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Contronyms: My favourite English words! 😍 & free exercise 🚀
In this English lesson you will learn some super secret words in English to help you sound more like a native speaker 😍
#contronyms, #contranyms, #oppositewords.
Are you wondering what are contronyms?
Today you are going to learn and practice 5 secret words, known as contronyms/contranyms. These will be the examples of contranyms:
#sick, #wicked, #dope, #terrific, #chuffed
I love creating video lessons for you and I am especially proud of my videos to help you to learn vocabulary and practice their pronunciation. From today on contronyms in English will not be a problem anymore.
Check them out here:
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Lots of love,
#esl #learnenglish #speakenglishwithmary #whatarecontronyms
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These 7 phrasal verbs with DO will improve your listening ❤️
มุมมอง 591ปีที่แล้ว
In this English lesson we will learn together the 7 most common phrasal verbs with DO in an easy way. I know that phrasal verbs can be tricky for non-native speakers, but they are essential part of the English language. We use them continuously in spoken English. But don't worry. You will see that if you concentrate in just one verb (today will be DO) and you see many examples they will be easy...
Listen and repeat phrases with irregular verbs | v1 v2 v3 🚀
มุมมอง 562ปีที่แล้ว
#irregular verbs #listenandrepeat #withimages In this English lesson you will listen and repeat phrases with irregular verbs. You will find 150 #irregularverbs with the #baseform, #pastsimple and #pastparticiple. You'll also find images to help you remember these irregular verbs better. For most of the video I alternate between present simple, past simple and present perfect, also known as #v1v...
Gradable and ungradable adjectives 😍 | Modifiers + Quiz 🚀
มุมมอง 955ปีที่แล้ว
Are you ready to solve your doubts about "very" and when it is right to use it? In this English lesson, you are going to learn about gradable and ungradable adjectives and their modifiers including 'very'. #gradable #ungradable #gradableandungradable #adjectives Once you understand the difference between gradable and ungradable adjectives (or normal and extreme adjectives) I'll challenge you to...
150 Irregular English Verbs: Listen & Repeat with Images! 😍
มุมมอง 635ปีที่แล้ว
In this English lesson, you are going to learn how to pronounce the most common 150 English irregular verbs. By listening and repeating, you will be able to memorise the verbs more easily (and with the right pronounciation) than you would by reading them from a grammar book. With some practice, you'll be able to pronounce them exactly like me 😍 I am also going to use images to help you understa...
Improve Your English Pronunciation FAST learning 100 Frequent Verbs!
มุมมอง 12Kปีที่แล้ว
In this video, you are going to learn the 100 most common English verbs with phrases and improve your #pronunciation by listening and repeating the sentences after I pronounce them! 😍 You'll be able to improve your pronunciation and fluency in English quickly and easily in under 30 minutes! How does this English lesson work? 1- First I will introduce the verb and I will pronounce the infinitive...
Improve your listening Skills: 10 facts about Dublin (part 2)
มุมมอง 460ปีที่แล้ว
Improve your English listening skills while you learn about Ireland. You will learn interesting things about Ireland while you pay attention to what the teacher is saying. In this episode (second part of a series of 2) you will learn interesting facts about Dublin that maybe you didn't know. At the end of the video you will find "Question Time" where the teacher will ask you 5 questions about D...
Improve your listening skills: 10 facts about Dublin (part 1)
มุมมอง 539ปีที่แล้ว
Practice your English listening skills while you learn about Ireland. You will learn interesting things about Ireland while you pay attention to what the teacher is saying. In this episode (first part of a series of 2) you will learn interesting facts about Dublin that maybe you didn't know. At the end of the video you will find "Question Time" where the teacher will ask you 5 questions about N...
Improve your listening skills: Newgrange
มุมมอง 306ปีที่แล้ว
Practice your English listening skills while you learn about Ireland. You will learn interesting things about Ireland while you pay attention to what the teacher is saying. At the end of the video you will find "Question Time" where the teacher will ask you 5 questions about Newgrange, the oldest site in Ireland. You will find the answers to the questions in the first comment. Timestamps: 0:00 ...
Improve your listening skills: The Puffins of Skellig Michael
มุมมอง 244ปีที่แล้ว
This is a short 3 minutes video so you can practice and improve your listening skills. You will learn both fun facts and interesting stuff about Ireland ☘️ Today we are talking about The Puffins of Skellig Michael #listening #ingleseonline #c2englishschool #listeningskills #learnenglish #ireland #cliffsofmoher #practicelanguages #ietls #ieltslistening #fceexam #caexams #cambridge #cambridgeexam...
Improve your Listening skills: The Cliffs of Moher
มุมมอง 209ปีที่แล้ว
Today we are talking about the Cliffs of Moher - Ireland This is a short 3 minutes video to practice and improve your listening skills. You will learn both fun facts and interesting stuff about Ireland. Today we are talking about the Cliffs of Moher - Ireland #listening #ingleseonline #c2englishschool #listeningskills #learnenglish #ireland #cliffsofmoher #practicelanguages #ietls #ieltslisteni...

