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  • Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.  

  • Are you ready to describe the world around  you in amazing English? Let's do it

  • To become a fluent, confident English speakerYou need to be able to use daily life English  

  • to talk about the world around you and to talk  about your daily tasks. So today I'm going to  

  • help you learn 50 action verbs for daily life  around the house. We're going to talk about  

  • 10 verbs in the living room, 10 in the kitchen,  10 in the office, 10 in the bedroom and 10 in the  

  • car. Are you ready to get started? Let's do it. To  help you never forget what you learned today. You  

  • can download the free PDF worksheet that I've  created for today's lesson, with all 50 verbs,  

  • all of the sample sentences and tips thattalk about today. You can click on the link  

  • in the description to download that free PDF  and also answer Vanessa's challenge question  

  • at the bottom of the PDF. Let's get started with  the first 10 action verbs in the living room

  • I chill on the couch at the end of the day.  I chill on the couch at the end of the day. I  

  • look for the remote. I look for the remote. I give  up and read a book. I give up and read a book. I  

  • doze while I read. I doze while I read. I bonk my  head on the couch. I bonk my head on the couch.  

  • I greet my husband. Dan

  • Hi. Vanessa

  • I greet my husband. Hi. We chat  about the day. We chat about the day

  • Dan: So what did you do today

  • Vanessa: Well, today. I convince my husband to rub my back.  

  • I convince my husband to rub my back. Dan

  • Okay. Vanessa

  • I thank him for helping me. I  thank him for helping me. Thanks

  • Dan: You're welcome

  • Vanessa: What's that sound

  • Dan: I think it's the washer

  • Vanessa: Could you fix it

  • Dan: Okay

  • Vanessa: He's going to  

  • fix the annoying squeaking sound. He's going to  fix the annoying squeaking sound. Thanks, hun

  • So let's get started with 10 common verbs  in the kitchen. I turn on the hot water.  

  • I turn on the hot water. I pour the hot water into  my mug. I pour the hot water into my mug. Then I  

  • add some cream to my tea. I add some cream to my  tea. Then I squeeze in some honey, just a dot.  

  • I squeeze in some honey. And the last  step is, I stir my tea. I stir my tea.  

  • I want to make sure that the cream and  the honey are all mixed in. I stir my tea

  • Next I toast my bread to make toastActually, I don't have any bread in the  

  • house. I only have pitas, but you know whatIt'll work. Notice how we can use to toast  

  • as a verb and a noun. I'm going to toast my  bread, and it will make toast. Now I have toast.  

  • So I'm going to spread the butter on the toast.  I'm going to spread the butter on the toast. Well,  

  • I didn't have any bread and I don't have much  jam. So I'm going to scrape the jam from the jar.  

  • Scrape the jam from the jar. And look, I found  some, so I'm going to put it on the toast

  • I'd like to eat some scrambled  eggs. So I need to crack  

  • the egg into the bowl. Crack the egg into  the bowl. Uh oh. Now I need to fish out  

  • a piece of the shell. Fish out a piece  of the shell. Oh, okay. Now we're fine.  

  • And now I scramble the eggs. I scramble  the eggs. As some of you know, I have  

  • eight chickens that live in my backyard. But  unfortunately we are only getting one egg a day  

  • because they're too young to lay eggs. Hopefully  they will start laying more eggs soon. So we still  

  • need to buy eggs from the store. But I'm going  to scramble the eggs from the store and eat them

  • Now my eggs are finished and the final touch is  I grate some cheese onto the eggs. I grate some  

  • cheese. Notice that this is spelled different  than great. This is spelled G-R-A-T-E. I grate  

  • some cheese onto the eggs. And that will makewonderful breakfast, tea, toast, and eggs. What  

  • about you? What do you like to eat for breakfast? Are you ready for 10 verbs in the office?  

  • Let's do it. I check my email. I check my email.  I send a message to a student. I send a message  

  • to a student. I reply to an email. I reply to  an email. I plan my lessons. I plan my lessons  

  • for you. I schedule a meeting. I schedulemeeting. Notice that the beginning of this  

  • word sounds like S-K. Sk, schedule a meeting. I  schedule a meeting. I scroll through the web page.  

  • I scroll through the web page and I click onlink. I click on a link. I download the free PDF.  

  • I download the free PDF. I upload a new video.  I upload a new video. Before I close the file, I  

  • save the file. I save the file. Next, let's talk about 10 verbs in  

  • the bedroom. I stretch my arms. Ugh. I stretch  my arms in the morning. I yawn when I'm sleepy.  

