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  • Hi, everybody.

  • My name is Alicia, and today I'm going to talk about propositions of time.

  • I'm going to talk about a few propositions we use when we're talking about time and time periods.

  • So let's get started.

  • Okay, so the first proposition of time I want to talk about is on.

  • We use on four days, for example, on Sunday on Monday on Tuesday, and we use on for the weekend, like on the weekend or on weekends.

  • These are the two cases where we use on as a proposition of time.

  • I like to something something on Sunday.

  • I like to something, something on weekends we use on in these two cases.

  • The second proposition of time I want to talk about for today is at, so we use at when we want to talk about a time and by time I mean O clock like seven o'clock at nine o'clock at 10 o'clock.

  • We can also use at with a M and P m like at 2 a.m. At 7 p.m. we use at to talk about a specific point in time.

  • A specific, uh, number.

  • For example, we also use at with the expression at night at night.

  • I like to something, something at night.

  • I usually something, something at night we always use at in this case.

  • Then I have one more here the weekend you'll see I used the weekend for on here, But in British English, I speak American English in British English, you might hear act the weekend instead of on the weekend.

  • So at the weekend, it's something you might hear depending on where you are or depending on the people with whom you study.

  • But for me, I prefer to use on the weekend.

  • Okay, let's talk about in next.

  • So we use in for a lot of different cases.

  • As you can see, we use in four months, like in September and October in November.

  • We use it for seasons, like in summer, in spring and fall.

  • We use it for expressions like in the morning in the evening, in the afternoon as well in the morning in the afternoon.

  • We also use in for periods of time, so minutes, hours and years, for example.

  • So in five minutes in three years, in a few seconds, if you want to talk about a period of time, you can use in to explain that.

  • So we use in for a lot of different cases.

  • The last thing I want to talk about, though, is a situation where you don't need to use a proposition at all.

  • When you use this plus weekend like this weekend or this morning or this evening or this month, this September, this October, you do not need to use a proposition in this case will practice in just a moment.

  • But this is a very common mistake.

  • If you use this before one of these expressions, you do not need to include a proposition.

  • So please be careful.

  • Okay?

  • So with this information, I want to try a few example sentences that I've prepared here.

  • The 1st 1 is I have to leave something something.

  • Five minutes.

  • Five minutes is a period of time.

  • So we know the correct proposition is in.

  • I have to leave in five minutes.

  • Is the correct answer here.

  • Next.

  • What are you doing?

  • Something.

  • Something.

  • December.

  • December.

  • So we know December is a month.

  • We should use in in this case.

  • What are you doing in December?

  • Of course.

  • By the way, with this sentence, we could say What are you doing this December?

  • To be very specific, but in this case for a proposition week should use in.

  • Okay, next sentence.

  • I'll meet you at the restaurant.

  • 6 p.m. Six p.

  • M.

  • Is a time a time.

  • So we know that we should use that at six.

  • PM at 6 p.m. Okay.

  • Next your plane leaves something something to ours.

  • So two hours again is a period of time.

  • A period of time.

  • Therefore, we should use in your plane leaves in two hours.

  • Is the correct sentence here.

  • Okay.

  • Next.

  • They're going to France.

  • Something something.

  • This summer.

  • Here is a big hint word this therefore no proposition is needed in this case.

  • They're going to France this summer.

  • No proposition here.

  • Okay, Next he's meeting us in the station.

  • Something something noon.

  • So noone.

  • I've used the word noon here, but noone is a time it means 12 p.m. Yeah.

  • So because it's still a time we should use at at noon is the correct sentence here.

  • Okay.

  • Next.

  • Can you meet me at the cafe?

  • Something Something to PM So two PM here we have another time at 2 p.m. Is the correct answer here.

  • Okay.

  • Next.

  • I like going hiking something Something weekends weekend.

  • So we learned over here that we use on to talk about weekends weekends, in this case, multiple weekends.

  • So I'd like going hiking on weekends is the correct answer in this case.

  • Finally, it's hard for me to wake up something.

  • Something.

  • The morning, the morning.

  • So we saw here.

  • Mourning is used with in So in the morning is the correct answer for this sentence.

  • So with a little bit of practice And as you use thes phrases, uh, not just with a single proposition, but as you use thes in longer sentences and as part of phrases, it will become easier to remember which is which and which one you should use at which time.

