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Hi everybody and welcome back to our weekly live stream.

My name is Alicia and in this week's live lesson,

we're going to talk about sharing nuanced opinions.

Nuanced opinions means presenting a few different ideas in your opinion.

So it's not just A or B,

but how do you talk about the small opinions inside your bigger opinion?

Today we're going to talk about some patterns you can use to do

that all in one sentence very,

very easily.

So I hope this is a great lesson for learners of many different levels.

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And I think that YouTube is also there.

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Oh my gosh.

Hi, everybody.

Welcome.

Hi.

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Um maybe I'll move this forward, too.

Hello, Natalie and Abdul and and Lavette, Digna, Fran, Stalin, Jamal,

Aprendendo Inglês from Brazil.

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Salma, Nino, hi Cherry.

Oh my gosh, so many people today.

And on Facebook, hello Abdi.

I saw you just there briefly.

Oh my gosh, welcome everybody.

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

Let's begin with our first pattern.

For part one, I want to talk about presenting contrasting ideas.

So, when you want to express an opinion where you have two ideas

that are kind of not the opposite

but for example,

when you have one idea

or one opinion that's kind of good

and another opinion that's a little negative,

how do you combine those two to create a sentence, okay?

So, let's take a look.

The first pattern is very very simple.

I think X but I also think Y, okay?

Where X is a simple sentence, your first idea.

So, usually this X part is your kind of positive idea, the good point,

okay?

And then Y is kind of the not-so-good point,

the little bit negative point, okay?

And of course, X and Y should be about the same topic, okay?

So, let's go through the three example sentences I prepared.

You can send me your example sentences in the chat

and I will try to check them live.

So, let's take a look.

How do we use this?

First example.

I think she's a very efficient worker.

But, I also think she's very hard to get along with.

Okay, let's break down this sentence.

Let's follow the pattern.

I think X.

Okay, so here's the I think, right?

Then X.

I said X is just a simple sentence, simple sentence one.

Here is my simple sentence.

She's a very efficient worker, right?

Very simple.

Inside this we have a subject and then we have In this case,

we have an adjective.

But, we have this very efficient worker section to describe the positive part of

this person,

right?

She's a very efficient worker.

Oh, sorry, and my verb here.

She is, right?

She's a very efficient worker.

Sentence one.

Then, we present the other point, right?

The negative point with but, right?

But, I also think she's very hard to get along with.

Here we have simple sentence two.

She is, so here's our subject and our verb.

And here, very hard to get along with.

So, hard to get along with someone means easy to have a good relationship

with someone,

okay?

In this case, it's a negative thing.

She's very hard to get along with means it's difficult to make a good

relationship with her.

So, in this sentence we have in part one, X, a good point, right?

She's a very efficient worker.

But, in sentence Y, we have this kind of negative point.

So, in this way,

we can use this simple pattern to share two parts of one opinion, right?

So, this together helps express your opinion of a person,

their good points and their bad points, okay?

You can send your message in the chat now that we've practiced the structure.

I'll go on to the next one

and then I'll come back to the chat to say to check your examples.

Hello to everyone joining.

Hi Pensri from Thailand, welcome.

Yosbel from Cuba, what's up?

And hello my gosh.

One and Lison, I think I didn't say hello to you before.

Gide, hello, welcome.

Okay, let's take a look at the second example sentence then.

I think fried chicken for dinner sounds great.

But I also think we should eat something healthy, okay?

So when you make a decision for dinner, you might use this pattern, okay?

Let's break this one down in our nuanced opinion.

So I think and then our first sentence is here.

Fried chicken for dinner sounds great.

Okay, so fried chicken for dinner, fried chicken for dinner.

Right?

Sounds, here's our verb, great.

That sounds great, okay?

So that's a good point.

But but here's our contrast.

I also think we should eat something healthy.

Here's our second sentence.

We should eat something healthy.

So in this case,

we present a not

so healthy option and

then a more healthy option

or a suggestion for something healthy in the second part of the sentence,

okay?

So in this way we can present two sides of an opinion, all right?

I see some examples coming in, hooray!

Patrick wrote, "Orange juice is good for our health."

Uh maybe unfortunately nowadays the oranges are very expensive.

Uh okay.

So maybe you're using unfortunately here?

I'll tell like orange juice is good for our health

and then instead of

but you used unfortunately?

Do I have that right?

Unfortunately nowadays the oranges are very expensive.

Okay, so maybe you just used unfortunately here.

That works, that sounds great, okay.

Uh Mino has a good one.

I think she seems to be a good teacher,

but I also think she's too childish to talk logically.

Oh, good.

Okay.

So, to talk logically or to think logically maybe could be a good one.

Nice one.

Okay.

Um Rocky wrote, "I think actor so you don't need an.

I think actor Bob Hope is the funniest guy,

but I also think he's kind of silly in some movies."

Great.

Nice one.

Great examples so far, everybody.

Okay.

Let's look at one more different situation for our third example.

Kind of long.

I hope you can see.

Uh so, let's break down this one.

Long sentence.

It looks long, right?

But, it's the same pattern.

It's a really simple pattern, okay?

So, let's take a look at what's happening.

The sentence is, "I think changing jobs could be good for you,

but I also think you're making good money at your current job."

