[Music]
well hey there I’m Emma from mmm ish and
in this lesson I’m gonna share ten words
that you can start using right now to
sound more natural when you speak
English
so which are these ten magic words that
I’m talking about these ones
interestingly these words have a few
things in common so firstly they are
very very very common in fact these are
some of the most common English words
they’re all in the top 20 words that are
used in English so for that reason alone
this lesson is worth paying attention to
but before we go on I want to make sure
that you’ve subscribed to in English and
you’ve turned on the notifications so
that you know whenever there’s a new
lesson ready for you so just hit that
red button down there but keep watching
to learn how to say these words
naturally and at the end of this lesson
you’ll get to practice with me so most
of these words are used for grammatical
reasons in English sentences on their
own they don’t hold a lot of meaning
they’re not nouns or verbs or adjectives
which are the words that help us to
understand what is happening in a
sentence or how it’s happening in a
sentence so these were the structure
words not content words the exception
though is the be verb here it’s the only
verb that we’ve got but it’s the
exception the other thing that these
words have in common is that they all
have stressed and unstressed forms when
they’re spoken and this is exactly what
we’re going to go over in this lesson
because using the unstressed forms of
these words when you speak English will
help you to sound more
natural so let’s start with thee so this
word is not usually stressed so you
don’t hear it pronounced like me very
often you’ll hear a shorter version be
and also you’ll hear the so we have two
unstressed forms because the
pronunciation of this word changes
depending on the word that follows it so
if the word V is followed by a consonant
sound
then it’s pronounced the the lazy schwa
sound oh can I use the bathroom the the
the bathroom can I use the bathroom tell
the children to stay inside the children
the children tell the children to stay
inside now if the word V is followed by
a vowel sound then it’s pronounced V
which is much like thee but just a
shorter version of it bee bee I’ll take
you to the airport the the airport o
take you to the airport she forgot to
buy the ice cream the ice cream the the
ice cream she forgot to buy the ice
cream the verb be is the second most
commonly used word in English but of
course it has several forms doesn’t it
depending on the subject and the tents
so you weren’t often here be stressed in
an English sentence when it’s the main
verb in the infinitive form you’ll
usually hear just a slightly shorter
version I’ll be home soon be be home
I’ll be home soon now in the present
tenses you’ll hear
is an r and these forms are usually
pushed together when spoken naturally
with this subject so it forms a
contraction I am becomes I’m you are
your he she it is he’s she’s it’s we are
becomes aware and they are becomes there
so when spoken these contractions mean
that we hardly hear the be verb at all
the pronunciation of the past tense
forms are also usually reduced so was
becomes was he was upstairs earlier was
he was he was upstairs earlier and were
becomes were they were too tired were
they were they were too tired now in
past participle form the vowel sound is
often shortened to in instead of being
it’s been we’ve been there to in in
there we’ve been there too
moving on to the word to now to is the
stressed form but when spoken this word
is usually unstressed so just like I
said
moving on to the word to to the word to
to the word moving on to the word to its
caught it to to to to to it’s quarter to
two now of is another incredibly common
English word usually unstressed so it
sounds like if not all oof with the lazy
schwa sound again would you like a cup
of tea of T of
of cup of tea would you like a cup of
tea I’ll take a picture of you a view of
a picture of you I’ll take a picture of
you
now of course and must make our list of
commonly used words right and just like
the previous words it’s often unstressed
when spoken and becomes and or and you
and me come and visit me and visit me
come and visit me we need some milk and
apples and apples we need some milk and
apples now this tiny little word at can
be stressed or unstressed you need to be
here at 3 o’clock at so by stressing at
I’m adding emphasis I’m making the
meaning stronger you need to be here
exactly at 3 o’clock not before not
after at 3 so most of the time though
this word won’t be stressed and the
sound reduces to it I’ll meet you at the
car
at the car I’ll meet you at the car pick
her up at 8:00 okay are they pick her up
at 8:00 just like at that can be
stressed or unstressed so this word can
be used as a determiner to explain which
specific thing we’re talking about so in
this situation you’ll probably need to
stress this word so that it’s really
clear not this one that one and as an
adverb it will probably also be stressed
I’m not that hungry
but when that is used as a conjunction
so when it’s connecting to clauses in a
sentence it’s unstressed and the vowel
sound reduces it becomes that I told her
that I’d be here that that I’d did I be
here I told her that I’d be here so
let’s talk about the articles R and n
because they are both usually unstressed
now they’re used with singular nouns
aren’t they when you’re talking about
just one of something so since we stress
English words to make the meaning really
clear if much more natural to stress the
number rather than stress the article
because the important information is
that there is just one of something so
it sounds a bit odd to hear no I said I
only wanted a sandwich it’s much more
natural to hear no I said I only wanted
one sandwich so since most of the time
these articles are unstressed the vowel
sound reduces to become the schwa sound
I’m only staying for a day a day I’m
only staying for a day can you pass me
an apple
and an apple can you pass me an apple
now very often the word it is reduced to
so instead of it a the vowel sound
