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Let's begin because we have a lot to cover today.

Get your notebook ready.

We're going to talk about some grammar.

Let's begin.

First grammar point today is present progressive.

The other name for this grammar point is present continuous.

They are the same, don't worry.

So when should we use present progressive and what is the pattern?

Let's begin with the pattern for this grammar point.

First we have in this section our subject.

So the beginning of our sentence our sentence pattern for the day will be

this part.

This is our subject part where we choose I as the subject.

We choose you, we or they or we choose she, he and it.

So we need to think about

which subject to use

because we have to use the correct verb with the subject.

So that means if your subject is I use the verb am.

I am.

You, we or they are and she, he, it is.

Okay.

A little review here.

Next we use to make it negative not in the following position

and we end with a verb in the ing form.

Okay.

So I am verbing

or I am not verbing

or you are not verbing

or he is verbing.

Okay.

So we will use this grammar pattern today.

Next.

What does this express?

Let's go to the second slide I have.

When we use present progressive we express

that something happening at the present happening now this star means now watching this

video that means something is happening now

so this line means it's continuing now the action is happening now

so for example I am teaching you are watching you are listening something like

that right happening now in the moment Okay,

this is important.

So, let's take a look at some examples.

Let's break down these examples and send me your examples in the chat.

I will check them live.

Okay.

So, let's see.

First one, I am working on my website.

I am working on my website.

Here is my subject.

In this case, I.

My verb is am to match the subject I.

Next is the verb in the ing form. working

and in this case I have my extra information at the end of the

sentence.

I am working on something right?

So if you want to use this pattern make sure to use the preposition

on.

I am working on blah blah blah.

You can change my website to your project.

Okay.

Also to make this more natural we usually say I'm I'm working on my

website.

So reduce or contract those when possible to sound natural.

Marshall on Facebook wrote, "I'm actively listening to the live stream."

We love that.

Great.

Okay, let's go to the second example

and then I'll come to more uh chat chat points.

What does XP mean in the YouTube chat today?

I've never seen that before.

He is learning how to code.

He is learning how to code.

Here is my subject.

He He We match the he subject with the verb is.

Yeah.

Next is our verb learning.

Learning.

He is learning.

In this case, how to code.

How to code.

Note for this particular for this pattern,

we use this how to how to plus the base form of the verb.

If you want to use this pattern,

you can use he he

or subject is learning how to any verb you want like I am learning

how to cook or she is learning how to ride a bicycle.

It's a very easy pattern to use, right?

Learning how to blah blah blah.

Pick your verb.

Some examples are coming in.

Shahhab wrote, I'm watching the live English course.

Nice.

Perfect. others.

Ena Zuma wrote, "I'm listening to this live stream."

I'm listening to this live stream, not in.

That's perfect.

Okay.

Next.

She is studying for an exam.

She is studying for an exam.

Our subject is she.

We match it to the verb is.

And then we have verb in the ing form.

Studying.

She is studying.

When you want to talk about the topic of your studies, we use for.

She is studying for blah blah blah for an exam.

If you're a student, you can say, "I'm studying for a test.

I'm studying for an exam.

I'm studying for a certification."

Right?

I'm studying for my final presentation.

Right?

So, use the preposition for in this pattern.

Note these prepositions are different. on for in this case how to yeah these

little words make a big difference.

Oh, some other examples are coming.

Uh patient wrote uh Ally is learning how to drive a car.

Okay.

Mino wrote, "I'm having breakfast while I'm watching you."

Oh, okay.

Nice one.

Is that true?

Nice.

I hope you enjoy your breakfast.

Uh all right, continuing.

Uh last one.

Let's look at Oh, sorry.

Last two.

Let's look at some negative examples now.

We aren't working at the office right now.

We aren't working at the office right now.

So, do you remember this page I showed you earlier where I said this

means a continuing action in the negative form like this sentence?

We aren't working at the office right now.

It means this action is not happening at this time.

So, we use this for something that's a maybe a regular action

or an expected action

that is not happening.

So, we're not working at the office right now.

Maybe instead we're working at the cafe.

The sentence grammar is exactly the same.

We have our subject here, we have aren't.

Aren't.

Oh, something weird happened there.

So, our subject is we.

And then aren't is the contracted form are not.

Are not here.

So aren't is how we say it in everyday natural speech.

And then the same pattern follows.

Working in this case a location at the office right now.

We aren't working at the office right now.

Okay.

Last one.

They aren't returning our calls.

They aren't returning our calls.

Oh no.

So subject they again aren't are not because our subject is they.

In this case our verb is return ing.

What are they not returning?

Our calls.

Let me check your examples and then we'll continue to the next part.

H Mary Esther wrote they are reading those old books.

Nice.

Inauma he's studying for a do you mean big quiz?

Bug quiz is different.

Uh let's see.

Somewhat sorry your name ends in Christina.