Okay?

I think changing jobs could be good for you,

but I also think you're making good money at your current job, okay?

Very real-life situation, right?

Let's break this sentence down.

Here, we have our I think, okay?

Next, changing jobs could be good for you, right?

This is just a simple sentence.

Changing jobs, so here's the topic here, changing jobs.

And then in this sentence, we have could be, right?

For our verb.

So, we're talking about a possibility here.

It could be good for you, yeah?

But, our contrast point is here.

But, I also think and then you're making good money at your current job.

Here's another simple sentence.

You're making, so here's our subject and our verb, in this case progressive.

You're making good money at your current job, right?

So, in this way, we can present two sides of a situation, right?

This is maybe a very real-life professional problem to have

or a professional question to have,

right?

Okay.

Uh let's see what else is coming in the chat.

Solomon wrote, "I think traveling is a lot of fun,

but sometimes the journey is very tiring."

I 100% agree agree with you.

Traveling is a lot of fun, but yes, sometimes the journey is tiring.

Okay, others.

Solomon wrote, "I think the party was amazing, but the weather was terrible."

Good.

Okay, so some people uh removed.

You can do You can remove this.

So, but uh you can remove this part.

Some people are doing that.

That looks great.

Nice one.

Facebook, I see people saying hello.

I do not see example sentences.

Your YouTube classmates are doing a fantastic job.

They're putting long sentences in the chat.

So, make sure that Facebook people also send some example sentences.

Okay.

Mm.

Black Eagle, I think you're good at math,

but I also think that you're good at science.

Okay.

I wouldn't put an and there because the ideas don't really contrast.

Like, I think you're good at math and I think you're good at science.

So, in in that sentence, you're kind of giving two good points, right?

So, in my mind, to me, I think you should use an and there.

But, right here, we use to show contrast.

The two things There's a positive side

and a negative side

or two things are very different,

right?

Okay.

Let's see who else.

Um Theo wrote, "I think sleeping early could be good for your health."

Okay, but I also think you're laying in bed even though you're not tired.

Okay, I see what you mean.

Yeah.

I would say to make it a little more natural,

"I think going to bed early could be good for your health,

but I also think you might just lay in bed even

though you're not tired."

Right?

So, you might just could mean like that might be a future possibility.

Yeah?

Okay.

Nice examples, everybody.

Way to go.

Okay.

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I got I got it.

Get let's get some examples going.

Okay, let's take Oh,

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Let's continue then.

Let's go to part two.

So, in part two, we're going to talk about this doesn't mean pattern, okay?

And there are a few variations,

but let's take a look at the base pattern I want to use today.

And also, if you haven't,

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So, let's take a look at doesn't mean.

So, the pattern I want to use is very similar to pattern the pattern

in part one today,

okay?

The pattern is while X, that doesn't mean Y, okay?

While X, that doesn't mean Y.

So, in this pattern, again,

where X is simple sentence one and Y is simple sentence two,

the grammar of the structure, the grammar in this pattern is very similar here.

However, this that doesn't mean part is a different creates a different type of

contrast.

Creates a different type of uh relationship between X and Y, okay?

So, this sentence this pattern means that X is true, okay?

X is true, but X even though X is true, well, yes, it's true,

that doesn't mean or that does not negate Y, okay?

So, that doesn't mean Y can't be true, okay?

Sounds confusing, so let's break it down with some example sentences, okay?

So, let's take a look at the first one.

While our vacation budget isn't huge, that doesn't mean we can't have fun.

So, while our vacation budget isn't huge, that doesn't mean we can't have fun.

Let's break down this sentence.

First, we have while at the beginning of the sentence, okay?

So, this this is like a big hint.

There's a contrast, there's a different idea coming soon, okay?

So, while our vacation budget isn't huge, here is X, right?

Sentence simple sentence number one.

Our vacation budget, here's our subject, here's our verb, isn't,

and then we have huge, right?

Really, really big, right?

So, our vacation budget isn't huge.

This is idea number one.

Then, we have this part, that doesn't mean, okay?

So, that means, yes, X is true, however,

then we have often at the end of this pattern a kind of negative

sentence.

And when I say negative, I mean like a grammatically negative thing.

So, in this case, we can't have fun.

We can't have fun.

Okay, so you might think, oh, wait, does that mean we can't have fun?

Because the budget isn't huge?

No, the opposite.

It means it that although Y is true, that although Y is true,

or sorry, although X is true, Y is still possible.

Y is still possible, but we use a negative here.

That doesn't mean we can't have fun, okay?

So, that means we can't have fun is not true.

Okay?

So, while our vacation budget isn't huge, that doesn't mean we can't have fun,

okay?

What's tricky, I think the challenging point here is often we use a grammatically

negative,

like we can't have fun here, okay?

Let's look at another example sentence, and then I'll come to check the comments,

okay?

So, the next one is, "While I disagreed with the CEO's opinions,

that doesn't mean I think he should have been fired."

While I disagreed with the CEO's opinions,

that doesn't mean I think he should have been fired.

So, let's break down this sentence, which is a past tense example, okay?

So, again, we begin with while, okay?

Then, "I disagreed with the CEO's opinions" is X, simple sentence one, okay?

And here we have a past tense.

