If you want to understand English grammar and English spelling 2
you don’t need learn all those horrible grammar rules 3
Just repeat everything after me 4
and I’ll explain everything you need to know along the way 5
All right, let’s go 6
Repeat after me 7
this 8
This is 9
This is a chair 10
This is a table 11
This is a man 12
This is a woman 13
This is a cabinet 14
You get it. 15
It’s very easy. 16
When you ask a question 17
“is” 18
goes before 19
“this" 20
Look at these examples and repeat after me 21
Is this a chair? 22
Is this a man? 23
Is this a woman? 24
Is this a cabinet? 25
You probably have noticed 26
“a” 27
before each noun 28
A chair 29
a phone 30
a table 31
a laptop 32
What is “a” and when do we use it? 33
“A” is an article 34
We use it before singular nouns 35
It might sound weird to you 36
especially if you don’t have articles in your native language 37
But they are very important in English 38
So, always put the article “a” 39
before a singular noun 40
Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it. 41
Now, let’s have some practice 42
I’ll ask you a question 43
you give me the full answer 44
For example 45
You answer without stopping the video 46
Ok? Let’s go! 47
This 48
A phone 49
A table 50
A laptop 51
A man 52
A woman 53
A cabinet 54
Yes 55
This 56
A phone 57
A table 58
A laptop 59
A man 60
A woman 61
A cabinet 62
Yes 63
Is this a phone? 64
Yes, this is a phone 65
Is this a table? 66
Yes, this is a table 67
Is this a laptop? 68
Yes, this is a laptop 69
Is this a man? 70
Yes, this is a man 71
Is this a woman? 72
Yes, this is a woman 73
Is this a cabinet? 74
Yes, this is a cabinet 75
A teacher 76
A student 77
A floor 78
A ceiling 79
A wall 80
A teacher 81
A student 82
A floor 83
A ceiling 84
A wall 85
Is this a teacher? 86
Yes, this is a teacher 87
Is this a student? 88
Yes, this is a student 89
Is this a floor? 90
Yes, this is a floor 91
Is this a ceiling? 92
Yes, this is a ceiling 93
Is this a wall? 94
Yes, this is a wall 95
We’ve already learned 96
that we have to use the article “a” 97
before a singular noun 98
But here’s something else you should know 99
We use 100
“a” 101
before non-particular 102
general objects or people 103
For example 104
We’ve never seen this man before 105
This is the first time we’re talking about this man 106
We’re just looking at this person 107
and saying that 108
he is a man 109
without telling anything about him 110
One of many men. 111
This is a laptop 112
I’m not telling you anything about this very laptop 113
I’m just saying that this object here 114
is some unspecified laptop 115
One of many 116
This is a cabinet 117
Again 118
I’m not telling any information about this cabinet 119
I’m just saying here 120
that this object here is called a cabinet. 121
There are many cabinets in the world 122
And this is one of them 123
But what if we want to talk about some specific object or person? 124
For example 125
I want to talk about this laptop 126
to say that it is sitting on the table 127
Will I say 128
“a laptop” is on “a table”? 129
No. 130
Because this is no longer some unspecified laptop 131
one of many 132
In this example 133
we want to talk about a very specific laptop. 134
This one 135
So, instead of article “a”, 136
we’re going to use another 137
specific article “the”. 138
The laptop 139
The table 140
Repeat after me 141
So, to conclude 142
when we’re pointing at some non-specific object or person 143
you know 144
one of many similar 145
we use the article “a”. 146
But when we talk about them 147
give more information about those objects or people 148
like their location 149
color 150
taste, size and so on, 151
we use the article “the”. 152
It might sound a little confusing to you 153
Just do as I say 154
repeat everything after me 155
answer my questions, 156
ask me questions when I ask you to 157
and pay attention to articles 158
You’ll get used to them 159
Just be sure not to ignore them. 160
Questions 161
I told you before that in questions 162
“is” and “this” change places 163
“This is a man” 164
is a statement 165
“Is this a man?” 166
is a question 167
Let’s take a look at another example 168
about the specific man 169
"The man is on the chair" 170
Notice that we use “is” after “the man”. 171
In order to ask a question 172
“The man” 173
and “is” 174
change places. 175
“Is the man on the chair?” 176
Now, repeat after me 177
Let’s ask these questions in another way 178
“Where is the man?” 179
Notice that “is” 180
goes before “the man” 181
because it’s a question 182
Repeat 183
Ok, time to practice 184
Where 185
Who 186
What 187
On 188
The 189
A chair 190
Where 191
Who 192
What 193
On 194
The 195
A chair 196
Is the man on the chair? 197
Yes, the man is on the chair 198
Is the table on the floor? 199
Yes, the table is on the floor 200
Is the woman on the cabinet? 201
Yes, the woman is on the cabinet 202
Is the laptop on the table? 203
Yes, the laptop is on the table. 204
Where is the man? 205
The man is on the chair. 206
Where is the man? 207
Where is the man? 208
The man is on the chair. 209
Where is the woman? 210
The woman is on the cabinet. 211
Where is the woman? 212
Where is the laptop? 213
The laptop is on the table. 214
Where is the laptop? 215
Where is the cabinet? 216
The cabinet is on the floor 217
Where is the table? 218
The table is on the floor. 219
Who is on the chair? 220
The man is on the chair. 221
Who is on the chair? 222
Who is on the cabinet? 223
The woman is on the cabinet. 224
What is on the table? 225
The laptop is on the table. 226
What is on the table? 227
What is this? 228
This is a table 229
Where is the table? 230
The table is on the floor 231
What is this? 232
This is a cabinet 233
Where is the cabinet? 234
The cabinet is on the floor 235
What is this? 236
This is a laptop 237
Where is the laptop? 238
The laptop is on the table. 239
What is this? 240
This is a chair 241
Where is the chair? 242
The chair is on the floor