0:08 Here we go.
0:09 Uh, sibling is the first one, okay? Sibling.
0:13 So, the phonetics is sibling,
0:19 You're stressing the the first thingamajig, syllable. It's a thingamajig. A sibling.
0:31 Meaning a brother or a sister.
0:33 For example, I have two
0:37 If you're at home on your own, repeat with me.
0:41 Practice your speaking and your pronunciation.
0:48 I have two siblings. A younger sister. A younger brother.
0:59 The same thing is a little sister. A little brother.
1:07 I know it's British,
1:08 not American, not Little. A little sister.
1:14 Little is a supermarket around the corner. A little sister.
1:19 A little Likewise, um, we talk about an older an older brother. That's very colloquial.
1:30 Probably a bit more formal
1:32 is an elder sister, an elder brother.
1:36 You can use both.
1:38 If you're writing, I suggest
1:40 you say you use you write
1:43 an elder sister, an elder brother.
1:45 This is the the more correct one.
1:48 But in spoken English, we often say an older sister,
1:51 an older brother, right?
1:53 And we also say in spoken English a big
1:56 sister, a big brother.
2:05 I'm going to put this is
2:07 uh I'm going to put this more as colloquial.
2:11 So, only only for speaking, right?
2:14 Don't use this in writing.
2:16 This is much more for speaking. >> Good. An elder sister. Get the intonation. Did you?
2:27 Did did di did di did di did di An elder sister.
2:32 I have an elder sister.
2:34 Did di did di did di did di
2:37 I have an elder sister.
2:42 And here's the trick, right?
2:43 The big trick is when you're learning
2:45 this and you've practiced
2:47 repeating, you then make your phrases true about you.
2:52 Make it true about your life will help learn the phrase.
2:57 Cuz you have to think.
2:59 Repeating is automatic pilot.
3:02 Something true makes you think.
3:05 So, for me, in reality,
3:07 I have a big brother.
3:09 It's a TV show, right?
3:11 I have a big brother
3:12 or an elder brother.
3:14 Um and I have an elder sister.
3:17 Uh my big sister
3:19 is 7 years older than me.
3:23 My big brother is 5
3:25 years older than me.
3:27 I'm the little one,
3:29 the youngest in the
3:33 Can you see when I'm talking about me, I really have to think
3:36 and get the grammar and the vocabulary?
3:39 It's a really simple
3:41 to deepen your learning of vocabulary. Try it. >> Great question. Not normally, no.
3:59 I have a bigger sister.
4:00 No, you'd say a big
4:02 But not bigger, no. Good question.
4:13 How do I say the middle one? Middle sister?
4:15 No, we don't say middle sister, no.
4:17 Um you have a younger sister, an elder sister.
4:24 And then we can say there we have I have a sister
4:27 You can say I have a sister,
4:29 she's the one in the middle.
4:31 Or I'm the one in the middle.
4:33 Actually in my family,
4:34 my brother is the one in the middle. Right?
4:39 So you'd say the one in the
4:41 It It's the only thing that really sounds correct.
4:45 Um So I would say my brother is the one in the middle.
4:53 >> My brother is the one in the middle.
4:55 In your case, Dine,
4:56 my sister is the one in the middle.
4:59 That's how we would express it, right? Good question.
5:07 Great, I can see you practicing. Nice.
5:12 Good, this is really good practice for you guys.
5:14 It really help you.
5:15 And it's interesting, right? Ebrahim, great. Ah, interesting.
5:23 So how are you of the three of you, I'm assuming, or maybe Okay?
5:28 I'm just going to help you to help everybody.
5:30 My sister is the one
5:32 the one in the middle. Excellent, nice.
5:41 Uh Fatima and Sora,
5:43 question about improving your listening.
5:45 Um it's a big question.
5:46 I won't answer it now, but we are going to do lots of listening
5:49 today, so you'll get lots of chance to practice.
5:53 Um, so for example,
5:55 I have an elder brother
5:56 and a younger sister. It's not true. It's an example.
6:01 My little sister is 2 years younger than me. Okay?
6:04 So, you can be using
6:08 I'm the oldest of three children.
6:14 my brother is the one in the middle. Let's add that.
6:23 Okay, to give you some nice examples, right? Talking about family.
6:27 And do remember to be an only child
6:33 to have no brothers or sisters.
6:34 I'm an only child.
6:36 I'm an only child.
6:38 Again, make it true for you.
6:40 I'm not an only child.
6:44 Uh, yeah, I'm not an only child.
6:47 My daughter is an only child.
6:51 She has no siblings.
6:53 I'm not an only child.