I'm working on my presentation.

Nice.

Paloma.

Hey, Paloma.

I'm working on my presentation.

Perfect.

Great job.

H others on Facebook.

There's one.

Uh Gabino wrote, "She is walking in the park."

Use the preposition in.

She's walking in the park.

Inazuma, your negative sentence.

He isn't studying for his big quiz right now.

Yes, that's correct.

He isn't studying for his big quiz.

Tudo Tudo Anima wrote, "I'm having a great class."

Good.

Let's continue then.

Nice job everybody.

Let's go uh let's end part one with making questions.

How do we make questions with this grammar?

To do this, we can make a question that begins with a wh question.

Who, what, where, when, why.

Right?

So we can start with

that to make an information question

or we can start with this are is

or am.

Starting here makes a yes or no question.

Are is or am.

Okay.

Finally we add the subject plus the verb in the ing form.

What does this pattern look like?

So what are you doing?

Very simple, right?

What are you doing?

Let's see how the grammar fits this pattern.

Here is my wh question.

Here is my verb to match.

Here is my subject you.

And doing is my verb in the ing form.

What are you doing at native speed?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Last one here.

Where are they going for lunch?

Where are they going for lunch?

Again, we have our wh question.

We have are in the next position, they as our subject,

and our verb going.

Where are they going for lunch?

Okay, let's see other points.

Um, points that are about the lesson.

Okay, let's continue on to the next the next part real quick.

Point one, our grammar point one.

Looks good, everybody.

Let's go on to point two now.

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Okay, let's go to part two.

Present perfect.

Present perfect.

I know many people struggle with this.

So, let's practice it.

Don't be afraid of present perfect.

Present perfect is your friend.

Okay.

So, present perfect.

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Okay.

Let's continue.

Present perfect tense.

Present perfect.

Here is the pattern

and then I will explain

when we use it to refresh you.

Then we have our subject.

We must choose the subject and match it to have or has.

Right?

So I, you, we, they have.

He, she, it has, right?

And then we add not to make it negative

and the past participle verb form.

That's a lot, right?

When do we use present perfect?

Let's take a look at the second page.

So, we use present perfect in a couple different situations.

First is for something

that started in the past back here

and that continues to the present.

Okay?

Something that started in the past

and continued to the present

or we can use it for something

that happened in the past

and when it happened is not important.

Okay?

So for example, I have lived in another country when it's not important.

I just want to express my life experience.

Yeah.

Or I have eaten sushi before.

When is not important.

I just express my life experience.

Okay.

So let's go back to the first part

and take a look at our example sentences now.

So, how do we use these to express what we are working on?

Here are some examples.

I've finished my to-do list for today.

I've finished my to-do list for today.

Okay, so here, right here.

Oh, where's my marker?

Okay, I've right here.

This I've is I plus have.

I have is reduced to I've finished.

This is my present or I'm sorry, my past participle verb.

I've finished, right?

I have finished means I started it before

and now by this time at the present it is done.

Okay?

Or we could understand it as I did it sometime before today.

Okay.

I've finished my to-do list for today.

Yes, it's true.

You could say, "I finished my to-do list."

That sounds like it's a report.

It was finished a while ago.

If you use, "I've finished," it sounds a little more recent.

It sounds like you were working on it for a

while today and now you are done.

So, both are correct.

I finished and I've finished.

Okay, let's continue.

Sentence two.

He hasn't finished the proposal.

Negative.

Yeah, he hasn't finished the proposal.

So, subject is he.

Here we have hasn't.

This is the reduced form has not.

He hasn't.

So, contract not to.

He hasn't.

Here is our past participle verb.

He hasn't finished the proposal.

Right?

You can use this one for something you started working on, continued working on,

but it's not done yet.

Okay?

He hasn't finished the proposal or I haven't finished the proposal.

It sounds like you started it.

It's in progress, but not ready yet.

So, this negative form is super helpful.

This is a great way to show your boss

or to show somebody you started something.

It is now in progress.

You are going to finish it,

but it's not ready at this moment in time.

Okay, continuing.

She hasn't submitted the paperwork yet.

She hasn't submitted the paperwork yet.

Our subject is she.

We have has not again, right?

She hasn't submitted.

So, to submit, maybe you know the verb to turn in,

like to turn in homework.

Submit is the professional word for this. to submit paperwork

or to submit an application.

Yeah, the past participle form is submitted.

She hasn't submitted the paperwork yet.

So, today I'm not going to talk a lot about yet and already.

But this right here is a big hint.

She's going to submit the paperwork, but she hasn't submitted the paperwork yet.

Right?

So, that means she's maybe working on it.

She's going to do it.

Just not not yet.

It hasn't finished yet.

Okay, last one.

We haven't taken a break today.

We haven't taken a break today.

Here is my subject.

We we have have here because we use the we subject.

Not again.