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  • @rafaeljamison925
    @rafaeljamison925 ปีที่แล้ว

    *PromoSM* 🌹

  • @vancouvercairnes7260
    @vancouvercairnes7260 ปีที่แล้ว

    One thing that wasn’t explained: Sick is usually used by people under 40, wicked by people over 40 and dope is really more American. So if you’re over 40 and you say that new car is sick you’ll probably get laughed at for trying to act cool

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      I definitely agree with you on dope being American. I can't tell you which of the other two I might use, I don't want to give away my age 😜😜

  • @annamariavicinanza747
    @annamariavicinanza747 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had the desire to go to Dublin to look at all the things described by Maria.

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Who knows? Maybe in the future you may have the opportunity to go to Ireland. What place would you like to visit first? (From those I present in the video) ☺️

  • @annamariavicinanza747
    @annamariavicinanza747 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is very interesting and instructive.

  • @annamariavicinanza747
    @annamariavicinanza747 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a very clear explanation. Maria is really very good at explaining concepts. 👍

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Anna Maria. I am glad you found it useful. Maybe one day you will have a suggestion for us (for a new video) ;)

  • @annamariavicinanza747
    @annamariavicinanza747 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing!

  • @victoriaemilia2398
    @victoriaemilia2398 ปีที่แล้ว

    Entretenido y útil !!!!!!

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your comment Victoria Emilia! Any requests? alguna petición?

  • @Irishinaa
    @Irishinaa ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤ super

  • @zakariyashakir4091
    @zakariyashakir4091 ปีที่แล้ว

    What accent do you teach? Is it Canadian ?

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Zakrariya! Thanks for commenting :) No, I am not Canadian. I was born in Ireland and then I moved to the UK. However for the last 15 years I have been living abroad in some European countries (Italy, Portugal, Spain). What about you? Where are you from?

    • @zakariyashakir4091
      @zakariyashakir4091 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SpeakEnglishWithMary you speak more like a Canadian, your spelling is more British

  • @Irishinaa
    @Irishinaa ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice 😊

  • @Dileepkumar-zt9ef
    @Dileepkumar-zt9ef ปีที่แล้ว

    👌❤❤

  • @Dileepkumar-zt9ef
    @Dileepkumar-zt9ef ปีที่แล้ว

    I am from India kerals calicut my mother tongue is malayalam

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      So, that is South. Nice! In no time you will be the person who will speak the best English in your area :)

    • @Dileepkumar-zt9ef
      @Dileepkumar-zt9ef ปีที่แล้ว

      💞

    • @Dileepkumar-zt9ef
      @Dileepkumar-zt9ef ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SpeakEnglishWithMary here all are speaking malayalam

  • @c2englishschool937
    @c2englishschool937 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL!

  • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
    @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

    Summer isn't that far away? Did you know all the words?

  • @FranciscoSaltoV
    @FranciscoSaltoV ปีที่แล้ว

    considero muy buena idea, estos cortos videos acerca de situaciones de la vida cotidiana, tales como también podrían ser los referidos a otras situaciones como ir al banco, ir de compras, discusiones familiares en torno los problemas escolares de los hijos, etc, etc.. Claro sin olvidar los videos de más duración que me resultan de sumo provecho. Gracias

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      mmm... shopping.... nice idea! Thanks!!! Tomorrow our short video will be about shopping :)

  • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
    @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

    I am ready to read and correct, if necessary, your comments using some of the contronyms I presented in the video :)

  • @laultimavikinga
    @laultimavikinga ปีที่แล้ว

    This content is terrific. I've had a wicked time listening to it; your English videos and tips are sick! 💙 Really enjoying this content. No idea they were called contronyms. I learned them by hearing others using them but that was after many, many years. It's so much fun 💃

  • @alessandrocarlucci7213
    @alessandrocarlucci7213 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is really terrificant! I will speak with my teacher of this dope mini lesson! I hope that He will be chuffed of my progress!

