@PrivateEnglishPortal That's good not just for studying, it's quite enjoyable. If all your songs are that good, I think you should get a bandcamp or something.
man, I'm Brazilian and I haven't seen a teacher like you before, you have talent to teach foreigners students, you really know how to do it...congratulations.
hey steve how r u doing? 'im always sending you messages and hope to get even one from you, I really enjoyed waching yours lessons God bless you, nabil khallouki ( morocco/khemisset)
teach us more phrasal verbs not just with get, I've seen thousands of odd phrasal verbs, by the time I'd not like to learn weird words nor little used words but the most common.
I'd say that you could hear several variations with regard to word stress eg. FRUstrating
(US) vs. frusTRATing (UK). Although many words have certain variations between the US and the UK, I'd say in this case it depends on what you want to emphasize i.e. the VOLUME or the action of turning it DOWN. You could even say TURN the volume down. So you have a lot of flexibility here.
Thank you so much for all you Youtube lessons! I do have a question regarding the stress patterns of phrasal verbs. Sometimes I heard people say "Turn the volume DOWN" (stressing the particle)and sometimes "Turn the VOLUME down" (stressing the direct object). I think the Americans tend to go for the former while the Brits for the latter. Am I right? Do you normally put the stress/accent on the direct objects or on the particles?
I think that SOME idioms and particularly phrasal verbs can be heard in listening activities from TOEFL and IELTS as examples of how university students communicate with each other. Many times phrasal verbs can be found in this way at the academic levels of English.
I really the most thing I enjoy doin it is watchin ur lesson and u r awsome!
am a student of english and I am preparrin to graduate this year and to graduate I have to make somehow a lesson in my training module! so my quetion is that: r idioms so informal that I can't make them as lesson?
I am happy that this video was of some help to you in order to learn those phrasal verbs! My advanced students and I see phrasal verbs as a brick wall which we knock down 'brick by brick'.
if " get+verb" (eg. get sleep) is to used in past , then which part is to be turned into past. I mean whether I should use got sleep or get slept or got slept.
How are you?. It's a pleasure leave a comment here, specially watching your videos. I could learn much more with your classes and now i'm prepare to send a message for you and thank you to help me without know me!
So, could you please give a little tip how can i make to study english and understand more the pronunciation?
Thank you very much for everything and stay with God!
Hello, this lesson was great, but I have a doubt about the pronunciation of 'a'. You said 'a' in two different ways at: 5:14 and then at 5:26. There's an special reason to do that?. I'm a Mexican learning English. Thank you so much.
Good question. The longer sounding 'a' is used more in formal speech whereas the shorter sounding 'a' is used in more semi-formal to informal speech. The same goes with 'the' and the longer sounding 'the'.
Mr. Steve, I am very happy to get your response. You are so thoughtful and very nice. Thank you very much for your teaching. I learn a lot. You are just like my guiding angel. Again ,THANK YOU!
Thanks! I think that prepositions are one of the most irregular things in the English langauge. I talk about phrasal verbs and how each of the prepositions you've mentioned combined with a verb can change its meaning. Check out Peppy 18 where I talk about phrasal verbs of location and we can talk some more. Steve
I'm from Huflit University in HCM city, VietNam . After watching your english video, I find it interesting and easy to understand. Your menthod is really special because it makes me feel that I'm "playing and enjoying", not "learing". I've got big trouble with phrasal verbs and indioms. Now It's better ! Ilove you Steve !
hey Steve. this Rachis ait attou from Morocco and this frist time i have ever watched ur videos and i would like to think for expalanation as i had big diffeclet about understanding phrasel verbs but now thanks .. keep on u do great ..
Thank u soooooo much for this nice info ,sorry i have another question which is about quiz ,u always give us at the end of eposide ,what does it mean by "let's get down my business".believe me or not i try to look at my dictionary ,but i didn't find any thing.again thx, i appreciate ur efforts.
Ah this is really tricky. We commonly say ' got on the subway' or 'get on the subway train' . It would be wrong to say ' get in the subway', but you could say ' get in the subway car ' which is a specific part of the train. You can also say 'get on the tube' or 'get on the tube train'.
Other kinds of transportation vary; get in the car, get on the bike, get on/off the bus, get on a plane, etc
Really,it is amazing and i try to get used of all of these phrasal verbs during my life ,there are alot ,but actually they are useful and i think they make every thing easy.
But i have one question for u , u told us it is wrong to use get in the subway ,but we have to say get on the subway ,so i'm not gonna to use it all when i describing any of transportation right?? again thx 4 ur GR8 efforts Mr steeve.
Hello Anabel! Please check Peppy 11 for an explanation on ing adjectives. As I said in this video, most verbs that come immediately after a preposition take the verb + ing form.