  • So I hope this was useful for you.

  • Thanks very much for watching this episode.

  • If you have any questions or comments, please let us know in a comment below this video.

  • Thanks very much for watching and see you again.

  • soon, right?

  • Today we're gonna talk about propositions of location and movement.

  • So let's get started.

  • Okay?

  • So the first proposition of location I want to talk about is at we use at to talk about exact specific locations.

  • So some examples of this are at the supermarket at the table at her desk.

  • This means a person or an object is at that specific place s O, for example.

  • I'm at work right now.

  • I'm at the office thes air specific points where people or objects can be located.

  • So please use at to talk about a specific location.

  • Okay, so let's go on to the next proposition of location.

  • For now in we use in when we want to talk about enclosed locations.

  • So locations which are surrounded or when we're surrounded by something else, something else is all around us, or we are enclosed within something.

  • So some examples of this are in the pool, were enclosed, are surrounded by the pool in the closet, completely enclosed by the closet in your bag.

  • Your items are enclosed by your bag and in the water.

  • So when swimming in the ocean, for example, we say in the water I'm in the water, for example.

  • Now I'm in the office.

  • I'm in a room.

  • Um, I'm in my home city, for example.

  • So these air different ways, we can use the word in when we're enclosed or surrounded by something.

  • Please.

  • Also remember that in is used for countries and cities.

  • I live in Bangkok.

  • I live in Aah Europe, for example.

  • So please remember to use in four countries and cities as well as for locations that are enclosed or when you're surrounded by something else.

  • Okay, so let's talk about the next proposition of location.

  • The next proposition is by we use by when we want to express something is near something else near or close to something else.

  • So, for example, by the park or by the coffee shop by your computer by the table, these mean near something else?

  • We don't know exactly.

  • Is it maybe next to in front of behind?

  • We don't know, but it means simply near something else.

  • So, for example, I'm by the white board right now.

  • I'm buy a chair.

  • I'm buy a table Thes airways.

  • We can use by to express near or close to.

  • Okay, so the next proposition I want to talk about is a proposition of movement, actually, the next to our propositions of movement.

  • The 1st 1 is into so into is something we used to express movement from an open location to a more closed location.

  • So, for example, into the bank, walk into the bank or into the refrigerator, put food into the refrigerator or into the suspects home.

  • The police moved into the suspect's home in each case into shows, moving from an open location to a more closed location.

  • So because in is here, you can imagine we are moving to an enclosed location.

  • We could say Jump into the pool, for example, or go into the closet, put something into your bag or go into the water.

  • So in this way we can kind of think of in and to being closely related.

  • But two shows us the movement, the relationship that there is some movement happening there.

  • Okay, so let's talk about the opposite then of into which is out of so because we use into to talk about movement from a more open place to an enclosed space out of is used to talk about movement from an enclosed space to a more open space.

  • So, for example, out of the house or out of the washing machine, taking clothes out of the washing machine out of your purse takes something out of your purse.

  • So moving yourself, moving a person or moving an object from something that is enclosed to a space that is more open we use out of in this case.

  • Okay, so now we know about five new propositions of location and movement.

  • Let's try some example.

  • Sentences.

  • Okay, the 1st 1 she's sitting something, something.

  • The table, the table.

  • So here we have the table.

  • I talked earlier about this at the table with At Yeah, however, we can use by the table as well at the table and by the table have slightly different meanings, though both are correct at the table means she is sitting in a chair directly in front of the table.

  • She's sitting at the table by the table, however, could mean she's next to the table or she's just near the table by is a little bit less clear at is very clear here, to be very clear, say she's sitting at the table to be less clear.

  • Maybe she's somewhere near the table used by.

  • Okay, so the next example sentence is our company's headquarters is something Something L a l A l a meaning Los Angeles here.

  • So we have a city name?

  • Yeah, a city named Los Angeles.

  • We know that we should use city names with in.

  • So the answer here is in in L.

  • A.

  • Okay, the next one, he lives something.

  • Something in the supermarket.

  • So the supermarket is a place, and here we have the verb lives.

  • He lives.

  • We know it's not in because people do not live in supermarkets.

  • Uh, probably not at He lives at the supermarket.

  • Also doesn't make any sense.

  • People do not live at supermarkets.

  • Uh, however we can use bye bye.

  • So he lives by the supermarket to mean he lives near the supermarket.