I disagreed, okay?

This tells us the situation has finished, it's over, right?

I'm talking about a past situation.

So, "While I disagreed with the CEO's opinions" that doesn't mean,

and then here is sentence Y, "I think he should have been fired."

So, this is an opinion, right?

In this case, I think he should have been.

So, this again shows us the action happened in the past, okay?

So, this means, yes, I disagreed with the CEO's opinions.

But, in this situation, the CEO was fired.

It's like, "Oh, that sounds like a surprise, right?"

Yes, I did not agree, but I don't think that was right.

I don't think that was a good idea to fire the CEO.

So, we communicate that with

that doesn't mean plus the opposite kind of grammar point,

okay?

So, maybe you can kind of see this here.

We have different grammar different feelings in sentence one and sentence two,

in X and in Y.

In this case, we have a kind of negative in sentence X, right?

I disagreed, right?

I didn't think that was good.

But, I think he should have been fired, right?

So, we're contrasting these two points, yeah?

Okay, let's see what you wrote in the chat.

I see some examples coming up.

Mino has a funny one.

While you're the smartest in this class, that doesn't mean you're the greatest.

Nice one, Minos.

I think I think there are some people that should hear that sentence.

Great, great, good one.

Okay.

Zach, nice one.

While I enjoy your company,

that doesn't mean I want to spend every evening with you.

Very nice example sentence, okay?

Um Victor wrote, while I'm studying

so hard or I would say what maybe

while I've been studying very hard

or similar,

that doesn't mean that I'm going to get a good uh a good grade,

maybe or a good score on my test, yeah.

So, maybe while while I'm studying very very hard,

that doesn't mean I'm going to get a good score, okay?

Um let me see some others.

Hey, finally on Facebook, Miriam, you're our first one today, great.

Miriam wrote, while you have a high grade in math,

that doesn't mean you don't need to practice.

Nice one.

That's a great one.

That's a very very nice sentence.

Great job, Miriam.

Okay, um back on YouTube,

If I have let's see I'm trying to read comments from everybody

so everyone has a chance.

Um Jamal wrote, "While bears look heavy, that doesn't mean they can't outrun us."

Yes, that's true.

That's a great one.

Thanks Jamal, I like that.

Okay.

Um let's see.

Rocky wrote, "While something is starting to happen."

Okay, something is starting to happen that doesn't mean, right?

That doesn't mean I'm not going to lose my cool.

What is this situation?

This is You put while something is starting to happen.

Can you be a little more specific?

Like what's the what's the something?

Like while a fight is starting to happen maybe?

Like a fight or an argument?

While an argument is starting

or maybe while I can see an argument is starting,

that doesn't mean I'm going to lose my cool.

Okay?

So watch out at the end of

that you put that doesn't I'm not going to.

So that doesn't mean I'm a little confused by that one.

Maybe Can you Can you help me understand the situation a little bit more?

Great great effort there.

Okay.

Um and Rodis wrote, "While we have a tight budget for our vacation,

that doesn't mean we can't bargain for some souvenirs."

Yeah, great.

Oh, another one came on Facebook.

Aziz wrote, "While While I was in the hospital,

that doesn't mean I was sick."

Good.

Okay, good.

Maybe you had an accident or something, right?

So while I was in the hospital, that doesn't mean I was sick.

Very nice job everybody.

I was I thought this would be quite a challenging one.

Okay, let's finish with one more example and then we'll continue to some keywords.

I had a lot I wanted to share today

but I didn't have enough space

so I chose the top keywords

that I hope will be helpful to kind of boost your vocabulary this week.

Anyway, let's go to the last one.

"While the school's rules are strict,

that doesn't mean students can't enjoy their studies here."

Okay?

So again, while the school's rules are strict,

that doesn't mean students can't enjoy their studies here.

So, again, we begin with while, okay?

Here is X, sentence X.

The school's rules are strict.

Our connecting phrase, that doesn't mean, plus students can't enjoy their studies here.

While the school's rules, so the school's rules are strict,

students can't enjoy their studies here.

These are our two main ideas that we contrast with that doesn't mean, okay?

Great.

Great job with this one, everybody.

I really am very, very impressed.

Okay.

Uh Rocky, uh thank you for thank you for sharing more information.

I meant I want the person to leave me alone

and not yell at me.

I didn't mean to It's okay.

It's okay to confuse me.

That's That's our job.

That's how we work together here, right?

So, your original sentence,

uh I want the person to leave me alone and not yell at me.

Okay.

Um so, maybe while something Yeah, while someone is starting to yell at me,

that doesn't mean I'm going to lose my cool.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You were very close then.

Okay.

I think maybe just sentence X needed I needed a little more information in

your sentence X to make it clear

and easy to understand.

Okay, great job, everybody.

Let's continue on quickly then to some keywords to finish today's lesson.

I wanted to include um a few things to help you in those situations

where you need more information,

right?

What are some keywords you can use to express an opinion,

but when you don't have all the information yet?

For example, when you are waiting for a new policy

or a new rule at work

or school or in your country,

right?

Um so, how do we talk about that?

The first one I want to share is the expression we still don't know

the details of X.

We still don't know the details of

or this of could be about

as well.

We still don't know the details of X.

