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When NOT to use 'to' in English - Grammar

 

http://www.engvid.com/ "I'm going to home" or I'm going to home"? "I'm going to school" or "I'm going to school?" Why do we use 'to' with some words and not with others? In this English grammar class, I'll teach you many words that don't go with 'to'. This is a mistake that sounds bad to native speakers, so try to learn these words and stop making this mistake! Go here to take a quiz on this lesson:http://www.engvid.com/when-not-to-use...

 

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"Are you going to home?" "Are you going home?" "Where are you going?" "What are you doing?" You're watching a video. My name's Ronnie. I'm going to teach you one trick. Finally, you will understand why in English, we say "I'm going to school" or "I'm going to work." But when we talk about our beautiful, warm, and cozy home we don't say "to". Why, why, why, I don't know. It's just English, isn't it? I can give you some clues. I'll give you some words. You will get this right away. It will be easy for you to do.

 

So if you look at this sentence, "Are you going home?" A very, very big mistake that everyone says will be, "Are you going to home?" And I go, "No, no 'to'. Don't say 'to'. Don't say 'to', no!" Okay, okay, okay, "Are you going home?" Yes, don't say "to", but why? You learned that when you are going someplace, you say "to". For example, "Are you going to bed?" We don't say "to the bed", by the way. We just say bed. "Are you going to bed?" "Are you going to work?" Or you can use the past tense, "Did you go to work?" "Did you go to school?" "Did you go to engvid.com today, and check out a new lesson?" But when you say "home", you do not use "to". So you know the rule, maybe that this is a noun. This is a noun, so when you use going to a place which is a noun, you have to say "to", and then you come along, and you find this beautiful home, and Ronnie freaks out, because you say "to" and then you don't understand why. I don't know but I will give you a list of words that are places. But all of these words on this board, you cannot use with "to". So "are you going abroad?" You cannot ask someone, "Are you going to abroad?" If you look in the dictionary; the dictionary, one of those books. If you look at an online dictionary it'll tell you that these are adverbs of location, whereas the other ones you've learned are nouns.

 

But hold on, "home" is a noun. Home is just this big exception going, "No, I am a noun. I don't want to have "to". All of these ones are not proper nouns, they're adverbs of location. Let's go through underground, underneath the surface of the land. If you have ever been to London, there's a big system called the Tube. It's also called the "underground". Most places in the world call it the "underground". In Canada, we call it the subway -- "sub" means "under". So you can say, "I'm going underground. I'm going underground." If you know The Jam -- "Wow, what an amazing band, Ronnie," I know. You will know this song called "I'm Going Underground." Maybe by the magic of video, we'll put on that video for you. "I'm going underground." "I'm going downtown," or you can say "uptown". I would just sing songs for everything, "Uptown Girls" -- little bit of Billy Joel for you. Uptown, downtown -- you don't need the "to". There, here, anywhere, nowhere, somewhere -- you don't need "to". In, inside, out, outside, upstairs, downstairs don't use "to". They're not nouns. They're places.

 

One other thing to be very careful about, please, when you say this you want to say "upstairs" and "downstairs." Too many times I hear people say, "I went down-stair." Only one, just one stair, I made it. "I went up-stair." And then what did you do? You just stood there? Wow, don't say "down-stair, up-stair". Please use all of the stairs. Go up, okay? That'll be fun, more exciting. You can fall down the stairs too, that's fun. But again, we don't say "to". "I'm going downstairs." "I'm coming upstairs."

 

If you are confused, or if you have ever been confused about when to use "to", the only advice I can give you is please remember this list of words. Once you have remembered this list, you'll go, "Oh that was easy." [That was easy.]" Yes, it was. Thank you, goodbye.

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Talk like a native speaker - GONNA, HAVETA, WANNA

 

http://www.engvid.com/ Native English speakers talk very fast -- so fast that they change words! Improve your listening comprehension and learn the correct pronunciation of "gonna", "haveta", and "wanna". You'll also learn when to use these slang pronunciations.

 

After you watch, take the quiz to test yourself at http://www.engvid.com/gonna-haveta-wa...

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Basic English Grammar - "Was" and "Were"

http://www.engvid.com When to use WAS and when to use WERE. Learn about the past tense of TO BE -- the most important verb in English! I talk about normal sentences, negatives, and questions. I cover the grammar, but also the correct pronunciation.

After you've watched the lesson, test yourself at http://www.engvid.com/was-were/#quiz!