  • Okay, so next one, when we walked something, something the bank, it was raining.

  • Okay, so here we have the verb walked and we have the bank.

  • So there's a motion happening.

  • Yeah, walking and then the bank.

  • The proposition we should use here probably into though out of it could also be possible.

  • When we walked into the bank.

  • It was raining when we walked out of the bank.

  • It was raining.

  • Both sentences are okay.

  • In this case, it just depends on the action.

  • You want to communicate?

  • Okay.

  • Next one.

  • I need to run something.

  • Something.

  • The supermarket for milk.

  • Okay, so here, uh, there's an objective for milk.

  • This person wants to buy milk, so they need to run something.

  • Something.

  • The supermarket.

  • So let's use into moving from outside the supermarket to inside the supermarket.

  • Amore enclosed space into into the supermarket.

  • Okay, Next one is I have to be something.

  • Something.

  • The office until 6 p.m. So here we have a specific location.

  • The office, the office.

  • So office is an enclosed space.

  • Yes.

  • Which means we can use in.

  • I have to be in the office until 6 p.m. But with work and with office spaces, we can also use at.

  • It's an exact location.

  • I have to be in the office or I have to be at the office until 6 p.m. Both are correct.

  • Okay.

  • Next.

  • I forgot to take my phone.

  • Something?

  • Something.

  • Your bag.

  • Okay, so take this.

  • Take motion.

  • Here is a really good hint.

  • There's an action happening, so there's a very good chance we are moving something from a from an enclosed location to a more open location.

  • So I forgot to take my phone out of your bag out of your bag is the correct answer here.

  • Finally, I want to get something, something town.

  • So town, uhm is yes, it's a location like, uh, in my town or at my town.

  • However, a big hint here is get get.

  • We use get to reflect movement sometimes, Um and this phrase is a good one to remember Get out of town, get out of town.

  • So get out of town means leave town go to a different place outside of town.

  • So I want to get out of town is the correct answer here.

  • Okay, so those are a few propositions of location and movements.

  • I hope that this was useful for you.

  • If you have any questions, please be sure to leave them in a comment below this video.

  • Thanks very much for watching this lesson and we will see you again soon.

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  • Today I'm going to talk about, say, tell and speak.

  • I'm going to talk about the differences between when we use thes and also give some examples of how to use them as well.

  • So let's go.

  • Okay, The 1st 1 I want to talk about is say, say so we use, say, when we want to have a very neutral feel.

  • Thio what we're talking about, We used to say when we report speech, were reporting information reporting something we heard reporting something someone else said to us.

  • So, as I just used the past tense of say is said, Please be careful.

  • It is not say Ed, say, Edie.

  • It should be said the spelling changes said he said.

  • She said, We said They said Okay, so when we want to report speech, we can use the past tense like I've just done.

  • For example, he said dinner was delicious.

  • This is a past tense statement.

  • So maybe previously before the conversation, someone he said this statement dinner was delicious.

  • Think of this like a quote.

  • Dinner was delicious, he said.

  • Dinner was delicious.

  • Another example.

  • You said you were tired.

  • You said you were tired.

  • So again, before the conversation, the other person said he or she was tired but here to report You said you were tired and we use the past tense.

  • Say said to do that.

  • Okay, one more with the present tense, then remember, we use the present tense when we're talking about Ah, general facts are things which are always true.

  • Regular actions.

  • So in this case, I've used present tense I said, I never say mean things.

  • So here I have a present tense.

  • This is a general fact.

  • In this case, I never say mean things.

  • So again, a very neutral way of talking about verbal communication.

  • Okay, so that's how we use, say, an introduction to how we use Say then let's talk about how to use tell.

  • We use tell a little bit differently from the way that we use Say so we use tell when we want to show kind of a one way nuance.

  • There's sort of one way communication happening.

  • So by that I mean that someone is passing new information or giving new information to another person, something I do not already know.

  • I'm having someone tell me someone is going to tell me new information.

  • So we use this in past tense.

  • A lot.

  • The past tense of tell is told.

  • He told me.

  • She told me.

  • They told me this gives us the nuance of new information.

  • Something I'm learning.

  • Something I'm hearing for the first time I can use tell or told in past tense.

  • Also one point about tell the object in many cases is a person.

  • So by that I mean, uh, after the verb tell the item coming after it in the sentence is usually a person.

