1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:05,679 Thanks again for spending time with the Happy English Podcast. I remember the time 2 00:00:05,799 --> 00:00:11,880 I first started doing this in twenty fourteen. I was killing time on social 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:20,960 media when I first knew about podcasts. Those were interesting times. Time times, 4 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:30,359 let's discuss Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from New 5 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:35,640 York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael. Alright, thank you 6 00:00:35,759 --> 00:00:40,679 John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from Happy English and I help 7 00:00:40,759 --> 00:00:48,960 people speak English better. And this is Happy English Podcast Episode seven oh five 8 00:00:49,719 --> 00:00:57,000 Things you can Do with time. The word time collocades with a number of 9 00:00:57,079 --> 00:01:02,439 different words and phrases in English. By the end of this lesson, you'll 10 00:01:02,479 --> 00:01:07,159 have a clear idea about how to use time. So let's get the ball 11 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:15,519 rolling. The word time itself is both accountable and uncountable noun. When the 12 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:23,200 word time is used to talk about experience or a situation, it's accountable noun. 13 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:27,920 You can say things like a time or the time or one time. 14 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:34,480 For example, there was a time when most people didn't have a mobile phone. 15 00:01:34,719 --> 00:01:38,359 Do you remember the time we went to Miami? It was a lot 16 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:45,400 of fun. I remember one time we went to a concert in Central Park 17 00:01:46,079 --> 00:01:52,879 that was awesome. On the other hand, when the word time means clock 18 00:01:53,079 --> 00:01:59,840 time, it's not countable. You can say things like sometime, anytime, 19 00:02:00,159 --> 00:02:05,319 or a lot of time. Here are some examples. If you want to 20 00:02:05,359 --> 00:02:10,439 have a meeting this week, I only have time on Friday morning. Do 21 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:15,360 you have any time to talk this afternoon. I have a lot of free 22 00:02:15,439 --> 00:02:21,400 time next week. By the way, when you want to know the current 23 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:27,800 time, you can ask someone what time is it? A more polite way 24 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,560 to ask a stranger would be something like this, excuse me, do you 25 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:42,240 have the time the time? This phrase the time means the current time. 26 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:47,080 Do you have the time? You can also ask someone if they have time 27 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:54,000 to do something. The grammar pattern is have time followed by a two verb 28 00:02:54,439 --> 00:03:00,759 you know, the infinitive. Here are some examples. Do you have time 29 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:06,879 to finish this report? Do you have time to help me clean the garage? 30 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:13,520 You can also have time for something after four. You can use a 31 00:03:13,599 --> 00:03:19,120 noun or a gerrand. For example, I didn't have time for lunch today. 32 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:23,599 During our trip to New York City, we had time for visiting everywhere 33 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:29,759 we wanted to go. When you need someone to do something right now, 34 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:35,520 you can ask them like this, do you have time now or do you 35 00:03:35,599 --> 00:03:39,639 have any time now? So when you ask someone if they have time, 36 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:46,199 you want to know if the person has enough time in their schedule in order 37 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:51,520 to do something. And when you ask someone if they have the time, 38 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:59,280 you're asking for the current time. You can also use spend and take with 39 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:04,159 the word time time. When we use spend time, we usually put the 40 00:04:04,199 --> 00:04:10,919 person using the time as the subject of the sentence. In other words, 41 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:17,879 the subject of spend time is a person. For example, I spend so 42 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:25,319 much time working on that marketing report. Jen spends a lot of time scrolling 43 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:30,800 through Instagram. Do you spend time with your family on the holidays? Spend 44 00:04:30,879 --> 00:04:33,040 time with your family. That's a man who doesn't spend time with this family 45 00:04:33,079 --> 00:04:36,480 can never be a real man. On the other hand, when we use 46 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:43,480 take time, the subject of the sentence is usually it as you know, 47 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,600 it is used as the subject of the sentence when we talk about time, 48 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:55,959 it's five o'clock, it's Monday. Here are some examples. It took so 49 00:04:56,199 --> 00:05:01,120 much time to work on that marketing report. It takes time for Jen to 50 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:09,199 scroll through Instagram. It takes no time at all to make breakfast. So 51 00:05:09,319 --> 00:05:15,839 let's compare, I spent so much time working on that marketing report. I 52 00:05:15,199 --> 00:05:20,480 spent time. It took so much time to work on that marketing report. 53 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:29,040 It took time, so I spent time. It took time. You can 54 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:34,759 also make time to do something, which means to arrange your schedule in order 55 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:42,199 to do that thing. For example, please make time to study English every 56 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,639 day. I make time to exercise in the morning. And with the same 57 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:55,199 meaning, you can also make time for something or make time for someone. 58 00:05:55,240 --> 00:06:00,800 For example, I asked my Japanese language teacher if she could make time for 59 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:06,319 me on Saturday for a lesson. Jerry said he makes time for meditation every 60 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:14,480 morning. And finally, you can kill time. Don't worry. Killing time 61 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:19,800 isn't a crime. When you kill time, you do something to make time 62 00:06:19,959 --> 00:06:27,600 seem to pass quickly, especially when you're waiting for something else. Here are 63 00:06:27,639 --> 00:06:32,040 some examples. I got to the airport early, so I killed time at 64 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:39,160 the bookshop. We killed time before the meeting, having coffee and donuts and 65 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:44,639 chatting. 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