Hi Steve, I'd like to congratulate with you for your videos, I'm Italian and I've been living in Dublin since last October to study for First Cambridge. I have a question: I couldn't get a hold of her. What does it mean? It's a very interesting sentence. Thank you very much for your help
' to be more than happy to help' means that someone is completely comfortable to help you. ' There is no problem ! Whatever you need, I will help you. I am at your disposal'
steve i have a question for you as a one who s trying to learn engilish i was to have been watched your video before any way i discovered out right now my question s what does mean or can you give me a word o r give a defnation that dscirabe i would be more then hapy to help you what s to be more then happy
i have been in USA and I've been lost here, coz I am brazilian, living in USA. My english is so basic, but i can understand everything you are talking about... you are fantastic... once again Thank you, Steve
great question! 'Let's get down to business' means let's start to talk about the main topic. It's a great way to make a transition from an introduction to the main topic.
So if you are having a meeting and everybody is talking about the weather, the CEO could say, 'ok let's get down to business'
Steve, I'm a Brazilian student and I have a "dúvida". If I write "I'm getting good (AT) English, It'll be correct? For me, the roght preposition in his case is "IN"
I'm sorry it took so long for me to watch and comment on this video, I'm kind of busy these days and I didnt want to do this in a hurry!
Anyways, the video is awesome as always. Its incredible how you GOT really GOOD AT putting all these backgrounds, effects and everything, which makes your amazing lessons even more enjoyable to watch!
Hey Cris! It is always a pleasure to hear from a fellow teacher. How is the weather in Brazil today? I understand when you say that you are in a hurray! A teacher's work is never done!
Yes for sure! The TOEFL is for people who want to attend a university in the US or Canada as well as a few other universties in a few other countries( especially MBA programs). The SAT is strictly for the US ( to my knowledge).
Hi David! It's always great to hear from people from Spain! I have some online students from Madrid, Granada, Alicante, La Coruña, and a few others. That's great you have been to Vancouver. It's a great place to visit and study English at the same time.
Good luck on your job change! I have lots of students in the same boat. It's the new 'normal' nowadays! Remember 45 is the new 35!
Hi steve, my name is Ronny, I am Brazlian. You are fantastic!!! You know how to teach, you have the magic. I need you help about REPORT SPEECH anD ILL/GOING TO OBRIGADO.
Olá Steve, meu nome é Ronny e sou Brasileiro, você é o melhor porfessor de muitos que eu já assistir até hoje. "Você é fera"/you are genius. Obrigado por nos ensinar
Hello Steve. My name is David. I`m from Madrid (Spain). I was in Vancouver last year in a English private academy for 3 months. I`ve decided to improve my english because I made redundant in my former job and I`ve free time now. I`ve a "little" problem. I`m 45. Anyway...Congratulations for your great job. Your videos are amazing!!!. You`ve a new friend in Madrid. Bye.
I really wanted to make something which could help everybody learn such a tricky topic. There is a definate influence from two composers in this song. One is Villa Lobos and the other is Roland Dyens.
I am happy you are enjoying my lessons!
Please say hello to all of your friends and family in lovely Italy!
"The get song was written and performed by Steve Ford"... you are a f*ck*ng genius! :-) I really like this kind of music (and your lessons, of course), you could be a singer like... Michael Buble! All your lessons are great. Keep the good work. Best regards.
hmmm....very much the same weather here. I wish you the best of luck on your TOEFL test. If you need additional practise apart from my youtube videos you can always do the practise exercises on my website.
I have lived and visited countries in the past where I saw people who have very little money. I have also taught Canadian immigrants who were on welfare. Therefore, I have made my videos and ipod files free for viewing and studying online. I try to make as
much of my material as free as possible! I work full-time as an online English teacher, so I also offer VIP benefits for my private students. This way I am able to help you and help myself. It's a win/win situation.
I just wanted to congratulate you for teaching people through the widest mean. Internet. Specially Youtube as it is known in the whole world.
Well, I'm not good at English at all.
Everything I learned was by myself efforts by reading, listening to songs and watching to movies without subtitles.
I live in Sao Paulo, Brazil and I really wanted you to know that you should keep doing this. There are people just like me who doesn't have enough money to study it. Thanks.
That's a great question as a lot of students get the causative (get/have + past participle) and passive tenses( some form of be + past participle) confused. Both are similar in that they both use the past participle of the verb. This is a great extension on the theme of get and I will strongly consider doing your Peppy question for Peppy 26.
Hi Steve, My Peppy question is: Could you tell me sth about "causative have" when we have use it and what exactly does it mean? Marcin, your student from Poland.
I enjoy making these lessons so much! It makes me very happy to know you are enjoying them too. I see you are from China! I have taught many many Chinese Canadian immigrants.
I learned a lot about your country from them.
Please say hello to all of your friends and family in China!
hmmmm, could be made into an adverbial clause video using when as well as perhaps conditional 2. For sure, this could be the start of a great idea for a future Peppy!
I am so happy you have learned 'The Get Song' by heart. I promise to compose and record more music like this again. For sure for Peppy 25. I am filming Peppy 24 as we speak by the way!
