Learn English - Basic rules to improve your spelling

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  • www.engvid.com/ Do you make spelling mistakes? Spelling in English CAN be easy. You just have to know the rules. In today's lesson, I will show you two basic rules about doubling consonants when changing words. You'll also learn how to say these words correctly. Practice these rules with me on our whiteboard, and then take our quiz to make sure you understand. www.engvid.com/basic-rules-to-...
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    To be or not to be? [Laughs] Spelling bee. In North America, we have this competition called "spelling bee". It's where children take words -- adults give children words, long words, and the children have to spell them correctly. Now, if you're from Saudi Arabia or Japan or Korea or other countries, right now, you're going, "Oh, my God, no!" Because you have to do this in English, and your alphabet is not ours. Latin speakers tend to go, "Oh, we'll do very well", and you're bad as well. And you want a secret? I'm bad at spelling. So just share it between you and the other hundred thousand people watching this, okay? So I'm bad at spelling. You're bad at spelling. But I have to teach the rules at school, and I do. I actually do. And if you ask me something, I'll tell you the rule. But you might catch me spelling it incorrectly. So this lesson is for you and for me. And I call it Spelling 101.
    English is not a phonetic language. It makes it very difficult to learn how to spell. So I'm going to give you English or Spelling 101, which are two little rules that will help you spell when dealing with English vowels. "The long and the short of it", I like the call this lesson. It's a joke in there. The long and the short. Whatever. Okay. Let's go to the board.
    Are you hoping -- and "hope" is when you pray. You know? You say, "Please let me win the lottery. Really. I want to win the lottery. Please let me win the lottery. Please let that beautiful girl think I'm nice. Please let me pass the test. I hope. I hope. I hope. I wish. I pray." Or are you "hopping"? Are you hopping, like boink, boink, boink? Like a little bunny rabbit. Are you hopping? You notice one has a P, and one has two Ps. Some of you would have written this because you'd say, "Well it's more than 'hope'. It's long, right?" Because "hop" looks like this, h-o-p. "Hope" looks like this. And anybody from a natural language would probably say, "Well, E -- this must be the correct one." I would think so. It's the longer word. But not in English, no. We don't work like that. The shorter word gets it, and the longer word gets this. When I was I kid, I was always told: Short words, you double it. That's what it was. Okay. It made sense. But there's something a little more to it, and today, I'm going to make it easy for you.
    Now, there's a lesson that has been done called "The Magic E". Go check that out. That will help you -- you know, it's a longer lesson that gives you more examples. But just to give you an idea of long versus short, okay? The magic E states this: If you have -- let's look over here. "Wipe", for instance. This is an I, a long vowel sound. There's a consonant and then, an E. If the E is on the end of a word, you have a consonant and then, a long vowel sound. Okay? The E actually causes it to be "wipe", not "wip". Right? So here's how we change it. Because we know this E helps to modify this, we have to drop the E. Okay? Because it's actually silent. You think "wipe", so it looks like this. That's what it looks like. "Wipe", not "why-ppe". Sorry, people from Brazil. No "why-ppe". No "why-ppe" here. Okay? That's part of the problem. Nobody tells you this stuff. But I do. Okay. So it's not "why-ppe" or "ray-tte" or "ho-ppe", just "hope", "rate", and "wipe".
    Now, the magic E helps us because we see this, and we know it's a long vowel sound. Yay! But when we're adding is it like, "wipes" or "wiping", "rate" or "rated", hoped or hoping, we have to drop that E. We're told, "Drop the E." It's silent. It's not doing anything, anyway. It's like your unemployed brother in your basement. He's not doing anything. Get rid of him. So "wipe" becomes "wiped" or "wiping". Drop the extra E. Not "wipeed". All right? "Rate" becomes "rated". Oops. Sorry. It becomes "rated". Just add the ED. Or "hoping", in the case up there, it becomes "hoping". We get rid of the extra E. We know it's the long vowel because there's only one consonant. Right? One consonant. One consonant. So we know this must be "wiped", "rated", "hoping". It could even be "hoped". "I hoped you would come." Okay? Don't double the consonant. Don't add two E's. It's just single, single. Easy? Easy. The magic E. Now, we know how it creates a sound. And now, we know how to change it. That's the long of it. The long vowel. You like that?