  • So the person receiving the information.

  • So please tell me.

  • Please tell her.

  • Please tell him the person indicated here or the group of people indicated here after the verb tell.

  • That's the person or the group of people receiving the information learning the information.

  • Okay, so let's see.

  • I told you to call me here.

  • I have the past tense.

  • I told you to call me.

  • So you This is the receiver of the information.

  • I told you to call me.

  • I asked you to call me here.

  • Okay.

  • So this is the report.

  • Some some command we can use.

  • Tell and told to give commands.

  • I told you to call me.

  • I gave you the new request to call me in other words.

  • Okay, One more A request this time.

  • Can you tell me where the bathroom is?

  • So here.

  • Tell me So this is a request for information.

  • Can you tell me where the bathroom is?

  • I don't know where the bathroom is.

  • Please give me new information.

  • Please tell me where it iss okay.

  • Here.

  • We also use present tense.

  • Yeah.

  • So when you're when you're making requests, please make sure to use the present tense.

  • Can you tell me something?

  • One more.

  • Why didn't you tell me the party was canceled?

  • Another question.

  • Why didn't you tell me?

  • So you didn't give me new information about the party?

  • Why?

  • Why didn't you tell me?

  • Blah, blah, blah?

  • We can use this pattern for if you miss information or if someone forgot to tell you something.

  • If someone forgot to give you information that you needed, you can say, Why didn't you tell me about Papa to make a difference sentence?

  • You could say, Why didn't you tell her?

  • Or why didn't you tell them?

  • Why didn't you tell our boss some other examples.

  • A positive sentence could be.

  • Why did you tell him?

  • Why did you tell her?

  • For example, if someone tells a secret so we can use tell to give new information to pass new information along.

  • Okay, so that's still so the next for that I want to talk about today is the verb speak.

  • So we use speak to mean Ah, conversation.

  • Yes.

  • So speak has the nuance of a conversation.

  • But it has the nuance of a more formal tone.

  • We would use speak in more formal situations, like a business meeting or a work setting, for example, or for maybe a more serious conversation.

  • But we can use speak with either with or two.

  • So I mean, speak with someone and speak to someone.

  • So the difference between these two is very, very small.

  • If you say speak with my boss, it sounds like you expect a conversation with your boss speaking with someone.

  • Sounds like there's information passing back and forth between the two of you.

  • Speak to your boss.

  • Sounds more like, for example, you're going to say a lot of things.

  • You're going to give a lot of information and your boss will participate a little bit.

  • But there's more nuance of giving information than passing information back and forth.

  • So if you want to make a more conversational nuance, use with speak with someone if you want it to sound a little more one sided a little more one way you speak to someone.

  • Okay, so we also use speak four languages like I speak English.

  • I speak French.

  • I speak Japanese.

  • I don't speak German.

  • I don't speak Thai so please you speak four languages as well.

  • The past tense of speak is spoke.

  • Please be careful.

  • It is not speak.

  • Please use spoke.

  • The past tense is spoke.

  • I spoke English every day when I lived in America, for example.

  • So please use spoke as the past tense.

  • Here also the past participle form is spoken.

  • Spoken?

  • So we'll see that in a little bit.

  • Maybe.

  • Okay, eso some example Sentences you should speak with or to your boss.

  • So here you can choose with sounds more conversational to sounds a little more direct.

  • You should speak with your boss.

  • You should speak to your boss.

  • Okay?

  • Passed in sentence.

  • I spoke with my manager I spoke with my manager.

  • We shared information.

  • Blessed Have you spoken to HR?

  • Have you spoken to HR?

  • Here's a present perfect, tense sentence I've used spoken here.

  • Okay, so that's a nice maybe a wrap up of a few different verbs that are commonly confused when talking about speech.

  • Let's go to some example.

  • Sentences.

  • All right.

  • The first example sentences my friend something, something.

  • Me.

  • My cooking was bad.

  • Okay, My cooking was bad.

  • This is probably new information for a person.

  • Another hint we have me.

  • There's a person here in the object position of the sentence, so we can guess this should be the verb tell.

  • However, we have this hint.

  • My cooking was bad was about a past tense.

  • So we should use the past tense form of Tell told here.

  • Okay, next one.

  • They something, Something.

  • I have to work tomorrow.

  • So here I have to work tomorrow.

  • This isn't maybe just information.