So, that means we we don't know yet,

but we are going to know in the future more information about the topic.

For example, we still don't know the details of the car accident.

We still don't know the details of the car accident.

So, this sounds like more details are going to come in the future.

So, we should wait, okay?

So, we still still is a keyword here.

We don't know the details of the car accident is also correct,

but still gives the expectation, right?

We're going to learn more information in the future.

So, let's wait, okay?

All right.

Then, let's look at the next one.

The next is a kind of a pair.

I want to include both of these.

The verb form and the noun form.

The verb here is speculate speculate and the noun form is speculation, okay?

These are important for news these days.

News, uh social media news, and uh official news from official media sources.

To speculate as a verb.

To speculate means to make a guess about what is going to happen

or to make a guess about what is happening.

So, for example, in the car accident situation,

if we if the news starts to guess

that uh the driver came this way

and someone was walking across the street

or the driver was drinking alcohol

and that caused the crash.

If the news or if the community they start to make lots of guesses,

they start to try to find who who was the person,

what did they do, they try to make guesses.

That is called as a noun speculation

and we describe the action with the verb speculate.

So, some examples then.

We shouldn't speculate about breaking news.

We shouldn't speculate about breaking news.

Here's our keyword.

We should not speculate.

So, it's not a good idea to speculate about breaking news.

Maybe it's very entertaining and very exciting to try to make guesses, yeah?

About breaking news.

And in a noun as a noun this article is pure speculation.

This article is pure speculation.

Sometimes you read a news article and you realize this is not official information.

The writer is just guessing, right?

They're just list talking to people and putting together opinions.

It's just speculation.

The article is just speculation.

So, these words are very important for talking about the news

and people's opinions about the news these days,

okay?

And finally, I wanted to include this expression wait and see.

Wait and see.

This is like a set phrase.

Two verbs, wait and see.

We use it to mean let's stop.

Let's not make any decisions.

Let's not move forward.

Let's understand the information coming first, okay?

So, wait and see.

For example, we're going to wait and see what happens next.

We're going to wait and see what happens next.

So, this uses wait and see right here.

Often we'll follow it with we're going to wait

and see what happens next

or I'm going to wait

and see what happens next,

which means I am going to pause

and I will wait to receive more information

and then make a decision.

So, wait and see is a good one

that you can use

when you share your opinions,

yeah?

So, like, "I'm not sure yet." or "We still don't know the details,

so I'm going to wait and see."

All right?

I'm going to wait and see what happens.

So, this is a good one to mean you're waiting for information.

Okay, we'll finish there, I think, for today.

Let me check to see I don't see other Oh, my goodness.

Um Zach, you've got a bunch.

Great.

Investors have long speculated about a merger between the two tech giants.

Nice.

Okay, good.

I don't see other ones.

Great job, Zach.

I won't just I'm not just going to read everything, but great work.

Um I have to finish there.

Oh my gosh, today went fast, as always.

But, we got it.

We made it through today.

Oh, if you would like to take a screenshot,

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So, I will get out of the way now.

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That is today's lesson information.

All right.

So, I hope that was helpful for you.

This is an important skill to to express a nuanced opinion.

Today, especially on the internet, people just say crazy things without lots of nuance.

They don't consider that there are many small opinions inside our other opinions.

So, it's very important to be able to express these things.

All right, I have to finish today's lesson, but next week I'll be back,

of course.

What did I choose for next week?

Ah, yes, next week will be fun.

Next week we're going to talk about explaining what you want someone to do,

like when you give someone instructions for something.

So, please join me for that very helpful lesson.

How do you politely and kindly ask for someone to do something for you,

right?

How do you make it not a command,

but how do you do it nicely?

That will be our topic for next week.

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Hi everybody and welcome back to our weekly live stream.

My name is Alicia, and in this week's live lesson,

we're going to talk about explaining what you want someone to do.

Today, we're going to talk about how to give commands clearly, directly, and politely.

We're going to talk about sequence words that you can use to give instructions,

and in part three, we're going to talk about request patterns.

So, today's lesson is an excellent one for using in the workplace

and sometimes at school

and at home.

So, these are very short, very simple patterns we're going to practice today.

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We are going to talk about a lot of simple patterns,

but today I hope you send a lot of example sentences live

and I can add some to the board.

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Usually, I pack it full.

But today, I tried to keep it on the the small side.

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In the YouTube chat, I see more people.

Hello.

Artelo from Brazil, Gutierrez Samacha, hello.

Miriam S.

Seris, hello.

Oh, on Facebook, there's a Facebook person.

Al Gussen, hello.

Welcome.

Okay, let's begin.

We're going to begin with basic commands.

Basic commands.

Easy patterns.

Today, we're going to focus on easy patterns.

Let's start with a direct pattern.

So, a direct basic command is very simple.

We use the infinitive verb.

So, that means the dictionary form, the base form of the verb.

We do not use to here, just the base verb form.

Plus our extra information.

So, let's look at some examples.

Your task, your live stream homework now,

is to send an example with this pattern in the chat.

I will check it live.

So, let's begin with a simple one.

I tell you every live stream this command.

Click this link or click the link down below

or click the link up here,

right?

Every time I do a live stream, I use this command.

Click this link.