relaxes and it becomes the schwa sound
and when spoken quickly the T is often
not fully pronounced either the air is
not released after this out so instead
of the air is caught and then you move
quickly to the next sound so listen up
it doesn’t matter
it
it doesn’t it doesn’t matter I must have
lost it lost it
I must have lost it now notice how the
word it is pulled into the word before
it because it ends with a consonant lost
it lost it get it out of the car it get
it out get it out of the car and as this
little word can be a conjunction so it
can connect two parts of a sentence
together it can be a preposition even an
adverb so it can be stressed as he
wasn’t as late as I thought but it’s
often unstressed as again using the
schwa for the unstressed sound he works
as a doctor as as as a doctor he works
as a doctor it wasn’t as big as I
thought as as big as it wasn’t as big as
I thought last but not least another
small but mighty English word for now
when I pronounce his word I don’t
pronounce the final sound and that’s my
Australian accent which is the same as
the British pronunciation of this word
for for so the standard American accent
pronounces the R at the end for that’s
my really rubbish American accent or but
whether or not you pronounce the R sound
there is a different vowel sound when
this word is stressed for and unstressed
for and this word is usually unstressed
just like all of the other examples that
have come up
or the vowel sound reduces down to
become the schwa sound he needs it for
work for work he needs it for work can
you get it for me for me can you get it
for me so you’ve probably noticed that
the schwa sound is a very very important
sound for unstressed words right and
that’s because this is the most common
sound in English so as you’re using all
of these small but grammatically
important words in your English
sentences then start reducing the sounds
of them this is going to help you to
sound more natural when you speak
English words that are important to help
someone understand your sentence should
be stressed and these words are usually
adjectives verbs nouns that kind of
thing but other words in your sentence
can be unstressed and the sound reduces
they become difficult to hear okay so
before we finish I want to practice with
you a little I’m gonna put a sentence up
here so when you see it say it out loud
I’ll be there on the first on the first
a bottle of water of water a bottle of
water it’s for my friend for mine it’s
for my friend it’s a piece of cake
a piece of it’s a piece of cake well
that’s it for this lesson you know that
I make new lessons every week don’t you
so make sure you subscribe to my channel
make sure that you don’t miss any of my
future lessons you just need to click
that little red button down there and if
you want to keep practicing with me
right now then check out these lessons
right here in fact that one is great for
improving your pronunciation and your
natural English expression so try that
one out thanks for watching and I’ll see you next week bye for now
well hey there I’m Emma from mmm ish and
in this lesson I’m gonna share ten words
that you can start using right now to
sound more natural when you speak
English
so which are these ten magic words that
I’m talking about these ones
interestingly these words have a few
things in common so firstly they are
very very very common in fact these are
some of the most common English words
they’re all in the top 20 words that are
used in English so for that reason alone
this lesson is worth paying attention to
but before we go on I want to make sure
that you’ve subscribed to in English and
you’ve turned on the notifications so
that you know whenever there’s a new
lesson ready for you so just hit that
red button down there but keep watching
to learn how to say these words
naturally and at the end of this lesson
you’ll get to practice with me so most
of these words are used for grammatical
reasons in English sentences on their
own they don’t hold a lot of meaning
they’re not nouns or verbs or adjectives
which are the words that help us to
understand what is happening in a
sentence or how it’s happening in a
sentence so these were the structure
words not content words the exception
though is the be verb here it’s the only
verb that we’ve got but it’s the
exception the other thing that these
words have in common is that they all
have stressed and unstressed forms when
they’re spoken and this is exactly what
we’re going to go over in this lesson
because using the unstressed forms of
these words when you speak English will
help you to sound more
natural so let’s start with thee so this
word is not usually stressed so you
don’t hear it pronounced like me very
often you’ll hear a shorter version be
and also you’ll hear the so we have two
unstressed forms because the
pronunciation of this word changes
depending on the word that follows it so
if the word V is followed by a consonant
sound
then it’s pronounced the the lazy schwa
sound oh can I use the bathroom the the
the bathroom can I use the bathroom tell
the children to stay inside the children
the children tell the children to stay
inside now if the word V is followed by
a vowel sound then it’s pronounced V
which is much like thee but just a
shorter version of it bee bee I’ll take
you to the airport the the airport o
take you to the airport she forgot to
buy the ice cream the ice cream the the
ice cream she forgot to buy the ice
cream the verb be is the second most
commonly used word in English but of
course it has several forms doesn’t it
depending on the subject and the tents
so you weren’t often here be stressed in
an English sentence when it’s the main
verb in the infinitive form you’ll
usually hear just a slightly shorter
version I’ll be home soon be be home
I’ll be home soon now in the present
tenses you’ll hear
is an r and these forms are usually
pushed together when spoken naturally
with this subject so it forms a
contraction I am becomes I’m you are
your he she it is he’s she’s it’s we are
becomes aware and they are becomes there
so when spoken these contractions mean
that we hardly hear the be verb at all
