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hey everyone welcome to today's lesson
my name is Wes this is interactive
English which are channel it's all about
helping you practice and improve your
English and today is really a true
practice lesson because I want you to
participate I have the will these
questions that I'm going to ask you and
I want you to respond either in the chat
or respond in the comments even if
you're watching this later because that
is such a great way to improve is just
to continue keep getting more and more
practice now what we're going to
practice today are what we're gonna
practice the following nouns and
prepositions so I am going to talk to
you about nouns that are followed by
certain prepositions and these are
phrases that I think are quite common
and that's what we're gonna work on
today so I want to give a quick shout
out to some of you who have joining me
today hello Aidan banette sleepwalker
Lali Alyssa Martina meri Nino Devika
hello how are you thank you guys for
joining me and and as we go through this
again I want you to write your answers
and I'll try to give some more shoutouts
as we go along now the first thing that
I really wanted to to get to and show
you is that well just a little recap
we're gonna be talking about nouns and
the prepositions that follow and I
thought this picture is is relevant I
have used it before when talking about
words that are followed by prepositions
but you can think about like these big
ducks these nouns these content words
that really helped us put pictures in
our mind followed by these prepositions
that the these small words that that
people tend to forget about sometimes
now I think the thing with prepositions
that they are difficult in that regard
is that you if you make a mistake I
think most of the time people will still
understand what you're trying to say but
this is all about improving your fluency
so that you are speaking accurately you
are speaking correctly or even
incorrectly if that's what you're doing
now the best way to learn this is you
know this is not something you're going
to just memorize all of these nouns and
the prepositions that follow I think the
best way to do it is to to read to be
able to see the nouns and the
prepositions that follow whether you're
reading a book or the newspaper or
you're even reading these questions
because this is the other great way is
just to practice and and just keep
getting as much practice as you can
because that's just gonna help you in
the long run so the way we're going to
do this is I am going to just give you
some some statements or maybe a question
and there's just going to be a blank and
I want you to tell me what preposition
goes in that blank look at the noun that
comes before and think about what
preposition follows if you're not sure I
would still encourage you to go ahead
answer the questions and if you if you
don't know just try to do what feels
right because like I said
chances are you have read these nouns
and prepositions before you do have it
up here even if it's not something that
is yet in your active memory which is
the memory that you have where you have
an ability to be able to recall this
information so even that's why I said
just do what feels right if you're
unsure so let's jump into it
the first one that I have for you is
this okay I'd like you to give a
response mmm these questions so that's
true this is something I've made this
the the first one for a reason because
yeah this is what I would tell you right
now I would say yes I'd like you to give
a response mmm these questions in this
in this context in this sentence you
have a response response is a noun what
preposition do you think follows that
noun right your answer
let me know because I just want to hear
from you guys excellent yes I have Lally
Muhammad Mary Leticia the answer is two
you would give a response to
something and if you give a response to
something you're just you're giving an
answer you're giving a reaction I would
like you to give a response to these
questions write your answers in the chat
write your answers in the comment
comments and just participate in in this
activity good way to practice the next
one is right here okay so I could say
there was an increase mmm crime after
the budget cuts so there was an increase
mmm crime after the budget cuts you the
noun again it's always going to come
before those blanks so you know that the
noun we're talking about is an increase
an increase mmm crime after the budget
cuts if you want to know what budget
cuts are it's when you're taking the
budget the amount of money you have and
you're cutting it all right you're you
have less money so yes excellent
Monda Marcel Bonita Edelson there there
was an increase in crime there was an
increase in crime after the budget cuts
so if you're talking about an increase
in something it's just again a rise in
the amount or size of something most of
these meanings that I'm giving you right
here it's really the meaning of the noun
but I do want to put that preposition
right after it because again these are
these are words that are frequently used
together an increase in something the
next one and I think many of you maybe
you could relate to this I yeah I do
watch I do watch a fair bit of YouTube
and they say I have an addiction
mmm YouTube so we're talking about an
addiction we've we've used this word
before because I think a lot of times
people would use this word as the
adjective which is addicted you are
addicted mmm something in that case -
you're going to follow it with the same
preposition whether it is an adjective
or a noun
in this case we're talking about the
noun and addiction mmm something so I
would tell you it just said yeah yeah
you know I watch a lot of YouTube i I
could say I guess you could say I have
an addiction to YouTube alright so this
is the preposition that would follow you