We haven't.

And past participle verb is taken.

We haven't taken a break today.

We need a break.

Okay.

So you can see these negative forms are very very helpful in work

and in school because they communicate you started something.

You are working on it now and it will be finished in the future.

Okay, let's move on to questions.

I don't see examples in the chat yet.

Send some if you feel you want to try.

Okay, Megan questions.

How do we make questions and why do we make questions with this?

We do a wh question again like we talked about before plus have

or has followed by our subject are you we they he

and we end with the past participle verb form.

So let's look at some common questions you can use here.

First what have you done today?

What have you done today?

Okay, this is different from what did you do today?

Yeah, both are correct but they have different meanings.

What have you done today?

If you ask this at lunchtime,

it means what have you done

or what did you do from the morning until this point?

Yeah.

If you ask at the end of the day,

it means what uh did you do all day long?

And because we use have instead of what did you do today,

it means I expect you are continuing your work or you're continuing your studies.

You're continuing your action.

Yeah.

If you say, "What did you do today?"

It sounds like it's finished.

You're done.

Right?

So when you meet your friend for dinner, you can say, "Oh,

what did you do today?"

Because it's finished, right?

That means your job, your studies, your family, whatever.

Yeah, that sounds natural.

What did you do today is done.

What have you done today means I expect you are going to continue something.

So this is a question your boss

or maybe your parents might ask you

or your teacher,

what have you done today?

Okay, sounds like they expect you are going to do more things.

Okay, next one.

Where has my boss gone?

Where has my boss gone?

Oh my gosh.

So again, we could use simple past tense here.

We could say, where did my boss go?

Where did my boss go?

But where has my boss gone?

It sounds like my boss went somewhere

and maybe they are still going

or this is a continuing situation.

I'm going to continue searching for my boss.

I don't know where my boss is.

So if you say, "Where did my boss go?"

It sounds like the boss is gone completely finished.

They left the building.

Maybe.

We don't know.

So, there's a little more wiggle room with this.

Where has my boss gone uses the wh question plus has plus in this

case my boss?

So, this subject is actually my boss here.

And the past participle verb is gone.

Okay.

And finally, who has she spoken to?

Who has she spoken to?

Wh question has she is our subject

and our past participle verb is spoken to.

Who has she spoken to about this?

Did she speak to the client?

So, we often use present perfect together with past perfect to ask about continuing

situations and finish situations

and their relationship.

Okay, let's see.

Um, I don't see any examples.

Something terrible has happened in the chat.

Okay.

Oh, are they down there now?

Ah, great.

Okay, now there's some examples.

Thank you, control desk.

Uh, sorry if I missed you guys there.

We had a little a little technical moment.

Uh, oh my gosh.

Uh, Mino wrote, "I've finished maybe I would say I know we're not talking

about it today,

but already I've already finished my housework this morning to emphasize

that something is done maybe early."

That sounds good.

Others, uh, Mara wrote, "You've written a note."

Nice one.

Uh, can we scroll down a little bit more?

Thank you.

Uh, patient wrote, "She hasn't studied for the exam.

She hasn't studied for the exam."

Okay.

Uh, Inazuma, I have often confused had and has.

What is the difference?

I have a video about that.

Do a search on the YouTube channel.

Search had has.

I have like four videos about that because it's not always the same answer.

It depends on how it's used in the sentence.

Uh, Sebas wrote, "I have already eaten dinner."

Nice.

Um, Paloma wrote, "He hasn't sent the emails with all the details."

Perfect.

Patient wrote, "Where have you been today?"

Perfect.

Facebook.

Oh, there's one.

Why have you done the exercise?

Okay.

Okay.

There's That's grammatically correct.

Um, others.

Ah, Mary, careful.

Why haven't you Which verb form?

Doing the homework.

You need the past participle verb form.

Yeah.

Why haven't you done the homework?

Then it's perfect.

Good example.

Very, very close, Mary.

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Okay, let's go to the last part because oh my gosh, so much information.

Present, perfect, progressive.

A very long name for this grammar point.

Present perfect progressive.

Let's look at the pattern

and then we will look at

when we should use it.

So, subject have or has been verbing.

Okay, subject has been verbing.

All right, so two points to notice here. one,

we have this subject have or has.

This is the same as present perfect.

However, we have to use been and the verb in the ing form here.

Okay?

So, this grammar point is kind of like this one.

Present progressive and present perfect together.

So, it's very confusing.

I understand.

Trust me, I understand.

So, let's go slowly.

I also want to note this is the grammar point we often use for

and since with.

I'm not going to talk a lot about for

and since today because I don't have time.

This is a very big lesson.

If you want to know more about this grammar point,

you can search uh the English class 101 YouTube channel

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You can search for that uh on our website also.

So you can get um my lesson and all kinds of information there.

So next let's look when should we use this grammar point.

