[ Class 7 ] Improve Your English Vocabulary (Stop Using Simple Words!)

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The reason why many students think their English is bad, is because they use simple vocabulary all the time! For example, if you want to describe something positively, you would use adjectives such as "Nice, Good", or negatively using adjectives such as "Bad". In this lesson, you will learn some alternatives to simple adjectives and simple verbs that you use daily.  Improving your English vocabulary is the first step in improving your overall English level. Substituting simple words would make you sound more professional and advanced while trying to communicate in English  GOOD LUCK    VISIT MY WEBSITE! AbayaHijabAvenue.pk is an online store where you can find stylish and modest clothing like abaya and hijab. We offer high-quality products and make shopping easy for you. Whether you're looking for traditional or modern styles, we've got something for everyone.

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00:00If you want to dramatically improve your level of speaking and writing in English language, stay with me.

00:12Hello, this is Matty from POC English and in this lesson I want to talk about something very important.

00:19The reason why many students think that their English is not good is because they don't use good words or good adjectives.

00:28They often stick to the simple adjectives like good, bad, nice, happy, sad or simple words look, walk or like.

00:40One way to improve your level of written and spoken English is by learning some alternatives to simple words and simple adjectives.

00:49In this lesson, that's what we're going to do.

00:52First, let's start with simple adjectives and number one is nice.

00:58We can use the adjective nice for nearly everything.

01:01A nice camera, a nice microphone, a nice laptop, nice room, nice person.

01:06Look at this sentence.

01:07We had a nice evening.

01:10Here, nice means enjoyable.

01:13So, instead of nice, you can say we had an enjoyable evening.

01:17You can also use pleasurable.

01:20We had a pleasurable evening.

01:22So, we had a nice evening, we had an enjoyable evening or we had a pleasurable evening.

01:28We can use nice to describe people like saying the host was really nice.

01:35Now here, nice can mean polite and with good manners.

01:40So, instead of nice, we can use gracious and say the host was very gracious or you can also say courteous.

01:50The host was courteous.

01:53Gracious, courteous, meaning polite.

01:57And look at this sentence.

01:59I went on a date with a very nice guy.

02:03Now here, nice means likable, someone I liked.

02:08I went on a date with a very nice guy.

02:10Instead of nice, you can say likable with a likable guy or lovely with a lovely guy.

02:17A more formal and advanced way of saying nice in this case is to say congenial, congenial.

02:25It means friendly.

02:27So, I went on a date with a congenial guy or with a congenial person to make it formal.

02:32Or another adjective is cordial, cordial.

02:37Now, listen up.

02:38It's not cordial in American pronunciation.

02:42It's cordial, cordial.

02:45Cordial and congenial both mean friendly and nice.

02:50So, instead of nice, depending on the meaning of nice,

02:54you can say enjoyable, pleasurable, gracious or courteous, likable, lovely, congenial or cordial.

03:04Now, adjective number two, which is very much used in everyday conversation and even in written text is good.

03:12Again, we can use good for almost everything.

03:15A good person, a good camera, a good room, a good computer, a good video.

03:20You can say that restaurant is good.

03:23Now, instead of good, what else can we say?

03:26If you want to say it's very good, you can use excellent or amazing.

03:32An amazing restaurant or an excellent restaurant.

03:35If it's very, very good, you can say it's wonderful or marvelous.

03:42Wonderful, marvelous.

03:45And if it is very, very, very good, you can say it's exceptional, outstanding, splendid, stupendous.

03:55All these adjectives mean very, very good.

03:59So, you can say excellent, amazing, wonderful, marvelous or exceptional, outstanding, splendid or stupendous instead of good.

04:11And the opposite of good is bad.

04:14Again, bad can be used for almost everything.

04:17For example, that is a bad restaurant.

04:20Now, instead of bad, what else can you say?

04:24You can say awful.

04:26That is a bad restaurant.

04:28That is an awful restaurant.

04:30That's an awful situation.

04:32You can say terrible, which means very bad, a terrible restaurant.

04:36You can say unpleasant, which means it's not pleasant, it's not good, it's bad.

04:42It's an unpleasant restaurant.

04:44Or you can say lousy.

04:46In that restaurant, the food was lousy or service was lousy.

04:52So, in this case, lousy, awful, terrible or unpleasant mean bad.

04:58You can also use bad for people and say, for example, we have a bad neighbor.

05:05Instead of bad in this case, you can use the adjective disagreeable.

05:09We have a disagreeable neighbor, which means a bad neighbor.

05:14If the person is unkind or unfriendly, you can use the adjective mean.

05:20I have a very mean neighbor.

05:22Or, dude, stop being mean.

05:25If there is a person with bad intentions, a person who wants to do something bad,

05:31you can say they are wicked, wicked, which means they have very bad intentions.

05:38A wicked old lady.

05:42Adjective four is sad.

05:45I'm sad.

05:47Instead of sad, what else can we say?

05:49You can simply say I'm unhappy or I'm upset.

05:54If you are really sad, you can say I'm miserable or I'm depressed.

06:01If you are very, very sad, you can say I'm dejected.

06:05So, I'm unhappy, I'm upset, I'm dejected, I'm depressed, I'm miserable.

06:12Now, sometimes there are things which make you feel sad.

06:17For example, the news was sad.

06:21Here, you can say depressing.

06:23The news was depressing.

06:25You can also use two very interesting adjectives.

06:28You can say sorrowful.

06:30The news was sorrowful.

06:32Or, if it made you cry, you can say it was tearful.

06:37The news was tearful.