Komentáře • 750

  • @Danijones4571
    @Danijones4571 Před 6 lety +37

    As an English speaking adult who left school early and can't spell 100% this is very help full. Thank you :)

  • @Matalic1
    @Matalic1 Před 9 lety +304

    i like your laugh "MUHUHUHAHAHAAAA"

  • @lucarubinetti2523
    @lucarubinetti2523 Před 9 lety +208

    James you're the best teacher I've ever had!!! keep on doing these amazing lessons :D

  • @codythep
    @codythep Před 2 lety +16

    Teacher: “Just share with The other hundred thousand people watching this.”
    Me: “yeah right, weird flex”
    Also me: *checks views... millions.

  • @WiCapitalco
    @WiCapitalco Před 2 lety +10

    I'm 29 and I've always struggled with language. The way you teach is awesome! Thank you.. now I can learn more than just math logic and numbers lol

  • @anamariamihai9975
    @anamariamihai9975 Před 5 lety +24

    i just found you,and feel like you’re the kind of teacher that makes one learn only because you’re so watchable. You also make it so fun to watch.. I am in love. 😍

  • @pokemonfanrock1
    @pokemonfanrock1 Před 9 lety +6

    You're the god of english lessons, I'm brazilian and I intend on going to the United States for college. Needless to say, your videos have helped me immensely. Thanks

  • @michaelsie7841
    @michaelsie7841 Před 5 lety +9

    Lesson was made simple and lively with that touch of humour. Amazing!

  • @wendsonmonteiro9439
    @wendsonmonteiro9439 Před 8 lety +5

    This what I'm used to saying to my students down here. In the beginning they tend to pronounce the letter E in final words just like in Portuguese. I laughed a lot when you mentioned that.

  • @ViniciusLamegoo
    @ViniciusLamegoo Před 8 lety +10

    OMG... best ESL teacher eveerrrr.... I'm from Brazil, but now Im living in Massachusetts.

  • @user-ws8te6ml5y
    @user-ws8te6ml5y Před 5 lety +26

    I have a competition of spelling with my classmates . You truly help me !thank you so much teacher . From Morocco !😁

  • @paulinho543
    @paulinho543 Před 10 lety +5

    To my mind, the right thing to do is not to think if the word is large or short. If the word ends with a sequence of "consonant", "vowel" and "consonant" (CVC pattern), we have to double the last consonant and add ING or ED in the end. For example:
    Rub (Consonant/vowel/Consonant) = rubbed
    Sit (Consonant/vowel/Consonant) = Sitting
    Stop (Consonant/vowel/Consonant) = Stopping
    But, like everything in life, there are exceptions. For instance, in words with two syllables if the stress is on the first syllable, we do not have to double the last consonant, even if the word ends with a CVC pattern. For example:
    Visit (CVC pattern, but the stress is on the first syllable 'vis') = visited
    Enter (CVC pattern, but the stress is on the first syllable 'en') = entering
    Simple as that.
    And yes, we Brazilians have problems with the pronunciation of certain words that do not have a vowel in the end or the sound of it is silent.

  • @Michelle-xo9je
    @Michelle-xo9je Před 2 lety +3

    This is great, thank you. I am a good speller but I couldn't remember what the rule was to teach my 3rd grader how to convert his verbs. I love your humor 😊

  • @nicoleandfriends7648
    @nicoleandfriends7648 Před 8 lety +10

    Thank you so much for this lesson! It's very helpful.

  • @rafiktekari
    @rafiktekari Před 6 lety +3

    Great teacher, you learn, and you have fun doing it. Master teacher. Thank you James.

  • @gianihremeviuc765
    @gianihremeviuc765 Před 7 lety +38

    Love when people make literacy fun!

  • @gracegallagher4671
    @gracegallagher4671 Před 4 lety +8

    Thank you so much, you are one of the best teacher ever come cross with. Stay blessed 🙏

  • @jasonvia3916
    @jasonvia3916 Před 3 lety +6

    James, you're a great teacher! I wish my daughters teachers are as great as you are

  • @easyrevenge_
    @easyrevenge_ Před 5 lety +19

    im really good in grammar but i needed to improve on my spelling so i needed this thank you! :)

    • @mrbuilder2503
      @mrbuilder2503 Před 4 lety +1

      My grammar Will surpass you in 666 days..

    • @Al-jf3jm
      @Al-jf3jm Před 4 lety

      Me too

    • @shotto9167
      @shotto9167 Před 4 lety +1

      @@mrbuilder2503 This is pretty strange, the most part of the people do not need all these days to learn the orthography, because it is not so hard.