  • It sounds like somebody passed some information to me.

  • So if I want to think of this is like reporting speech, I would use the verb say in the past tense said Yeah, so I know this should not be tell because there's no object here.

  • I know it should not be speak because there's no with.

  • And there's no to here either, so I know this should be.

  • They said I have to work tomorrow.

  • Of course, this sentence could be They told me I have to work tomorrow.

  • It sounds more like a command.

  • In that case here.

  • They said I have to work tomorrow is very neutral.

  • And just a simple report of speech.

  • Okay, Next one, He really needs to something.

  • Something with his client.

  • So here is a big hint word we have the word with here, and we also have a client here, which shows maybe a business or a work setting.

  • Therefore, we can guess the verb should be speak.

  • He really needs to speak with his client.

  • Okay.

  • Great.

  • Next one.

  • Have you something?

  • Something.

  • Your mother, The news, the news.

  • So hear news is a big hint.

  • New information, new information.

  • And we have a person, a person in the object position.

  • A person is going to receive new information.

  • So have you told your mother?

  • The news is the correct sentence here.

  • So have you told blah, blah blah?

  • Is actually a really good sentence for you to remember.

  • Have you told your mom about that?

  • Have you told your dad about that?

  • Have you told your dog about your new park?

  • I don't know.

  • So any time you want to pass information or ask a question about information being passed, please use.

  • Tell to do that like we've done here.

  • Have you told someone?

  • Okay, let's go to the next one.

  • We something.

  • Something about this at the last meeting.

  • So again, meeting here is a big hint that it is a work or a more formal situation.

  • We see that this is the last meeting, so something that has finished already.

  • So let's use past tense.

  • Spoke.

  • We spoke about this at the last meeting.

  • We spoke about this last meeting here.

  • I have introduced something slightly different from this.

  • Speak with or speak to.

  • If you want to mention a topic rather than about a person we can use Speak about a topic.

  • Speak about something.

  • We spoke about this at the last meeting.

  • We can use speak to introduce a topic as well.

  • So please note that this is an option.

  • Okay, let's go to the next one.

  • You always But Papa.

  • Nice things.

  • Nice thing.

  • So always here I have ah, word which indicates a regular action, something that is always true.

  • We talked about an example over here, though I used never here.

  • However, the grammar is still the same.

  • We should still use the same grammar nuance, the same grammar point here.

  • So let's use the present tense.

  • Say you always say nice things.

  • So someone always says positive things or someone always makes very positive comments.

  • Like, for example, everybody in the comments on these videos.

  • Everybody always says very nice things we can use.

  • Always say to talk about something that a person always says.

  • Okay, finally, same thing.

  • He always something, something.

  • The truth.

  • Okay, now this is tricky.

  • I've used always here I used always in the previous one as well.

  • But the thing I want to point out Is this the truth?

  • At the end of the sentence, there's a set phrase in English we don't use, say we actually use tell with the expression the truth.

  • He always tells the truth.

  • So the expressions tell the truth and the opposite tell a lie.

  • We always use the verb help with this, you might hear.

  • I sometimes hear, uh, non native speakers of English say say Ally or say the truth.

  • But this is not natural.

  • Please be sure to use tell the truth or tell a lie.

  • We always use tell in these cases.

  • So please be careful of that.

  • Okay?

  • But we've talked about a lot of different ways to use thes three verbs, and I hope that it's a little bit more clear now when to use them.

  • Especially, say, until many people have a little bit of confusion between these two.

  • But speak is also quite useful.

  • A swell.

  • Thanks very much for watching this lesson.

  • And I will see you again soon.

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  • Hi, everybody.

  • My name is Alicia, and today I'm going to talk about the difference between some and any.

  • So let's get started.

  • Okay?

  • The first point I want to talk about with some and any is how to use some and any in terms of where to put these two words in a sentence.

  • So we use some in any in the same position in a sentence we use some end any before the noun or before a noun phrase.

  • So please be careful.

  • Don't use some or any after the known.

  • You should be using some and any before the now.

  • Okay, So given this, let's take a look at how to decide whether you should use some or you should use any in your sentence.

  • All right.

  • First, I want to talk about some.

  • We use some in positive statements.

  • So these are statements, uh, that do not have a negative in them.

  • We use them for positive statements.

  • A few examples here are I need some butter here.