6:55 And my wife is not an only child.
6:57 She has a brother.
6:58 She has a little
7:00 Can you see how you're telling your story?
7:03 You're building up all this lovely, lovely language. Haha.
7:15 This is interesting, Kuso.
7:16 I'm an only child in my family.
7:18 I have no siblings.
7:19 I've imagined I had siblings. That is interesting. Yes.
7:26 Uh, it's not weird.
7:29 I think it's okay.
7:30 I think it's fine.
7:31 Absolutely fine to say it as well.
7:33 Definitely writing, but it's okay to speak it. Interesting. Excellent.
7:40 Very good I'm the elder sister of two girl
7:51 the elder sister of two girl siblings.
7:52 Yes, I'm the elder of two
7:54 siblings, of two girls,
7:56 of two girl siblings. Yes, okay. Yes. Got you, Ibrahim.
8:02 You're three of you.
8:05 I have one younger brother and two sisters.
8:08 Total, I have three siblings. Great. Good. That's nice.
8:14 This is a nice developing
8:15 of your sentences, giving a bit more Great.
8:20 I'm going to help you just a little bit with this one,
8:23 um because remember, he
8:26 always makes makes with a s.
8:29 He makes me laugh. Nice.
8:37 I have the only brother.
8:39 He's six years younger. It's good, Alexandra. Good.
8:42 I'm just going to help you again.
8:43 I have um Instead of the,
8:47 it sounds a bit strange to say the.
8:50 It sounds like you're the only person in the world
8:54 with the one only brother. use an.
8:58 It's It's more It's correct, right?
9:00 I have an only brother.
9:02 Um like this one, I I am an only child.
9:06 Use an and you're perfect. You're there.
9:13 I know what you mean, Eva.
9:14 I know what you mean, but
9:16 isn't it interesting that parents
9:20 always talk about their children
9:22 as children, even when you're 50?
9:27 My parents would talk about
9:30 me as the children.
9:32 And we're 50 years old.
9:34 They're like, "Oh, what are we going to do about the children?
9:36 I'm like, "Hello, I'm 50 years old.
9:40 I'm not a child,
9:41 but in a parent's
9:42 head, you're always the children."
9:44 And I think it's the same with your big brother,
9:49 you know, my brother says I'm the little brother.
9:51 I'm like, "Hello, I'm 58. Little?"
9:54 I mean, I I'm short.
9:55 I'm not that short,
9:57 but I'm not big,
9:58 but you >> the little brother.
10:01 The younger brother works
10:03 cuz it's age, but the little brother sounds like little boy. It's interesting.
10:08 I It makes me laugh.
10:11 >> English makes me laugh. Interesting comment. Okay, good.
10:18 Uh yes, now if you've got a sister
10:20 who is neither older nor younger, but the same age, you were born together,
10:25 then you have a twin sister.
10:28 I have a twin sister. Yeah?
10:30 I have a twin sister. That's nice. Very, very good.
10:34 Thanks for reminding me all about that.
10:41 >> I'm the last son.
10:42 You can say that.
10:43 So, you're the youngest
10:44 son or the last one. Okay, great.
10:49 >> Um let me move on.
10:50 Let me move on from
10:51 that to number two, which is neighborhood.
10:54 Just talking about where you live,
10:56 which is also quite specific
10:57 to to family, right? A neighborhood.
11:00 Um I've got the British
11:02 spelling cuz I am British.
11:04 Um we have o u.
11:05 In America, it's just
11:08 uh without the without the u, right?
11:11 Or is it without the o? I forget. Oh, the Americans. Neighborhood, o u.
11:17 Um yeah, Americans without the u, excuse me. A neighborhood.
11:20 You can see the stress is on the neigh
11:22 a a a >> And just notice the pronunciation, it's an a.
11:30 That sound in English is not a, it's a.
11:35 Can you see the mouth changes?
11:38 A, it's like you're eating. A.
11:44 So, it's a neighborhood.
11:48 A neighborhood, but it's not neighbor, it's b. Neighbor hood.
11:57 Because we stress neigh,
12:00 and we don't stress b. Neighborhood. Can you say? A neighborhood. A quiet neighborhood.
12:14 Let's check the meaning.
12:16 A neighborhood is the area around your home. Okay?
12:20 It can be the streets,
12:22 it can be the
12:23 quarter or the bigger area.
12:26 In the countryside collocations,
12:28 we talk about a rural neighborhood. Repeat with me. A rural neighborhood.
12:35 That's a difficult word, right? Rural. Rural. Rural. Rural. Yellow lorry.
12:43 That we have this
12:45 a tongue twister to practice the r.