would have an addiction to something
excellent
Luna Darby Angela who else a bead thank
you guys for answering you have an
addiction to something it the meaning of
an addiction is just when you are
physically or mentally dependent on
something and that you you must have it
often I think people might talk about
something a bit more serious like in
addiction to drugs other times like in
this example it's more just a casual
it's kind of just you're you're trying
to say that you you you have too much of
something like you have an addiction to
YouTube or some people might say that
they have an addiction to coffee and
like oh I must have it
so again if physical or mental
dependence on something let's look at
the next one I say the picture I like
that picture this is a recipe mmm
disaster a recipe disaster the noun
we're talking about is a recipe so the
reason I chose this one and I tried to
give you a picture to kind of represent
this expression this phrase because it
is more of an expression but think about
what preposition is going to follow that
noun this is a recipe disaster this is
an expression that I'm sure you would
hear watching a movie or a TV show and
people would use it to talk about a
situation just like this one so you
would say if they're looking at that
picture you'd say wow this is a recipe
for disaster
they recipe for something excellent we
coat Rudess
Lalli perfect so this one may be a
little bit trickier but you're talking
about a recipe for something a recipe
those are just instructions it's talking
about how to prepare food like my
grandmother has a great recipe for make
it for chocolate chip cookies you have a
recipe for something for food in this
case I'm using it a little differently
we're talking about this expression a
recipe for disaster
it's talking about something that is
going to have a really bad outcome and
you say oh goodness this is a recipe for
disaster so good let's go back to that
picture guys riding on the front of a
car you think well this is not going to
end well this is a recipe for disaster
so if you're talking about a recipe for
for disaster you're referring to a
situation that is likely going to end
badly and you can use that expression a
recipe for disaster but in general if
you're talking about cooking you would
say a recipe for some meal some type of
food a recipe for something the next one
the very common word somebody would say
is congratulations now if you want to
give more information and really be
specific about what you're talking about
you could say congratulations mmm like
this
congratulations mmm the promotion
somebody got a promotion at work they
have a different position which is
better maybe they get paid more money
and somebody would say congratulations
mmm the promotion you have to be careful
I always I have a tendency to want to
say the preposition and just tell you
the answer so if you're talking about
congratulations you would say
congratulations congratulations on
something congratulations on the
promotion because when you say your
congratulations you are expressing
praise for for some type of achievement
congratulations on the promotion
Oh congratulations on the new baby
congratulations on your marriage
something that happened an achievement a
great event and you would say
congratulations on this thing excellent
ruber congratulations
Darby a10 excellent congratulations
on Nastia thank you excellent great job
the next one this I tried to think of an
example and this is something that a lot
of people in the United States
some people feel this way so I could say
much of the population supports a ban
hmm assault weapons in the United States
the little cultural things Second
Amendment which is the right to bear
arms which is the same as kind of like a
right to own a gun but a big debate in
the u.s. is like okay well what kind of
guns are we talking about
so these guns would be very more lethal
assault weapons so much of the
population supports a ban hmm assault
weapons so the noun that we're talking
about is a ban what preposition is going
to follow that a ban mmm something so
we're talking about these assault
weapons what do you think what and if
you're not sure because again we're
talking about a ban that's a noun that
may not be as commonly used as some of
these other ones but what what just
feels right if you're talking about yes
new yen Abdul Rahman Stephen excellent
you're talking about a ban on something
a ban on something is when you are
either officially or legally prohibiting
this thing there is a ban on assault
weapons or maybe somebody could say
there's a ban on smoking or there is a
ban on using cellphones at school so
there can be a variety of reasons why
somebody would want to prohibit
something and you'd say there is a ban
on this thing a ban on
something the next one and I think this
is true there is a strong bond mmm a
mother and her cubs
I found that cute little picture right
there these polar bears a mother and her
cubs and you could say yes there is a
strong strong bond hmm a mother and her
cubs so this one I'll talk a little bit
more about we're taught there is a
collocation in there too so a lot of
these nouns and prepositions you could
say their collocation z' which are words
that are frequently used together but
I'd asked I'd also add in this case that
adjectives a strong bond that is another
collocation if you're talking about a
bond you could say there is a strong
bond mm-hmm a mother and her cub so in
this case yes most of you guys rock this
one you're talking about a bond between
someone now in this case we're talking
about animals but it's the same thing a
bond between two people or or groups of
people so excellent great job Eddie
kick back try to throw some other names
in there sunshine great job mom preach
so a bond between a mother and her Cubs
the next one let's look at this is all
right we're talking about the captain