So, in this sentence, here is my verb.

To click, right?

These days, of course, lots of people use smartphones,

so you can say tap the link, right?

Or go to the link, I suppose.

We still use click a lot

because of the That's the verb we use for computers.

Like when we click something,

this this gesture on like a old computer mouse like this.

Or also when we use a laptop computer, we use this.

So, we often use the verb click.

Maybe you'll see tap.

Anyway, click this link.

So, here is our verb and here is the thing receiving the action.

Click this link.

Basic command.

I use it every week here, okay?

Here's another one.

Pay this amount.

This one is super common in online shopping, right?

Pay is our base verb.

This amount, okay?

Pay this amount.

This is something you see at the last part of an online shopping experience.

When you go to Amazon or you go to a local website,

your favorite brand, at the end part where you have to pay,

it often says something like pay this amount, right?

That means give us this money, right?

Pay, maybe it says $20.

Pay this amount, right?

So, this is very easy to do, very direct and very clear.

I will say, these are not the most polite.

We'll talk about how to make it polite.

So, these are clear, yes, but when you're using them in conversation,

you might want to make it a little softer.

For now, let me come to the chat.

What are your commands right now?

Zach has two, sit down, look around, good.

Actually, I wrote listen carefully, good.

Marcello wrote push that door, good.

You might maybe you want to say open that door?

Either way, push push that door open, maybe?

Okay.

Good.

Nice ones so far.

Uh Black Eagle, you want pay attention.

Pay attention, yeah?

So, these kinds of direct commands are commonly used by parents, uh teachers, perhaps,

and also in like sales situations, too.

To make these more polite, just add please before the verb.

Please click this link.

Please pay this amount.

That's easy, right?

Just put please at the beginning.

Now, let's take a look at the negative forms of these basic commands,

also very easy.

So, all we need to do is put don't before the infinitive verb.

That's it.

It's so easy.

So, let's break down these negative examples.

Don't attend the meeting.

Don't attend the meeting.

Don't attend the meeting today.

You should go to the uh other place,

the other place in our company that I need you to be.

So, please do something else, right?

In this sentence here, we have the negative form, don't, do not,

plus our verb and our uh the thing that is affected by the verb,

right?

Don't attend the meeting.

It's going to be crazy.

Okay?

So, do not do that command.

Second one, don't wear that shirt.

Don't wear that shirt.

It's too casual.

This is a formal event.

Okay?

So, again, we make it negative with don't.

Our verb is wear, and we have that shirt,

the thing affected by the verb.

Don't wear that shirt.

It's too casual.

So, let me check the chat.

Da dum.

Okay, I'm trying to read examples from everybody.

There's a bunch.

Great.

Uh Fati wrote, pay for me.

Ooh.

Pay for me?

Ooh.

You might want to stay until part three.

Grammatically, you are correct.

Grammatically, no problem.

But, you're asking someone to pay for you.

Maybe you want to use a request for that, not a command.

You can stay until later.

Okay.

Oh my gosh, YouTube is exploding.

Um Rene wrote, please do not go.

Yes, good.

Please don't go to make it natural.

So, here, maybe you can notice I've used don't instead of do not.

Do not can sound a little stiff, like a robot.

Do not go.

So, please use don't to sound more uh natural in conversation.

Facebook, I don't see any examples on Facebook yet, so.

Come on, Facebook.

Your YouTube classmates are doing a great job.

It's the chat is exploding.

Let's see some other examples.

Fati wrote, don't be noise.

Uh don't be noisy.

Noise is the noun.

You want noisy.

So, take off the e and use a y.

Don't be noisy.

Nevian wrote, "Don't waste your energy."

Good.

Patrick wrote, "Don't you want don't call your mom."

You don't need to use to for a phone call.

Don't call plus your mom or don't call your dad, right?

She's busy.

Good.

Renee wrote, "Do not enter there."

Okay, so again, I recommend don't enter, right?

Don't enter.

Um the black eagle wrote, "Don't eat this meal."

Okay, good.

Zack wrote, "Don't forget to lock the door when you leave."

Good.

And don't run near the swimming pool.

Nice.

Yuno wrote, "Don't visit me before 9:00 a.m."

Yeah, we need a slow morning.

Maybe you're like me.

I love a slow morning.

Okay, Rocky wrote, "Don't come in.

I'm cleaning my room right now."

Excellent.

Marcello wrote, "Don't speak so loud."

Good.

And actually wrote, "Don't give up."

Good.

There's one on Facebook.

Hey, what's your great Sorry, there's a little There's something on the screen here.

Okay, gray veal.

It's just some dust.

Don't run so fast.

Good.

Nice examples, everybody.

Excellent work.

Easy basic commands are easy, right?

Again, if you want to make this more polite, just use please.

Please.

We're going to review this today.

So, please goes before don't, right?

Please goes here in the negative form.

Please don't blah blah blah or in the positive form, please click this link.

Please pay this amount.

Easy, right?

Good warm-up.

Nicely done.

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Let's go to part two now, explaining steps.

We're going to review some sequence words.

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So, let's take a look, explaining steps.

Explaining steps.

Today, I created a kind of timeline.

In black, you can see here, maybe.

I have start on this end and finish down here.

This is not 100% perfect.