Present perfect progressive is something we use for an action

that started in the past continues to the present

and that it feels like it's going to continue in the future also.

Yeah.

So you can maybe see how these three these three grammar points are very

different.

Yeah.

This one present progressive is happening now.

This one happened at a point in the past.

Right.

This one is continuing started in the past continues and keeps going.

Okay.

So maybe you can see the differences between these three.

Okay.

Let's continue.

I'll check your answers quickly.

Uh, oh wow, there's already examples.

You guys are great.

Wow, nice job.

Elman wrote, uh, she has been writing for an hour.

Nice one.

Zas wrote, "She has been studying all day long."

Great.

Mino wrote, "I've been working as an English teacher since 2010."

Is that true?

That's cool.

Uh, Victor, I haven't finished uh, that's a different one.

I haven't finished uh, learning English.

So, we have to check uh, link those two verbs together.

I haven't finished learning English because it's a lifelong task.

Yeah, me too.

I learn new English words all the time.

It's true.

Okay.

Uh Elman wrote again.

He has been playing games since 9:00 a.m.

Oh my gosh, you guys have so many good examples already.

Uh Natalie wrote, "I have been living in the UK for three years."

And someone your last name Diaz maybe.

They've been living in CR since 2017.

Mary wrote, "She's been learning a lot."

Oh my gosh, you guys are saying all the examples before I can give

the examples.

Everybody, you're teaching yourselves today.

I love it.

I approve.

Very impressive.

Facebook, where's you going?

What's going on over there?

Facebook, your YouTube classmates are doing a good job.

Uh, let's go to Alicia's examples because they're here.

So, let's talk about them.

The first one, I have been cooking dinner for two hours.

Let's break down the grammar here. our subject I.

Come on board, you can do it.

Okay, I I and then have because our subject is I.

I didn't write it here, but I have.

Next, we have been.

And then we have the verb in the ing form.

I have been cooking dinner in this case for two hours.

We use for plus a length of time.

I've been cooking dinner for two hours.

If you want to use since, you need to use a point in time.

I've been cooking dinner since five o'clock.

Right?

Okay.

Next one.

He's been building his website since last month.

He's been building his website since last month.

One key point I want to talk about in this one.

It's a very small point, but this is very important.

So, get ready.

It's this.

He's this little apostrophe s.

So this one he's apostrophe s he e apostrophe s

or same thing with she's same idea sometimes this means he has in this

sentence it means he has right that's our grammar point

but sometimes it means he is how do you know what's the difference

if you say for example he's been building his website

or for example he's funny really simple sentence they Both use he's

but this one only this one means he has.

The other one means he is.

This is a common contraction in English.

So a question is how do you know?

How do I know which one is has and which one is is?

The answer is this been.

If after the contracted he's or she's you see been, it means has.

This will get easier to recognize as you practice.

He's been building.

You will notice the grammar after this is different.

So you know it's not it can't be is

because if you write

that it would be he is been building

which is grammatically not correct.

Right?

So if you ever think is this an is

or has try to remove the contraction

and say he has

or he is.

Which one fits in the sentence?

Which is correct?

That's the one that you want.

Okay, let's look at the last example here.

My friend has been advertising her business in a local magazine for six months.

I made a long one here.

My friend has been advertising a business.

I'm sorry.

My friend has been advertising her business in a local magazine for six months.

Let's break this down. subject my friend has.

Okay, my friend has plus been advertising our verb in the ing form.

What has she been advertising?

Her business in this sentence.

I include even more information.

I do it within a local magazine.

My friend has been advertising her business in a local magazine.

So, I explain the method, right?

Then I end it with for six months.

Right?

So we can include a lot of information in sentences like these.

We need to use those little prepositions to help us do

that to help us connect.

Okay, let me check the chat and then we'll go to the last part,

questions.

Uh Paloma wrote, "She's been trying to fix my laptop for four hours.

That's a long time."

I hope that's not true.

I hate it when my laptop breaks.

Um, Renee on Facebook wrote, "He has been eating."

Oh, he Someone has been You need a subject.

You have no subject, Renee.

Someone has been eating bananas on the tree.

Maybe the monkey has been eating bananas on the tree.

That's a good one.

Okay, back to YouTube.

Um, Alex wrote, "I have been looking for an English teacher for five years."

Then it's good.

Don't forget your article n because the next word starts with a vowel sound.

Um, Inazuma, I he hasn't been attending class.

No in there.

He hasn't been attending class for almost a month.

Okay.

Uh, Juan Matos wrote, "I've been studying English by 101 for three years."

Ah, I've been studying English with maybe this channel

or I've been studying English with English class 101 for three years.

Is that true?

Thank you.

That's awesome.

That's super cool.

Okay, let's finish.

So much to explain today, but we made it.

The last part now making questions.

How do we make a question with this grammar point?

Same idea as before.

A wh question.