  • Some is before the now in the next one.

  • We have some food.

  • Some comes before the word food that now a positive statement.

  • Third, they had some good ideas.

  • So good ideas is used as a noun phrase here.

  • Good ideas.

  • Some comes before that noun phrase.

  • So these air a few examples of positive statements.

  • We can use some in positive statements.

  • That's the first point I want to make.

  • Second point I want to make is here.

  • It's about requests.

  • We use some in a couple of different question patterns.

  • One of them is making requests.

  • When we want to make requests, we can use some in the request.

  • For example, Can I have some time off?

  • We use some here because it's a request making a request to your boss, for example.

  • In this case, we should use some.

  • Can I have some time off?

  • Second.

  • Will you give me some space?

  • Will you give me space?

  • This is another request we can tell.

  • Ah, Will you give me This is a very good hint that someone is asking for something else.

  • A request should use some.

  • Finally.

  • Can he take care of some things for me?

  • Can he take care of some things for me?

  • In this case, it's asking for someone's help in a situation.

  • So it's a request.

  • We should use the word some.

  • Great.

  • Okay, So the second point I want to talk about is using some for offers to make offers.

  • We should use some again.

  • Offers, like requests are a question.

  • This is a question pattern where we should use the word some to make the question.

  • So in the first example, would you like some wine?

  • We use some here in the pattern.

  • Would you like this is a really good pattern to know.

  • Would you like some blah, blah, blah.

  • Would you like some wine?

  • Would you like some beer?

  • Would you like some?

  • Ah, few other things will see in just a moment.

  • But we should use some here because it's an offer type question.

  • One more example.

  • Do you want some cheese?

  • So thes two patterns.

  • Would you like?

  • And do you want?

  • They really are expressing the same thing.

  • The difference is in the level of formality.

  • Would you like is more formal than do you want these two questions?

  • Really?

  • They have the same point.

  • There's they're offering something.

  • But the level of formality is what's different here.

  • Okay, last one.

  • Do you want some more time?

  • Do you want some more time?

  • So here again, And offer more casual offer with do you want?

  • And again, we have some plus more time.

  • So please make sure to use some before the noun or before the noun phrase and use it in your offer questions as well as your request question.

  • So those are the two types of questions I want to talk about today.

  • When we're using some also, please remember, we use it in positive statements as well.

  • Okay, so with that.

  • Let's continue on to any I want to talk about any next.

  • Any is sort of the opposite.

  • In terms of statement making from some we use any in negative statements.

  • So, for example, I don't have any money here.

  • I have.

  • Don't do not the negative here.

  • I don't have any money.

  • Therefore is correct.

  • We should use any in a negative statement.

  • Another example.

  • They didn't get any new clothes.

  • They didn't again.

  • Here's our negative.

  • They didn't.

  • Did not.

  • So we should use any before our noun phrase, which is new clothes here.

  • Finally, we didn't make any cookies here.

  • Uh, didn't.

  • Is in the negative form again.

  • A past tense statement, plus any before, are now in here in this case, cookies.

  • So please use any when you want to make a negative statement.

  • Okay, The last point I want to make today is about questions.

  • We use any with questions.

  • Yes, but we do not use any in requests and offers.

  • We just learned that we use some to make requests and offers.

  • So in other questions, like information questions asking for information, not for a request not for an offer, but asking for information, for example.

  • Ah, we used any in these cases.

  • So let's take a look.

  • The first sentence.

  • Do we need any salt?

  • So this is an information question.

  • Yes or no?

  • Do we need any salt?

  • We should use this here.

  • This is not a request.

  • This is not an offer.

  • So any is the best choice for this sentence.

  • In the next example we have.

  • Does he have any markers?

  • Again?

  • This is an information question.

  • The person speaking is asking for information, not making a request and not making an offer.

  • So we should use any here.

  • Okay, So the final example here is did she give you any tips?

  • So our noun phrase here is tips and income before that, and we noticed also, this is not a request.

  • This is not an offer.

  • So we should use any.

  • It's an information question.

  • We're asking for information.

  • So let's keep this in mind.

  • We use any for questions which are not requests and not offers.

  • Think about it as asking for information on Lee.

  • You're not making a request for help, not making a request for an item.

  • But if you're looking for information, you should probably use any to make your question.

  • Okay, so let's take a look at a few example.

  • Sentences that I've prepared.