This is not a rule.

The purpose of this timeline is just to help you understand

when to use each sequence word,

okay?

So, first, we're going to look at these sequence words.

Then, we're going to look at how to put them together with our commands

to give someone instructions,

yeah?

Because this is I think many people feel nervous about this,

trying to teach someone something.

But, this can actually be so easy, right?

That part was pretty easy, right?

So, now we'll put it together with this.

So, let's look at the steps.

First, first.

So, we always use first at the beginning, right?

I use it all the time to talk about point number one, right?

So, use first at the start.

Next, you can use next or after that, yeah?

After that is very easy to use

because it it can go in any place in this sequence.

After that is very mobile.

We can use after that We can use it near the beginning.

We can use it near the end,

but it cannot be at the beginning

and it cannot be usually at the end,

okay?

So, maybe you could use it at the end, but we'll get there.

We'll talk about that in a moment.

The The next one is then.

Then, this one is also a very easy to use uh sequence word

that we can place in different parts of the sentence,

okay?

So, I think these two are the easiest ones to move around.

I'll put I'll put next on this list, too.

Next, okay?

So, these three We We can use them flexibly in our sequence, all right?

I included this expression, when that's done.

When that's done.

So, this means after something is finished, right?

So, first do step one, then do step two.

After that's done, where that is an earlier step or an earlier task.

When that's done, or you might hear after that's done.

So, this one is used usually I feel usually kind of in the middle

of the sequence or after you've finished something significant,

okay?

And then I have after that's finished as well here.

So, again, this that after that's means after

that is finished or after the previous step is finished,

okay?

So, both of these can be used to show usually after something is after

a significant step is done.

Lastly.

Lastly, we have these two.

Finally and lastly.

Finally and lastly come at the end, at the finish point, right?

These two, you can choose your favorite.

For me, finally often has felt Finally often has the meaning of like Oh,

we worked so hard and now, yay, we reached the end.

It sounds like we did a lot.

We had a lot of challenges to do, and finally, we're at the end.

We reached the end.

Yay.

Lastly, is more neutral.

It sounds like it's the last step.

Okay.

So, if you want to have that feeling of a challenge finishing,

you can use finally.

If you want to be more neutral, you can just say lastly, okay?

So, sometimes when I talk a lot in a live stream, I go,

"Oh my gosh, finally, we reached the end."

Like, I've been talking a lot, and so I'll use finally.

But, if I don't want to have that feeling, I'll use lastly, okay?

So, let's continue.

All right, I don't see any questions coming in on YouTube.

What happened to YouTube?

I saw lots of people writing over here.

Maybe you're listening.

Okay.

So, let's go to our sequence.

Now, your next task in in this section is to put uh your own

series of steps together to explain something.

This can be something very very easy to do, but you can put,

let's say, minimum three steps.

Can you put three steps minimum together?

If you want a challenge, do four or five steps,

and I'll try to read them.

They might get really long in the chat.

We'll find out, okay?

Let's break down our steps then.

So, first step is using the word first.

I'll change to red here.

Using the word first to begin.

First, open the software.

So, here, we have the same basic command we practiced in part one.

First, open the software.

Easy, yeah?

Second, I have next, okay?

Go to settings.

Go to settings.

This is a common way to uh talk about uh steps inside a computer

software,

or inside like smartphone software.

Next, go to settings.

You'll often see these quotation marks

that show you settings is the name of something,

of a menu, yeah?

So, next go to settings.

You can see first, next.

After that, click on image quality.

After that, click on image quality.

So, again, the quotation marks show us this is the name of something inside

settings.

So, settings, image quality is the next one.

All right?

Then, my next sequence word, check high quality, okay?

High quality.

All right?

And lastly, click apply, okay?

So, in all of these, number one, I have used these sequence words: first,

next, after that, then, lastly, right?

These are very simple sentences.

And all of these sentences use the basic command, right?

These are very simple sentences.

Also, I've included quotation marks around each menu item so that the viewer,

or the listener, or the reader can understand it's the name of a menu

item,

okay?

So, all of these are very, very simple sentences,

and they show the instructions very clearly, okay?

All right, let's see what we've got in the chat.

I see some things are coming up.

Uh hey Zach, I see you have put a bunch.

I'm going to read Fati's first.

First, get up early.

After that, take a shower.

Then, drink coffee.

Okay, good.

How to start the day, yeah, is maybe the title of your explanation.

Good one.

Okay.

Uh oh, I see what you've done, Zach.

You've put it across many sentences.

So, first, wash your hands with clean running water.

Good.

After that, scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds.

Then, rinse your hands thoroughly under the running water to wash away all soap

and germs.

Yep.

And finally, dry your hands using a clean towel or an air dryer.

Great.

Zach taught us how to wash your hands.

Great.

Okay.

My channel wrote, "May I use so?"

Well, so shows a cause and effect relationship.

So, so because of that, in other words, because of that,

it's we can't use so in here, right?

I just like I just used it naturally in that sentence.

So, we are not indicating a reason for something in these sentences.

We are showing a series, a sequence of commands.

So, for that reason, we cannot use so in these kinds of steps, right?

So, I hope that answers your question.

All right, some other examples are coming in.

It was a good challenge, right, today?