Who, what, where, when, why to begin plus have,

or has plus the subject been, verbing.

Wow, that's a big pattern.

But you can just drop in your words in subject

and verb positions and in the wh question positions to easily make your own

sentence.

So, let's look at a few common ones.

What have you been working on recently?

That's the goal for today's lesson,

for you to explain what you've been working on recently.

Yeah.

So, I've been working on building a new website

or I've been working on uh getting new clients.

Yeah.

Or I've been working on my house projects.

Yeah.

So, you can explain what you have been working on.

Second, where have you been taking classes?

Where have you been taking classes?

That's a good one to know.

So, where have you been taking classes is a more I think kind of

rich and uh valuable sentence than where did you take classes?

Why?

Why?

I guess where did you take classes is not incorrect,

but it sounds like it's finished.

That action's done.

You do not take classes anymore.

Where have you been taking classes sounds like where is your class

that you go to now?

you went to in the past and you are continuing to go to.

Yeah.

So if someone asks you where have you been taking English classes,

you can say oh I have been taking English classes at englishclass101.com.

See what I did there?

Okay.

So these are really really valuable like they give us a lot of information.

If you want to upgrade your English speaking, challenge, sorry,

challenge yourself and use these like tough but very useful grammar points.

Okay.

Okay, we made it.

Hooray.

We got through a lot of stuff today.

Uh, if you would like to take a screenshot, you can do that.

Now, here's a screenshot.

I think I can also make a QR code somehow.

Does anybody I don't know.

I'll ask you.

Do you want a QR code of of the lesson?

How do I do that?

Control desk.

Do I push this button?

Do I do it over here?

That one.

Okay.

I think I can make a QR code.

What's the one I push next?

I don't know.

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Hello Renee from Honduras.

What's up?

Gabriel, hey Mino Jamily, Cesar.

Yaya, hello.

I am feeling good.

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Hello Inazuma, what's up everybody?

Okay, we're going to start today uh quickly

and I hope today you can give me some example sentences.

I want you all to have a good chance to practice yourself today in

the chat.

So get ready.

Okay, let's get started then.

Let's begin with giving and receiving.

Giving and receiving.

So to give something means you have an object like this person

and then you put this object in someone else's hands,

right?

So let's say I have this pen, this marker.

I give the pen to someone else, right?

So it's not mine now.

I give it.

Right?

With give, we think I give it and it's over there now.

That's it's not mine now.

I gave it to you.

So in past tense, we are going to use past tense a lot today.

It is gave.

Gave.

Okay.

The other side then the side that takes the object.

This person uses the verb receive.

Right?

To receive something means to take something from someone else in this case after

they give it.

Right?

So to receive something or more casually in everyday conversation to get something.

Okay?

To get something.

So in past tense

which we are going to use today we have received to receive something

or we also use got for past tense of get.

Okay, so these are our key words for part one.

So let's first make a basic sentence with give or past tense gave.

So how do we express this relationship?

Yeah, we have a basic pattern actually one basic pattern

that we can change a little bit.

So subject gave object to person.

Subject gave object to person.

So for example, I gave a present to my friend.

I gave a present to my friend.

So I this is my subject.

Who gave the thing?

Me.

I did it.

I did it.

Okay.

I use past tense.

I gave the action is finished.

What did I give?

A present.

I gave a present.

This is singular.

One present, right?

You can use the plural.

I gave presents to my friend is okay.

Then we have the preposition to.

To shows the direction, right?

I gave a present to my friend.

So going away from me.

Who received the present?

My friend.

So I gave a present to my friend.

Okay.

I gave a present to my friend.

Very basic sentence, right?

You can send your examples in the chat.

Okay.

Then we can change this.

It is okay to change the position of the receiving person and the object.

Okay, this is also okay.

I gave my friend a present.

I gave my friend a present.

The beginning is the same.

I and gave these two,

the subject and the past tense verb are the same.

However, in this pattern, the receiving person is after the verb.

Then we have the object.

Notice in this sentence, there is no preposition.

I gave my friend a present is also okay.

Okay.

So, both of these sentence patterns are all right.

All right.

Okay.

I see some examples coming in.

Uh on Facebook, Fernando wrote, "My friend gave me the hammer."

Is it correct?

Yes.

Perfectly grammatically correct.

Love that.

Okay, I'm gonna look for some give examples.

Mina wrote, "I gave two drips of coffee."

So drip, a drip means one water drop.

Very small.

So you don't want to say drips of coffee.

Yeah.

I gave two maybe bags of drip coffee.

Yeah.

Two drips means two tiny pieces of water like from a water droplet.

Like a water dropper.

It's very very small.

So, I gave two maybe bags of drip coffee to my father for Father's

Day.

Okay.

No wrote, uh, he gave me a book for my birthday.

Great.

You use this sentence pattern.

So, he gave me a book.

Nice one.

