Jay and Vickie, you are both wonderful English teachers in your own right, and together the synergy is wonderful! Comparing and contrasting the American to the English accent in your videos is an ingenious idea. It really highlights and emphasizes the two main streams of the English language. Thank you!
I came accross your channel today and I can say you're great and funny teachers. It's really useful your teaching English. Some of your sketches cracked me up a lot! 😂I wish you the best. Cheers from Italy 🇮🇹
I spotted only 12: Scattered over Tidy up Laid out Throw out Throw away Sort out Hang up Straighten out Set up Lying around Came across Put away I missed the "got round to". And I thought it meant something like: to finish something, the conclude or make the final adjustments that a task demands (like the video, in this case). But, I was wrong. Actually, it was even simpler. Thanks for explaining.
Hi Vicki, could you explain the tense used in set up part “Oh, is this a table cloth? Yes, that’s for when we want to set up a restaurant scene.” I’m not clear why you used present tense when something already happened. Thanks a lot!
Hi. Thanks for the question. In fact I'm talking about the future when I say it's for when we want to set up a restaurant scene. (We'll often use verbs like want, hope, and expect in the present tense to talk about the future. (You might like this video: ruclips.net/video/VDs69GW0AO0/видео.html) And in this video about phrasal verbs I meant that we set a restaurant scene in the past, but I expect we'll create more restaurant scenes in the future. Hope that helps.
Simple English Videos Thanks for your detailed explanation. By the way, could you help me one more question that is about ‘any more’ you mentioned in tidy up part ‘I don’t think we need it any more.’ From my understanding of ‘any more’ is about quantity and ‘anymore’ is about time so in this case I think ‘anymore’ is more appropriate. Please feel free to correct anything wrong. Thanks!
Ma'am please make a complete video on phrasal verbs, even if it's a little longer. Phrasal verb is very important for learn English. In my hometown Varanasi there is lot of foreigners come everyday mostly from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. l really like talking to them and I want to impress them and my dream is to talk like a native speaker.. please help me out
Yes, a lot of students have difficulty with phrasal verbs. They're very common in English, particularly spoken English. I think we might try to make a book about them.
Dear Vicki and Jay, may I ask a question? At the end of your scene when you found the clapperboard you said: "Well, put it away then." And Jay was answering: "I shall." When do you use this expression "I shall"? I know "shall" as something like a stronger version of "should" like in "Shall I help you?" or " Students shall not leave the school grounds without permission." Could you please explain the meaning in the context of your video scene? Sending you lots of love ♥ Steffi
Hi Stefanie. It's interesting he said that because it's normally only me that uses it that way in our house. Americans use shall a lot less than Brits. We tend to use it in offers and decisions (Shall I put it away for you? or I shall put it away) and also suggestions, of course (Shall we stop now?)
Thank you very much for your reply! 😍♥ This is exactly how I understand the usage of "shall" in English language. That's why I was surprised hearing by Jay's answer to "Put it away then." Does "I shall!" mean something like "Yup, that's what I got to do!" in that context? 🙈
That's was amazing. Actually, really feeling sad for you. Because your lesson is better than alot of Chanel in RUclips and you didn't get enough subscriber and viewers. But😀don't worry I'll try to share your lesson as much as I can.💪💪💪💪
Great lesson Vicki and Jay ..thank you but I've got two questions that are actually out of the subject they're actually about the modal verb "would " that have been used in this video In the minute 1:56 of the video Jay said " this is a cowboy hat that a criminal cowboy would wear,right?" could you tell me please what's the purpose of using the modal verb "would"v in this sentence above because I'm a little confused whether to use it or the modal verb "will" in the sentence mentioned above? Q2/ in the minute 3:02 of the video Vicki said "sometimes like in a chemist's, or as you wold say , a pharmacy" so we have another "would " In this sentence as well, please tell me what's its function here ? sorry for the inconvenience!
Hi Haider. Well spotted! In both cases we're using 'would' rather than 'will' because we are speaking hypothetically. If there were a cowboy, he would wear this hat. (But there is no cowboy.) If Jay were saying the word, he would say pharmacy. (But he isn't saying the word. I am.) Hope that helps?
Hang on is like to hold on Let's set up a meeting, shall we? How about to arrange a meeting without the phrasal verb? To set up a business- to start with a business. We are not very tidy Is there a difference between to put something away and to type up something away?
Fit can have this meaning if you are talking about physical health. It's about being healthy and strong, probably because you do regular physical exercise.
We don't have a school Barbara, but we hope you'll continue to watch our lessons on RUclips. They're kind of like a school! :-) And good luck in the lottery!
