a coffee. Mainly the same as would you like your coffee, but just heaps more natural. Fancy a coffee. Fancy a coffee. Now notice here little bit of a trend with our questions when we're being more natural and colloquial English. But don't generally following the question structure with auxiliary verb and subject, etc. We're just old directly using our verb like fancy and then a noun, or using a noun like we were looking at before. So it's really important for you to remember your intonation and it's a question. So I need to raise my voice at the end. When a coffee, or the next one, we just simply have the word coffee. We say Coffee. Coffee. This is really commonly used here in a group of people. And maybe you're having a meeting and then somebody walks in and says coffee, anyone coffee, anyone. Just saying, Would anyone like coffee? Just by simply saying coffee or coffee, anyone? And the last one we have here is do you want to coffee? Do you want to coffee? Now, asking a question with do a post to a modal verb like could or would automatically puts it in a less formal context. Again, if you were speaking to somebody in a very professional environment, it's not advised to directly say, Hey, do you want to coffee because it can feel a little bit too intense. And we want to keep that distance by utilizing our modal verbs. But again, talking to your friends, family, or just like your fellow colleagues, you can directly ask them a question and say, Do you want a coffee?
14. Sentence swap "The movie was nice" : Okay, So the next expression that we're going to be swapping is the expression the movie was nice. Now the movie, obviously we can replace this for anything that we've consumed or what we can say restaurant or we can say book, or we can say song. It just the construction that I want to look at by describing something as being nice. Because I found that this is a really common expression. And a lot of the time, students, when they don't know what to say either. Say always nice. So it was good. And it's correct, it's totally fine. But if you're going to want to go that one step further with your English, we can find some alternatives. The first one is by saying it was awesome. Awesome is a very informal English word to say it was fantastic. I really liked it. It was nice. So how was the movie was awesome. What was the restaurant like? It was awesome. It was great and I'm really satisfied. The next one we can say is, I loved it, you got to watch it. Now this is obviously in referral to a movie, but I loved it. You gotta go. I loved it. You got to read it. I loved it. You gotta listen to it. So you can change the verb, watch to any verb that corresponds to the action that you did. The main thing I want you to understand here is we're saying you gotta, instead of saying you have to, which you can also say, but I'm more color-coded. State is by using slang and saying, you gotta watch it. I loved it. You gotta watch it. Can you repeat that back for me? I loved it. You gotta watch it. Go ahead. Fantastic. The next one I have here is best movie I've seen. So far. Again, we can change this and I can say, best book I've read so far, best risks, runtime being so far, best song I've listened so far. So we can substitute the NAM and the corresponding verb and use the construction best. So far, and it doesn't mean it's the best movie I have seen up until now. Now the next two expressions I to express something that wasn't that fantastic because all the rest of that done now, meaning something was really, really great. But if it wasn't so greater than it was, Sir, Sorry, you could say it was all ride. The restaurant was old ride the movie was all right. Or you could say it was nothing special. It was nothing special meeting it was mediocre, not fantastic, not bad either. Nothing special. Now sometimes for those of you, for example, in Australia, you might have heard the expression, nothing special. Special is a slang version of special. So I can say the movie was nothing special. The dinner was nothing special, meaning nothing special.