the pronunciation of the past tense
forms are also usually reduced so was
becomes was he was upstairs earlier was
he was he was upstairs earlier and were
becomes were they were too tired were
they were they were too tired now in
past participle form the vowel sound is
often shortened to in instead of being
it’s been we’ve been there to in in
there we’ve been there too
moving on to the word to now to is the
stressed form but when spoken this word
is usually unstressed so just like I
said
moving on to the word to to the word to
to the word moving on to the word to its
caught it to to to to to it’s quarter to
two now of is another incredibly common
English word usually unstressed so it
sounds like if not all oof with the lazy
schwa sound again would you like a cup
of tea of T of
of cup of tea would you like a cup of
tea I’ll take a picture of you a view of
a picture of you I’ll take a picture of
you
now of course and must make our list of
commonly used words right and just like
the previous words it’s often unstressed
when spoken and becomes and or and you
and me come and visit me and visit me
come and visit me we need some milk and
apples and apples we need some milk and
apples now this tiny little word at can
be stressed or unstressed you need to be
here at 3 o’clock at so by stressing at
I’m adding emphasis I’m making the
meaning stronger you need to be here
exactly at 3 o’clock not before not
after at 3 so most of the time though
this word won’t be stressed and the
sound reduces to it I’ll meet you at the
car
at the car I’ll meet you at the car pick
her up at 8:00 okay are they pick her up
at 8:00 just like at that can be
stressed or unstressed so this word can
be used as a determiner to explain which
specific thing we’re talking about so in
this situation you’ll probably need to
stress this word so that it’s really
clear not this one that one and as an
adverb it will probably also be stressed
I’m not that hungry
but when that is used as a conjunction
so when it’s connecting to clauses in a
sentence it’s unstressed and the vowel
sound reduces it becomes that I told her
that I’d be here that that I’d did I be
here I told her that I’d be here so
let’s talk about the articles R and n
because they are both usually unstressed
now they’re used with singular nouns
aren’t they when you’re talking about
just one of something so since we stress
English words to make the meaning really
clear if much more natural to stress the
number rather than stress the article
because the important information is
that there is just one of something so
it sounds a bit odd to hear no I said I
only wanted a sandwich it’s much more
natural to hear no I said I only wanted
one sandwich so since most of the time
these articles are unstressed the vowel
sound reduces to become the schwa sound
I’m only staying for a day a day I’m
only staying for a day can you pass me
an apple
and an apple can you pass me an apple
now very often the word it is reduced to
so instead of it a the vowel sound
relaxes and it becomes the schwa sound
and when spoken quickly the T is often
not fully pronounced either the air is
not released after this out so instead
of the air is caught and then you move
quickly to the next sound so listen up
it doesn’t matter
it
it doesn’t it doesn’t matter I must have
lost it lost it
I must have lost it now notice how the
word it is pulled into the word before
it because it ends with a consonant lost
it lost it get it out of the car it get
it out get it out of the car and as this
little word can be a conjunction so it
can connect two parts of a sentence
together it can be a preposition even an
adverb so it can be stressed as he
wasn’t as late as I thought but it’s
often unstressed as again using the
schwa for the unstressed sound he works
as a doctor as as as a doctor he works
as a doctor it wasn’t as big as I
thought as as big as it wasn’t as big as
I thought last but not least another
small but mighty English word for now
when I pronounce his word I don’t
pronounce the final sound and that’s my
Australian accent which is the same as
the British pronunciation of this word
for for so the standard American accent
pronounces the R at the end for that’s
my really rubbish American accent or but
whether or not you pronounce the R sound
there is a different vowel sound when
this word is stressed for and unstressed
for and this word is usually unstressed
just like all of the other examples that
have come up
or the vowel sound reduces down to
become the schwa sound he needs it for
work for work he needs it for work can
you get it for me for me can you get it
for me so you’ve probably noticed that
the schwa sound is a very very important
sound for unstressed words right and
that’s because this is the most common
sound in English so as you’re using all
of these small but grammatically
important words in your English
sentences then start reducing the sounds
of them this is going to help you to
sound more natural when you speak
English words that are important to help
someone understand your sentence should
be stressed and these words are usually
adjectives verbs nouns that kind of
thing but other words in your sentence
can be unstressed and the sound reduces
they become difficult to hear okay so
before we finish I want to practice with
you a little I’m gonna put a sentence up
here so when you see it say it out loud
I’ll be there on the first on the first
a bottle of water of water a bottle of
water it’s for my friend for mine it’s
for my friend it’s a piece of cake
a piece of it’s a piece of cake well
that’s it for this lesson you know that
I make new lessons every week don’t you
so make sure you subscribe to my channel
make sure that you don’t miss any of my
future lessons you just need to click
that little red button down there and if
you want to keep practicing with me
right now then check out these lessons
right here in fact that one is great for
improving your pronunciation and your
natural English expression so try that
one out thanks for watching and I’ll see you next week bye for now
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