  • The 1st 1 here is Do we have blah, blah, blah milk.

  • So here, I'm looking for information.

  • I'm not making a request.

  • I'm not making an offer.

  • I want information.

  • So I should use any in this case.

  • Do we have any milk?

  • Is the correct sentence here?

  • The next one.

  • Can I have a double black cake here?

  • I'm looking for something.

  • I'm looking for cake.

  • I want cake.

  • I'm making a request.

  • I know that requests are paired with some, so I'm going to use some in this sentence.

  • Can I have some cake?

  • Is the correct sentence the correct question?

  • The next on.

  • I really need something.

  • Something.

  • Money.

  • I really need something.

  • Something.

  • Money.

  • So this is a statement, not a question.

  • And there's no negative here, so we should use the positive sum.

  • I really need some money.

  • Is the correct sentence here.

  • All right, let's take a look at the next sentence.

  • I don't have a block.

  • Pets here is a negative.

  • And we see this is not a question.

  • So we know we should use any because we use any for negative statements.

  • This don't do not shows us that we should use any here.

  • Okay, Next one.

  • Do you want something?

  • Something pizza.

  • So here we have a question, and it looks like this is an offer.

  • So there's this Do you want pattern, Which we talked about right here.

  • Do you want?

  • So we should use some.

  • This is an offer question.

  • Do you want some pizza making an offer?

  • You should use some next sentence.

  • Want to get bubble bought food after work again?

  • We have a question and we have this pattern.

  • Wanna get one again?

  • This is a very, very casual form of do you want to get?

  • Do you want to get?

  • We've dropped.

  • Do you want to?

  • And we use the very casual Wanna hear?

  • So it's again an offer question.

  • I want to get some food after work.

  • Okay, Next sentence.

  • He doesn't have blah, blah, blah friends.

  • So a statement.

  • Yes, but we see a negative here.

  • Doesn't or does not is the negative form.

  • So we know that we should use any in this pattern in this sentence.

  • He doesn't have any friends?

  • Okay.

  • Final question here.

  • Maybe a difficult one.

  • Are you sure you don't want dessert?

  • Are you sure you don't want dessert?

  • So this isn't quite an offer.

  • It's like a very, very soft offer.

  • Yes, but this person is sort of asking for information.

  • Are you sure you don't want dessert?

  • They're asking for a yes or no kind of.

  • And there's a negative here.

  • There's a negative.

  • Don't do not.

  • So it's a good idea in this sentence to use any.

  • Are you sure you don't want any dessert?

  • This sounds a little bit negative.

  • You sure you don't want any dessert?

  • If you want to make a straightforward offer like, would you like some dessert?

  • That's OK.

  • It sounds a little bit better because there's a negative here with Don't to use any in this sentence.

  • This is a little bit tricky, but I think it's I think it's okay to you.

  • All right, so those are a few basic points about when to use some and when to use any.

  • Please remember.

  • Some is used for positive statements, requests and offers.

  • Any is used for negative statements and questions, which are not requests or offers like information questions.

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  • My name is Alicia and today I'm going to talk about the difference between four.

  • And since I'm also going to talk about how to use a go, So let's get started.

  • Okay?

  • The first thing I want to talk about is the word for we use the word for before a period of time.

  • So before a period of time can mean minutes, it can mean years.

  • It can mean days, seconds, hours, Ah, period of time or a length of time.

  • We use the word four before that phrase to talk about the length of time that something happened.

  • So, for example, 4 10 minutes we use it before 10 minutes for five years.

  • Five years is a length of time for a day.

  • A day is also a length of time for a lifetime.

  • 11 whole lifetime.

  • A person's whole lifetime can be a period of time.

  • We use four before In this case, there's also for an eternity and eternity.

  • We can use this to mean a very, very long time.

  • It's sort of an exaggerated phrase, but for an eternity means a very, very long time.

  • These are all lengths of time, then, and we should use the word for before we want to express them.

  • Okay, so let's talk about something a little bit different than the word.

  • Since seances used before a specific point in the past, we often use since, with present perfect tense.

  • Maybe you've seen another video that we did about the present perfect tense and how to make present perfect, tense sentences we often use, since in present, perfect, tense sentences.

  • Four is also used in present perfect tense sentences.

  • But the two are used a little bit differently since is used to talk about a specific point in the past, a specific point in the past, maybe where something happened or something began.