15. Sentence swap "I'm ill" : All right, The next expression we're looking at, ESA, I'm ill. I'm ill. Now the word ill in English, as soon as I hear, I say, I think only got like you must be. So seek. It makes us feel like you have a very serious disease. And often when we're wanting to say, I'm ill, it's because we have the flu or we have the code or just not feeling well. So there are some much better alternatives to saying, I'm ill, which sounds extremely serious in English. So instead you can simply say, I'm sick, which makes us understand. Okay, But still we might have to doubt like, well, how seek IU. So if you want to say that you have a disease or illness, you can say, Look, I'm sake, Look, I'm ill. If the situation is like you're calling in sick for work because you can't go to work because you're not well, or you're wanting to let you know that you not the best thing you can't go to the movies. I would opt for these last three alternatives, which is the first one, I'm not the best or I'm not feeling the best. And from these we don't have any questions because we understand that It's not something that's super serious, He just not feeling the best. So if people say, Oh, let's go out for denying you say Look, I'm not the best today or look, I'm not feeling the best today. They're not going to ask you anymore questions like, oh, whoa, what's wrong? Like I use SAR, seek, they'll understand all like you not feeling too well, you might have a cold or the flu. The next alternative we have is I'm feeling pretty rough. I'm feeling pretty rough. I'm I'm just I'm not feeling well. I've been quite seek these past few days and are I'm not feeling well at all. I'm feeling pretty rough. Or the third alternative, we have Amanda, the web app, under the weather. I'm not feeling at the point where I normally feel and I'm feeling under that. I feel like I'm coming down with the code with the flu and I'm under the weather. So just remember, if you say I'm feeling ill or I'm feeling sick normally, this is going to come with questions because it's quite serious to say this in English. Softening it by saying I'm not feeling the best, I'm feeling quite well. I'm feeling a little, I'm awhile. These are alternatives to soften your sickness to make people understand that it's just because you've got the cold, the stomach flu, etc.
16. Sentence swap "I'm pleased": Alright, next one is, I'm pleased. I am pleased. And I've heard this expression used a lot, especially when I've got students, you want to say a lot more than just, I'm pleased with my results, with my aisles or I'm pleased I pass the job interview. I'm pleased he's a very mediocre expression. And it just means that I'm kind of happy, but not that happy and content and it's actually not commonly used. So here are some alternatives. I'm going to start from the middle upwards just to give you an idea of the gradient. So if it is a nine please, you can say, I'm happy, I am happy. And these, I'm going to say we'll have the basic equivalent to what you want to say with, I'm pleased because we just really don't use it. So we can either say like, I'm happy with my results or if we want to up that undaunted, she could say I'm just so happy with my results. I'm just so happy. And here we're more than just happy. A little bit more and more or less the same We could say, I'm really so happy. I'm really so happy. And I would say that these are our starting off gradients. So if you got, you know, your score that you wanted for your IL-6 and you could say, I'm just so happy that I passed my ions exam. I'm so happy I post my exam. Now imagine you post your ILOs, but you've got an unexpected score of eight or 7.5 that you didn't expect, you would get, you could say, I'm over the moon, meaning I'm just so happy unaesthetic. I'm over the moon. Or you could say, I'm a dog. I'm meaning I am so totally happy. So these are out alternatives. I'm pleased is an expression that we don't really say in English. To match that, you can simply say, I'm happy. And to go one step further, to sound a little bit more, how we would sound? We would say, I'm just so happy or I'm literally so happy. And then to express more excitement, we'd say, I'm over the moon or IM.
17. 19 Sentence swap "I'm excited": All right, so the last sentence, swap that we are going to have a look at is the sentence, I'm excited. Now. I'm excited. We use all the time when we're super like about something and we can't wait for something to happen. And again, fine to use. But here are some more coworker alternatives. So the first expression that you can use instead of saying, I'm excited is I'm pumped. I'm pumped. You can say I am pumped to go away tomorrow. I am pumped for my new job. I am pumped gonna try to repeat that back for me. Good, I'm pumped. Now, the next expression we have is I cannot white or I can't wait to try repeating that with me. I cannot wait. Your 10. Great. So again, I cannot wait, meaning I'm excited. I can say I cannot wait for the book to be released. I cannot wait to go and see her in live. Following that, we have another one which is busting. Now we use these normally with another word like literally, I'm literally busting to go. I'm literally busting to leave, meaning I am about two weeks blurred with excitement. I cannot wait. I'm so happy, I'm so excited I am busting. Following that. We have the expression hyped to be hyped for something. Let's practice the pronunciation of the word height. Your Chen. Great. One more time. Height. Great. So I can say I'm so hyped for my holidays. And so height to start my new job, I'm so happy to see my family, again, an exact synonym for excited. So let's practice some sentences together. Please tell me an example sentence using the wood pumped. Great. And now another example sentence using the expression, cannot wait. Awesome. What about one using the wood busting? Great. And lastly, using the expression hyped for great. Now going to move on to the next section of the class.