Good questions! The first question was part of my bonus question quiz, right? 'Get accross your ideas' means to communicate your ideas, to make them understood by others.
The example for get around' is I get around town by subway. You are from Mexico. How do you get around when you are in downtown Mexico?
Say hello to all my good friends and students in Mexico!
Hey Felipe! You are very welcome! I have taught both publicly and privately for 16 years and one thing that I have always wanted to do is to make something for my students which isn't just a page from a book, but also a page in the book of everybody's life.
please say hello to all of your friends and family in Chile!
Steve, Thank you very much for your work. I think they are the best available videos in internet because they have the most innovative production (the subtitles with your pronunciation is the best idea). My best regards from Chile and i will continue learning from your videos.
You are so kind with the comment you left me! I am happy that you are learning so much from my videos. Drink from my fountain of knowledge my friend. There is plenty to go around!
First of all I would like to say hi to you and all of my students, as well as my youtube viewers, my Peppyclub members, as well as my students from other English learning site from Russia. I have just seen a video by Zemfira which I really liked!!!!
Anyways thanks for your comment! You can count on me to make more videos about phrasal verbs!!!!!
Wow! With comments like yours, I am definately on cloud 9. It make me happy to know that you found the quality of the video to be something which can be part of your life experience!
You've made an excellent video, thank you! I hope you'll continue talking about phrasal verbs and I'd like you to tell about give and take verbs in your next videos.
Oh, my god! This video should be shown on all TV channels around the world! Congrats, Steve! And thank you for giving us such precious gift! You're my guru!
I really enjoyed making this video! The music came from my memories of taking the subway in Paris back in 2000. I am so happy you enjoyed the video and were able to learn something in English.
Steve, the video is amazing! And the song - it's out of this world! The video doesnt only teach us some useful phrasal verbs but also tells us a bit about France! I'm impressed!
We love youuuuu :)
Thank you
secretman0621 1 month ago
hey, what's that song? is it yours?
BozoDel 2 months ago
@BozoDel Hello! That's "The Get Song" which I wrote and recorded for this video!
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 months ago
@PrivateEnglishPortal That's good not just for studying, it's quite enjoyable. If all your songs are that good, I think you should get a bandcamp or something.
BozoDel 2 months ago
Is it true that English speaking people prefer using Phrasal verbs to Normal verbs?
tongpeter2010 4 months ago
@tongpeter2010 Yes, much better this way! More natural............
PrivateEnglishPortal 4 months ago
heloo..thanks a lot
irmisa2 5 months ago
why did the english people invent " phrasal verbs " , but you made it easier , thanks :D
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MsTheMiss 1 year ago
hey steve how r u doing? 'im always sending you messages and hope to get even one from you, I really enjoyed waching yours lessons God bless you, nabil khallouki ( morocco/khemisset)
stylewazani 1 year ago
Its okey
franco121760 1 year ago
greeting from morocco nabil khallouki khemisset
stylewazani 1 year ago
mexico
RobertDeLeo 1 year ago
So good!
Linkworldnet 1 year ago
teach us more phrasal verbs not just with get, I've seen thousands of odd phrasal verbs, by the time I'd not like to learn weird words nor little used words but the most common.
2502a25 1 year ago
hi mr good will how to use i, i am, am i, you, your, because i was so confuse and getting trouble of my self sometimes to use this word
longdebo1 1 year ago
Steve looks like a magician
juropico 1 year ago
STEVE YOU ROCK!
priscijojo 1 year ago
thank you so much. love it.
nevaehnews 1 year ago
thank you very much from Italy !!!!!
ciampakunden 1 year ago
when do i use GO and Come? can u give me samples of phrasal verbs using those words?
gmacahia 1 year ago
thank you very much. but sir how can i speak in british accent?
wadupyo99 1 year ago
well explained, the music helps to remember it all.
FuriousFrankie 1 year ago
i have a big problem on when i have to use on and in
ainamelas 1 year ago
Hello Steve your viedeos are very good!!!
Can you make a viedeo who you can teach us the TENSES!!
Thanks mariomusik from Austria
mariomusik 1 year ago
great!!
BETZYCUA 1 year ago
Your videos are so helpful. Thank you Sir!
amistad101010 1 year ago
Great video Steve! Thanks for all of your videos!
joshmather99 1 year ago
Great Mr Steve i am srilankan i do learn english well from the videos that bublished by you.
sft851205268v 1 year ago
I'd say that you could hear several variations with regard to word stress eg. FRUstrating
(US) vs. frusTRATing (UK). Although many words have certain variations between the US and the UK, I'd say in this case it depends on what you want to emphasize i.e. the VOLUME or the action of turning it DOWN. You could even say TURN the volume down. So you have a lot of flexibility here.