the captain has authority hmm his crew
what preposition is going to follow this
noun
the captain has authority mmm his crew
what do you think write your answer in
the chat or in the comments later again
I just want you participate practice
using these prepositions think about
that noun authority we're talking about
the authority mmm his crew all right so
I hope I hope that you answer the
captain
has authority over his crew the captain
has authority over his crew so you could
have authority over something some
situation or you could have authority
over someone like a person or a group of
people and it's talking about the
ability to control someone or again
added some situation the captain has the
authority over his crew that one may be
a little tricky remember you have
authority over something or someone all
right the next one let's keep going if
we don't change the way we do business
we run the risk mmm failure all right so
you see that noun I'm giving you these
nouns we're talking about risk risk mmm
failure if we don't change the way we do
business we run we run the risk mmm
failure which preposition is going to
follow that noun and this is I think
that is this is a common phrase that you
might hear if people are talking about
the risk mmm something excellent
Manpreet Nino that's just going so fast
you guys everything so many people
participating I love it gah no Daniel
you're talking about the risk of
something which if we're talking about
risk
it means the possibility of something
bad happening so you could talk in that
case like I said that's a common phrase
and expression you talk about the risk
of failure that we don't if we don't
change the way we do business we run the
risk of failure I also want to highlight
that talking about that expression to
run the risk people might say that
together if they're talking about
something that bad that could happen you
could say oh we run the risk of
something happening we run the risk of
failure we run the risk of losing our
license we run the risk of something
all right let's keep going we have the
need mmm speed I I put this picture of
this is a reference to a movie from 1919
80s 1986 I believe was the year and this
is a phrase from that movie as a
statement from that movie we have the
need mmm speed and it was a movie about
these these guys they're flying these
jets so I bonus points if you can tell
me what what movie I'm thinking of so if
we're talking about the need excellence
hellim say sod great job
Sylvia nice you have the need for
something when you have the need for
something it's talking about you you
just must have it you you must have
something that you just don't have so
you could have a need for more money
maybe you have the need for a car you
don't have one right now but it's saying
you have a in this case the need for
speed yes Gertrudis excellent Adan it is
the movie of Marcelo Top Gun yeah
starring Tom Cruise if you haven't seen
it it's an entertaining movie from the
1980s they fly those jets and in one of
the lines they say that we we have the
need for speed then we have this next
one which i think is quite common so I
hope that many of you are able to guess
are able to get this one correct I have
a strong interest mm education that's
something that's true it's that's why I
put it in there for me I have a strong
interest mmm education we're talking
about the noun and interest so if
somebody's using it as a noun and
interest what preposition follows it's
the same if we're talking about the
adjective interested somebody says I'm
interested
education we're going to use the same
preposition so I think many of you know
this one because it's more common that
you're talking about the things you like
and your interests and you'd say I would
say I have a strong interest in
education you have an interest in
something that you want to learn more
about it you want to focus more on this
thing you want to give more attention to
it you have an interest in something
excellent Angela Lewis ooh bad Shalu
Vijay nice well done let's continue
going because again I want to get
through as many of these as possible
just keep practicing and practicing and
practicing the police did an
investigation mmm the company's finances
so if you have some situation and they
they say maybe you read this in a
newspaper or you are watching a TV show
you're saying the police did an
investigation mmm the company's finances
we're talking about an investigation
what preposition is going to follow that
that noun an investigation mmm something
Oh
Thank You marina I'm interested in your
lessons thank you a great example
interested in something so if you're
talking about in invent an investigation
close excellent yes this one may be a
little more challenging because it
really has to do with crime if you don't
watch many crime TV shows or movies you
might not hear this that often great job
sleepwalker monthly we're talking about
an investigation into something or you
could do an investigation into someone
if you're trying to discover more
information about this person but a lot
of times you would talk about an
investigation into something which is an
investigation it's the act of carefully
examining some crime or problem but
again if you are somebody who watches
movies or TV shows that have anything to
do with the police then you might hear
this expression talking about doing an
in
negation into something or an
investigation into someone an
investigation into then we have like
that picture he lost control mmm his
emotions he lost control
hmm his emotions so we we know you know
the now we're talking about control what
preposition what preposition is going to
follow that now he lost control mmm his
emotions and I think that is another
common collocation you're talking about
control you might hear people talk about
somebody losing control in this case