18. 20 Introduction to English Slang Expressions and Phrases: All right, so moving on to the next section of this course, we're going to be looking at the best slang expressions to use in conversation. So these are all very typical colloquial expressions, ranging from a degree of topics that you can use in your everyday conversations. Now included in these are going to go through and understand how to pronounce them. How to use them in sentences meaning like, what are their meanings. But then I'm practice creating some sentences together as well as pronouncing them. And then we're going to do a listening exercise as well, where we'll be doing a dictation in order to help you gain confidence in identifying these expressions in conversation. So not only are you able to use them in speaking, but you're also able to understand them when they're being used. So this part, it's very active. It requires you to obviously listen, to speak and also to right? So if you want to organize yourself now to grab a pen and paper, that would be a great idea. That way you're ready for the rest of this section. Let's go ahead and jump in.
19. Conversation Slang Expressions and their meaning : Alright, so now we're going to learn out first four slang expressions. Now what we're going to be doing here is understanding how to pronounce them and what they mean. So the first one we have ys, I feel you. I feel you. Can you repeat that for me, please? Fantastic. So the expression I feel you simply means I understand you. Somebody says all I'm so upset and you can say, Yeah, I feel you yet, I understand you. I empathize with you. The next slang expression, we have, ys, same here. Same here. Can you please repeat that for me? Great. So stay here, as you can see, simply means I agree with you. I totally agree with you. I share the same opinion. For example, if somebody says, Wow, it's so-called today, or actually wow, I feel circle today and you can say, he's saying here, I feel the same theme. I agree with you. Now it's important to know that when you're using the expression that's saying here, it's only when we're talking about people's feelings. So you can say, I'm so hungry and another person can say yes, same here, meaning I agree with you. Also, I am hungry. But if you say this house is beautiful, in reply, you can't say same here because we're commenting on a hat or only one way commenting about how we feel. And the other way you can say, I think this house is so beautiful. And as a reply, you can say saying here, I also think this house is beautiful. So when we're using the expression same here, It's always regarding what we think and what we feel about something. The next expression I have is my bad, my bad. Can you repeat that for me, please? Fantastic. So the expression, my bad just simply means like, Oh, that's my mistake. I'm sorry. So if for example, somebody loses their papers, imagine you're in the office and they say, Oh, I've lost my papers. Where did they go? You could say My bad. I moved them. Meaning I'm sorry, it's my mistake that you can't find your papers because I moved them. Lastly, the next expression we have here is, you bet. You bet. Can you repeat that for me, please? Great. Sorry. You bet means or of course, somebody might say, you coming to the party tonight and you can say, You bet I am coming. Meaning of course, I'm coming. Certainly I'm coming. Another way would be you going to make it to tomorrow's meeting? You bet I'm gonna make it. Of course, I'm going to make it. So now I'm going to practice together in some sentences. Can you please give me a sentence using the expression, I feel you. Fantastic. And now what about an expression using same here. Great. Another sentence using my bad. Then testy and the last example sentence it using the expression, you bet. Great job. I'm going to move on now and have a look at some more examples.
20. Examples of Conversation Slang: All right, Let's now go through some examples of these slimy expressions that we went through just now. So he can say, don't worry, I feel you I felt the same yes. Today remembering I feel you means I understand you. Don't worry. I feel you, I felt the same yesterday. Or using the expression same here I can say, I'm sorry, tie it. Same here. I'm so tight to meaning I agree with you and I feel the same feeling. The next one we have ease my bad so I can say My bad. I'll fix it. I'm sorry. Remembering my bad is when we want to take responsibility for an action, apologized for the action, let somebody know that we recognize it was our fault. The last one we have is Bec can say you bet I'm coming. I wouldn't miss it for the world with a sneaky EDM inside. You bet I'm coming. I wouldn't miss it for the world. Meaning like of course I'm coming and I wouldn't miss it for the weld means I'm so excited. I'm I would never miss this particular event or occasion because I really, really want to attend. You bet I'm coming. I wouldn't miss it for the world.