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Hi Steve,
Thank you so much for all you Youtube lessons! I do have a question regarding the stress patterns of phrasal verbs. Sometimes I heard people say "Turn the volume DOWN" (stressing the particle)and sometimes "Turn the VOLUME down" (stressing the direct object). I think the Americans tend to go for the former while the Brits for the latter. Am I right? Do you normally put the stress/accent on the direct objects or on the particles?
Thanks! Ken
kkchant 2 years ago
thanks so much...your videos r really helpful
moonto84 2 years ago
Hi missAlgerie1988!
Ça va trés bien merçi!
Thanks for the kind words!
I think that SOME idioms and particularly phrasal verbs can be heard in listening activities from TOEFL and IELTS as examples of how university students communicate with each other. Many times phrasal verbs can be found in this way at the academic levels of English.
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
hell steve! how r u?
I really the most thing I enjoy doin it is watchin ur lesson and u r awsome!
am a student of english and I am preparrin to graduate this year and to graduate I have to make somehow a lesson in my training module! so my quetion is that: r idioms so informal that I can't make them as lesson?
hope u get what am tryin to ask steve!
thank you soooooooooooooo much
my regards
missAlgerie1988 2 years ago
Hello!
I am happy that this video was of some help to you in order to learn those phrasal verbs! My advanced students and I see phrasal verbs as a brick wall which we knock down 'brick by brick'.
Best of luck!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Hi, Steve. That video was fantastic. Im studying English, I am in a level PET(Cambridge). It was good to find something about the phrasal verbs.
Congratulations!
parmenides19 2 years ago
Hi Steve,
I'm from Brazil.
I'm student of English....
This video was the first that I watched your.....
It's good too much...
Thank you!!!!
eugeniorei 2 years ago
Thanks for clarification.
mahmoodtube 2 years ago
Hi Steve , thanks for your very useful lesson.
I have a question:
if " get+verb" (eg. get sleep) is to used in past , then which part is to be turned into past. I mean whether I should use got sleep or get slept or got slept.
thanks & regards
mahmoodtube 2 years ago
Hello! Hello! Hello! Mahmoodtube!
In this case 'sleep' is actually a noun(person,place,thing). We commonly say things like:
Get some sleep! ( imperative)
Getting sleep is important. ( general statement)
So in this case you don't need to use the past participle 'slept'
Regards,
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Hello Steve Peppy.
How are you?. It's a pleasure leave a comment here, specially watching your videos. I could learn much more with your classes and now i'm prepare to send a message for you and thank you to help me without know me!
So, could you please give a little tip how can i make to study english and understand more the pronunciation?
Thank you very much for everything and stay with God!
BYE BYE!
TCHAU!
cmtebalogh 2 years ago
Hello and thanks for your comment and question! First of all Peppy is the name of the video and my name is Steve Ford :)
I am happy you are learning a lot. Please check Peppy 9 and 13 for pronunciation tips.
Thanks and tchau,
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
excelente, se aprende con usted bastante, muchas gracias
kamigua 2 years ago
Thanks! I am happy you are learning a lot with my videos!
Regards and abrazo,
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Steve, thanks for your story to remember Phrasal verbs!
fuz777324 2 years ago
Thanks Mr Steve! Im a morrocan student and I hope I'll improve my english with Ur lessons...
MimiCha90 2 years ago
Thanks! That's great and i hope you are learning a lot of things with my videos!
Salam!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
What Video editing program do you use?
gharwell1 2 years ago
Maybe he's using After Effects.
Hello, this lesson was great, but I have a doubt about the pronunciation of 'a'. You said 'a' in two different ways at: 5:14 and then at 5:26. There's an special reason to do that?. I'm a Mexican learning English. Thank you so much.
str0ngbacker 2 years ago
Good question. The longer sounding 'a' is used more in formal speech whereas the shorter sounding 'a' is used in more semi-formal to informal speech. The same goes with 'the' and the longer sounding 'the'.
Regards, Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Very clear, thank you so much!.
str0ngbacker 2 years ago
porque o senhor pronuncia ´´a`` como se fosse ´´ei``?
kekewhc 2 years ago
Mr. Steve, I am very happy to get your response. You are so thoughtful and very nice. Thank you very much for your teaching. I learn a lot. You are just like my guiding angel. Again ,THANK YOU!
jgoolala 2 years ago
enjoy learning. thnx!! ;)
jgoolala 2 years ago
You are very welcome!
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Excellent. Thank you sir.
abcd1234aye 2 years ago
Thanks! You are very welcome!
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
i liked the video, it was a good anecdote to explain
i just have a question about the prepositions in phrasal verbs, do they have a general meaning with any verb? like up, out, in,on...
mkaldana 2 years ago
Thanks! I think that prepositions are one of the most irregular things in the English langauge. I talk about phrasal verbs and how each of the prepositions you've mentioned combined with a verb can change its meaning. Check out Peppy 18 where I talk about phrasal verbs of location and we can talk some more. Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
very good video
barhammarzani 2 years ago 2
Hi Metacafe8490! For sure we would like to do a Peppy world tour and come and visit you!