where it's the past tense he lost
control his emotions so this one
excellent I think you guys rocked it yes
Leticia Diego Abdul Rahman many of you
putting a couple of different answers
but the one thing I want to show you is
you could use either one you could say
control of something or control over in
this case either one of them is fine
and in my opinion I think control of is
probably a little more common if you say
he lost control of his emotions but you
could use over as well means the same
thing he lost control of his emotions or
he lost control over his emotions and
you're talking about control which is
the power that one has over that could
be another person or some situation
control of or control over either one
great job you guys you guys knew that
one so let's look at this next one this
one it may be a little more challenging
the hotel has a loose affiliation hmm
local restaurants so affiliation is a
word hopefully you know what it means
that it's problem it's not as common as
talking about control control of
something but I could say in this in
this situation the hotel has a loose
affiliation hmm local restaurants and
again I think it's good to keep in mind
that that is also a collocation you
might hear talking about a loose
affiliation so if you know what
affiliation means and you've heard this
word before hopefully you know what
preposition follows it great job
lolly sleepwalker those caballero you're
talking about in affiliation with
something an affiliation with something
is a connection you with some type of
organization or maybe a political party
a religion you have an affiliation with
something the hotel has a loose
affiliation with local restaurants I
told you that loose affiliation is a
phrase that you may hear because that
just means that there's a connection but
it's not very strong so you could use it
if there you could say something as
someone has a strong affiliation with
something there is a tight connection or
a loose affiliation which is the
opposite which means yeah it's not it's
very casual it's not very maybe very
important a loose affiliation with
something then we have sometimes I'll
try to take advantage hmm Black Friday
sales Black Friday is it's more it's
it's it's very much a thing in the
United States
I think it's spreading to many other
parts of the world but it is the Friday
after Thanksgiving which in the United
States it's always the Thanksgiving is
the fourth Thursday of November and that
next day Friday is called Black Friday
and there are many different sales
things are very cheap so you could say
this segment say sometimes I'll try to
take advantage mmm
Black Friday sales this is a more common
expression so hope that you guys know
this one to take advantage mmm something
excellent Roselle gertrudis Hanh under
Mary you take advantage of something and
you are using the
good things from some situation so I
could say sometimes I'll try to take
advantage of Black Friday sales I hope
that all of you take advantage of these
lessons and really use it as an
opportunity to practice practice your
English and practice using these
prepositions because again it's great
way to just fine-tune your overall
fluency so I think good also just to
bring this picture back these nouns
followed by prepositions and I could say
I think you have a good grasp hmm these
nouns and prepositions I think you have
a good grasp mmm these nouns and
prepositions this one may be a little
more challenging because again the noun
me is not as common you're talking about
grasp a grasp mmm something so I would
tell you yes I think this is true I
think you have a good grasp hmm these
nouns and prepositions so I all right
great answer I see you're talking about
a grasp of something or a grasp on
something but many of you through those
answers in there either one is correct I
think I would tend to use of but when
you're talking about a grasp you're in
this case you're talking about you're
having a you have a good understanding
of something you have a grasp of
something or you could have a grasp on
something personally I think I would
tend to use of more than on but either
one of them is okay either of those
prepositions is correct if you're
talking about the noun grasped so just
to show you a little review these are
all of the nouns and the prepositions
that we've talked about today and again
a great way to understand these and be
able to use them correctly the next time
you're speaking you're having a
conversation or you're writing an email
is like what you did today you were
practicing you see these written right
here you're reading them right now and
you just start to take all
in and you internalize that information
it goes into your active memory and and
then you'll be able to use all of these
the next time you need to response to
increase in congratulations on
investigation into so I just wanted to
show you some in case you were wanted to
review a little bit and think about oh
wait what was that one so this is a list
of the ones that we talked about today
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thank you guys again this is what this
is what I want I just want to do these
practice lessons give you an opportunity
in in real time to actually not just
watch a video and listen to me speak
English but really get to practice a
little bit and this is a little more
grammar vocabulary and it's a great way
to improve so again thank you guys for
joining me thank you Eddie
a ten great seeing you again
duska Vado sleepwalker Darby Shalu
suspender Marcell sorry I tried to get
in as many names as I could today but I
like doing these lessons because it does
give me an opportunity to acknowledge
those of you who are here in the chat
watching this live so I hope you all
enjoy the rest of your weekend stay
healthy stay safe and I will see you
next time so long
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