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Alessandro! You've understood the lesson very well. Here are my corrections below: This video is really TERRIFIC! I will speak with my teacher ABOUT this dope mini lesson! I hope that He will be chuffed WITH my progress! Nice job!🤩

    • @alessandrocarlucci7213
      @alessandrocarlucci7213 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SpeakEnglishWithMary thanks a lot for the corrections and for these interesting lessons to improve our wicked English 😅

  • @Dileepkumar-zt9ef
    @Dileepkumar-zt9ef ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏💞💞💞💞💞💞🌹

  • @c2englishschool937
    @c2englishschool937 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely video Mary! 🤩

  • @Dileepkumar-zt9ef
    @Dileepkumar-zt9ef ปีที่แล้ว

    👌❤❤❤❤❤👍

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Dileep! 🤩. Do you want to write a couple of phrases including these adjectives? If you write them I will correct them for you.

    • @Dileepkumar-zt9ef
      @Dileepkumar-zt9ef ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SpeakEnglishWithMarysorry mam i don't know english i know some words

    • @Dileepkumar-zt9ef
      @Dileepkumar-zt9ef ปีที่แล้ว

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dileepkumar-zt9ef Don't worry. If you are constant, you will improve your English very fast :)

  • @Irishinaa
    @Irishinaa ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this! Fun!

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it! You can write a couple of sentences, if you like. I'll correct it for you ❤

    • @Irishinaa
      @Irishinaa ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SpeakEnglishWithMary Your channel is sick, I watch all your videos and like them a lot 😉 I'm feeling sick 🤮

  • @FranciscoSaltoV
    @FranciscoSaltoV ปีที่แล้ว

    funny way to improve my pronunciation

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Francisco. Your support is very much appreciated. Do you have any suggestion for my next short video? :)

  • @FranciscoSaltoV
    @FranciscoSaltoV ปีที่แล้ว

    magnifico y ameno video muy útil y práctico.Recomendable

  • @alessandrocarlucci7213
    @alessandrocarlucci7213 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! The images below help to understand and memorize the verbs!!! 😍

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Alessandro. However, I am sure you already knew all the verbs... didn't you?

  • @Irishinaa
    @Irishinaa ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice ❤

  • @alessandrocarlucci7213
    @alessandrocarlucci7213 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really important phonetic rules!!! I look forward to more videos like this! 😍

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      More to come! Hopefully tomorrow there will be another short video presenting some interesting stuff 🙃🙃

  • @Irishinaa
    @Irishinaa ปีที่แล้ว

    Very useful for my students, thanks 👍🏻

  • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
    @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi lovely people! How are you doing today? Are you having a good Sunday? Are you doing anything nice? Let me know where you are from. It's so nice to meet people from all around the world. 😍😍

    • @Dileepkumar-zt9ef
      @Dileepkumar-zt9ef ปีที่แล้ว

      I am from India

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dileepkumar-zt9ef Lovely! And where in India? Central India? North? South? East? West?

  • @c2englishschool937
    @c2englishschool937 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely Video Mary!

  • @damm4995
    @damm4995 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks teacher...I am from sri lanka

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      You are very welcome Damm 🥰. From Sri Lanka? lovely!!. Is this the first video that you watch on my channel?

    • @damm4995
      @damm4995 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes,teacher...I am trying to learn english...I am a buddhist monk...I am not good at english...

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      I just learned that the English word 'serendipity' comes from the old name for Sri Lanka, 'Serendip'. 😊😊 Also that you have a tooth which belonged to Buddha in a Temple in Kandy. The festival looks lovely!

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      @@damm4995 You seem quite good to me. Have you been studying long?

    • @damm4995
      @damm4995 ปีที่แล้ว

      No teacher...just one or two years I have been learning english..but I am still not good...I can understand what you just said,but my thoughts can not traslate into english,I am so sorry for that....lord buddha is my life teacher...I love england and your poeple...may the tripple jem bless you teacher!!!

  • @richardbeaugrand7038
    @richardbeaugrand7038 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is video is really good to learn English , I identify with verb 144 , in my situation thanks .

  • @victoriaemilia2398
    @victoriaemilia2398 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you again for the video. My daughter practices a lot with you. She asks me if you will do, in the future, a video to help people to pronounce regular verbs. Just an idea 😍. Thanks for your hard work.

