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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adverb Phrase 9. The adverb phrase today is first

  • and foremost. Okay. Let's take a look at the note. if we say that something is first

  • and foremost, it means it should be done before everything else. Yeah. It is first,

  • First and foremost or most importantly. Yeah. Foremost means like you know, ahead of

  • other things. So it's foremost. Okay, So let's ... so let's look we have three

  • examples here to cover this. Example number one. First and foremost, make sure

  • the children are fed and cared for. Yeah. Maybe this is a mother that's going away.

  • Somebody is watching her children or going away for a while . Maybe even

  • just out for the day. You know ,somebody's watching them or babysitting them. She

  • might say this. First and foremost, most importantly. Besides all the other stuff

  • that's around here. Make sure the children are fed. Make sure that they get

  • their food and are cared for. That's the most important thing. That's what you

  • should take care of first. All right. Number two. First and foremost. Let's take care

  • of what's on the priority list. Yeah. He might make a priority list of what's, what's

  • most important. So you might hear this in the office. First and foremost, this is

  • what we should do First and this is the most important. And number three here.

  • First and foremost, you must improve your writing skill. So whatever they're doing,

  • maybe this is the area that somebody is weakest. Then you need to improve your

  • writing skill. So you should put that first. That's most important. At least for

  • now, for the time being. So first and foremost, you should do that. Okay Anyway, I

  • hope you got it. I hope it was clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adverb Phrase 9. The adverb phrase today is first

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