12:47 Yellow lorry, red lorry.
12:49 Yellow lorry, red lorry.
12:51 A lorry is a truck.
12:53 Yellow lorry, red lorry.
12:55 Yellow red lorry, red lorry.
12:57 If you can say that three times
13:00 it'd be good for your r r r.
13:02 Yellow lorry, red lorry.
13:05 Yellow lorry, red lorry.
13:06 Yellow lorry, red lorry. Rural neighborhood. Come on, Keith. >> A rural neighborhood. A remote neighborhood. Stress the mote. A remote neighborhood.
13:23 Or a neighborhood out in the sticks. Get the intonation.
13:29 Diddy diddy diddy d
13:31 a neighborhood out in the sticks. Hear the stress?
13:38 A nay diddy diddy
13:40 a neighborhood out in the sticks. Disco.
13:44 A neighborhood out in the sticks. Got it?
13:50 So, that's collocations for countryside.
13:52 For example, I live in a remote neighborhood
13:54 out in the sticks.
13:57 It's quite true, actually.
13:59 If you're in the city,
14:00 collocations could be an urban neighborhood.
14:07 Look at my mouth. Urban. An urban neighborhood. An urban neighborhood. A suburban neighborhood. A suburban neighborhood.
14:29 It's the same thing, doing that.
14:35 So, urban is an area in the city.
14:38 Suburban is an area next to the city.
14:44 Like outskirt, suburb, outskirt, it's the same.
14:49 Suburban is the adjective.
14:52 So, listen and practice. An urban neighborhood. A suburban neighborhood.
15:05 For example, I prefer to live in a suburban neighborhood.
15:09 It's quiet, but close to the city.
15:17 Something true for me,
15:18 um I live in a rural neighborhood. It's quite remote.
15:24 It's not really out in the sticks.
15:27 It's only 15 minutes from the city.
15:30 But I prefer a rural neighborhood
15:33 rather than an urban
15:35 neighborhood because the urban neighborhood
15:37 is a bit too noisy for me. That's it.
15:41 Something true for me.
15:47 Is the neighborhood a hometown? No, not really. No.
15:50 Neighborhood is the small area near your home.
15:53 The hometown is the whole city
15:55 or the whole town.
15:56 So, Manchester is my hometown.
16:00 But the neighborhood is very, very small.
16:02 It's only two or three streets. Oh, Rohita, goodbye.
16:17 >> Yeah, I am a Limerick, you know.
16:19 I've got Irish roots. Interesting, Richard.
16:26 Yeah, I live in the province of Leyte in the
16:31 which which surrounded Yes, which is surrounded. Nice.
16:35 By lots of beaches
16:37 with a lively Very good. Richard, nice.
16:45 I live in an urban neighborhood.
16:50 Um out in the sticks a bit derogatory.
16:56 It's a very good question. It can be. It can be.
16:59 For me, I think it's quite
17:02 But certainly some people, yeah, use it as a bit a bit negative or derogatory.
17:07 I think it depends on the context
17:09 and the Rural neighborhood well, like me.
17:17 So, it means the So, the area
17:19 is not is not the houses.
17:21 It's It's the area.
17:22 So, the rural neighborhood is the fields.
17:26 So, near me, I've got
17:28 one street, about five houses, and then fields.
17:32 No shops, no bars.
17:36 Oh, there's a church in the village.
17:38 But, a So, a rural neighborhood can be the fields,
17:43 maybe the other houses,
17:45 maybe a farm, maybe a village,
17:48 and a little shop,
17:51 So, remember, the neighborhood is the
17:54 It can be streets,
17:56 it can be lakes,
17:58 it can be mountains,
18:00 it can be Nice question.
18:05 I like it very much. Yes. Great. Welcome.
18:10 Nice to see you, new people here. Great.
18:14 Urban means in the city. Right?
18:18 Urban just means an area
18:20 in the Connected to the city.
18:25 So, rural means connected
18:27 to the and urban
18:30 is connected to the city. Uh they're similar.
18:47 Rural and countryside are similar.
18:49 Not exactly, but very, very similar. Similar meaning. Yes. Interesting. Yes.
19:11 How should I express my neighborhood if I lived in a big piece
19:14 of land surrounded by boundaries
19:16 and there are independent
19:17 houses my uncles built along with my home?
19:21 It's hard for me to say cuz I can't see
19:24 Is it in the city or is it in the
19:28 So, I don't know if if if it's it sounds like it's rural.
19:32 You live in a
19:34 a rural area um
19:36 but not a built-up
19:38 area although there's some houses, independent houses.