 

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Basic English Grammar - TOO MUCH, TOO MANY, A LOT OF

 

http://www.engvid.com/ I have too much homework. You can never have too much money! I have a lot of lessons! In this grammar lesson, I will teach you when to use "too much", "too many", and "a lot of". You will learn about countable and uncountable nouns, and also about the difference in talking about "good" nouns and "bad" nouns. Watch the lesson, then take the quiz: http://www.engvid.com/basic-english-g...

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Learn Real English - SHOPPING

 

 

http://www.engvid.com/ When you are in an English-speaking country, you will have to go to a store. You will have to shop. Maybe you LIKE to shop! But people at shops and stores are very busy. They speak very quickly. They speak so quickly that it can be really hard to understand what they are saying. In this practical English lesson, I will teach you some of the common expressions and phrases you will hear when you are shopping. Most importantly, you will learn how these phrases are actually said by native speakers, so that you will understand when you hear them. Watch, then go to the supermarket or mall and finally understand what the cashiers are saying to you!

Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/learn-real-engl...

 

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Hello. Do you need help with your listening skills in English? I think you may do. Today, I'm going to teach you how to improve your listening skills. But it's going to be fun because you're going to do it when you go shopping. Who likes shopping? Good. Okay. Shopping. Wow, I'm so excited.

 

So you're going to go shopping. You're going to improve your listening skills, and -- three in one today. It's on sale -- you're going to learn how to understand all those native speakers. So crazy. Don't understand.

 

So if you go shopping or you actually buy something, you have to go to a cashier. Or if you're going shopping for food, you're going to go to the checkout. Now, in my city of Toronto, our lovely government has put a five-cent tax on a simple plastic bag. So if I want a bag, I now have to pay five cents. Now, you might be thinking to yourself, "Ronnie. Five cents?" And I say, "Yes. Five cents. One nickel. There's a beaver on it. I'm not going to give the government five cents. It's my five cents. I will put things in my pocket and carry it in my shirt before I give someone five cents." Yes. Yes. I am that cheap.

 

So when you go shopping, especially at a grocery store in Toronto, they're going to ask you this question. They're going to say, "Doya wanna bag?" "What? Yes. Yes. Sure. I don't know. Okay." "Jim bag?" "Jim bag? I'm not Jim. What? Hang on. What?" You have no idea what this person said to you, and they're standing there like -- what's happening? So I know, probably, automatically, you would say, "Yes." Five cents right out of your pocket -- gone. Maybe you need five bags. That, ladies and gentlemen, is 25 cents. You get more of those, that's one dollar. That's a lot of money for Ronnie. So what they really are saying to you -- but they speak so quickly, and they are native speakers -- is "Do you want a bag"? Or, "Do you need a bag?" But, of course, they don't say, "Do you need a bag? Do you want a bag?" They're going to say this, "Doya wanna bag?" "Doya wanna bag?" Your turn. "Doya wanna bag?" You say, "No. I brought my own bag, thank you." Or they might use the verb "need". It's the same idea, except instead of saying "wanna", they're going to say "needa". So they're going to say, "Doya needa bag?" "Doya needa bag?" "Do you need a bag?" No. They say, "Doya needa bag?" You try. "Doya needa bag?"

 

So first step is done. Now, at this point, if I were you, I would just want to get out of the store with my beautiful cupcakes and eat them. But no. They're going to ask you more questions that you don't know the answer to and hope that you can just buy things on the Internet. They're going to ask you -- because they're very nosy -- "Do you have airmiles?" "Do you have an Optimum card?" "Do you have a points cards?" "Do you have a Sobeys card?" "Do you have a Target card?" "Do you have a Sears card?" "What? What? What?"

 

So, "do you" -- that you can either say "doya", or really, really fast, "juya". So it's going to sound like this, "juya". So they might say to you, "Juya have airmiles?" "Juya hav. Juya hav." So we actually take out the H. You say, "jav".

 

"Jav airmiles?" Airmiles is a points card -- it has an airplane on it -- that if you buy enough products at one store or various stores, you can, by some stroke of imagination and luck -- fly on an airplane for free. I don't have enough points to do this because I always forget my stupid card. And they say, "Jav airmiles"? And I say, "Yes." So they're waiting for me to -- I'm like, "I don't have it here. I do have one, though." So pretty frustrating for me.