Okay, Patrick wrote, "First, type the web address.

Next, look for that product.

After that, click click you want on on."

Sorry, maybe this is hard to see.

This is on.

O N.

Click on.

When we use click, the verb is on.

Click on.

Click on buy.

Put in your address or put your address, okay?

And wait for them to send to your home in 5 days,

more or less.

Good, very very close.

Nice clear sequence, Patrick.

Gold star.

Okay, next one.

The Black Eagle wrote, "First, get a bowl.

Next, add cereal in the bowl.

After that, add milk in the bowl.

Lastly, eat and enjoy your cereal."

Perfect.

How to enjoy cereal.

Fantastic.

This is hilarious.

Okay.

Facebook, what you got, Facebook?

Graviol?

Graviol?

I hope I said that right.

Said, "First, open your notebook.

Then, write the lesson.

After that, practice it.

And finally, you'll be ready for the test."

That's kind of nice, okay.

I would say, "Yeah, first, open your notebook.

Then, write the lesson."

Okay, write the lesson or maybe and then write write the lesson notes, maybe.

Could be good.

After that, practice it.

Finally, I would say maybe after that's finished, you'll be ready for the test.

But finally, you'll be ready for the test is we can understand that.

Nice, very nice.

Okay.

Uh Nhu Ha on Facebook wrote, "First, visit your sister.

Next, go to the hotel.

After that, call your dad.

Lastly, sleep very well."

Okay, good.

So, you had a very nice day of visiting with your family there.

Nice job, Nhu Ha.

Oh my gosh, these are really funny to me.

Um Rocky wrote, "Okay, first, go hide somewhere to make a birthday surprise party.

Next, stay where you are until I get home.

After that, come out and shout happy birthday when you hear anybody home."

Okay, interesting, interesting.

Okay.

I think that everybody has some good examples so far.

But when you need to teach someone how to do something like using software,

it does not have to be really scary and complicated and difficult.

These are very simple words we use in a sequence plus basic commands.

Easy, right?

Phew.

Okay, good examples, everybody.

Very entertaining.

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I'll tell you again one more time later.

But now, let's go to the last one, the last uh section today.

I want to review request patterns because in part one today,

I talked about very direct commands, right?

And I mentioned to somebody, I think somebody wrote the sentence, "Pay for me."

There are some situations like that where a direct command is maybe too direct.

It's very It's very strong, okay?

Instead, to make it softer, you can make it a request, yeah?

And by that I mean you make it a question.

So, the other person has a choice.

In a direct command pattern, there's no choice, right?

Someone tells you the instruction, like your boss or your parent.

In this one, the person has a choice.

So, let's review two patterns, can you and will you, okay?

What's the difference between them?

Let's start with can you.

So, can you infinitive verb blah blah blah, okay?

Whatever whatever relates to the verb.

So, for example, can you help me with my homework?

Can you help me with my homework?

In this sentence, we have can you, here is our verb, help me,

and then in this case we have with my homework.

Can you help me with blah blah blah is a set phrase you can

use.

Can you help me with my homework?

This sentence could be a basic command, help me with my homework.

So, maybe maybe you could say it to your brother or sister,

or maybe your mom or your dad, if you want to be very direct.

But, using can you help me with my homework is much nicer, generally.

It's much softer, okay?

So, the earlier example, can you pay for me?

Sorry, I forgot my wallet, sounds much better.

If you say, pay for me, I forgot my wallet,

it sounds a little rude.

So, please be careful of this.

Mino has an example, can you make me a coffee?

Thanks.

Okay.

Uh Zach has used could.

Could is also okay.

Could you explain that concept to me one more time?

So, I'll add that here.

Could you is also okay to use.

Sounds a little bit more formal.

Could you do that?

Uh we tend to use can you, like, and it gets reduced a lot.

So, at native speed this sounds like, can you help me with my homework?

Can you Can you help me with my homework?

Okay.

Rocky wrote, excuse me, can you turn it down just a little?

I'm about to sleep in about an hour.

Okay.

So, I'm maybe I'm going to sleep in about an hour.

I'm about to sounds like I'm going to do it in a few minutes

in my mind usually.

But, yeah, up to you, I suppose.

Okay.

Second example, can you buy milk at the store?

Can you buy milk at the store?

So, a request again.

Can you Here's our verb, buy milk in this case.

Can you buy milk at the store?

Again, this sentence buy milk at the store is a command, right?

But, can you buy milk at the store sounds much nicer.

Yeah.

So, let's compare this pattern to will you.

Will you infinitive verb.

If you've joined one of my lessons, many lessons,

where I talk about will you know,

we often use will for a decision we make in the moment

or something we just thought of

and we've made a made a guess about it

or an idea we just had

and we we make some kind of prediction for the future.

We're not so sure.

So, will you infinitive verb is for like a a quick idea

or a quick request we had.

For example, will you bring me a glass of water?

Will you bring me a glass of water?

Will you here plus bring in this case me.

Will you bring me a glass of water?

This sentence is very very natural.

Will you?

Will you?

This sentence is also very natural to use in this case.

Can you?

If we really break it down,

can you means is it possible to

and will you is like kind of like is this something you will do

in the future,

right?

It's like you can use both of them.