  • @MO3ATH7777
    @MO3ATH7777 Před 8 lety

    For a long time i have been good it speaking but bad it spelling.....but my spelling improved significantly after watching you videos....Thank you...Love from saudi arabia

  • @DarkSlayer1901
    @DarkSlayer1901 Před 7 lety +2

    Amazing! you add charisma and jokes to your explanations which makes it much more easier to understand

  • @bambapuangfoundation
    @bambapuangfoundation Před 2 lety +1

    This is a great video and I like to watch to practice my English in listening.
    I am Indonesian and live in small town.
    In my town no one who could speak English, so I learn English with my self with memorizing some words in everyday. Its look like this is the old way to learn English, but I did it and only in about 4 months I almost memorize one simple dictionary. To practice my English I stand up in front of the mirror and try to talking with myself.
    Now I try to combine from one word to another words to make phrases and its no easy for me, but I do it every single day, while watching English video on CZcams.
    To practice my English, I start to teach some kids and students and start to mate English Video and try to upload at my CZcams Channel.
    Thank you very much for your great English

  • @nikolamuz
    @nikolamuz Před 10 lety +6

    Good job, mate.
    And thank you!

  • @jaimecarranza2509
    @jaimecarranza2509 Před 9 lety +1

    the greatest lesson I have ever taken! Thank you James

  • @jihun7
    @jihun7 Před 9 lety +4

    really love your pronunciation .very clear for me!

  • @ivanorokkhito9727
    @ivanorokkhito9727 Před rokem +4

    I like your teaching style. This is of course another good tutorial but I am an incredibly notorious misspeller and I have already gone through some renouned books like that one written by Norman Louise. Still I feel like a beginner. My mother tongue (actually standard language, Bengali ) has so many spelling rules that people say if you want to learn a correct spelling , there is only one effective way , Learn it . English spelling is nothing less than this.

  • @MeadowSchool
    @MeadowSchool Před 5 lety +5

    Important 'how to spell' teaching on this video. Thanks.

  • @Oziel_Estrada1979
    @Oziel_Estrada1979 Před 10 měsíci

    I am a teacher in Mexico, Thanks a lot!! This helps me to my Spelling class!!!

  • @tiffany4522
    @tiffany4522 Před rokem +1

    Thank you so much!!!! I have been trying to figure out how to help teach my 3rd grader with homeschool & spelling. This is going to help so much!

    • @jessicaladd85
      @jessicaladd85 Před 5 měsíci

      Has this helped? I'm here for my son too❤

  • @tsinghuals
    @tsinghuals Před 10 lety

    Your lessons are highly appreciated.

  • @vdeoracle
    @vdeoracle Před 6 lety +1

    This is really powerful! Thanks a lot! i need more of this.

  • @danielarenee9957
    @danielarenee9957 Před 10 lety +1

    These videos are great and help so much everybody who needs to learn english grammar. I also recommend because of the mood of teacher.

  • @wendsonmonteiro9439
    @wendsonmonteiro9439 Před 8 lety +1

    This what I'm used to saying to my students down here. In the beginning they tend to pronounce the letter E in final words just like in Portuguese. I laughed a lot when you mentioned that. Lol

  • @rxdms1916
    @rxdms1916 Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks im now more confident with my spelling bee in my school,cheers from mexico 🇲🇽❤️.

  • @Xjaje
    @Xjaje Před 4 lety +1

    As a non-english native speaker, I understand you very well, my english knowledge is pretty good when I'm typing and reading. However I do have a serious struggle understanding voices and speaking correctly. I had to watch this video with subtitles to understand you. The video is 6 years old but maybe I can receive a tip from someone how to improve it. I speak english (writing and reading) for many years but I'm not having any good improvement when I try to talk to someone or listen. I tried many pronunciations websites to help me pronounce a word but still not good enough.

  • @ayama-
    @ayama- Před 3 lety +2

    wonderful lesson James❤️❤️💐 Thanks a lot ❤️❤️💐

  • @obidahsaed6516
    @obidahsaed6516 Před 5 lety +3

    i could't continue the video without making a comment to say you are great teacher

  • @gustavoleao847
    @gustavoleao847 Před 10 lety

    Hi James, I listen yours videos every day, thanks.