21. Listening exercise for new vocabulary: All right, so now we're going to move on to our dictation exercise, just like we did before. I'm going to be reading a small passage to you using the new expressions you leak treaty just learned. And I want you to try to write down everything that you hear. So for those of you who aren't ready yet, probably press pause here, go grab a pen and paper, or if you prefer, you're more than welcome to type everything that you hear. Remember that once we have finished this, we're going to also correct answer together. So let's go ahead and begin. I completely ruined my mom's carpet yesterday by spilling red wine all over it. I felt so bad and even tried to get it out. But nothing. It just didn't work. My mom was SAR kind and said it was nerdy, geeky. But I still felt bad about it. The next day I went out and got her a new one. But I got to a house. She was just chilling in the kitchen, baking a cake. And I jumped in and surprise her with the new Kafka. She was totally shocked. I'm pleased and thanked me for the gift. I smiled and said, No worries. It was my bad anyway. All right, everyone, so that brings us to the end of this dictation. What we're going to do now is move on incorrect. The answers.
22. Answer sheet to Listening Exercise: Okay, so now we are going to correct the dictation. As you can see here, you have your answer sheet. So I just simply want you to read through the answer sheet, read through what you've written, and identify if you have made any mistakes. I'm going to give you some minutes to do this. Okay? So how did you guard? Did you make more than five mistakes? Make sure you write down how many mistakes you've made. If it's more than five mistakes and you'll mistakes, you know, you're really not understanding the words when you're hearing them and they're not just spelling mistakes, I would recommend you to go back and try to redo the exercise again and see if you can improve. But one really good thing for you guys to do, He's always write down how many mistakes you may, just, so you can be aware when you're starting to improve and how much improvement you'll making. Sorry Now that you've done this, we are going to move on to an exercise that you guys can go ahead and do.
23. Writing Exercise for new Vocabulary: All right, Now moving on to our sentence building exercise, which is what we just did before. He can remember. Here I want you to put all of the new words or expressions that you just learned into sentences. Just a reminder to make sure that these are full and complete sentences. And even more importantly, that they are really late to boost sentences. Sentences that relate to your life, your situation, and how you can actually use this vocabulary. Now would recommend to use this same book if you can, in order to run at all of these sentences just that way. Everything is in one place for this course. And it's really easy for you to refer back to them. You can go ahead now and write up your sentences.
24. Short English Slang Expressions and their Meanings: All right, So now moving on to our next set of three best slang expression that we're going to learn. Here. The first one we have is No worries. No worries. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Fantastic. So the expression no worries simply means a. You're welcome. If somebody says, Oh, thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate it. You can reply simply by saying, No worries. It was my pleasure. Don't worry about it. And it is just a new and informal way to say you're welcome. Of course, your welcome is totally fine to say that sometimes, especially in the context when somebody's thanking you a lot. And you just say, You're welcome, You're welcome, You're welcome. It can feel a little repetitive, so it's nice to have some alternatives and no worries is one of them. Now the next one we have is no biggie. No biggie. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Fantastic. So no biggie simply means it's not a problem. For example, if somebody says, Hey, could you help me out after work and you can say, no biggie, maybe it's not a problem, it's not a big deal. Or in another way, somebody might say, Oh, that's terrible, that you'll computer broke and he has a biggie, I know how to fix it. It was fixed in two seconds, meaning the fact that my computer was broken wasn't a problem because I could fix it so quickly. So no biggie means no problem. The next expression here we have is she'll she'll, can you repeat that back for me, please? Very good. Now, we can use these in two different ways. We can use it to tell somebody to do the action. So it's a verb and he can say, Hey, chill, relax. So when you want to tell somebody to relax because maybe they're a little stress store, a little anxious. You can say, Hey, shale, it's not a hey, it's no biggie and you can use them together. But normally when telling a person to kill or chill out and they're behaving in quite a stressful way. So for example, if you're getting ready to go on a holiday and somebody going with his stressed because they can't find their passport. And I thinking our ways my passport, I can't board the plane. You can say, hey, she'll, it's no biggie, check your luggage one more time. You can also use chill to mean relaxing and use it to speak about yourself. Somebody might say, Oh, what are you doing this weekend? And you can say, I'm just going to chill. Not much. I'm just going to kill, meaning I'm just going to relax all weekend. So now let's practice these in some sentences together. Can you please tell me a sentence using the expression, No worries. Fantastic. And now a sentence using the expression nor Biggie. And lastly, and sent a sentence using the word Hill. Awesome. Now we're gonna move on to have a look at some more examples.