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
My Steve ! Why don't you come to VietNam once? I and my friend are looking forward to your coming ! Is it a good idea ?
metacafe8490 2 years ago
I'm from Huflit University in HCM city, VietNam . After watching your english video, I find it interesting and easy to understand. Your menthod is really special because it makes me feel that I'm "playing and enjoying", not "learing". I've got big trouble with phrasal verbs and indioms. Now It's better ! Ilove you Steve !
metacafe8490 2 years ago
Steve ! I love you !
metacafe8490 2 years ago 2
thanx sir
purple09haze 2 years ago
hi sir thanks
MsHhh22 2 years ago
hi, Steve I have just noticed of your page. I would like you to explain something about idioms.... Please.
medicosabio 2 years ago
Hello medicosabio ! Please check out my Peppy videos 19-22 which deal with idioms related to parts of the body.
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
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what a show i cant understand ur show???????
2246921 2 years ago
hey Steve. this Rachis ait attou from Morocco and this frist time i have ever watched ur videos and i would like to think for expalanation as i had big diffeclet about understanding phrasel verbs but now thanks .. keep on u do great ..
tislite2009 2 years ago 3
that was very clear ,,no questions
skinfuckenhead 2 years ago
Hi Steve!!
My name is Fabrício I'm from Brazil
Please what is the difference between in the bank and at the bank
Thank you
Zity18 2 years ago 2
thank you
thismomentyourtube 2 years ago 3
Hey i can not believe that you got nice voice. oh you are a good singer too.
brilliant.
regards
alvinchiew
alvinchiew1 2 years ago 3
hi steve. im talking from natal, brazil. i´d like to thanks for your videos. i really getting improve my english with them.
abraço
xereba21 2 years ago 4
I LOVE THE GET SONG!!!! HA!!!!
lukanegrao 2 years ago 10
O que significa as expressoes : 'YO' e 'YA' ?
Eu amo suas aulas, você é o máximo! beijos
Natthebee 2 years ago 2
ya means you but It is a slang for example
see ya insted of say : see you
or in america yo
hey yo - hey you
arnold17a 2 years ago 2
Wonderful show!
davidsz1984 2 years ago
not + either = neither
I've come undone = fall apart, lose control
Regards and abrazo,
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Hi Steve! im Ezequiel, from Argentina!!!
and, i think u r amazing dude!!! a very good teacher!
i've a question.... (here we go)
how i have to use Either & Neither?, its not the same?
and also i'd like to know what does this phrase means....
" Come undone " or " I come undone "
as Robbie Williams' song says...
i couldn't find the meaning!!!
thank you!!!
pinito15 2 years ago
Ah , you mean " let's get down TO business " . This means let's get started. It means let's get straight to the point.
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Thank u soooooo much for this nice info ,sorry i have another question which is about quiz ,u always give us at the end of eposide ,what does it mean by "let's get down my business".believe me or not i try to look at my dictionary ,but i didn't find any thing.again thx, i appreciate ur efforts.
HebaAlaaEldin 2 years ago
Ah this is really tricky. We commonly say ' got on the subway' or 'get on the subway train' . It would be wrong to say ' get in the subway', but you could say ' get in the subway car ' which is a specific part of the train. You can also say 'get on the tube' or 'get on the tube train'.
Other kinds of transportation vary; get in the car, get on the bike, get on/off the bus, get on a plane, etc
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Really,it is amazing and i try to get used of all of these phrasal verbs during my life ,there are alot ,but actually they are useful and i think they make every thing easy.
But i have one question for u , u told us it is wrong to use get in the subway ,but we have to say get on the subway ,so i'm not gonna to use it all when i describing any of transportation right?? again thx 4 ur GR8 efforts Mr steeve.
HebaAlaaEldin 2 years ago
Hello Anabel! Please check Peppy 11 for an explanation on ing adjectives. As I said in this video, most verbs that come immediately after a preposition take the verb + ing form.
Regards,
Steve
PS How's the weather down in Quito today ?
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Hi Steve I'm Anabel from Quito Ecuador, I would like to know how to use ING in prepositions, verbs, adjectives, please I'm little confused :) Thanks
marealijobp 2 years ago
Hi Andrea, I know many of my students from France and italy take an English course in Ireland for a few months. I hope you are enjoying your self!
'I couldn't get a hold of her' means I was not able to contact her directly. You could also say 'I couldn't reach her '
Have a wonderful day!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
Hi Steve, I'd like to congratulate with you for your videos, I'm Italian and I've been living in Dublin since last October to study for First Cambridge. I have a question: I couldn't get a hold of her. What does it mean? It's a very interesting sentence. Thank you very much for your help
AndreaCosi76 2 years ago
' to be more than happy to help' means that someone is completely comfortable to help you. ' There is no problem ! Whatever you need, I will help you. I am at your disposal'
Hope this helps!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 2 years ago
steve i have a question for you as a one who s trying to learn engilish i was to have been watched your video before any way i discovered out right now my question s what does mean or can you give me a word o r give a defnation that dscirabe i would be more then hapy to help you what s to be more then happy
amerikan56 2 years ago
Good work. I hope you give us allot of it.
