WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:07.400 It's invisible but very powerful. It is intangible but can change lives, build 2 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:14.960 bridges, open up new worlds, bring about new opportunities. It creates friendships, 3 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:21.839 makes new love stories possible, in builds careers. It's fluency and it 4 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:26.519 is accelerated when you have the chance to practice the language every day. Start 5 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:36.119 practicing conversations now at fluencyfix dot com. Hello and welcome to Beginner's English lesson 6 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:44.560 twelve. Today we will talk about birthdays and dates. Let's look at the 7 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:54.759 second line in conversation twelve. It's in June. June is a month of 8 00:00:54.799 --> 00:01:03.240 the year. We use big letters with months of the year. Big letters 9 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:11.000 are capital letters. Let's review the names of the months of the year. 10 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:30.439 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, 11 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:46.920 September, October, November, December. In conversation twelve, speaker Bee's 12 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:57.239 birthday is in June. What number month is June is June the first month 13 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:06.239 of the year. No, June is the sixth month of the year. 14 00:02:07.479 --> 00:02:15.960 Let's review the days of the week. What is the sixth day of the 15 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:30.599 week. Let's see Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 16 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:37.319 Friday is the sixth day of the week. Let's look at line three 17 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:51.840 of the conversation what date date d A T E is similar to the word 18 00:02:52.520 --> 00:03:04.960 day D A y. If someone asks what day it is, this usually 19 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:15.719 means Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, et cetera. Date is usually asking for 20 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:23.400 a number. For example, my birth day is the eighth of July, 21 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:37.120 or my birthday is the twenty seventh of October. The twenty seventh is the 22 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:46.000 date in the first example, eighth is the date. One last example, 23 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:58.680 my birthday is the fourth of August. What is the date? Fourth is 24 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:06.479 the date. Let's look at line five of the conversation, I'm writing it 25 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:19.199 on my calendar. I'm writing is a present progressive verb. It means you're 26 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:29.560 doing it right this moment, right now or at this moment. We need 27 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:39.079 two words to make a present progressive verb. We need a conjugation of to 28 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:50.600 B and we need an action with I in G. Let's review our conjugations 29 00:04:50.600 --> 00:05:03.399 of to B repeat after me, I am you R he she it is 30 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:16.040 we R they R. So you need one of these to be verbs. 31 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:27.240 Second, you need your I n G verb. Writing write w R I 32 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:38.319 T E changes to writing, you take off the E and add on I 33 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:48.399 n G. Let's look at another example. Bite, I bite the pizza. 34 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:58.519 Present progressive would be I am biting the pizza. Bite is spelled b 35 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:12.800 I T E biting b I T I n G. Fighting is spelled f 36 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:20.680 I g h t I n G. Let's look at one more example. 37 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:30.199 Bake I bake the muffins in the oven. I am baking the muffins in 38 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:35.600 the oven. Remember we use this form to talk about an action we are 39 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:44.519 doing right now. For example, I am talking right now. You are 40 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:53.000 listening right now. Great job. Go practice Conversation twelve with your practice partner. 41 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:58.279 Goodbye. Have you ever tried studying a Peign language out of a textbook 42 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:02.120 without regularly speaking the language with the native speaker. Fluency Fix is here to 43 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:08.759 feel your conversation practice gap by providing video conversation practice sessions. Our interactive videos 44 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:12.439 allow you to have a back and forth conversation with an animated native speaker. 45 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:17.000 No more juggling time zones to practice. It's on demand and always available. 46 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:23.040 Each course provides three hundred and sixty five conversations. 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