25. Examples of Short Slang Expressions: All right, so let's move on to have a look at some more examples together. So the first one is with using the expression, no worries. And like I said before, you can say Thanks, Sorry, match. And as a reply where you would want to say You're welcome. You can say no worries. Thanks so much. No worries. Don't even mention it. The next one was no biggie. So you could say, for example, I arrived late, but it was no biggie. I miss the exam, but it wasn't our became my teacher gave me and neither date to attend. And lastly here with the wood chill or as you can see here, chilling, you can say, today, I'm planning on just doing at harm. This is exactly the same as saying today. I am going to just chill at harm. Depending on the sentence construction. All we use chill in the I-N-G form when talking about our self, or we just use it in the infinitive. So these are a few more examples in order to help you get a better picture of how we can use these new expressions.
26. Listening Exercise for Short Slang Expressions: Alright, so we're going to move on and do add dictation, just like all the other ones that we've done. I'm going to be reading a small passage in English using the new vocabulary we've learned up until now. And you need to write or type everything that you hear. Remembering that once we had done, you're going to have a chance to correct your mistakes. Let's go ahead and begin. So my best friend told me she had a crush on this guy. She met at work, but was too much of a chicken to work up the guts to go and speak to him. I gave us some advice because I'm a week at these things. Even though I got dumped last year. I still know a phenyl to about day. Think. Great work everyone. So that brings us to the end of these dictation. You can go ahead now and I'm going to correct the mistakes together and see how you went.
27. Answer Sheet to Listening Exercise : Okay, so now we are going to move on to correcting the dictation. But I want you to do here is simply have a look at the answer sheet. Crosscheck, highlight any mistakes, correct those mistakes, and then at the very end, write down how many mistakes you actually made. So you can go ahead and begin. All right, fantastic job everyone, how did you, how many mistakes did you make? Do you see any improvement compared to the last dictation? If not, even if he did Heaps was go ahead, repeat the exercise, do it again and see if you made an improvement. Now I'm going to move on and do another exercise.
28. Writing Exercise for Short Slang Expressions: All right, Now moving on to our sentence building exercise, which is what we just did before. He can remember. Here I want you to put all of the new words or expressions that you just learned into sentences. Just a reminder to make sure that these are full and complete sentences. And even more importantly, that they are really late to boost sentences. Sentences that relate to your life, your situation, and how you can actually use this vocabulary. Now would recommend to use this same book if you can, in order to run at all of these sentences just that way. Everything is in one place for this course. And it's really easy for you to refer back to them. You can go ahead now and write up your sentences.
29. Single Word English Slang and their Meanings: Okay, Moving on to our new for best slang expressions. So the first one we have here is lame. Lame. Can you please repeat that back for me? Fantastic. So lame is just pretty much the opposite to cool. So something that's like a dorky little bit. Just not cool. The opposite to what cuties, this is lame. So I can say, Oh, I watched such a movie, it was so silly. It was so boring. It was very outdated. It was not cool at all. It was a really lame movie. Or if somebody says, Hey, how did the potty go last night? Because I was sort of claim it was a terrible party. It was really, really disinterested and boring. The next word I have here is bomber. Bomber. Can you please repeat that for me? Fantastic. So Obama is something that's disappointing. Okay. I can say yesterday my car broke down and the person replying wise, I would have Fama maybe all how disappointing for you. What a terrible thing that happened by comma. The next one we have here is shady. Shady. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Fantastic. So shady we use to describe a suspicious situation or a suspicious person. I am I say he looks a little shady. I'm not going to go in that direction. He looks a little shady, that person looks a little suspicious. They make me feel uncomfortable. Or I can say, what a shady situation look, I think it's best to do something else. What a shady situation. I think it's best to do something else. Or I can even say, you know what? That suburbs a little shady. Let's go to the city. The suburbs a little shady. Let's go to the city that somebody was a little suspicious. It doesn't feel a 100 percent safe. My last expression here is C. C. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Great. So you guys know the word secret, only use it when we don't feel well. However, a complete opposite to this, meaning in slang means amazing. I can say, wow, that song is C, meaning while the song is amazing, or how was the event? How seek was the event, meaning how amazing guy who was the event. So let's go ahead and practice in some sentences together. Can you please tell me an example sentence using the adjective lame? Fantastic, and now an example sentence using the noun bomber, perfect. Another example sentence using the adjective shady. Perfect. And lastly, an example sentence using the adjective, seek. Great work everyone. Now we're gonna move on and have a look at some more examples.