 

An "Optimum card" -- there's a really big, huge, supermarket that's actually a drugstore in Ontario called "Shoppers Drug Mart". It has everything. I understand in most countries a drugstore only has drugs. Our Shoppers Drug Mart has everything: cosmetics, food, snacks, cleaning supplies, toilet paper -- everything you want right there, except for drugs.

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DO & MAKE - How to talk about housework in English

 

http://www.engvid.com "I do the laundry." "I make my bed." Do or make? How and when do we use these verbs in English? In this class, you'll also learn vocabulary to talk about doing work around the house. We also have a printable list of common Do & Make expressions:http://www.engvid.com/english-resourc...

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English Grammar - Gerund or Infinitive? ('I like swimming' or 'I like to swim'?)

http://www.engvid.com I love to learn! I love learning! Which sentence is correct? Watch this English grammar lesson on gerunds and infinitives to find out. You'll learn when and how to use gerunds and infinitives properly -- especially useful for talking about your hobbies or interests. Then take the quiz at http://www.engvid.com/gerund-or-infin... .

 

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Spelling & Pronunciation - Words with Silent Letters

 

http://www.engvid.com/ Write, knife, should, could, would... all of these words have silent letters! Learn which groups of words in English have silent letters, and how to pronounce these tricky words! Test your understanding of the lesson with the quiz at spelling-http://www.engvid.com/spelling-pronun...

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How to write a basic paragraph

 

http://www.engvid.com/ A writing lesson for absolute beginners! Here are four very basic rules you must follow when writing simple paragraphs. Learn the basics -- capitals, indentation, line spacing, and more. Then take the quiz: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-write-a-...

 

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Hello. Do you know how to write a basic paragraph? This is not only for ESL students. This is for everyone around the world, even if you speak English, even if you don't speak English. This is a very, very beautiful, basic lesson on how to write small, short, beautiful paragraphs. "How to Write a Basic Paragraph". Now, I also want you to be very careful. This is not how to write a 200-word essay for your university exam. We don't have enough time in the world for me to teach you that, and I probably forget. So this is, very simply, how to write a basic English paragraph. One, two, three, four rules.

 

Rule No. 1 is: Indent, indent. What does "indent" mean? Indent, basically, means -- I learned this when I was a child -- you take your finger. You can have a big finger, a small finger -- I don't care. You take your finger or two fingers, and you make a little space like so. This is called an "indentation" or "indent". So "indent" means you leave a space at the very first line of the paragraph. And that's it. You do not leave a space at any other lines in the paragraph, only the first line. So it's very important that you only indent the first line of your paragraph like so.

 

Okay. The next thing that you have to do is you have to use a capital letter at the beginning of every sentence. Now, the word that I've written is "I". Another rule in English is that every single time you write "I", it must be a capital. So I'm going to write an example sentence for you to illustrate what I mean: "I am a teacher." Okay? This is one sentence.

 

So rule No. 3: At the end of my sentence, I must use a period. A "period" is a dot, if you'd like. So "I am a teacher." So what I'm going to do is my next sentence... I'm going to begin it with a capital letter. "My" -- so I want to say, "My name -- My name is Ronnie." So what I've done: Rule No. 1, indent. Rule No. 2, you have to use a capital letter at the beginning of every new sentence. Rule No. 3, you're going to use a period at the end of each sentence so that the person reading your beautiful paragraph knows when to stop and take a break. For example, if I did not have a period here, I'd say, "I'm a teacher my name is Ronnie." You need to break up your ideas. So one sentence has one thought and one period. "I am a teacher. My name is Ronnie."

 

Next one. No. 4. I see this in a lot of students' writing. The two basic things about a paragraph are the form and the content. The form is the most important. The form is the indentation. And don't use point form. Do you know what "point form" is? If you're typing something on Word or on an email, "point form" is also called "bullets", which [makes shooting sounds]. So "bullet" means you would put each new sentence on a new line. So if I was to write this: "I'm a teacher", then I would put my next sentence here. This is not how to make a paragraph. This is "point form". So this is a bad paragraph. What I'm going to do is I'm going to write until I almost reach the end of the page. Don't write past the end of the page because then you're writing on the desk and it gets messy. So "I am a teacher. My name is Ronnie. I live -- so I'm going to use up all of my line until the end -- I live in Canada." What would you like to know about Canada? "Canada is very cold." In the winter. So as you can see by my example, I only stop my sentence at the end of my paper. I don't use each sentence on each line.