  • @iPegasusZ
    @iPegasusZ Před rokem +1

    Aaaah muchas gracias de verdad man, me has ayudado en algunas cosas que no entendía completamente 🙏🙏

  • @miss_squirrel2222
    @miss_squirrel2222 Před 3 lety +1

    Loved the way you taught thank you 😊

  • @MoooonaKsa
    @MoooonaKsa Před 10 lety

    I'm from saudi arabia also , i love your way in the show , i wanna be like u some day , thanx a lot james

  • @dolphinlovers1222
    @dolphinlovers1222 Před 4 lety +1

    easy to follow and I am following your lesson well, there is nothing negative to report and yes, English is very difficult for new speakers and it is not simple to figure out, thank you for the vid.

  • @nethermohammed7104
    @nethermohammed7104 Před 8 měsíci

    Thank you for your time. I have Learned something new ❤❤

  • @KatieLee0823
    @KatieLee0823 Před 5 lety

    Awesome video the sarcasm actually helped me visualize and understand the spelling rules.

  • @framefries5042
    @framefries5042 Před 5 lety

    May God bless you for helping us improve our brain.
    Also my best technique is:
    1. The image of the letters/spelling is in my brain or mind which i remember when my teacher teaches me on that/the word.

  • @yukimaru-kun4937
    @yukimaru-kun4937 Před 2 lety

    I'm Brazilian. I appreciate your videos. Thank you so much for remembering the Brazilian people, Mr. hhaha

  • @NaohRosemaryTezemi
    @NaohRosemaryTezemi Před měsícem

    Thank you for this opportunity,am grateful

  • @millerm2490
    @millerm2490 Před 6 lety

    You're such a great teacher!

  • @conservadorretrogrado1550

    The best teacher of english.

    • @mrbuilder2503
      @mrbuilder2503 Před 4 lety

      The best tteacher of the omefedsfdf comedy the world
      yes.

  • @Chettanak
    @Chettanak Před 10 lety

    j'adore vos cours, merci bcp

  • @sergih9258
    @sergih9258 Před 10 lety

    Thanks for the lesson!

  • @airace895
    @airace895 Před 5 lety +2

    This sir is
    Very good sir

  • @thamara6544
    @thamara6544 Před 9 lety

    i am extremely thankful james . ur d best teacher i ve never seen

  • @jeremycooper9715
    @jeremycooper9715 Před 7 lety

    You are an amazing teacher and extremely funny! thank you

  • @vinodbhaskar6927
    @vinodbhaskar6927 Před rokem +1

    Simply awesome 👏🏻, from India 🇮🇳

  • @matiaspartridgebarbenza5853

    My friend! You are an amazing teacher! I learned and I LAUGHT! Thank you :)

  • @rivasfreight
    @rivasfreight Před 2 lety +2

    ❤ Love this!! 😎 ❤❤❤ 🔥 Thank you for the help and tips all of it!!

  • @nebiatkidane5475
    @nebiatkidane5475 Před 8 lety

    I love your teaching method. GBU!

  • @zoya9199
    @zoya9199 Před 3 lety

    I just adore his spirit 😍

  • @daniabaez3834
    @daniabaez3834 Před 8 lety

    I love all your classes.

  • @fyabun
    @fyabun Před 8 lety +26

    I'm terrible at spelling and was looking for some help. I nearly turned you off because I speak British English and there was "ESL" in the title, but I'm glad I didn't. you're first class. I'll keep tuning in and convert where necessary.

    • @engvidJames
      @engvidJames  Před 8 lety

      +fyabun Thanks. Though I live in Canada, I was born in England. We do have some British teachers at engVid too, if you wanto to see videos specific to BrE.

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    • @abrabr247
      @abrabr247 Před 7 lety

      fyabun the problem in your learning that i couldn't find fixed rule to spell correct...
      so i didn't learn too much

    • @AslamKhan-sk7yk
      @AslamKhan-sk7yk Před 5 lety

      We

  • @wcecsc
    @wcecsc Před 8 lety +1

    I'm from Saudi Arabia and thank you so much ^__^

  • @hellooh6269
    @hellooh6269 Před 3 lety +3

    It's so fun watching and learning 😁😁

  • @erdmondmelodi6288
    @erdmondmelodi6288 Před 2 lety

    Thank you James. This is very good

  • @Teaserprank
    @Teaserprank Před 3 lety

    This is really helpful... Thanks for the lesson

  • @LuciaHelenadeSouza
    @LuciaHelenadeSouza Před 8 lety

    thank you for the transcription!