  • @alessandrocarlucci7213
    @alessandrocarlucci7213 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is really helpful. Pictures help a lot to memorize verbs. All that remains is to practice 😉

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks a million Alessandro! I agree with you. Pictures are a nice tool to help people to assimilate better the meaning of the verbs. I am very happy to see that you want to practice with my video ❤Have you already gone through all of the verbs? 🥰

  • @FranciscoSaltoV
    @FranciscoSaltoV ปีที่แล้ว

    buenísimo video para memorizar los verbos irregulares. se que es necesario verlo y escucharlo muchas veces para que me salgan sin pensarlos al hablar

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Francisco! I speak some Spanish and I'm happy to say I understood everything. I am using this with my students a lot at the moment and you are right. It's not necessary to 'look' at the video, so much as to listen many times. Thank you for supporting the channel with your comments. Every interaction helps. ☺☺

  • @annamariavicinanza747
    @annamariavicinanza747 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ottima questa lezione! Molto chiara e comprensibile.👍

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Anna Maria. I'm glad you found it helpful 🤩🥰

  • @marilu8763
    @marilu8763 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very useful thank you so much.👏👏👏

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Marilu. Thanks for the appreciation 😍 What part of the world are you from?☺

  • @Irishinaa
    @Irishinaa ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the minion mic drop 😄😄

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Irishinaa. It was kind of good! Maybe I should have added to the end of the video LOL

  • @colettenora9769
    @colettenora9769 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good lesson to practice, understand ,memorise . Thank you very much for your work 👍

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much Colette! I am glad you liked this one too. Your English "looks" good and I am not sure you are in need of that much practice ;)

    • @colettenora9769
      @colettenora9769 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SpeakEnglishWithMary I need to speak English to improve my pronunciation and I appreciate to repeat after you.❤

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      @@colettenora9769 That's great! I hope to get some videos up soon about specific pronunciation phenomena. I'm just getting started, but in the coming days and weeks I hope to increase the frequency of videos. 🤗🤗

  • @alessandrocarlucci7213
    @alessandrocarlucci7213 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Video!!!! It's very interesting! When are you publishing the next one?

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Alessandro. Thank you for commenting! I hope to have another video for you by Friday, at the latest. 😀😀

  • @elenaesposito2727
    @elenaesposito2727 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done! An innovative, clear and really useful video. Thank's Maria

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Elena. I'm happy that you find it useful. I'm working on another video for irregulars verbs in sentences with their pronunciation. There will time to listen and repeat. Your feedback is really appreciated and important to me. 💕💕 Thanks again.

  • @Irishinaa
    @Irishinaa ปีที่แล้ว

    Still time I have watched it 🙄. Very much needed 😅

  • @vincenzoesposito6813
    @vincenzoesposito6813 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much. I liked the video, however I am still struggling to remember the non gradable adjectives.

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Vincenzo. Thanks for your comment. A lot of the extreme adjectives come from latin actually, so perhaps that would help you if your native language is Italian or Spanish, for example. 😀

  • @colettenora9769
    @colettenora9769 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi dear teacher.I’m from France. You have a very good method to teach English. I appreciate the exercise at the beginning and at the end of the lesson because we can see the difference of our knowledge before you teach us and after this. Personally I have got Zero at the first sight of the exercise and after your explanations I have seen the mistakes without hesitation. Thank you very much. ❤

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Colette. I'm 'absolutely delighted' that you found the video useful. It's so nice to get feedback from you. Please let me know if there is something else you would appreciate seeing on the channel. Merci beaucoup 💕💕

  • @annamariavicinanza747
    @annamariavicinanza747 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video!!!

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Anna Maria!! I remember you commenting before on this channel. Lovely! Do you have any suggestions for future videos?

  • @laultimavikinga
    @laultimavikinga ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome!! You can tell how this makes a difference when hearing them in use! It's great to see English grammar explained as I have always struggled to find good English grammar explanations. Would it be too much to ask for a few videos on colloquial expressions to sound natural like a native?; even some slang if I may ask 💙🤗

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much Irene. I'm really happy to know that you found the video useful. If there is something specific that you would like me to explain, I'm sure I could put together a good explanation for you. Thanks for your feedback💕💕

  • @FranciscoSaltoV
    @FranciscoSaltoV ปีที่แล้ว

    para mi eran absolutamente desconocidas estas reglas. muy interesante para evitar estos errores

    • @SpeakEnglishWithMary
      @SpeakEnglishWithMary ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah Francisco. Not everybody know that there are two types of adjective (gradable and non gradable) with their own set of modifiers. Once you practice them a little bit into sentences it's quite easy. 👍