 

So four basic things to remember when you're writing a basic English paragraph. The first one is: Indent the first line of your paragraph only. Use a capital letter at the beginning of each new line or each new sentence. And use a period at the end. Also, don't forget: Don't use point form. "I am a teacher. My name is Ronnie. I live in Canada. Canada is very cold. Go to 'Subscribe' on YouTube so you can find more great lessons like this." Goodbye.

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Do you want to learn English? Don't you want to learn English? Negative questions can be very confusing, even for native speakers. In this lesson, I teach you how to ask these questions, and how to answer them. Aren't you glad that I can teach you these things?! Of course you are. That's why you subscribe to my channel, isn't it? Take the quiz on this lesson here: http://www.engvid.com/negative-questi...

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"Don't you like to watch videos?" "Yes." "Aren't you Ronnie?" "No. Yes. I don't know." Today, I'm going to teach you about something -- it's really been bothering me for the last -- I don't know, six years? It is negative questions in English. The reason why this bothers me is because it's taken me so long to figure out how to teach it to you properly, and how we as native speakers actually handle these questions. First of all, let's go through some examples of negative questions.

First one, "Don't you like pizza?" So you can ask someone, "Don't you like pizza?" "Yes." "Yes, you don't like pizza, or yes you like pizza?" "Yes, I like pizza." "So why didn't you say, 'No. No, I don't like pizza'?" But you don't like pizza. Do you see my confusion? You must be confused.

Let's look at this question, "Aren't you hungry?" "No. No I'm not hungry." "Oh, okay. Good." "Yes." "Aren't you hungry?" "Yes." "Aren't you hungry?" "Yes." "Aren't you hungry?" "Yes." I don't know if you're hungry or not.

"Can't you play football?" "No." "No, you can't play football, or yes, you can play football?" I am still baffled -- which means confused -- about if someone asks me a negative question, if I give them a yes or no answer, the answer is still unclear. So why would someone ask you a negative question? Why would you ask someone a negative question? This answer I can do for you.

Most people like pizza. "Do you like pizza?" "Yes, I like pizza." "Do you like pizza?" "No." "[Gasps] You don't like pizza?" I am surprised by your "no" answer. So the easiest way and the best way -- maybe the only way -- that I can help you with this is we would only ask a negative question if at first you asked a positive question and were surprised by the answer. Let's write this down. Positive question. "Do you like pizza?" "No." You've got to do the face, too. "You don't like pizza?" Surprise. "No. I don't like pizza because I don't like red things." "Okay, whatever."

To help you with this negative answer, what you have to do is you have to give the person more than a yes or a no.

Example 2. If I asked you like this, "Are you hungry?" And you said, "No." "You have not eaten breakfast or lunch. Aren't you hungry?" "No, I'm not hungry." Again, you're going to say the rest of the sentence. "No, I'm not hungry." We would only use this negative question if our first question is a "no" and if the answer is a surprise to you.

If you're from Brazil -- hi. "Can't you play football? You're from Brazil. Every person in Brazil can play football." "No, they can't. That's not true." But someone can ask you, "You're from Brazil? You can't play football?" And you say, "Yes. No." You can say, "Yes, I can play football", or you can say, "No, I can't play football." There is a way to answer this. And unfortunately, you are going to have to use more than a "yes" or "no" answer.

So maybe the best advice I can give you when you're beginning or when you're practicing English is don't ask negative questions. Only ask a negative question if you are surprised by the person's answer. Okay? If someone asks you a negative question, and you definitely know your opinion, to get the answer out clearly, what you have to do is justify. If you want to say "no", you have to repeat, "No, I do like it. No, I don't like it. Yes, I like it. Yes, I don't like it, which doesn't make sense." So what you have to do is either say "yes" or "no", and then give the positive or the negative answer. Don't you want to take a quiz? "Of course, I want to take a quiz, Ronnie." Perfect answer. "Don't you want to get 100 percent on the quiz?" "No." "What?" "No, I do want to get 100 percent." Go to www.engvid.com. Take the quiz. Bye.
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English Grammar – TO & FOR

I made this lesson about the difference between ‘FOR’ and ‘TO’ for you. Why did I use the word ‘for’ in that sentence, and not ‘to’? Watch this basic English grammar lesson and learn when to use ‘to’ and when to use ‘for’.

