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100 Most Common English Words (Pronunciation & Example Sentence)
100 Most Common English Words (Pronunciation & Example Sentence)
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- Hello lovely students.
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And welcome back to English with Lucy.
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Big lesson today, big, big lesson.
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Let's start today's class with a question.
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I want you to guess how many words do you think there are in
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the English language?
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Don't Google it.
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I will tell you the answer, well,
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there have been various studies
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and some of them say
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that there are over 170,000 words in the English language.
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That's a lot of words,
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but on average a native English speaker will know between 15
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and 20,000 words.
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This is an insane amount of words.
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I can't even count to 20,000, but don't despair.
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It has claimed that the top 100 words in English make up 50% of
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the language today.
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I thought it would be an excellent idea to help you to perfect those
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top 100 words in English.
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Break this down into the different parts of speech.
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I'll show you how to spell the words,
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how to pronounce them in both their weak form and their strong form.
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I'll also give you an example with the word in use.
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It's a hugely important lesson and to make it even better,
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I have created a PDF for you to use along with this lesson,
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it contains everything we're going to study today.
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All of the words along with their pronunciation and examples.
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If you would like to download that,
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just click on the link in the description box you enter your name
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and your email address.
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You sign up to my mailing list
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and the PDF will arrive directly in your inbox.
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After that you will automatically receive all of my free lesson PDFs along with
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my news offers and course updates.
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Don't miss out.
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It's a big PDF today.
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Let's get started with the first section of this video.
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It's all about nouns.
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And noun is a word that refers to a place, a person, an idea,
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a thing, a quality or an activity.
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Let's take a look at 10 of the most common nouns in the English
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language.
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And most importantly, their pronunciation.
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First we have man, man.
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The man sat quietly on the chair.
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Day, day, it was the last day of summer.
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People, people, many people travel abroad for their holiday.
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Time, time, what time will they come to the house today?
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Woman, woman.
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He saw the woman from across the room.
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Life, life, Jack spent his whole life writing his novel.
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World, world, the world is a big place.
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Go out and see it.
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Thing, thing, we've both brought the same thing.
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Year, year, this year has been the craziest yet.
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Child, child, she was only a child
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but she could play the piano better than anyone.
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Now let's move on to pronouns.
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A pronoun can substitute a noun or a noun phrase in a sentence.
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We can only use a pronoun
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if the noun or noun phrase has been referred to previously,
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we have 20 to look at today
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and they include both strong
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and weak forms.
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He or hi, he or hi, he likes to go out ice skating.
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Her or her, her or her,
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her shoes were left out in the rain all night.
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Him or im, him or im, can you take him to the station please?
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I, I, I am from England.
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It, it, it looks as if she's been crying.
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Me or mi, me or mi.
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Don't give me that look.
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My, my, my new phone should arrive today.
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Our or our, our, or our,
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our new home is in the village not far from here.
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She or she, she or she, she is from a posh family.
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What do you expect.
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Them or them or them or them,
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I went with them to see the play.
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That or that, that, or that, that picture frame is crooked.
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Their, their, their payments are overdue.
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These, these, these flowers are beautiful.
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They, they, they missed the train.
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So they walked home instead.
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This, this, this is the road I used to take to school
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as a child.
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Us or us, us or us.
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We always bring a few snacks with us.
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We or we, we or we,
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we had just started hiking when Jerry hurt his knee.
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Who, who, who was that in your office?
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You or you.
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You or you, you shouldn't do that.
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You shouldn't do that.
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Your or your, your or your, your sister came over yesterday looking for you.
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Now let's move on to verbs.
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Every sentence needs a verb.
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And we use them to represent actions, feelings or states of being.
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Come, come, come to my house tonight.
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We're making pizza.
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Find, find I can't find the remote control.
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Give, give, can you give me a minute?
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Get, get, I hope I get a raise this month.
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Go, go, Sheila, go and speak with your father.
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Have or have Have, or have, I have the forms in my bag.
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Know, know, I know this can't be easy to hear.
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Listen, listen, listen to his new song.
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It's great.
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Look, look, they will look at the sculpture for hours.
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Make, make, what are you going to make for the school picnic?
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Say say, don't say things that you don't mean.
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See, see, I could see she was angry from her facial expression.
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Tell, tell, tell him about it after his birthday.
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Think, think, I always think about leaving my job.
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Use use, can I use baking powder instead of baking soda?
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Want, want, they want to take a cruise this year.
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Now let's move on to auxiliary verbs.
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These are incredibly useful in English.
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They're also referred to as helping verbs or modal verbs.
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They help to form certain verb tenses, voices and moods.
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Let's take a look at them.
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Be or bi, be or bi, I'll be swimming tomorrow morning.
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Can or can, can or can,
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Can you lift the chair up so I can sweep under it?
