Learn English - Basic rules to improve your spelling

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  • Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
  • www.engvid.com/ Do you make spelling mistakes? Spelling in English CAN be easy. You just have to know the rules. In today's lesson, I will show you two basic rules about doubling consonants when changing words. You'll also learn how to say these words correctly. Practice these rules with me on our whiteboard, and then take our quiz to make sure you understand. www.engvid.com/basic-rules-to-...
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    To be or not to be? [Laughs] Spelling bee. In North America, we have this competition called "spelling bee". It's where children take words -- adults give children words, long words, and the children have to spell them correctly. Now, if you're from Saudi Arabia or Japan or Korea or other countries, right now, you're going, "Oh, my God, no!" Because you have to do this in English, and your alphabet is not ours. Latin speakers tend to go, "Oh, we'll do very well", and you're bad as well. And you want a secret? I'm bad at spelling. So just share it between you and the other hundred thousand people watching this, okay? So I'm bad at spelling. You're bad at spelling. But I have to teach the rules at school, and I do. I actually do. And if you ask me something, I'll tell you the rule. But you might catch me spelling it incorrectly. So this lesson is for you and for me. And I call it Spelling 101.
    English is not a phonetic language. It makes it very difficult to learn how to spell. So I'm going to give you English or Spelling 101, which are two little rules that will help you spell when dealing with English vowels. "The long and the short of it", I like the call this lesson. It's a joke in there. The long and the short. Whatever. Okay. Let's go to the board.
    Are you hoping -- and "hope" is when you pray. You know? You say, "Please let me win the lottery. Really. I want to win the lottery. Please let me win the lottery. Please let that beautiful girl think I'm nice. Please let me pass the test. I hope. I hope. I hope. I wish. I pray." Or are you "hopping"? Are you hopping, like boink, boink, boink? Like a little bunny rabbit. Are you hopping? You notice one has a P, and one has two Ps. Some of you would have written this because you'd say, "Well it's more than 'hope'. It's long, right?" Because "hop" looks like this, h-o-p. "Hope" looks like this. And anybody from a natural language would probably say, "Well, E -- this must be the correct one." I would think so. It's the longer word. But not in English, no. We don't work like that. The shorter word gets it, and the longer word gets this. When I was I kid, I was always told: Short words, you double it. That's what it was. Okay. It made sense. But there's something a little more to it, and today, I'm going to make it easy for you.
    Now, there's a lesson that has been done called "The Magic E". Go check that out. That will help you -- you know, it's a longer lesson that gives you more examples. But just to give you an idea of long versus short, okay? The magic E states this: If you have -- let's look over here. "Wipe", for instance. This is an I, a long vowel sound. There's a consonant and then, an E. If the E is on the end of a word, you have a consonant and then, a long vowel sound. Okay? The E actually causes it to be "wipe", not "wip". Right? So here's how we change it. Because we know this E helps to modify this, we have to drop the E. Okay? Because it's actually silent. You think "wipe", so it looks like this. That's what it looks like. "Wipe", not "why-ppe". Sorry, people from Brazil. No "why-ppe". No "why-ppe" here. Okay? That's part of the problem. Nobody tells you this stuff. But I do. Okay. So it's not "why-ppe" or "ray-tte" or "ho-ppe", just "hope", "rate", and "wipe".
    Now, the magic E helps us because we see this, and we know it's a long vowel sound. Yay! But when we're adding is it like, "wipes" or "wiping", "rate" or "rated", hoped or hoping, we have to drop that E. We're told, "Drop the E." It's silent. It's not doing anything, anyway. It's like your unemployed brother in your basement. He's not doing anything. Get rid of him. So "wipe" becomes "wiped" or "wiping". Drop the extra E. Not "wipeed". All right? "Rate" becomes "rated". Oops. Sorry. It becomes "rated". Just add the ED. Or "hoping", in the case up there, it becomes "hoping". We get rid of the extra E. We know it's the long vowel because there's only one consonant. Right? One consonant. One consonant. So we know this must be "wiped", "rated", "hoping". It could even be "hoped". "I hoped you would come." Okay? Don't double the consonant. Don't add two E's. It's just single, single. Easy? Easy. The magic E. Now, we know how it creates a sound. And now, we know how to change it. That's the long of it. The long vowel. You like that?