Thanks,
world2fun 2 years ago
Hi Jaqueline!
How long have you been in the USA for? I am happy you are able to understand my videos with your level of English.
Keep up the good work!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Great material indeed! I dig the Jazzy mood of your classes :D. Keep up.
Kdees 2 years ago
thank you so much for your help...
i have been in USA and I've been lost here, coz I am brazilian, living in USA. My english is so basic, but i can understand everything you are talking about... you are fantastic... once again Thank you, Steve
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Jacqueline
mhuriel15 3 years ago
great question! 'Let's get down to business' means let's start to talk about the main topic. It's a great way to make a transition from an introduction to the main topic.
So if you are having a meeting and everybody is talking about the weather, the CEO could say, 'ok let's get down to business'
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Hi. Mr. Steve. This Persian Soheil.
Let's get down to business means to start up a business, right?
What does it mean?
Please define and give me another example of this idiom.
soheilmosharraf 3 years ago
Steve, I'm a Brazilian student and I have a "dúvida". If I write "I'm getting good (AT) English, It'll be correct? For me, the roght preposition in his case is "IN"
Thanks 4 the patience. ^^
Felipiin1993 3 years ago
Thanks David!
Please say hello to your family and friends in Poland for me!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
FANTASTIC!!!
davidsz1984 3 years ago
Thanks Tostine! I am working hard to make something that everybody can remember with a smile on their face!!!!!
Have a great day in the UK!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Cool!Very cool!You're the top-banana!Congrats!
tostine1960 3 years ago
Mr. Steve.
Thanks but where is it? Have you posted it already or you will post it right away?
Thank you. I really appreciate this.
I don't know how to thank you.
Best regards
Soheil
soheilmosharraf 3 years ago
soheilmosharraf,
Check my reply on the TOEFL video to which you had posted you initial question!
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
perfect like ever.
Could you help me in reading for Toefl?
I subscribed to your videos.
This is your Persian online student, Soheil.
soheilmosharraf 3 years ago
Hey
soheilmosharraf,
I have posted an answer to you with regard to your TOEFL question.
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Hi Steve!
I'm sorry it took so long for me to watch and comment on this video, I'm kind of busy these days and I didnt want to do this in a hurry!
Anyways, the video is awesome as always. Its incredible how you GOT really GOOD AT putting all these backgrounds, effects and everything, which makes your amazing lessons even more enjoyable to watch!
Have a fantastic weekend!!
Cris
CrisMcBrain 3 years ago
Hey Cris! It is always a pleasure to hear from a fellow teacher. How is the weather in Brazil today? I understand when you say that you are in a hurray! A teacher's work is never done!
Have a fabulous weekend too!
( bom feriado para você)
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Yes for sure! The TOEFL is for people who want to attend a university in the US or Canada as well as a few other universties in a few other countries( especially MBA programs). The SAT is strictly for the US ( to my knowledge).
Regards,
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Hi Steve,
Could you advise me? What is better and give more opportunities? I have to pass TOEFL or SAT and I don't know what to choose?
Regards,
Marcin
maaciek69 3 years ago
Hello! Ronny! I got your message! You are such an enthusiastic learner! Awesome! For sure I will try to cover the grammar points you've mentioned!
How is the weather in Brazil today?
( um abraço para você)
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Great!!! You answered me!! Humble person.
Today( 19/11/2008)it's raining hard. Where do you live Steve?
ronindt 3 years ago
Vancouver, Canada! Sunny today and mild for November! :)
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Hi David! It's always great to hear from people from Spain! I have some online students from Madrid, Granada, Alicante, La Coruña, and a few others. That's great you have been to Vancouver. It's a great place to visit and study English at the same time.
Good luck on your job change! I have lots of students in the same boat. It's the new 'normal' nowadays! Remember 45 is the new 35!
( saludos desde Vancouver, Canada)
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Hi steve, my name is Ronny, I am Brazlian. You are fantastic!!! You know how to teach, you have the magic. I need you help about REPORT SPEECH anD ILL/GOING TO OBRIGADO.
ronindt 3 years ago
Olá Steve, meu nome é Ronny e sou Brasileiro, você é o melhor porfessor de muitos que eu já assistir até hoje. "Você é fera"/you are genius. Obrigado por nos ensinar
ronindt 3 years ago
Hello Steve. My name is David. I`m from Madrid (Spain). I was in Vancouver last year in a English private academy for 3 months. I`ve decided to improve my english because I made redundant in my former job and I`ve free time now. I`ve a "little" problem. I`m 45. Anyway...Congratulations for your great job. Your videos are amazing!!!. You`ve a new friend in Madrid. Bye.