30. Example Sentences With New Expressions: All right, so let's move on and have a look at some more examples with this new vocabulary. The first one is about having a crush on someone. And I can say she used to have a crush on him. She used to have a crush on him, remembering we need to utilize the verb have plus the preposition on to have a crush on someone. That X1 is with the white dump and using it in the question form, simply dump you. Did he dumped you? This is also a regular verb in the past tense, we simply add ED, and as you know, don't just simply adding ED. The next one is the word, we can say, she is such a whiz technology, don't worry, she can help you. She is such a weird technology, don't worry, she can help you. And lastly, using outward chicken, don't be a chicken. Just going for membrane chicken means don't be scared. Don't be a chicken, just going for it. So now let's move on and do our dictation.
31. Listening Exercise for Single Word Slang: Alright, so we're going to move on and do add dictation, just like all the other ones that we've done. I'm going to be reading a small passage in English using the new vocabulary we've learned up until now. And you need to write or type everything that you hear. Remembering that once we had done, you're going to have a chance to correct your mistakes. Let's go ahead and begin. So my best friend told me she had a crush on this guy. She met at work, but was too much of a chicken to work up the guts to go and speak to him. I gave us some advice because I'm a week at these things. Even though I got dumped last year. I still know a phenyl to about day. Think. Great work everyone. So that brings us to the end of these dictation. You can go ahead now and I'm going to correct the mistakes together and see how you went.
32. Answer Sheet for Listening Exercise: All right, so let's go through and check your answers. Here is the answer sheets I would like you to crosscheck if you made any mistakes, correct those mistakes, and remember to document how many overall mistakes you've made. So you can go ahead and begin. All right, There you go. Well, how did you go? Did you make more mistakes or less mistakes than last time? Don't worry if you made more, if you made less, fantastic, great job. If you made more during stress, you can just go ahead and complete this dictation again and see if you have improved. So let's move on now to begin out exercise.
33. Writing Exercise for Single Word Slang : All right everyone, so it's time to complete your very last exercise in this course could have almost come to the end. So now we're going to practice your writing and understanding of the vocabulary. And I would like you to put all of the new words and expressions you just learned in two sentences. Again, I sound like a broken record, but try to make this sentences as relatable as possible to your actual life, just so it helps you memorize them and do try to expand your sentences by even incorporating some other new words that you've just learned here in this course, outside of the course and of course with the key word that you need to use in this sentence. So I'll let you go ahead and do that. Put all of the words that you've just learned in two sentences.