Uh, M wrote, Alicia gave us great English lessons.

Hooray.

Thank you.

Nice sentence.

Uh, Gup, I hope said,

"I gave a new phone to my friend and he got it for me."

Oh, I see you made you made the reverse one.

Nice.

Okay.

Um, let's see some other ones.

Renee wrote, "She gives me water."

Okay.

So, that's one.

That sentence means it's a regular action.

She gives me water.

Sounds like as maybe someone at work, you know, oh, my coworker,

she always gives me water.

So, maybe that could be it.

Uh, let's see.

Vonant wrote, I gave her a mobile.

Good.

Uh, Jamily wrote, I gave a So, food is uncountable.

Yeah.

So, I gave a delicious maybe treat.

So, for dogs, we often say treats.

Something special and small for the dog to eat.

I gave a delicious treat to my dog would be great.

Okay, good.

Let's continue then to the second part.

Let's talk about this side.

Now, the receiving side, the side that gets something.

Okay.

So the pattern here is subject got or received because it's past tense, right?

A finished action.

Subject got or received to be more formal.

Object from person.

Subject got object from person.

Let's look at the example sentence

and then I'll write one uh

while you send me your examples too.

So first our subject I.

Okay.

So this means I receive.

I am this one here.

I got past tense.

I got a present.

I got a present.

I I received the present.

Here my preposition is from.

I got a present from my friend.

So in this sentence, my friend is this person, the giving person.

I got a present from my friend.

Big point here.

The preposition changed right from shows direction.

Yes, it shows the direction

but it shows it comes uh it starts here

and it goes to me.

It comes to me.

So it came from somewhere else.

The opposite here.

So notice when the thing goes away from you,

it is to someone in the opposite direction from.

I got a present from my friend.

Yeah, we can switch this around.

Yeah, so we could say uh my friend gave me a present as well.

Okay, so we can switch we can talk uh we can use these two

sentences uh in opposite ways.

Yeah, so I got a present from my friend

and my friend gave me a present mean the same thing,

right?

The only change is we swap the subject.

Who is the subject?

Who is giving?

Who is receiving?

Okay, I'll check your example sentences now.

Uh Nora wrote, "I received a book from my friend."

Perfect example sentence.

Nahor, um let's see.

I'm looking for some examples.

Bernardo wrote, "Alicia got a lot of likes from her online class."

Ah, so from her online maybe learners

or from her online students would be good.

I would say from the students rather than from the class.

Yeah, nice one.

Okay, let's go back to YouTube.

Uh, Natalie wrote, "My daughter got pocket money from me."

Nice one.

Okay.

Who haven't I read yet?

Ena Zuma, you wrote, "I gave a present for my friend."

Check your prepositions.

Yeah.

I gave a present to my friend for So, you're showing the purpose,

which is great.

I gave a present to my friend for uh his birthday,

and he received it.

You don't have to say by delivery and he received it, right?

Or if you want to be specific.

I sent a present to my friend overseas.

Make it efficient.

That one sounds great.

Let's see.

Some people, you put it together again.

I gave her a mobile and she received it from me.

Okay, you're you're putting both of them together.

I love that.

Um Patrick, what do you want to say?

I've received money from my money.

So maybe you can that means I received money from money.

Who is the person?

Who is the person you receive from?

Right.

So maybe think about how to say that.

Okay.

All right.

So let me add one more here for an example.

So I got a present from my friend.

Let's change the subject then here.

Okay.

So, for example, uh my roommate my roommate uh got a bonus a bonus

from her manager.

My roommate, oops, got a bonus.

Sorry, that's hard to read.

Got a bonus from her manager.

So, this is a work situation.

Yeah, we can use this

and we need to use this often in work situations.

It's not just in personal situations.

My roommate got a bonus from her manager.

So again, we have this preposition from and here we have her manager.

Her manager because we are talking about my roommate, right?

So the manager is my roommate's manager.

In this example sentence, the roommate is a woman.

So my roommate got a bonus from her manager.

So when you want to use this pattern,

make sure these words are also clear, right?

So that you show the relationship between the subject uh

and the person they receive something from.

Okay.

Goop wrote, I got a salary boost from my boss.

Is that okay?

Yes.

Good.

Uh to say it more naturally though, salary boost is raise.

I got a raise from my boss. then it sounds very natural.

Okay.

All right.

Let's take a break and go to part two.

Great job everybody.

Nice one so far.

Oh, Facebook.

I didn't see your examples.

Goldberg wrote, "I gave some flowers to my husband."

Nice one.

Abdullah wrote, "I receive I received past tense.

I received the example from Alicia."

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Part two is about the word borrow.

We're going to break this one down a lot.

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Okay, some more examples are coming.

Patrick, nice.

I received uh So,

I you don't need to say I've I received money from my mom to

buy food for dinner.

Okay, I guess you can say I've received money from my mom.