Hi Chloe. In British English I'll use the word 'full stop' to describe the punctuation mark we use at the end of a sentence. Jay call's in a period in American English. In both British and American English period can also refer to a particular amount of time. E.g. The offer is available for a limited period. Which period in history would you have liked to live in?
Jay and Vickie, you are both wonderful English teachers in your own right, and together the synergy is wonderful! Comparing and contrasting the American to the English accent in your videos is an ingenious idea. It really highlights and emphasizes the two main streams of the English language. Thank you!
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I'm from Vietnam, i think your lesson is great, thank you
Nice to meet you Thanh and welcome! So glad you like the lesson.
Thanks for your huge patience to teach us😍😘
It's our pleasure Dario.
Simple English is not just brilliant, but funny too!
Thank you so much, Mollie!
Excellent video, thank you so much, I'm watching it from Argentina
Hello to you in Argentina Leonardo. So glad you like it. :-)
I came accross your channel today and I can say you're great and funny teachers. It's really useful your teaching English. Some of your sketches cracked me up a lot! 😂I wish you the best.
Cheers from Italy 🇮🇹
Hello Luca and welcome to our channel. We're so glad you like the videos. Thanks for joining us. :-)
Very useful! I enjoy learning phrasal verbs. Thanks!
So glad you liked it Julio! Always great to hear from you and thanks for writing!
Vicky and Jay: a 🌋 of useful and amazing ideas!!!
Ha! Thank you so much Marymar!
Thank you for your great efforts.
You're very welcome Aimanno
I really like your way of teaching thank a lot for your effort
Go glad you like it Gulsum. Thanks for writing!
Thank u so much sir! That was really fun!
So glad you enjoyed it!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE AMAZING LESSON
So glad you liked it Dedewise!
I only can say, THAKS. You are really amazing
Ah! Thanks so much for the kind words Roberto. :-)
Very useful. Great lesson
Vicki and Jay have a great weekend
Thanks Aparecido! See you next week!
Excellent videos
Thank you so much Dario!
Thank you sir
You're very welcome Azabrar.
Wow thanks for this wonderful lesson I haven't a word to say something about This lesson..
Thanks a lot for you both
And It's for you 🌹🌹🌹🌹
Thank you so much Imran. It's been cold and wintry here and flowers are a wonderful sign of spring.
Very good, you are pretty fany and easy... Thanks you for your video.
So glad you like our videos Luciana! Thanks for writing!
interesting to watch your all video,
So glad you are enjoying exploring Sunil.
Great lesson as always.
Here I leave an example:
You have made excellent, useful videos, unfortunately, I haven't got round to them yet.
Oh great example Cyn! We love it!
I spotted only 12:
Scattered over
Tidy up
Laid out
Throw out
Throw away
Sort out
Hang up
Straighten out
Set up
Lying around
Came across
Put away
I missed the "got round to". And I thought it meant something like: to finish something, the conclude or make the final adjustments that a task demands (like the video, in this case). But, I was wrong. Actually, it was even simpler. Thanks for explaining.
Great job Leonardo!
Hi Guys!☺ You're a very nice! One question: Why haven't anymore our shows with other teachers? It were great! ☺👍
Hi Vicki, could you explain the tense used in set up part “Oh, is this a table cloth? Yes, that’s for when we want to set up a restaurant scene.” I’m not clear why you used present tense when something already happened. Thanks a lot!
Hi. Thanks for the question. In fact I'm talking about the future when I say it's for when we want to set up a restaurant scene. (We'll often use verbs like want, hope, and expect in the present tense to talk about the future. (You might like this video: ruclips.net/video/VDs69GW0AO0/видео.html) And in this video about phrasal verbs I meant that we set a restaurant scene in the past, but I expect we'll create more restaurant scenes in the future. Hope that helps.
Simple English Videos Thanks for your detailed explanation. By the way, could you help me one more question that is about ‘any more’ you mentioned in tidy up part ‘I don’t think we need it any more.’ From my understanding of ‘any more’ is about quantity and ‘anymore’ is about time so in this case I think ‘anymore’ is more appropriate. Please feel free to correct anything wrong. Thanks!
Ma'am please make a complete video on phrasal verbs, even if it's a little longer. Phrasal verb is very important for learn English. In my hometown Varanasi there is lot of foreigners come everyday mostly from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. l really like talking to them and I want to impress them and my dream is to talk like a native speaker.. please help me out
Yes, a lot of students have difficulty with phrasal verbs. They're very common in English, particularly spoken English. I think we might try to make a book about them.
Dear Vicki and Jay,
may I ask a question?
At the end of your scene when you found the clapperboard you said:
"Well, put it away then."
And Jay was answering:
"I shall."
When do you use this expression "I shall"?