34. Best Adjective English Slang Expressions and their Meanings: All right, so moving on to our next four best slang expressions. The first word, slang word that we're looking at, ease. Rick. Rick. Can you please repeat that back for me? Fantastic. So to be ripped means to be extremely feet. So feet that you can clearly see your muscle definition to be raped, meaning to be super fit, super healthy, and to see clearly your muscle definition. Now, you could say, for example, I want to go to the gym because I wanna get ripped, or my goal is to be ripped for summer, we use it as an adjective. Moving on to our next word, we have ys, cheesy. Cheesy. Can you repeat that back for me, please? Fantastic. Sorry. The adjective cheesy, we use to describe something that's very predictable, that it's silly, it's predictable. It's like a cliche. And therefore, normally we're using this word to describe movies. And if you can think of like a romantic comedy where there's always a boy who likes a girl and then something happens and it's so predictable we would use the word cheesy and be like, oh, this is such a cheesy movie. It's such a Cinderella story storyline. So we've heard it so many times. It's so cheesy. The next word we're looking at is flaky. Flaky. You want to repeat that back for me, please? Great. So the word flaky is an adjective and we use it to describe generally a person. He was very unreliable. A person who may be says that they're going to do something in the last minute, cancels or they stop answering their phone. Well, they stated they going to attend a particular event in and they never do. So I can say, Oh, don't worry about calling her. She served flaky. She weren't come anyway. Meaning don't worry about calling her. She's so unreliable she won't come anyway. The last expression we have is stocked and we use it in the format, eat, stock or something, sucked. And again, it's an adjective and we use it to say that something was terrible, Something was sorry, sorry, Bad. Normally we're using this to talk about places or events, or books and videos. I can say all the movie we watched last night sucked. It was sorry that it's not worth watching or dorm go to that restaurant. It sucks in my present tense, meaning, it's a terrible restaurant. So horrible restaurant, the fruits disgusting. There's no need to go. Let's practice now in some sentences together. So it can you please give me an example sentence using the adjective RIP, fantastic. And now another example sentence using the adjective, cheesy. Great. Another one that you using to the adjective flaky. And the last sentence, using the objective to suck or in the past tense, sock. Great work everyone now going to move on and have a look at a few more examples together.
35. More Examples of Slang Adjectives in Sentences: All right, so let's move on and have a look at some more examples with this new vocabulary. The first one is about having a crush on someone. And I can say she used to have a crush on him. She used to have a crush on him, remembering we need to utilize the verb have plus the preposition on to have a crush on someone. That X1 is with the white dump and using it in the question form, simply dump you. Did he dumped you? This is also a regular verb in the past tense, we simply add ED, and as you know, don't just simply adding ED. The next one is the word, we can say, she is such a whiz technology, don't worry, she can help you. She is such a weird technology, don't worry, she can help you. And lastly, using outward chicken, don't be a chicken. Just going for membrane chicken means don't be scared. Don't be a chicken, just going for it. So now let's move on and do our dictation.
36. Listening Exercise for Slang Adjectives : Alright, so we're going to move on and do add dictation, just like all the other ones that we've done. I'm going to be reading a small passage in English using the new vocabulary we've learned up until now. And you need to write or type everything that you hear. Remembering that once we had done, you're going to have a chance to correct your mistakes. Let's go ahead and begin. So my best friend told me she had a crush on this guy. She met at work, but was too much of a chicken to work up the guts to go and speak to him. I gave us some advice because I'm a week at these things. Even though I got dumped last year. I still know a phenyl to about day. Think. Great work everyone. So that brings us to the end of these dictation. You can go ahead now and I'm going to correct the mistakes together and see how you went.
37. Answer Sheet for Slang Adjective Listening Exercise: Alright, so now it's time to correct these dictation. So here you can see the answer sheet. I would like you to take a few minutes to crosscheck any mistakes, write down those mistakes, and at the end, document how many mistakes you made in order to see if you're improving with your listening or not. So I'll give you that time now. All right. So how did you go any improvement? If not, don't worry, you can just go ahead and repeat this as many times as you need, but I'm sure that you are getting better. So let's move on now we're gonna do a, another exercise.
38. Writing Exercise for Slang Adjectives: All right everyone, so it's time to complete your very last exercise in this course could have almost come to the end. So now we're going to practice your writing and understanding of the vocabulary. And I would like you to put all of the new words and expressions you just learned in two sentences. Again, I sound like a broken record, but try to make this sentences as relatable as possible to your actual life, just so it helps you memorize them and do try to expand your sentences by even incorporating some other new words that you've just learned here in this course, outside of the course and of course with the key word that you need to use in this sentence. So I'll let you go ahead and do that. Put all of the words that you've just learned in two sentences.