PUENTELASIERRA 3 years ago
Hey Ginblog82 Thanks!
I really wanted to make something which could help everybody learn such a tricky topic. There is a definate influence from two composers in this song. One is Villa Lobos and the other is Roland Dyens.
I am happy you are enjoying my lessons!
Please say hello to all of your friends and family in lovely Italy!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
"The get song was written and performed by Steve Ford"... you are a f*ck*ng genius! :-) I really like this kind of music (and your lessons, of course), you could be a singer like... Michael Buble! All your lessons are great. Keep the good work. Best regards.
GinBlog82 3 years ago
Thanks for the compliment tacio! May you reach the level in English you have always dreamed of!!!!!
Please say hello to your family and friends in Brazil!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
All I needed was online classes like these. I learn much more and of course, it´s much better to learn with a native speaker!
taciofbarros 3 years ago
hmmm....very much the same weather here. I wish you the best of luck on your TOEFL test. If you need additional practise apart from my youtube videos you can always do the practise exercises on my website.
Regards,
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
In Poland today's cloudy and windy but it's not raining. But yesterday we had great weather: it was very sunny:)
I am preparing to TOEFL, too . Do you have maybe some materials which you could send me by email?
Regards,
Marcin
maaciek69 3 years ago
For sure! It's a great grammar point to cover!
What's the weather like in the south-western part of Poland today Marcin? Here it's raining and about 10 degrees celcius....
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
I am from Sycow this is south-western part of Poland. I'd be very grateful for this Peppy lesson.
Regards,
Marcin
maaciek69 3 years ago
Hi Albert,
Thanks for your comment!
I have lived and visited countries in the past where I saw people who have very little money. I have also taught Canadian immigrants who were on welfare. Therefore, I have made my videos and ipod files free for viewing and studying online. I try to make as
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
much of my material as free as possible! I work full-time as an online English teacher, so I also offer VIP benefits for my private students. This way I am able to help you and help myself. It's a win/win situation.
take care!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Hi Steve,
I just wanted to congratulate you for teaching people through the widest mean. Internet. Specially Youtube as it is known in the whole world.
Well, I'm not good at English at all.
Everything I learned was by myself efforts by reading, listening to songs and watching to movies without subtitles.
I live in Sao Paulo, Brazil and I really wanted you to know that you should keep doing this. There are people just like me who doesn't have enough money to study it. Thanks.
albertpatrick87 3 years ago
Hi Marcin,
That's a great question as a lot of students get the causative (get/have + past participle) and passive tenses( some form of be + past participle) confused. Both are similar in that they both use the past participle of the verb. This is a great extension on the theme of get and I will strongly consider doing your Peppy question for Peppy 26.
What part of Poland are you from?
Regards,
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Hi Steve, My Peppy question is: Could you tell me sth about "causative have" when we have use it and what exactly does it mean? Marcin, your student from Poland.
maaciek69 3 years ago
Hi seaisland321!
I enjoy making these lessons so much! It makes me very happy to know you are enjoying them too. I see you are from China! I have taught many many Chinese Canadian immigrants.
I learned a lot about your country from them.
Please say hello to all of your friends and family in China!
Bye for now!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
it is very enjoyable for me to listen to your lessons.thank you so much for oferring to me.
seaisland321 3 years ago
For sure! that's in the Peppy future!
What part of Brazil do you live in ?
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
I live in São Paulo SP.
I got from your web site that you've taught
here as well as in Recife and others. it is great.
those pic your look is quite different ...
long hair, style t-shirt. ( sorry )
that's nice Steve.
Eduardo Cassoli.
iopkythowal 3 years ago
For sure! I lived and taught in many parts of your country! It was an amazing experience!
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
ok steve,
I know you've already been in lots of country,
if you have plans to travel to Brasil
to provide some conference or something like this; I would really like to go if possible
thank you for answering my coment below
even a great teacher; you're a great musician;
Cheerio
Eduardo Cassoli.
iopkythowal 3 years ago
hmmmm, could be made into an adverbial clause video using when as well as perhaps conditional 2. For sure, this could be the start of a great idea for a future Peppy!
have a great day!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
I want my kids to discuss what they want to be when they grow up? Can u discuss that topic as central idea to any of ur video?
tazeenhasan 3 years ago
For sure ! I understand!
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
thanks I wish to learn more english
subersore 3 years ago
Hey iopkythowal,
I am so happy you have learned 'The Get Song' by heart. I promise to compose and record more music like this again. For sure for Peppy 25. I am filming Peppy 24 as we speak by the way!
Have a great day!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
hey Steve; it's iopkythowal ...
how are you doing? well,
I am writting this message because I'd ask you about something; ( 'if it's possible' )
I surely loved listening that piece of that move above where you got a song with those
phrasal verbs; it was amazing" wasn't it?
I confess you I've already took it by heart;
so, would be possible to record something like this again?
thank you Steve;
iopkythowal 3 years ago
Hey Subersore!