  • @ArinaMkrtchian97
    @ArinaMkrtchian97 Před 10 lety

    Thanks a lot for a lesson !

  • @irismartinez6502
    @irismartinez6502 Před 6 lety

    Thank you james I'm still 9 years old youre a great teacher

  • @ethiolab9795
    @ethiolab9795 Před 4 lety

    u remained me of my old English teacher after years tnxs keep it up

  • @idowualiyah9314
    @idowualiyah9314 Před 4 lety

    You are the 1 have never see in my life teaching as a man like this

  • @mohamedmouhoubi3753
    @mohamedmouhoubi3753 Před 5 lety

    You're great man! thumbs up! Hello from Algeria

  • @jmdev31584
    @jmdev31584 Před 4 lety

    Awesome! Thank you so much!

  • @EB0322
    @EB0322 Před 10 lety +1

    You makes me laugh all the time ! Thanks for good class

  • @MotivationDragon
    @MotivationDragon Před 3 lety

    Great video. Thank you.

  • @providence1961
    @providence1961 Před 6 měsíci

    2:39 5:03 He is a teaching genius.

  • @aminesalim8727
    @aminesalim8727 Před 3 lety

    Thanks, sir for this beautiful useful lesson

  • @ozilrapes
    @ozilrapes Před 8 lety

    thanks so much for your fun teaching

  • @kuogeashraajasivam9085

    u r awesome man
    and ur huge sense of humour
    wish u were my english sir

  • @billionairelife4ever100

    Thank you so much i speak arabic and english but i cant spell english And u learned me how to spell some words thanks.

  • @davidibiyemi1308
    @davidibiyemi1308 Před 7 měsíci

    Awesome, you are wonderful Sir.

  • @idk-kx8yu
    @idk-kx8yu Před 2 lety

    THIS TEACHER IS REALLY GOOD

  • @Maha05050
    @Maha05050 Před 7 lety +3

    you saved my academic life :)))

  • @haqkomano4175
    @haqkomano4175 Před rokem

    You are very good at it. I am impressed by your teaching.

  • @lakshmanankomathmanalath
    @lakshmanankomathmanalath Před 9 lety +1

    Great. Thank you.

  • @ephraimwarrior6766
    @ephraimwarrior6766 Před 4 lety

    wow wow thank you so much i been a disability all life and now 49 years old and thing's as catch up no why around it i need a ged for better work and life this was so helpful

  • @user-pj7tt2jy4h
    @user-pj7tt2jy4h Před 3 lety

    Thank you impressive lesson

  • @MohammedAmrxShad0w
    @MohammedAmrxShad0w Před 5 lety

    i thing u r the best teacher i have ever seen!

  • @abdikhadarhashi2357
    @abdikhadarhashi2357 Před 9 lety

    Thanks, you are very helpful.

  • @bleachisgoodforurhealth9946

    God bless you. Thank you

  • @johnathanstuart9022
    @johnathanstuart9022 Před 6 lety

    Lol I love how you teach. Very entertaining and informative

  • @tagasinna593
    @tagasinna593 Před 5 lety +7

    OMG!!! I FEEL LIKE I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT 💝
    THANK YOUUU SO MUCH FOR MAKING IT EASIER & FUNNIER 😍

    • @Camman694
      @Camman694 Před 3 lety

      Are I sure your in love with that spirit

  • @zzeshaanzZeshaan
    @zzeshaanzZeshaan Před 5 lety +2

    I am touseef from Pakistan nice sir ............

  • @lindsaylennon8497
    @lindsaylennon8497 Před 7 lety

    Loved the video!

  • @Danijones4571
    @Danijones4571 Před 6 lety

    Also learning to read and spell properly can be so boring but you make it so entertaining lol. You don't just sit there and lecture us.

  • @carolinarosinelli
    @carolinarosinelli Před 8 lety +71

    You are very funny and turned the topic of the lesson easier. I'm from Brazil!

  • @Maheli1958
    @Maheli1958 Před 8 lety

    Awesome teaching English class...

  • @soufianesafouani2702
    @soufianesafouani2702 Před 10 lety +1

    What a goooooood teacher :)

  • @rorantruong
    @rorantruong Před 2 lety

    Good lesson James

  • @techtime442
    @techtime442 Před 5 lety

    I am from Bangladesh. I enjoyed your spelling lesson. Thanks

  • @rambomotivation4180
    @rambomotivation4180 Před 5 lety

    Best eng teacher in world..😘😘