Комментарии • 752

  • @Danijones4571
    @Danijones4571 6 лет назад +38

    As an English speaking adult who left school early and can't spell 100% this is very help full. Thank you :)

  • @Matalic1
    @Matalic1 9 лет назад +305

    i like your laugh "MUHUHUHAHAHAAAA"

  • @lucarubinetti2523
    @lucarubinetti2523 9 лет назад +209

    James you're the best teacher I've ever had!!! keep on doing these amazing lessons :D

  • @anamariamihai9975
    @anamariamihai9975 5 лет назад +24

    i just found you,and feel like you’re the kind of teacher that makes one learn only because you’re so watchable. You also make it so fun to watch.. I am in love. 😍

  • @codythep
    @codythep 2 года назад +17

    Teacher: “Just share with The other hundred thousand people watching this.”
    Me: “yeah right, weird flex”
    Also me: *checks views... millions.

  • @WiCapitalco
    @WiCapitalco 2 года назад +10

    I'm 29 and I've always struggled with language. The way you teach is awesome! Thank you.. now I can learn more than just math logic and numbers lol

  • @michaelsie7841
    @michaelsie7841 5 лет назад +9

    Lesson was made simple and lively with that touch of humour. Amazing!

  • @ViniciusLamegoo
    @ViniciusLamegoo 8 лет назад +10

    OMG... best ESL teacher eveerrrr.... I'm from Brazil, but now Im living in Massachusetts.

  • @pokemonfanrock1
    @pokemonfanrock1 9 лет назад +6

    You're the god of english lessons, I'm brazilian and I intend on going to the United States for college. Needless to say, your videos have helped me immensely. Thanks

    • @MetroAii
      @MetroAii 2 года назад +1

      7 years later

  • @nicoleandfriends7648
    @nicoleandfriends7648 8 лет назад +10

    Thank you so much for this lesson! It's very helpful.

  • @user-ws8te6ml5y
    @user-ws8te6ml5y 5 лет назад +26

    I have a competition of spelling with my classmates . You truly help me !thank you so much teacher . From Morocco !😁

    • @hikari27506
      @hikari27506 4 года назад

      I'm from Morocco too!

    • @khalidelhajri
      @khalidelhajri 3 года назад

      Me too... 🤩

    • @iali3903
      @iali3903 3 года назад +1

      our brothers from morocco it's nice to see you switched from useless French language to English

    • @mohamedunderscore1234
      @mohamedunderscore1234 2 года назад

      Egypt

  • @easyrevenge_
    @easyrevenge_ 5 лет назад +21

    im really good in grammar but i needed to improve on my spelling so i needed this thank you! :)

    • @mrbuilder2503
      @mrbuilder2503 4 года назад +1

      My grammar Will surpass you in 666 days..

    • @Al-jf3jm
      @Al-jf3jm 4 года назад

      Me too

    • @shotto9167
      @shotto9167 4 года назад +1

      @@mrbuilder2503 This is pretty strange, the most part of the people do not need all these days to learn the orthography, because it is not so hard.

  • @jasonvia3916
    @jasonvia3916 3 года назад +6

    James, you're a great teacher! I wish my daughters teachers are as great as you are

  • @gracegallagher4671
    @gracegallagher4671 4 года назад +8

    Thank you so much, you are one of the best teacher ever come cross with. Stay blessed 🙏

  • @gianihremeviuc765
    @gianihremeviuc765 7 лет назад +38

    Love when people make literacy fun!

  • @rafiktekari
    @rafiktekari 6 лет назад +3

    Great teacher, you learn, and you have fun doing it. Master teacher. Thank you James.

  • @wendsonmonteiro9439
    @wendsonmonteiro9439 8 лет назад +5

    This what I'm used to saying to my students down here. In the beginning they tend to pronounce the letter E in final words just like in Portuguese. I laughed a lot when you mentioned that.

  • @nikolamuz
    @nikolamuz 10 лет назад +6

    Good job, mate.
    And thank you!