19:41 It sounds like me a little bit
19:44 but without the uncles.
19:47 Maybe it's an urban
19:50 an urban It might be a suburban
19:54 area if there are lots of houses
19:56 but it's a bit out in the
19:59 It's It's hard to It's hard to know without seeing it, to be honest. Suburban, right.
20:05 Yeah, it's Yeah, it sounds like a suburban area.
20:09 Okay, guys, let's move on from that.
20:12 I'm going to do another one from the story together around.
20:16 One of the activities
20:17 that the family can do
20:19 to gather round or gather
20:21 around is to come together
20:23 around a particular place.
20:26 In the story, Lee
20:27 and his family, they gathered
20:29 around the fireplace and shared
20:33 Do you remember the fire
20:35 and they would sit
20:36 around or gather around?
20:38 So, it means to come
20:39 together and do something and share meals. They shared meals.
20:45 Or the family gathered
20:47 round the table and played card games.
20:53 Similar words to huddle
20:55 round, huddle is a great word, to huddle
20:58 round or to get
21:02 Uh for example, we
21:04 huddled round the and played cards.
21:10 So we all sat
21:11 round the table together.
21:14 Huddle just has a meaning
21:15 of of warmth, of being together and being warm.
21:20 Huddle Friends huddle together.
21:24 Uh family huddle together.
21:27 In a business meeting,
21:29 you don't really huddle together.
21:32 It's not like warm.
21:34 I think in a business meeting you gather
21:38 But in a family
21:39 you can huddle together.
21:40 It's just a bit warmer, the feeling.
21:43 Or we got together
21:45 around the table and drank tea. Why not?
21:51 Just noticing the grammar.
21:54 I said we gathered round.
21:56 You can use the simple past.
21:59 There are two other ways
22:00 we can express the past
22:02 if we're talking in the past.
22:04 Can you tell me?
22:09 Yep, family gathering, have a gathering.
22:11 Yes, particularly a family
22:13 a family Family gathering.
22:23 That's very common actually, very very
22:26 Amarilis, nice to see you. Take care. Enjoy your work. Ebrahim, lovely example. Yes. Yes, exactly. Well done, Kusso.
22:42 We used to gather around the table. We used to. Harry, interesting. We got to.
22:55 Yes, we got to gather around the table.
22:57 You can also use got. Yes.
23:00 I'm going to have to have
23:02 I've got to do four now. >> That's right.
23:06 I hadn't thought about that, but you're right.
23:10 We got to gather around the table.
23:11 We used to gather around the table. Would, exactly.
23:16 Yes, and Daniela as well. We would gather.
23:23 So, notice I'll just make this really clear.
23:27 We used to gather.
23:30 We got to gather
23:33 or we would No to. We would gather.
23:39 Okay, just notice the different
23:40 ways Help if I could make it clear.
23:45 That you can use this in the past, okay? Excellent. Good. Jenna, nice example.
24:14 I'm just going to help you as well.
24:16 When you're talking in the past, make sure you keep it in the past.
24:20 My relatives huddle around each other and
24:23 enjoyed enjoyed our tea time. Yes.
24:29 We gathered in Keith's kitchen. >> Here we are.
24:37 It's the Airbnb kitchen.
24:39 But yeah, good example. Very, very good. Jack, both. Both are okay. Yeah. Just going back. Both are okay. Yeah.
24:50 Around or round is Good question.
25:06 It's good example, Richard.
25:07 I'm just going to help you as well with um with the tense.
25:11 We used to So, used to gather.
25:17 So, used to get
25:19 together in the shore
25:21 and used to have barbecue.
25:26 So, just be careful with the tenses.
25:29 When you're ex- expressing
25:32 the past, but good.
25:36 Vera, nice to see you.
25:37 Used to get together. Yes.
25:42 The good old days, hey?
25:44 The good old days, yes.
25:46 I know what you mean. >> Very nice.
25:51 Let me move on to the last one, which is to raise someone.
25:57 Um to raise someone
26:00 raise as in A A.
26:02 Again, watch the mouth. A raise.
26:10 Our mouths move a lot in English.
26:13 There's a lot of The sound
26:14 is not from here.
26:16 The sound is normally from the front of your mouth.
26:19 That's where you make a lot of the English sounds
26:22 with your lips and your teeth. Raise. Raise children.
26:28 Means to take care of someone
26:31 or something until they are an adult.
26:37 I'm just going to turn off No, I'm not going to turn off the light.
26:40 I'll do it later.
26:42 Um they raised and educated
26:44 him with From the story, right? Lee's parents.
26:48 My parents raised me to be honest.
