 Welcome to this video. Today you're going to learn how to use eventually and ultimately. This is a question that a student had asked and it's a great question, so I'm happy to answer it for you. Of course, I'm Jennifer from jforsenglish.com and this channel is dedicated to helping you feel confident speaking English in public so you can take your career and your life to the next level. Now, before we go any further, make sure you subscribe and hit that bell icon so you're notified every time I post a new lesson. Now, let's dive in with this video. Let's talk about the difference between eventually and ultimately. First of all, you should know that both of these are adverbs and both of them are talking about a period of time. So they are very related and there's only a subtle difference between them. So just pay attention to that subtle difference that'll point out at the very end. So first, let's talk about eventually. As I said, eventually is an adverb. We use it to say after a period of time. The amount of time is unknown. So it's an unspecified period of time. So I could say she called eventually. And this means she called after a period of time. How long? We don't know. So you would have to ask a follow up question to find out. Before we go any further, let's talk about the placement of adverbs. This is for the placement of both eventually and ultimately. As you can see, you can put the adverb at the very end. She called eventually. You can also put the adverb at the very beginning. Eventually, she called. You can also put the adverb before the main verb. She eventually called. All three of these placements are acceptable and it doesn't matter which one you use. Now, although eventually means an unknown period of time, we commonly use it to mean a long time. Longer than you wanted or longer than you expected and implies there was some difficulty involved or some frustration involved or some effort involved that you didn't want. You didn't need. You didn't expect. So let's say I can't find my ring and it's obviously very important to me. So I tell my friend, oh, I can't find my ring anywhere. And then she asked me later, did you find your ring? And then I can say eventually, eventually. So notice, there's like, oh, it took a long time. There was a lot of effort involved, a lot of frustration involved. And notice, I can just reply with that one word eventually. Now, if I want to turn that into a full sentence, it would be I eventually found my ring. Remember, the placement is flexible. So I could say eventually I found my ring, or I found my ring eventually doesn't matter which one you use. Now let's talk about ultimately. Ultimately is also an adverb. It also means after a period of time. But with ultimately, our focus is on the final result. So we're not talking about the process, we're not talking about the duration, we're just talking about the final result. For example, I could say he ultimately wants to move abroad. He ultimately wants to move abroad. Now this means after a period of time. But I'm not focused on the passage of time. I focus just on the final result, the final result being him moving abroad. So that's where my focus is. It's more future focus. Whereas eventually, eventually is really about the time now until he moves abroad. It's about that passage of time. Whereas ultimately is really about the final end result. That's where our focus is. So really, that's the difference between the two is just where our focus is. Eventually, our focus is on the passage of time. Ultimately, our focus is on the final result. So I could say I ultimately found my ring. And then if I say that, I'm not talking about the searching, the searching, the searching, the time that went by. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about just the fact that now I have my ring. I'm talking about the final result. So you can use both depending on context and just remember there's that subtle difference. Now you know how to use eventually and ultimately. So it's your turn to practice. I want you to leave two example sentences, one with eventually, one with ultimately in the comments below. And if you found this video helpful, please hit the like button, share it with your friends, and of course subscribe. And before you go, make sure you head on over to my website, jforrisenglish.com, and download your free speaking guide. In this guide, I share six tips on how to speak English fluently and confidently. And until next time, happy studying. I know you'll eventually become fluent in English. I know you'll ultimately become fluent in English. So now it's your turn. Put your examples in the comments below. I'll see you in my next video. Bye.