  • @Michelle-xo9je
    @Michelle-xo9je 2 года назад +3

    This is great, thank you. I am a good speller but I couldn't remember what the rule was to teach my 3rd grader how to convert his verbs. I love your humor 😊

  • @MeadowSchool
    @MeadowSchool 5 лет назад +5

    Important 'how to spell' teaching on this video. Thanks.

  • @tsinghuals
    @tsinghuals 10 лет назад

    Your lessons are highly appreciated.

  • @jaimecarranza2509
    @jaimecarranza2509 9 лет назад +1

    the greatest lesson I have ever taken! Thank you James

  • @jihun7
    @jihun7 9 лет назад +4

    really love your pronunciation .very clear for me!

  • @airace895
    @airace895 5 лет назад +2

    This sir is
    Very good sir

  • @ayama-
    @ayama- 3 года назад +2

    wonderful lesson James❤️❤️💐 Thanks a lot ❤️❤️💐

  • @DarkSlayer1901
    @DarkSlayer1901 7 лет назад +2

    Amazing! you add charisma and jokes to your explanations which makes it much more easier to understand

  • @vdeoracle
    @vdeoracle 6 лет назад +1

    This is really powerful! Thanks a lot! i need more of this.

  • @conservadorretrogrado1550
    @conservadorretrogrado1550 9 лет назад +5

    The best teacher of english.

    • @mrbuilder2503
      @mrbuilder2503 4 года назад

      The best tteacher of the omefedsfdf comedy the world
      yes.

  • @paulinho543
    @paulinho543 10 лет назад +5

    To my mind, the right thing to do is not to think if the word is large or short. If the word ends with a sequence of "consonant", "vowel" and "consonant" (CVC pattern), we have to double the last consonant and add ING or ED in the end. For example:
    Rub (Consonant/vowel/Consonant) = rubbed
    Sit (Consonant/vowel/Consonant) = Sitting
    Stop (Consonant/vowel/Consonant) = Stopping
    But, like everything in life, there are exceptions. For instance, in words with two syllables if the stress is on the first syllable, we do not have to double the last consonant, even if the word ends with a CVC pattern. For example:
    Visit (CVC pattern, but the stress is on the first syllable 'vis') = visited
    Enter (CVC pattern, but the stress is on the first syllable 'en') = entering
    Simple as that.
    And yes, we Brazilians have problems with the pronunciation of certain words that do not have a vowel in the end or the sound of it is silent.

  • @obidahsaed6516
    @obidahsaed6516 5 лет назад +3

    i could't continue the video without making a comment to say you are great teacher

  • @nethermohammed7104
    @nethermohammed7104 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you for your time. I have Learned something new ❤❤

  • @miss_squirrel2222
    @miss_squirrel2222 4 года назад +1

    Loved the way you taught thank you 😊

  • @sergih9258
    @sergih9258 10 лет назад

    Thanks for the lesson!

  • @danielarenee9957
    @danielarenee9957 10 лет назад +1

    These videos are great and help so much everybody who needs to learn english grammar. I also recommend because of the mood of teacher.

  • @gustavoleao847
    @gustavoleao847 10 лет назад

    Hi James, I listen yours videos every day, thanks.

  • @tiffany4522
    @tiffany4522 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much!!!! I have been trying to figure out how to help teach my 3rd grader with homeschool & spelling. This is going to help so much!

    • @jessicaladd85
      @jessicaladd85 5 месяцев назад

      Has this helped? I'm here for my son too❤

  • @bambapuangfoundation
    @bambapuangfoundation 2 года назад +1

    This is a great video and I like to watch to practice my English in listening.
    I am Indonesian and live in small town.
    In my town no one who could speak English, so I learn English with my self with memorizing some words in everyday. Its look like this is the old way to learn English, but I did it and only in about 4 months I almost memorize one simple dictionary. To practice my English I stand up in front of the mirror and try to talking with myself.
    Now I try to combine from one word to another words to make phrases and its no easy for me, but I do it every single day, while watching English video on RUclips.
    To practice my English, I start to teach some kids and students and start to mate English Video and try to upload at my RUclips Channel.
    Thank you very much for your great English

  • @millerm2490
    @millerm2490 6 лет назад

    You're such a great teacher!