06:41And the opposite of sad is happy.

06:44I am so happy.

06:46Instead of happy, you can say cheerful.

06:49I'm very cheerful now.

06:51Or, the kids were cheerful.

06:53You can say delighted.

06:55Oh, what an amazing surprise.

06:58I'm delighted.

06:59It means I'm very, very happy.

07:01When you meet someone and you want to say I'm happy to meet you,

07:05you can also use the word glad.

07:07Glad to meet you.

07:08Or, you can also say pleased.

07:10Pleased to meet you, sir.

07:12Glad or pleased.

07:14If you're really happy, you can say you are joyful.

07:17Or, elated.

07:19Oh, I'm elated.

07:22Okay, we've learned some alternatives for five very simple adjectives.

07:27Now it is time for verbs.

07:29But before we get to the verbs,

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08:03And now with the verbs.

08:04And verb number one is like.

08:06It's something we use a lot.

08:08Even me, I use it a lot.

08:10And listen, it's not wrong to say like all the time.

08:14But I'm saying if you want to improve your English a little bit,

08:17you can learn some alternatives.

08:19We can use the verb like for people.

08:21For example, I like Tom Cruise.

08:24He's an amazing actor.

08:26Instead of like here, I can say admire.

08:29I admire Tom Cruise.

08:31Or, I adore Tom Cruise.

08:34I can also say respect.

08:37I respect Tom Cruise.

08:39And not just Tom Cruise, it can be used for your teacher.

08:42I adore my teacher.

08:44I admire my teacher.

08:46I respect my teacher.

08:48If you are attracted to someone,

08:51you can say I like her.

08:53Or, I like him.

08:54But instead of like in this case,

08:56you can also use the verb fancy.

08:58I fancy her.

09:00Or, I fancy him.

09:01It means I am attracted to him.

09:03Or, I am attracted to her.

09:05You can also use fancy in questions

09:07when you want to offer something.

09:09For example, do you like a drink?

09:12I can also say, do you fancy a drink?

09:15Sometimes like means that something is very valuable to you.

09:20For example, this is my thesis.

09:23I recently graduated from university

09:25and I worked so hard for it.

09:28This is of high value to me.

09:31I like my thesis.

09:33I can also use the verb treasure

09:35and say I treasure my thesis.

09:38Which means I think it's very valuable to me.

09:42I treasure it.

09:43I can also say cherish.

09:45I cherish my thesis.

09:47It means it's of high value to me.

09:50You can also use these two verbs for your loved ones.

09:54Like your mother, your father, or your family.

09:56I cherish my mother.

09:58Or, I treasure my family.

10:00Verb number two is walk.

10:02Now, you might say,

10:04why should I learn some alternatives to walk?

10:07Well, I walk.

10:09You walk.

10:10We all walk in the same way.

10:12But really, do we?

10:14You can say, I want to go for a walk in the neighborhood.

10:18But, if you want to go for a walk,

10:20but you don't have a specific destination,

10:23there is no fixed place you want to go to,

10:26you can use the word stroll.

10:30And instead of walk, you can say,

10:32I want to stroll around the neighborhood.

10:35Which means to walk aimlessly but just for pleasure.

10:39I want to stroll around.

10:40Let's have some fun.

10:41Let's see what's new in the neighborhood.

10:43You can also use the verb wonder,

10:45which means to walk aimlessly.

10:47For example, those guys are wandering around the town

10:51or they are wandering around the neighborhood.

10:53It means they're just walking aimlessly.

10:56Now, sometimes your leg is hurt

10:58and you can't walk properly.

11:00So, in this case, it's like you go,

11:05what am I doing?

11:06Am I walking?

11:07Yes, but a specific word for it is limp.

11:10I'm limping.

11:12Oh, my leg.

11:13I'm limping.

11:14In the middle of the night, I'm feeling hungry.

11:17And I want to go to the kitchen,

11:19open the fridge and have a little snack.

11:22But my parents are asleep

11:24and I don't want my mom to notice it.

11:26So, what do I do?

11:27I walk quietly on the tip of my toes.

11:32And the verb is to tiptoe.

11:35I tiptoed to the kitchen to have a snack.

11:40It means I walked quietly to the kitchen to have some snacks.

11:45Or sometimes you see someone on the street

11:48who had a lot to drink.

11:50And how are they walking?

11:51They're not walking in the proper way.

11:53They're just walking like this.

11:57Here you can say they are staggering.

12:00I saw a guy staggering on the street

12:04and he was about to fall.

12:06So, there are different ways of walking.

12:08Strolling, wandering, tiptoeing, limping or staggering.

12:14And the last verb is look.

12:16Now, you can say I looked at the painting.

12:20But if you looked at the painting for a long time,

12:24you can use the verb gaze.

12:27I gazed at the painting for hours.

12:30Or stare.

12:32The guy was staring at me.

12:34It means he was looking at me without taking his eyes off me.

12:39If you take a quick look at something,

12:41you can use the verb glance.

12:43For example,

12:45I just glanced at my watch.

12:49I took a quick look.

12:50Or let's see if I have any messages.

12:53No, I just glanced at my phone.

12:56Or sometimes you're playing a game

12:58and you say cover your eyes.

13:00And then you cover your eyes,

13:01but then you are peeking.

13:04To peek means to look at something,

13:07but secretly.

13:09And without wanting others to know that you are looking.

13:12So, I am peeking.

13:14And then you can say no peeking, no peeking.

13:16And then I close my hand.

13:17So, instead of look you can say gaze or stare.

13:22Glance or peek.

13:24And that's it guys.

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