39. Best English Slang Expressions : All right, let's move on to our next four best slang expressions. So the first one we have here is a to have a crush on someone. We also use the preposition on here to have a crush on someone, means to like someone romantically. So you could say, for example, all my best friend has a crush on a guy at school. My best friend has a crush on a guy at school, meaning my best friend likes a guy at school romantically. The next word we're looking at ease, dump to dump, which is a verb, means to break up a romantic relationship. So I can say all she's so sad because she got dumped yesterday or are you going to dump him? We use it as a verb. Our next expression is our width. We can pull someone always, it is a noun and it's referred to someone who is very smart in a particular topic. So I can say, Oh, she is a math wiz that he is a computer ways or simply, she is always in the kitchen. She is very, very smart and talented in cooking. The last word I have here is chicken. Chicken. Now, I'm not referring to the chicken that we ate all the chicken, the animal. But in English, chicken is actually very, very common expression and we'll use it to call somebody who is very scared. So a chicken is a person who is really scared. I can say all darned, be a chicken, it's only a movie or you are such a chicken, you will never do it. So just referring to a person who is very scared. So let's go ahead and practice these a little bit together. First we're going to practice out pronunciation, and I'm going to practice putting them into some sentences. Sorry to have a crush, to have a crash. Can you please repeat that for me, please? Fantastic. Dum. Dum. Can you repeat that for me, please? Great. Next one. We'll notice how the hate is silent. It's not put its wheat. Wheat. We, Can you repeat that back, please? Great. And lastly, chicken. Chicken. Can you repeat that for me? Fantastic. Now let's put these into some sentences. Can you please tell me an example sentence using the expression to have a crush on someone. Great. And now an example sentence using the word dump, memory, it's a verb. Dump. Great. And now an example sentence using the noun with the Olson. And lastly, an example sentence a using the wide chicken to mean somebody who is scared. She can Great work everyone. Let's move on to have a look at some more examples.
40. Examples of Best English Slang Expressions: All right, so let's move on and have a look at some more examples with this new vocabulary. The first one is about having a crush on someone. And I can say she used to have a crush on him. She used to have a crush on him, remembering we need to utilize the verb have plus the preposition on to have a crush on someone. That X1 is with the white dump and using it in the question form, simply dump you. Did he dumped you? This is also a regular verb in the past tense, we simply add ED, and as you know, don't just simply adding ED. The next one is the word, we can say, she is such a whiz technology, don't worry, she can help you. She is such a weird technology, don't worry, she can help you. And lastly, using outward chicken, don't be a chicken. Just going for membrane chicken means don't be scared. Don't be a chicken, just going for it. So now let's move on and do our dictation.
41. Listening Exercise for Best English Slang Expressions: Alright, so we're going to move on and do add dictation, just like all the other ones that we've done. I'm going to be reading a small passage in English using the new vocabulary we've learned up until now. And you need to write or type everything that you hear. Remembering that once we had done, you're going to have a chance to correct your mistakes. Let's go ahead and begin. So my best friend told me she had a crush on this guy. She met at work, but was too much of a chicken to work up the guts to go and speak to him. I gave us some advice because I'm a week at these things. Even though I got dumped last year. I still know a phenyl to about day. Think. Great work everyone. So that brings us to the end of these dictation. You can go ahead now and I'm going to correct the mistakes together and see how you went.
42. Writing Exercise for Best English Slang Expressions: All right everyone, so it's time to complete your very last exercise in this course could have almost come to the end. So now we're going to practice your writing and understanding of the vocabulary. And I would like you to put all of the new words and expressions you just learned in two sentences. Again, I sound like a broken record, but try to make this sentences as relatable as possible to your actual life, just so it helps you memorize them and do try to expand your sentences by even incorporating some other new words that you've just learned here in this course, outside of the course and of course with the key word that you need to use in this sentence. So I'll let you go ahead and do that. Put all of the words that you've just learned in two sentences.
43. Conclusion : All right, Congratulations everyone that you have made it to the end of this class. I hope you enjoyed it and I'm so excited for you guys to go off and start using this new color, cool vocabulary expressions and slang. Because I know that they are going to make you feel super confident, but really, really help improve your communication in English. So if you did it, follow the course into the exercises while being in the course, make sure you do go ahead and complete those, writing all of the new words into sentences and completing the dictations. And also, um, just a reminder for all of the women who are here participating in this class. Again, welcome you to join it women in English community. You can access all of the links in the introductory video that you watched the very beginning. And that's it. Thank you so much everybody for being here, have a fantastic day and enjoy learning English.
Gaia Massara, English Teacher | Cambridge | TEFL