  • @vinodbhaskar6927
    @vinodbhaskar6927 Год назад +1

    Simply awesome 👏🏻, from India 🇮🇳

  • @MO3ATH7777
    @MO3ATH7777 8 лет назад

    For a long time i have been good it speaking but bad it spelling.....but my spelling improved significantly after watching you videos....Thank you...Love from saudi arabia

  • @rxdms1916
    @rxdms1916 3 месяца назад

    Thanks im now more confident with my spelling bee in my school,cheers from mexico 🇲🇽❤️.

  • @NaohRosemaryTezemi
    @NaohRosemaryTezemi 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for this opportunity,am grateful

  • @Oziel_Estrada1979
    @Oziel_Estrada1979 10 месяцев назад

    I am a teacher in Mexico, Thanks a lot!! This helps me to my Spelling class!!!

  • @thamara6544
    @thamara6544 9 лет назад

    i am extremely thankful james . ur d best teacher i ve never seen

  • @erdmondmelodi6288
    @erdmondmelodi6288 2 года назад

    Thank you James. This is very good

  • @daniabaez3834
    @daniabaez3834 8 лет назад

    I love all your classes.

  • @idk-kx8yu
    @idk-kx8yu 2 года назад

    THIS TEACHER IS REALLY GOOD

  • @KahaleObay
    @KahaleObay 3 дня назад

    You are like a life saver this video helpt me a lot ....i really wish the teachers in my country to were like you 💙🙏🏻

  • @Chettanak
    @Chettanak 10 лет назад

    j'adore vos cours, merci bcp

  • @KatieLee0823
    @KatieLee0823 5 лет назад

    Awesome video the sarcasm actually helped me visualize and understand the spelling rules.

  • @ArinaMkrtchian97
    @ArinaMkrtchian97 10 лет назад

    Thanks a lot for a lesson !

  • @wendsonmonteiro9439
    @wendsonmonteiro9439 8 лет назад +1

    This what I'm used to saying to my students down here. In the beginning they tend to pronounce the letter E in final words just like in Portuguese. I laughed a lot when you mentioned that. Lol

  • @LuciaHelenadeSouza
    @LuciaHelenadeSouza 8 лет назад

    thank you for the transcription!

  • @MotivationDragon
    @MotivationDragon 3 года назад

    Great video. Thank you.

  • @Xjaje
    @Xjaje 4 года назад +1

    As a non-english native speaker, I understand you very well, my english knowledge is pretty good when I'm typing and reading. However I do have a serious struggle understanding voices and speaking correctly. I had to watch this video with subtitles to understand you. The video is 6 years old but maybe I can receive a tip from someone how to improve it. I speak english (writing and reading) for many years but I'm not having any good improvement when I try to talk to someone or listen. I tried many pronunciations websites to help me pronounce a word but still not good enough.

  • @jeremycooper9715
    @jeremycooper9715 7 лет назад

    You are an amazing teacher and extremely funny! thank you

  • @matiaspartridgebarbenza5853
    @matiaspartridgebarbenza5853 2 года назад +1

    My friend! You are an amazing teacher! I learned and I LAUGHT! Thank you :)

  • @dolphinlovers1222
    @dolphinlovers1222 4 года назад +1

    easy to follow and I am following your lesson well, there is nothing negative to report and yes, English is very difficult for new speakers and it is not simple to figure out, thank you for the vid.

  • @hellooh6269
    @hellooh6269 3 года назад +3

    It's so fun watching and learning 😁😁

  • @wcecsc
    @wcecsc 8 лет назад +1

    I'm from Saudi Arabia and thank you so much ^__^

  • @iPegasusZ
    @iPegasusZ Год назад +1

    Aaaah muchas gracias de verdad man, me has ayudado en algunas cosas que no entendía completamente 🙏🙏

  • @ivanorokkhito9727
    @ivanorokkhito9727 Год назад +4

    I like your teaching style. This is of course another good tutorial but I am an incredibly notorious misspeller and I have already gone through some renouned books like that one written by Norman Louise. Still I feel like a beginner. My mother tongue (actually standard language, Bengali ) has so many spelling rules that people say if you want to learn a correct spelling , there is only one effective way , Learn it . English spelling is nothing less than this.

  • @lakshmanankomathmanalath
    @lakshmanankomathmanalath 9 лет назад +1

    Great. Thank you.