  • So, for example, since last night, this shows us that since last night last night, something happened or something started, and it's continuing.

  • So since shows us that something has been continuing or the effect has been continuing since a point in the past, it began at a point in the past and continues, or the effect continues until the present since tells us all this information another example since 2014.

  • So this is the point.

  • In time.

  • 2014 is the year at which something changed or an action started or the effect of an action began.

  • So we can use since in this case, another point in time can be a season like winter since winter since summer.

  • Since autumn, we can use since before a season.

  • We also have points in time in the day since this morning since this evening since last night was my first example here.

  • We can also use morning this morning this morning today as a point in time.

  • Finally, I have one more example since last week, so points in time.

  • There are a lot of different points in time, but just be careful.

  • Length of time uses four point in time uses since and since shows us that there's some action that's continuing or the effect of some action continues until the present.

  • So please be careful, uh, period of time point in time, for instance.

  • Okay, so the next point that I want to talk about is a go.

  • There are a couple of different ways that we can use ago, and the 1st 1 I want to talk about is one we use for past tense statements or past tense situations.

  • So we use a go to talk about points in time where actions or changes occurred.

  • So, for example, three years ago I got a new job.

  • Or five minutes ago I ate lunch.

  • Or two days ago I saw my friend or two jobs ago.

  • I didn't have much experience.

  • So all of these statements are used to talk about a past tense point in time where something changed or some action occurred.

  • So we use a go in this way with the past tense to market change or something happening.

  • So there's a second use of ago that I want to talk about.

  • We can use a go with since and a time period.

  • This is something we often use in present, perfect, tense statements like we talked about here with, since.

  • What I mean by that, for example, is since plus time, period plus ago.

  • So, for example, since three years ago or since five minutes ago or since two months ago, Uh, so here you'll see We're using a time period.

  • I know I said to use time periods with four, but this can be kind of a useful pattern, because if you use the word since on accident, but you want to express a time period instead, you can save yourself by adding a go to the end of it.

  • So if you're if you're working on making a sentence, for example, and you you're speaking and you accidentally use the word since even though you know you want to use a time period, save yourself by attaching a go to the end.

  • So since three years ago, uh, something has occurred, something has been continuing.

  • So because since is here, it shows us like we talked about with since here, the action or some effect of that action is continuing from this point in time so we can use this pattern as well since time period ago.

  • Okay, so this is a lot of information.

  • Let's try to make a few sentences.

  • I've prepared a few example sentences, so let's take a look.

  • All right, The 1st 1 we've lived here, but we'll block three years.

  • So how do we know which to use First we see, we've we have We have lived here.

  • This is a present, perfect, tense sentence.

  • We've lived here plus three years.

  • So I see a time period here.

  • That means I should use four.

  • Because we need to use four before periods of time.

  • So we've lived here for three years.

  • Is the correct sentence good?

  • Okay, let's look at the next one then.

  • They've been studying blah, blah, blah.

  • 2014.

  • So here I see a point in time, a point in time, a specific point in time and another really good hint is the grammar here.

  • I see the present perfect progressive with the present perfect, continuous tense here they've meaning they have plus, been studying.

  • This shows a continuing action.

  • So all of these give me hints about which one I should use.

  • They've been studying since 2014 is the correct answer here.

  • Next one, he left the office.

  • Five minutes.

  • Something.

  • Something.

  • Okay, here we see.

  • This is a past tense statement he left.

  • So left is the past tense form of the verb to leave.

  • So we see here a period of time.

  • Five minutes.

  • Yes, But after five minutes is our space, meaning we need to use a go five minutes ago.

  • We always use ago after the period of time.

  • Okay, next one.

  • I've been reading this book blah, blah, blah last week.

  • So again we see that's been reading this present perfect, continuous tense shows us an action has been continuing.

  • This shows a continuing action or a continuing effect, so we know we should use since I've been reading this book since last week.

  • So last week, as we talked about here is our specific point in time.

  • Let's take a look at the next example sentence.

  • It's a little bit tricky.

  • It's a little bit difficult here.

  • We see the same been waiting the same present, perfect, continuous or present perfect progressive tents.

  • This shows is that an action has been continuing.

  • Yes, but I've used the word ages here so ages.

  • It's sort of a casual expression, which means a very long time.

  • That means it's a time period. 00:

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