English is easy - Free Podcast #11

In this episode we will be discussing the following:

Part 1 - English is easy

Part 2 – Verbs in English

Part 3 – Short Story / Questions & answers

Hi everyone, my name is David, and it is my goal to help you learn English faster. Learning to speak English is easier than you think, you just need to use the correct learning methods. Remember that you can always access the complete written transcripts for each podcast at learningenglishfaster.com.

Part 1 - English is easy

Okay, I am sure that there are a lot of people who would disagree with me on this subject, but I insist that it is true, and I will attempt to explain why. When I say that learning English is easy, what I mean is that learning to SPEAK English is easy. I admit that learning to write in English can be challenging because many of the words are not spelled the way that they sound. However, if you are listening to this podcast, you are in luck because your goal is to learn how to SPEAK in English. I insist that learning to speak the English language is easy, and I say this mainly because the verbs in English are super easy when compared to other languages.

Part 2 – Verbs in English

Learning to speak English is easy because the verbs are easy. Verbs in English are easy because there is very little variation. I will attempt to give you a quick overview of how verbs change when referring to the present tense, future tense, and the past tense. When you are referring to the present tense, you use the main root of the verb and add “ing.” For example, I am living in Chicago, or I am working on a project, or I am walking my dog right now. Present tense in English could not possibly be any easier.

Now, if you wish to use the same verbs in the future tense, all you have to do is say “will”or “going to” before the verb root. For example, I am going to livein Chicago, or I will work on a project later, or I am going to walk my dog this evening. Again, it is straight forward and easy.

Now, we will look at how to use verbs in the past tense. This is still easy, but there are more variations because many past tense verbs in English are irregular. The good news is that this is still very easy compared to other languages because you only need to learn one irregular form of each verb. The normal rule is that you add “ed” to the end of the verb root to make it past tense. Lets look at the same verbs in the past tense. I lived in Chicago, or I worked on a project, or I walked my dog this morning. As I mentioned, there are many other verbs in the past tense that do not follow this pattern, but do not worry, you do not need to memorize them. As you hear them over and over again, your mind will automatically learn how to use them. This is the beauty of learning by listening, and this is how we all learned our native language without even trying.

Part 3 – Short (True) story

Just listen and try to paint a picture of the story in your mind.

I have an identical twin brother and sometimes this has created a little confusion. When I lived in Chicago, I went to college with a guy named Jim. Jim was a nice guy, but he was also a little naïve. (Naïve is another way of saying that someone is generally lacking experience.) One day, my brother and his wife walked to the store and ran into Jim. It turns out