So today I'm practicing just simple past tense.

I've received money from my mom.

Sounds like that affects your day.

So in this case, that's an appropriate choice.

Yes, you could also use simple past tense.

Okay, XP together.

Thanks.

I'm glad you are motivated by my lessons.

That's awesome.

Let's continue to borrow.

So let's talk about borrow first.

To borrow, let's use the same image here.

To borrow means to take something temporarily.

To take something temporarily.

This is the key word.

Temporarily means not forever, for a short time only.

Yeah.

So to borrow this person, the receiving person here,

the receiving person takes the object,

but in the future they will give back the thing.

Okay.

To borrow means this.

All right.

So, let's look at the first pattern I want to practice

and then we're practicing.

We're going to practice requests which gets a little bit difficult.

Okay.

So, first pattern is subject borrowed object from person.

Subject borrowed object from person.

Notice we are using in this pattern the preposition from.

Yeah.

Because we on this side we receive, right?

The subject here receives the object.

Yeah.

So we learned in part one when we receive we use the preposition from.

Okay.

Let's look at the examples first.

I borrowed a shirt from my sister.

I borrowed a shirt from my sister.

In this case, subject is I.

The person who receives.

Yeah.

Borrow.

Past tense.

I borrowed.

I borrowed.

It's finished.

What did I borrow?

I borrowed a shirt.

My preposition is from, right?

So, here is my sister.

My sister.

Who did I get it from?

My sister.

This is the person who originally had the item.

I borrowed a shirt from my sister.

Okay, let's look at the second example and then I'll come to the chat.

My mom borrowed a sweater from me.

My mom borrowed a sweater from me.

Okay, so in this case, my mom is the person receiving.

My mom borrowed past tense again.

What did she borrow?

A sweater.

We use the preposition from.

Who did she borrow it from?

Me.

Okay.

Notice in this position

when we use uh

so after from we can use of course the title a person's name

or title like my sister my mother my father

or we can use this uh object pronoun me him

or her right so in this case me from me not I you cannot

use I that's the subject position we want the object pronoun here

so my mom borrowed a sweater from me in this sentence This is me.

This is my mom.

Okay, so my mom borrowed a sweater from me.

This means she will give it back, I hope.

Okay, let me see your example sentences.

Uh, Goop wrote, "I borrowed some clothes from him."

Perfect.

Natalie wrote, "I borrowed a bicycle from my sister."

Perfect.

Um, Renee wrote, "I borrowed Don't forget your past tense there, Renee.

I borrowed uh, I borrowed the car." or I borrowed a car.

So, we don't know which car you mean.

Yeah.

I borrowed a car uh from Alicia to go to the USA.

Okay.

Um Inazuma wrote, "I've borrowed a lot of pens, a lot of pens,

plural from my mother so that I can use them for school."

So, a lot of plural item.

Yeah.

Make those fixes.

Your This pattern is great.

Just watch out for the singular and plural nouns.

Vant wrote, "I borrowed a book from the library

and read it over the weekend."

Perfect.

Very nice.

No wrote, "Andreas borrowed an eraser from Natalie."

Perfect.

Uh Patrick wrote, "I borrowed a school bag from my cousin to go to

college yesterday."

Nice one.

On Facebook, uh Fernando, "My brother borrowed $500 from my sister."

Very nice.

Nice examples, everybody.

Crushing it.

I love that.

Okay, let's go.

Oh, I just saw one.

Victor, I borrowed a loan from the Department of Education.

Loan is a different one.

Okay, I'm not going to talk a lot about loan today.

Uh we don't say I borrowed a loan because a loan means temporary money.

So it's like I borrowed and I got something temp.

It's like saying the same thing two times.

We say I got a loan

or I received a loan like we talked about in part one.

I got a loan from the department of education.

Say that.

Don't say I borrowed a loan.

Right?

It's saying I borrowed borrowed money, which is like the same thing two times.

Okay, awesome.

Thank you.

Okay, let's go now.

Let's compare this to the requests section

because I think this part is where it gets a little difficult.

Yeah, how do you request this?

How do you ask someone, can I use that temporarily?

Right?

This is where I see most mistakes.

So, let's practice this one a lot.

Okay, let's practice this request pattern.

Can person borrow your object?

Can person borrow your object?

So when I say person here, use your subject pronoun.

Okay.

So let's look at the first example.

Can I borrow your pen?

Can I borrow your pen?

So in this sentence, can I?

Right.

So this is me.

I'm asking I want to use it, right?

I want to take it and then give it back.

Can I borrow?

No change to the verb.

Okay, dictionary verb form.

Can I borrow your pen?

In this case, it belongs to you.

This is the object.

Can I borrow your pen?

Can I borrow your pen?

Okay, very simple sentence, right?

But I think it gets confusing because you think,

how do I how do I express it?

What do I what do I need to say here?

Very very simple.