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Could or could, could or could,
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I could leave work early to pick up the wine.
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Do or da, do or da, do they always come this late?
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Shall or shall, shall or shall, I shall ask him tomorrow.
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Might, might.
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They might stay a little longer.
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Must or must, must or must.
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You must allow me to take you for dinner.
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Should or should, should or should, I should really be going now.
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Would or would, would or would, I would like a skateboard for Christmas.
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Will or will, will or will.
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We will write to you as soon as we arrive.
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Next we're going to look at some adjectives.
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Some very common adjectives.
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Adjectives are used to describe nouns and they provide more detail.
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All, all.
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Did you put all of the food away?
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Any, any, I don't have any patience for you right now.
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Different, different, can you get me a different mug?
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Even, even, he wants the painting to be even on the wall.
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First, first, Ben was the first person to call me after my breakup.
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Just, just, it wasn't just of him to treat you that way.
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Last last, this is my last phone call.
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White, white, when I opened my eyes, I saw white walls.
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Many, many, we have too many boxes to move.
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More, more, please could I have more potatoes?
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New, new, her new shoes are black.
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One, one, my dog has one blue eye and the other is brown.
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Some or some, some or some.
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Please could I borrow some money?
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Two, two, the two trees in the garden need to be chopped down.
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Now we're moving on to adverbs.
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These are words that help you to describe an adjective, a verb,
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another adverb or even an entire sentence.
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You may have learned that most ad verbs end in LY.
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And this is true,
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but you will be surprised at some of the most common ones.
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Let's take a look.
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Also, also, we also live up the hill.
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Here, here, I live here too.
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How, how, he didn't know how to speak Italian.
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No, no, call no later than 7:00 PM.
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Not, not, it is not snowing today.
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So, so, she was so early for the party.
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Then, then, we can't go back to how it was then.
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Very, very, Dave was very angry after the meeting.
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When, when, when will you be leaving?
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Now we have some conjunctions and these are really key.
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They allow us to join multiple phrases and sentences together.
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Without conjunctions, reading would be really boring.
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Let's get started, and or and.
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And or and clean your room and the bathroom.
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Because or because, because or because,
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I can't come tonight because I have work in the morning.
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But or but, but or but,
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they don't have a size three but they do have a size four.
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If, if, she will cover for me, if I stay late tomorrow.
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Or, or, we can get Chinese or Indian food, it's up to you.
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Than or than, than or than.
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I'd rather stay at home than go to a nightclub.
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Next we have prepositions.
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These are really important.
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They show you how one part of sentence is related to another.
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About, about, I'll be there in about five minutes.
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At or at, at or at.
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Turn right at the end of the street.
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By, by, my purse is by the dining room chair.
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For or for, for or for, is all of that for you?
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From or from, from or from, that present is from all of us.
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In, in, just put it in the box.
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Into or into, into or into.
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Put it into the fridge, not the oven.
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On, on, the book is on the shelf.
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To or to to or to, we're going to the fair today.
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With, with don't leave me with him.
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Finally have articles.
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There are only three in English.
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So I bet you can guess which ones I've included.
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We have a, or a, a or a,
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a man came to see you today.
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We have an, or an, an or an,
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is that an orange on the sofa?
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And finally, number 100, we have the or the, the or the,
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the new table looks wonderful.
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Right, there you have it,
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100 of the most common words in the English language.
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The words that comprise the majority of open and written English,
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that was a lot today.
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So I highly recommend that you download the PDF that we've created for you.
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It's got everything and some additional information.
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If you'd like to do that,
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just click on the link in the description box,
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you enter your name and your email address.
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You sign up to my mailing list
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and the PDF will arrive directly in your inbox.
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Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media.
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I've got my Instagram page, EnglishwithLucy.
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I've got my personal Instagram, just @Lucy.
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I've got my TikTok page, and I've got my website Englishwithlucy.co.uk.
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If you are interested in pronunciation,
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then I have a fantastic pronunciation tool on my website.
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You can click on all the different phonemes
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and you can hear me pronounce those phonemes
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and words containing those phonemes.
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It's a really good way to familiarise yourself with phonetic transcriptions
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and the different sounds
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that comprise modern RP.
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If you'd like to improve your vocabulary and your listening skills,
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then I also have my vlogging channel,
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where I document my life here in the English countryside.
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All of the vlogs are fully subtitled
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so you can use them to practise with,
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I will see you soon for another lesson.
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Bye, so there are 100 of these.
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This is gonna be a long video.
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Child, she was only a child but she could play the.
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And we use them to represent actions, feelings or what.
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Ooh, okay.
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We are just. (watch chiming) This is ironic.
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My watch has told me to take a mindful moment by disturbing my work.
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Thanks, Apple, bastard.
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These sentences are so random. (gentle music)
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