  • I yawn when I'm sleepy. In the US, it's polite  to cover your mouth when you yawn. Is this  

  • the same in your country? I go to bed around  10:00 PM. I go to bed around 10:00 PM. I lie  

  • down in bed. I lie down in bed. I don't snore when  I sleep. I don't snore when I sleep. Do you snore?  

  • I toss and turn when I can't sleep well. I  toss and turn. Notice that this expression  

  • uses two of pretty much the same words, to toss  and to turn. They both have the same meaning,  

  • but we use them together in this verb.  I toss and turn when I can't sleep.  

  • Oh, I over sleep whenforget to set my alarm clock.  

  • I over sleep when I forget to set my alarm  clock. I have to rush now so that I'm not late

  • Ah, it feels so good to sleep in on the weekendsIt feels so good to sleep in on the weekends. But  

  • I have kids, so the reality is that I never sleep  in. Do you sleep in? Notice the difference between  

  • over sleep and sleep in. Over sleep is always  negative. Maybe you're going to be late for work.  

  • You probably forgot to set an alarm clockSomething bad is going to happen because you  

  • slept for too long. But when you sleep  in, it could be positive or negative.  

  • I slept in and then I was late for  work. But it could be positive too,  

  • I love to sleep in on the weekends. Notnegative thing, it just means that you can  

  • relax and you don't have anywhere to be. I  hope you get a chance to sleep in sometime

  • I lean against the pillows to read.  I lean against the pillows to read.  

  • To read a good book. If you would like any of my  book recommendations. Children's books, books for  

  • beginners, books for non-fiction readersThere's a link in the description of this video  

  • to my Amazon shop, where I have different pages  where you can see my top book recommendations,  

  • including this book for kids, Brown Bear Brown  Bear, what do you see? Oh, I fling off the  

  • covers because I'm late for work. I fling off the  covers because I'm late for work. I got to go

  • Now let's talk about 10 verbs in the car. First  of all, I open the car door. I open the car door.  

  • Come on inside. Now that I'm in  the car, I buckle my seatbelt.  

  • I buckle my seatbelt. And because I'm the driver,  I need to adjust my seat and the mirror. I need to  

  • adjust the seat and the mirror. And now I start  the car. Or we can say, I start the engine. I  

  • start the car, I start the engine, before I start  to drive. I back out of the driveway. I back out  

  • of the driveway. To go faster I accelerate. That  means that I push the acceleration. That is the  

  • pedal that helps me to accelerate. I accelerateAnd when I get to a stoplight or a stop sign, I  

  • need to push the brake. Or we can use the verb to  brake. I brake the car. This doesn't mean that I  

  • break the car. Notice the difference in spelling.  I break, or I brake the car. I am not the Hulk,  

  • I cannot break the car, but I can brake the car. When I want to turn, you must use your turn  

  • signal. But we use a great verb for this, which  is to signal. We can use it as a verb or a noun.  

  • I signal with my turn signal so that other drivers  know where I'm going and it's much safer that way.  

  • I signal with my turn signal. And if someone is  an awful driver, I honk the horn. I honk the horn.  

  • When I see my friend, I roll down the window to  say hi, hi! I roll down the window. Now a while  

  • ago, cars used to have something where you really  rolled down the window, a handle that you turned.  

  • Now that there's just a button, we still  use the same verb, to roll down the window

  • So there you have it, 50 verbs that you can  add to your daily life vocabulary and be able  

  • to express yourself completely. Don't forget to  download the free PDF worksheet for today's lesson  

  • so that you can review everything that you've  learned. Never forget it. You can download it,  

  • print it, put it under your pillow when you sleepuse it as much as you want. I hope that the free  

  • PDF will be useful for you. You can click on the  link in the description to download that free PDF

  • And now I have a question for you. Were any of  these action verbs in this lesson, new for you?  

  • If there was something that was new for you, try  to use it in the comments. This is a great way  

  • to be able to remember what you've learned.  I can't wait to see what you have to say and  

  • think you so much for learning English with  me. I'll see you again. Next Friday for a new  

  • lesson here on my YouTube channel. Bye. The next step is to download the free  

  • PDF worksheet for this lesson. With this  free PDF, you will master today's lesson  

  • and never forget what you have learned. You  can be a confident English speaker. Don't  

  • forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel  for a free English lesson every Friday. Bye.

Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.  

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