26:52 Okay, raise raised in the past.
26:57 Notice that we often use the passive
26:59 when you're talking about yourself.
27:01 I was raised in Manchester.
27:05 I was brought up
27:07 in Manchester by my grandmother.
27:10 But, grow up is not used in the passive.
27:15 Right, we say I grew up in Manchester.
27:31 I was raised by my parents.
27:34 I was brought up by my grandmother.
27:38 I was raised in
27:41 But, I grew up in Manchester.
27:51 Uh can you tell me about your IELTS band
27:56 >> I'm a band nine, my friend.
28:07 I I was raised and born. It's good.
28:09 Normally, we'd say the other way around.
28:11 I was born and raised.
28:14 Cuz that's the order.
28:14 But, yes, you're correct. Yes. Good point, Eva.
28:22 Used to means we don't do it anymore. Exactly. Exactly.
28:30 Richard, you're getting better and better. Nice.
28:33 My parents passed away when I was little.
28:35 I was raised by Great. Very good example.
28:42 Uh just be careful here.
28:44 I raised I was raised.
28:46 So, you need You need the passive.
28:48 I was raised by my uncle.
28:53 If he's French, yes, but otherwise, uncle.
28:56 I was raised by my uncle.
28:59 Oh, you want to raise something.
29:01 You can raise animals. Right?
29:03 You can raise pigs.
29:06 You can raise cows.
29:10 We can use it for animals as well as people.
29:13 Normally, people And I'll explain
29:17 why in a moment, but we can use both.
29:23 Um because because the There's nobody
29:27 makes you grow up.
29:29 You can't say I was grown up by my parents.
29:32 Your parents don't make you grow up. You grow up.
29:37 But your parents raise you.
29:40 So, raise is with the passive.
29:43 But grow up cannot be passive cuz it's you, right?
29:47 It's like eat I eat.
29:49 You can't say I was eaten.
29:52 unless you go to the zoo and the lion eats you.
29:56 >> But you don't say I was eaten.
29:58 You say I eat vegetables.
30:00 I grew up in Manchester. Lovely question.
30:06 Thank you so much.
30:12 I was raised in London. Yes.
30:15 Now, if you raise
30:16 an animal, then it's
30:19 then it's not passive. It's just normal.
30:21 It's It's It's active.
30:23 I raised my cat.
30:26 I raised my cat when I was in my country, right? Exactly. Okay. Collocations, I'll explain.
30:34 We can raise You can raise a family.
30:38 You can raise Right? Raise chickens.
30:42 Normally, this is used with
30:46 with farm animals, normally.
30:48 It's normally like raising cows, chickens, sheep.
30:52 It's normally in the farm context, normally.
30:56 Doesn't have to but often is.
31:08 Similar words to bring up,
31:11 to educate, to rear.
31:13 Interesting, to rear animals,
31:16 to rear You can use both of those.
31:28 There's a common saying, if your family didn't raise you up, the street will.
31:33 If the family didn't raise you, the street will. Yes.
31:37 With With raise, you don't need up.
31:39 If the family didn't raise you, the street will. Probably true, yes.
31:50 Uh I was raised in Bangladesh is good.
31:55 MG, let me just help you a little bit.
31:57 I was raised always by.
32:01 I was raised by
32:03 I was raised by my grandmother.
32:06 I was raised I was raised in a place.
32:13 I was raised by my grandmother.
32:16 I was raised by my parents, yeah. Nice.
32:24 It I was reared.
32:26 Uh Normally not the passive, normally active. I reared sheep. I reared cows.
32:33 I reared my children.
32:34 You can also say
32:35 It's normally animals, but you can use it with people as well. Yeah.
32:43 Julia says, I raised a flock of of rabbits.
32:46 A flock of rabbits?
32:48 Is it a flock of rabbits?
32:50 It's a flock of sheep.
32:51 Is it a flock of rabbits?
32:54 That's an interesting question.
32:55 What do we say?
32:56 A flock of rabbits?
33:00 You might be right.
33:02 I think there's a there's isn't there a
33:06 a colony of rabbits.
33:10 A warren of rabbits.
33:12 A warren of rabbits or a colony.
33:15 I think I've heard of warren definitely
33:20 This is high level vocabulary, Julia.
33:23 I raised a warren of rabbits
33:24 in my flat and they are roaming around there. Yes.
33:32 I'm living in a suburban area.
33:34 It means an area in the middle of the city. No.
33:41 So, urban is in the middle of the city.
33:44 Suburban is outside the city. Okay? Urban is city.
33:51 Suburban is around the city. Let's move on.