  • @rivasfreight
    @rivasfreight 2 года назад +2

    ❤ Love this!! 😎 ❤❤❤ 🔥 Thank you for the help and tips all of it!!

  • @zoya9199
    @zoya9199 3 года назад

    I just adore his spirit 😍

  • @nebiatkidane5475
    @nebiatkidane5475 8 лет назад

    I love your teaching method. GBU!

  • @MoooonaKsa
    @MoooonaKsa 10 лет назад

    I'm from saudi arabia also , i love your way in the show , i wanna be like u some day , thanx a lot james

  • @haqkomano4175
    @haqkomano4175 Год назад

    You are very good at it. I am impressed by your teaching.

  • @MLTTERZ
    @MLTTERZ Год назад

    Thank you for so much help

  • @jmdev31584
    @jmdev31584 4 года назад

    Awesome! Thank you so much!

  • @ethiolab9795
    @ethiolab9795 4 года назад

    u remained me of my old English teacher after years tnxs keep it up

  • @ozilrapes
    @ozilrapes 8 лет назад

    thanks so much for your fun teaching

  • @rorantruong
    @rorantruong 2 года назад

    Good lesson James

  • @Teaserprank
    @Teaserprank 3 года назад

    This is really helpful... Thanks for the lesson

  • @bleachisgoodforurhealth9946
    @bleachisgoodforurhealth9946 4 года назад

    God bless you. Thank you

  • @water6133
    @water6133 Год назад

    Thank you!

  • @user-pj7tt2jy4h
    @user-pj7tt2jy4h 3 года назад

    Thank you impressive lesson

  • @irismartinez6502
    @irismartinez6502 6 лет назад

    Thank you james I'm still 9 years old youre a great teacher

  • @davidibiyemi1308
    @davidibiyemi1308 8 месяцев назад

    Awesome, you are wonderful Sir.

  • @abdikhadarhashi2357
    @abdikhadarhashi2357 9 лет назад

    Thanks, you are very helpful.

  • @ItsMeJndn
    @ItsMeJndn 2 года назад +1

    you're the best teacher.

  • @idowualiyah9314
    @idowualiyah9314 4 года назад

    You are the 1 have never see in my life teaching as a man like this

  • @tekestehaile5272
    @tekestehaile5272 2 года назад

    Amazing! thank you

  • @ingjcastro
    @ingjcastro 3 года назад

    Dude!!! you are the man!!!

  • @chiderachibuike1417
    @chiderachibuike1417 Год назад

    I love this lesson

  • @yukimaru-kun4937
    @yukimaru-kun4937 2 года назад

    I'm Brazilian. I appreciate your videos. Thank you so much for remembering the Brazilian people, Mr. hhaha

  • @aminesalim8727
    @aminesalim8727 3 года назад

    Thanks, sir for this beautiful useful lesson

  • @Maha05050
    @Maha05050 7 лет назад +3

    you saved my academic life :)))

  • @ghostpepperrides4805
    @ghostpepperrides4805 Год назад

    Well said.

  • @gertyndlovu859
    @gertyndlovu859 2 года назад

    You are the best teacher

  • @MohammedAmrxShad0w
    @MohammedAmrxShad0w 5 лет назад

    i thing u r the best teacher i have ever seen!

  • @ShazzaMua
    @ShazzaMua 2 года назад

    Thank you so much

  • @BernardoSSimoes
    @BernardoSSimoes 8 лет назад +2

    you are great!

  • @amiellaberinto2924
    @amiellaberinto2924 5 лет назад

    Thanks English teacher 😊

  • @EB0322
    @EB0322 10 лет назад +1

    You makes me laugh all the time ! Thanks for good class

  • @pogbamanunitedfan8617
    @pogbamanunitedfan8617 2 года назад +1

    Bless you 🙏

  • @Maheli1958
    @Maheli1958 8 лет назад

    Awesome teaching English class...

  • @0894531670
    @0894531670 10 лет назад

    Thank you so much

  • @blessingdoesntmatter8756
    @blessingdoesntmatter8756 4 года назад +2

    Awesome THANKS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH

  • @shasha6989
    @shasha6989 2 года назад

    Thank you for this video