Can is more like a possibility, I suppose.

But, usually we use these two in the same kind of moment.

You could use can you bring me a glass of water

and will you bring me a glass of water?

They're both 100% correct requests.

But, depending on the feeling, someone might choose to use will instead of can.

This is up to you really.

Let's look at one more example.

Will you send me that file?

Will you send me that file?

So will you is here.

Here's our verb, will you send me that file?

So again, can you send me that file is also okay to do.

For me, when I'm trying to decide between will and can,

I feel like will sounds a little bit more like a a little bit

more direct.

For me, will you is like between can you and a basic command.

Like it's it's not super soft, but it's like I really want this thing.

Will you send me that file?

Will you send me that file sounds a little bit more direct,

more like I need

that file than if I said can you send me

that file.

That sounds a little softer to me.

So this is this is my interpretation.

But generally when I when I want to be a little more direct,

I'm closer to someone,

like it's someone I live with or maybe a co-worker I'm close to,

I'll use will you.

If it's someone I'm not super close to, I'll use can you.

It's a little softer, more like a request, is it possible?

And we can level up these requests too.

These are the basic one.

We can say, would it be possible to

or if you could send

that file,

for example.

There are different ways to express that.

Okay, let's see what the chat says.

Gray bill wrote, can you take note of this lesson for me, please?

Right, can you take maybe can you take notes during this lesson, please?

It depends on what you want to say, but okay.

On the YouTube chat, what?

Oh my gosh, the chat is exploding.

Oh my gosh.

Patrick, good question.

Can I use may?

May you buy milk at the grocery store to me?

No, you cannot use may.

May is used to ask permission.

So that's not a request pattern.

May I is okay to use.

May I do something because you are requesting permission for yourself.

So, may I another way to think about it is is it okay if,

right?

So, may I I don't know.

May I receive your help for my homework?

You could make a request a strange request like that.

But, no.

May and can and will are not interchangeable.

I hope that answers your question.

So, your question may you buy milk at grocery store to me we cannot

use.

Can you buy milk at the grocery store for me is the correct sentence.

Okay.

All right.

Oh my gosh, so many so many catch up on.

Nevian wrote, "Can you please confirm

if the new order will arrive tomorrow morning

or not?"

Great.

Let's see, who haven't I read some examples from yet?

Yes, oh my gosh, time is out.

Marcello, will you get me something to eat?

Good.

Atlas wrote, "Will you come back tomorrow?"

Ah, so that sentence is correct.

Will you come back home tomorrow, Atlas?

Perfect sentence.

However, it's not a request, right?

That's a future tense question, right?

So, will you yes, you are correct.

It starts with will you.

But, when we make a request, we ask for something like for us, right?

We want something, right?

Your question is just a future tense question.

Oh, will you come will you come back home tomorrow?

So, yeah, correct.

But, a little different from today's.

Right, nice job though.

Um Valon, yes.

Is it used like would you be able to blah blah blah?

Yes.

So, if you want to make this sound more polite, more businessy,

you can say would you be able to or would it be possible to?

Those sentences sound much more polite, they're fancier.

We use those in business emails, right?

So, would you be able to that kind of thing?

You are correct.

Okay.

Um Fati wrote, "Can you tell me where is the nearest underground station, please?"

Good.

Okay.

If you want to make that more natural, Fati, say,

"Can you please tell me where the nearest underground station is?"

Mm.

That's a different grammar point than we're talking about today.

Uh that is called an embedded question.

If you want to know more about that, I have some videos on that.

Uh Rocky wrote, "Would you please leave me alone?

I'm having a bad day."

Okay.

Very clear sentence.

All right.

Uh and oh, back on Facebook, Nuha wrote,

"Can you invite me to join your group?"

Very nice.

Okay, great.

That all looks fantastic.

I have to finish there because I again,

I talked more than I needed to.

It's amazing.

So, I'll put the QR code on the screen now,

so you can uh take a photo for your lesson notes.

I'll put this up here.

But um and I'll also get out of the way,

so you can make a screenshot, too.

There is the QR code.

Da-da.

So, click that, download that, and then, if you want a regular screenshot,

now is your chance.

Oh, yeah.

I forgot.

My last point.

Make it polite.

The easy way to make all of these sentences more polite, add please.

Very easy, right?

Can you please infinitive verb?

Will you please infinitive verb?

Or oh, please before the sequence words, okay?

Very, very easy to make it polite.

All right.

I have to stop there.

Oh my gosh.

So, we'll finish there for today.

Next week's live lesson, I'll be back, of course, next week, same time,

same channels.

Oh my gosh.

Next week, what did I plan for next week's live lesson?

I always forget.

So, next week, I'm going to talk about Ah, yes.

How to deliver positive and negative updates, okay?

So, like when somebody tells you good news,

or when you want to share good news, how do you do that?

And when you want to share bad news,

or when somebody tells you bad news, how do you react to that, right?

Those things are so important to be able to do,

cuz if someone tells you bad news, and you're like, "Oh."

And you don't know what to say.

It's like, "Oh, no."

Like, they want your support in that moment.

So, how do you react to that?

So, next week we're going to practice uh giving

and receiving positive and negative updates.

Very important skill.

So, please join me again uh next week, same time.

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