I know "shall" as something like a stronger version of "should" like in
"Shall I help you?" or " Students shall not leave the school grounds without permission."
Could you please explain the meaning in the context of your video scene?
Sending you lots of love ♥
Steffi
Hi Stefanie. It's interesting he said that because it's normally only me that uses it that way in our house. Americans use shall a lot less than Brits. We tend to use it in offers and decisions (Shall I put it away for you? or I shall put it away) and also suggestions, of course (Shall we stop now?)
Thank you very much for your reply! 😍♥
This is exactly how I understand the usage of "shall" in English language.
That's why I was surprised hearing by Jay's answer to "Put it away then."
Does "I shall!" mean something like "Yup, that's what I got to do!" in that context? 🙈
You've got it. :-)
Rachel's boy will like the toy truck when he's older.
Oh, good thinking Counter Terror! In fact he'd probably like it now. We'll pass it along to Stoney!
Let's set up a meeting with Jennifer to make a new collaborative video. I think she would love that. 💝
Oh we love working with Jennifer, Ra'ed! In fact we have a little series we're planning about British and American English.
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That's really wonderful to hear. Thank you, Vicky. 👍✌
That's was amazing.
Actually, really feeling sad for you. Because your lesson is better than alot of Chanel in RUclips and you didn't get enough subscriber and viewers. But😀don't worry I'll try to share your lesson as much as I can.💪💪💪💪
Oh thank you so much for your support, Ahmed. We love it when viewers share our videos and help us grow the channel. THANK YOU! :-)
Great lesson Vicki and Jay ..thank you
but I've got two questions that are actually out of the subject
they're actually about the modal verb "would " that have been used in this video
In the minute 1:56 of the video Jay said " this is a cowboy hat that a criminal cowboy would wear,right?"
could you tell me please what's the purpose of using the modal verb "would"v in this sentence above because I'm a little confused whether to use it or the modal verb "will" in the sentence mentioned above?
Q2/ in the minute 3:02 of the video Vicki said "sometimes like in a chemist's, or as you wold say , a pharmacy"
so we have another "would " In this sentence as well, please tell me what's its function here ?
sorry for the inconvenience!
Hi Haider. Well spotted! In both cases we're using 'would' rather than 'will' because we are speaking hypothetically. If there were a cowboy, he would wear this hat. (But there is no cowboy.) If Jay were saying the word, he would say pharmacy. (But he isn't saying the word. I am.) Hope that helps?
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Yes it helps Thank you
Please make a video about the differences between will and would 🙏
Good idea!
+Simple English Videos , I'm also expecting you will do it as soon as possible
Hang on is like to hold on
Let's set up a meeting, shall we?
How about to arrange a meeting without the phrasal verb?
To set up a business- to start with a business.
We are not very tidy
Is there a difference between to put something away and to type up something away?
You can tidy things up or put things away. Tidy up means arrange neatly. Put away means put in the place they should be stored.
These are nice series. But in my opinion it would be better to make them 5..8 minutes length.
Thanks for sharing that thought Dmitry.
To be fit means neither weak nor fat for people.What do you think about it? Is there a word connected with this? If I am wrong ,You can correct me
Fit can have this meaning if you are talking about physical health. It's about being healthy and strong, probably because you do regular physical exercise.
Thank you
today i read at newspeper that someone from my small town won a lottery ,if i won a lottery i would to go to usa to learn english in your school
We don't have a school Barbara, but we hope you'll continue to watch our lessons on RUclips. They're kind of like a school! :-) And good luck in the lottery!
Oh Jay, this wig is ... maybe in a blonde one!😁
Ha! Funny you should say that Melinda. I want to buy us some more wigs. :-)
I’m a non native speaker and struggle with how to use the word “period” as it’s often used. All I know is that’s there’s two meanings, please help
Hi Chloe. In British English I'll use the word 'full stop' to describe the punctuation mark we use at the end of a sentence. Jay call's in a period in American English.
In both British and American English period can also refer to a particular amount of time. E.g. The offer is available for a limited period. Which period in history would you have liked to live in?
First comment! Can i please have a heart?
Wow you're fast scantily clad. Yes, first comment deserves a heart.
second comment, can i have a heart,pls
Ha! Well I'm not sure about that Barbara.... Ha! Just kidding. Of course you can. Thanks for commenting!
Interesting question. Are you a couple?
Hi Brandon Liu. This is Jay replying to your inquiry. Vicki and I are married. She says I'm a very lucky man :-)
Were you really a cop?
No Canal, Jay has had a lot of different jobs but he has never been a cop - except when he's playing a part in our videos. :-)
You are very funny... That makes us learn! 🤣
May I join the grandparents line? 😁