 

http://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-to-for/#quiz

 

 

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Learn English vocabulary in the BATHROOM :)

 

 

http://www.engvid.com/ Is there a difference between a BATHROOM and a WASHROOM? Today's English lesson is all about RESTROOM vocabulary! It has many names, and I bet you visit this place many times every day. Lets make sure you can talk about it properly. Avoid making embarrassing mistakes by learning some very common words. When you're done, wash your hands and take the quiz! EngVid: Don't take a dump without it. http://www.engvid.com/english-vocabul...

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"Teacher! Teacher! Ronnie! Ronnie! Can I go -- can I go bathroom?" "What? 'Can I go bathroom?' Okay. 'Can I go to the bathroom?' Yes. 'Can I go bathroom?' No. Not in here, please. If you said, "Can I go bathroom", that means that you are going to pee where you are. Please go to the bathroom or the washroom to pee.

Today's lesson is all about going to the toilet. This thing is called a "plunger". Plunge, plunge, plunge! What do you do with this in the bathroom, you wonder? This is a plunger. What we use this for is in the toilet.

So let's imagine that your friend, your mother, your father, your brother, your sister, or you ate a lot of food last night. And then, you went to the toilet. You took a massive dump. What is a "massive dump"? A "massive dump" is slang. "Take a massive dump." "Massive" means very big, and "dump" -- let me draw it for you -- means poo. Unchi! Japanese style. So "take a massive dump" means "to have a bowel movement", if you will. Okay? But it's so large that maybe it clogs or plugged the toilet. So that means I cannot flush the toilet. Now, basic bathroom etiquette. Please, when you have finished whatever you're doing in there, please always flush the toilet. There's a little mechanism on the toilet. It's usually a silver color. It's very easy. You press it. All of the water and all of the extra things in the toilet floating here -- maybe you have some poo -- it goes away so that the next person does not have to see what you ate for dinner. I don't want to see that. "Oh, Uncle John had corn last night." Unnecessary for me to see. So please, I beg of you, if you are going to use the toilet, please flush it, okay?

There was a rhyme that I knew -- I still know it. It's called, "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down." I would like to change the poem to say, "Flush the toilet. I don't care what color it is. I don't want to see it." Or you're going to be getting one of these stuck in your face. So rule No. 1: Flush the toilet, okay? With a plunger, you are going to -- as I said -- unclog the plugged toilet.

What happens in a toilet or in a sink is you have a drain, okay? A "drain" is a hole at the bottom where all the water goes into. It goes to Magic Land. Okay? So the sink and the toilet both have a drain, as does your bathtub and your shower. What happens is hair or other debris gets stuck in the drain. So the drain gets clogged or plugged. It basically means that all of this stuff can't go down the pipe, and it backs up. So the water doesn't go down. Dangerous with a toilet. Not as bad with a sink. Acceptable with a bathtub and a shower. All you need to do is plunge it. Make sure it's clean.

Now, what do you do in a sink? Usually, when you go to the sink, you wash your hands. Rule No. 2: After you go to the toilet, you flush the toilet, okay? Then, it's really, really cool. It's the coolest thing ever that you wash your hands. Especially for men. Guys, what are you touching? What are you doing? I don't want to touch a doorknob that you have touched after you've taken -- sorry. After you've gone to the toilet. You've touched your man part. You did not wash your hand, and then you touched the doorknob. I'm touching your knob, too, okay? Literally. I don't want to touch your knob. Please wash your hands after you flush the toilet. Good.

Another thing that you might find in a bathroom or a washroom is a bathtub, and/or you may have a shower. Now, the difference between a bathtub and a shower, it's very easy. When you have or take a bath, you're going to do it in the bathtub. In the bathtub, you get to lie down. You get to relax. Maybe you have some bubbles. Maybe you have a rubber ducky. That's a duck, okay? I'm an artist. That's a duck.

A shower, it's very small, and you don't have enough room to lie down, so you are going to stand up in the shower, okay? It doesn't matter if you say the verb "take" or "have". So you can say, "I'm going to have a bath. I'm going to take a bath. Or I'm going to have a shower. I'm going to take a shower." The other thing that you can say is -- "shower" is also a verb. So you can say, "I'm going to shower. I'm going to shower." You can't say, "I'm going to bath, or I'm going to bathtub." Because "bathtub" and "bath" -- these guys are only nouns, okay? A shower can be a verb and a noun. English is so confusing sometimes. Even when you're just trying to be clean. I'll help you. Don't worry

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