And in this sentence, notice there's no preposition.

You don't have to say, "Can I borrow your pen from you?"

You can if you want to, but you don't have to.

Can I borrow your pen?

Is okay to use.

All right, let's talk now about a situation where the object is just some

object at work.

Like for example, uh it's a uh let's say it's a coffee cup at

your office or at your school.

Yeah.

So, you can say, "Can I borrow Can I borrow?"

Oops.

It's hard to read, isn't it?

Sorry.

Can I borrow that coffee cup?

If you don't know if the other person is using that,

you can use a pattern like this.

Can I borrow That's still really hard to see.

Sorry, my Rs are coming out kind of ugly right now.

Can I borrow?

Oh my gosh.

Can I borrow?

There we go.

Can I borrow that?

Let's say cup.

Can I borrow that cup?

You can use this pattern if you don't know whose object it is.

Can I borrow that cup?

Or you could say, are you using that?

But you can use this pattern

when you don't know who some uh who an object belongs to.

Can I borrow that cup?

So, if you know who it belongs to, you can use your.

If you don't know, just say, "Can I borrow that thing?

Is that okay?"

Use this pattern and it's nice

and general enough that you can use it for everything.

Okay, let me check the examples.

Um, wow, Facebook, I love that there's lots of Facebook participation today.

Loza wrote, "Can I borrow your car?"

Great.

Fernando wrote, "Can I borrow your car to go to the pharmacy?"

Great.

Lots of car borrowers.

Adam wrote, "Can I borrow your car?"

Okay.

Uh, Ume wrote, "My friend borrowed money from me."

Perfect.

Nice one.

Great job, Facebook.

Uh, let's go back to YouTube.

YouTube.

YouTube.

YouTube.

Um, I'm trying to find people I have not read examples from yet,

but okay.

Renee, he borrowed the car from my I'm not sure who Jonah.

Maybe that's in a different language.

So, he borrowed the car from person.

If that's a person, great.

So, that's fine.

Um, I'm not, again, I'm not sure if that's a person's name,

but if it's a person's name, remove my.

He borrowed the car from Jonah.

Maybe then no my there.

Vanton, he borrowed a shirt from his brother

because he forgot to pack one on his trip.

Perfect.

Nice one.

Nora, can I borrow your umbrella?

Perfect.

Nice one.

Uh, Rene, can Jonah borrow his car to Edgar?

Rene, please stay for part three.

You need a different verb there.

We cannot use uh borrow in that sentence pattern.

So you need to reverse that.

Can Edgar borrow his car from or borrow the car from uh Jonah?

You need to reverse that.

So only the owner in this position.

The owner of the object goes here.

The person receiving goes here.

Can someone borrow the object from the owner?

Okay.

Oh my gosh, so many examples.

Uh, Mino, can I borrow your cooking skill?

We don't use borrow for concepts.

Really, it's quite rare to suggest

that as a concept

or to b ask to borrow a concept.

We might say, can I borrow you for a moment?

Which means, I need your help.

That's a casual expression.

We don't use borrow for concepts.

So, can I borrow you uh later today?

I want to cook something delicious is how we could maybe express that.

We usually use this for physical objects.

Can I borrow your laptop?

Can I borrow some money?

Can I borrow your cup?

Yeah.

So, I don't recommend using this for concepts.

Okay.

All right.

Uh oh my gosh, time is out.

So, let's continue on to lend.

I always I like to explain.

What can I say?

Okay.

Um, Renee, can I borrow the car to Jonah?

No, you cannot say that.

So, borrow the car from Yeah, review this point right here, Renee.

Can I borrow uh Can I borrow uh I'm I'm not sure what was

your sentence.

Can I borrow the car?

You need to put uh the person who owns the object.

Oh, sorry, sorry.

Uh the person who owns the object goes at the end.

Can I borrow Jonah's car?

Can I borrow Jonah's car?

Don't use to.

Can I borrow a person's name, their object?

Yeah, try again there.

You'll get it, Renee.

I believe in you.

Okay, let's go to the last part because I'm very late.

So, lend, let's talk about lend.

Lend now is the opposite here of borrow.

So, when we practiced borrow, we talked about the receiving side.

However, lend is on the giving side.

Okay?

So to lend means to give something again temporarily.

Remember temporarily means it's going to come back.

Yeah.

So to lend something means to give some to give something

and expect to receive it again.

Okay.

So let's look at the subject of the sentence pattern then here.

Very similar to this one but some very important differences.

Subject past tense lent object to person.

Subject lent object to person.

Very important point here is the preposition to to.

Notice we used from with borrow.

Right?

So I received from but I lend to someone.

It goes away from me.

Okay.

So let's look at the example sentences.

These are the opposite of these.

So I lent a sweater to my mom.

I lent a sweater to my mom.

So my subject, the owner, I am the owner.

The subject here is the owner.