Good questions! The first question was part of my bonus question quiz, right? 'Get accross your ideas' means to communicate your ideas, to make them understood by others.
The example for get around' is I get around town by subway. You are from Mexico. How do you get around when you are in downtown Mexico?
Say hello to all my good friends and students in Mexico!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
so get across my ideas is like what?
and get around means go to one place to another?
subersore 3 years ago
Hey Felipe! You are very welcome! I have taught both publicly and privately for 16 years and one thing that I have always wanted to do is to make something for my students which isn't just a page from a book, but also a page in the book of everybody's life.
please say hello to all of your friends and family in Chile!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Steve, Thank you very much for your work. I think they are the best available videos in internet because they have the most innovative production (the subtitles with your pronunciation is the best idea). My best regards from Chile and i will continue learning from your videos.
Felipe.
felipequimico 3 years ago
Hey ! I am so happy to hear from you again! How is the weather today in Vietnam?
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Thanks so much for your videos. They help me a lot.
cubi1604 3 years ago
Thanks so much!
Ciao!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Very good, 5*****!
DepsaFanClub 3 years ago
Thanks iopkythowal,
You are so kind with the comment you left me! I am happy that you are learning so much from my videos. Drink from my fountain of knowledge my friend. There is plenty to go around!
Keep playing that guitar!!!!!!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
the more I watch you movies the more I learn,
I tell you it's easier to 'get by' now than a couple of months ago; I've been trying 'to keep off' some mistakes and thank your movies
now it is possible
I've also been enhancing my vocabulary watching all over them; I am addicted on your movies; it's being my single-minded goal;
thank you again; I am looking forward to your new movies;
iopkythowal 3 years ago
Hi Susana!
Thanks for your comment! You all help me by posting wonderful comment which help motivate me to make more videos for you!
Steve
PS Please give an 'abraço' to all of your friends and family in Brazil!
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Hi, i'm Susana. Is it my firt time in this site. I enjoy much this video. Thank you for help us in this language. You are excelent teacher. Bye!!
susanawanderleymacie 3 years ago
Thanks seclistas,
I am so happy to hear that your English is improving with my videos!
Please say hello to your friends and family in Brazil!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Hi Steve, great job. I'm improving my english with you. Thanks, regards from Brazil ;)
seclistas 3 years ago
100% correct Agnieszka!
Great job!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
I've got one question..
i couldn't get a hold of her means I couldn't contact her? Because I'm not certain about that one.
AgnieszkaD1990 3 years ago
Hi Galsheb,
First of all I would like to say hi to you and all of my students, as well as my youtube viewers, my Peppyclub members, as well as my students from other English learning site from Russia. I have just seen a video by Zemfira which I really liked!!!!
Anyways thanks for your comment! You can count on me to make more videos about phrasal verbs!!!!!
Have a great day!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Thank you, Steve!!! It's so kind of you. You are the best teacher in the world!!!
I'm glad you liked Zemfira, she is really talented.
galsheb 3 years ago
Hi lewn5,
Wow! With comments like yours, I am definately on cloud 9. It make me happy to know that you found the quality of the video to be something which can be part of your life experience!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
wowowow! Let me answer in the order of your comments:
Hi VILLAREALGJV,
Thank you for your generous comment! I love making these videos/music for all of you to have a memorable learning experience!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Hello, Steve!
You've made an excellent video, thank you! I hope you'll continue talking about phrasal verbs and I'd like you to tell about give and take verbs in your next videos.
Best wishes!
Lina
galsheb 3 years ago
Oh, my god! This video should be shown on all TV channels around the world! Congrats, Steve! And thank you for giving us such precious gift! You're my guru!
lewn5 3 years ago
Sir Steve, thank you for your generosity. God Bless....
VILLAREALGJV 3 years ago
Hello! LiveSensie!
So nice to hear from you again! I liked your 'real English' style video with the Pilot Interview from Hamilton, Canada on your main page.
BTW, thanks for the feedback. This video was a labor of love!
Warmest wishes!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
That was fun!
We like your new video style. It must have taken you a lot of time.
Thanks for sharing such high quality video lessons.
LiveSensei 3 years ago
Thanks bejbus00,
I wanted to make something special so that everybody could remember my experience as if it were everybody's!
Warmest wishes!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Thanks Agnieszka!
I really enjoyed making this video! The music came from my memories of taking the subway in Paris back in 2000. I am so happy you enjoyed the video and were able to learn something in English.
Take care!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago
Thank you Steve, the video is marvelous!
bejbus00 3 years ago
Steve, the video is amazing! And the song - it's out of this world! The video doesnt only teach us some useful phrasal verbs but also tells us a bit about France! I'm impressed!
It's difficult to get across my feelings...
AgnieszkaD1990 3 years ago
Thanks Kalleu! You are a reall 'early bird'
Take care!
Steve
PrivateEnglishPortal 3 years ago