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10 Common English Expressions
In this lesson you will learn 10 very common English expressions used in everyday conversation. Practice trying to use them when you’re speaking (not too much!), and take the quiz to test your understanding.
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maica
very very useful. thank you from Spain
yeah , I agree you, it’s very useful site. thanks a lot.
tatia
nhanblog
thanks Valen. these are really useful expressions. i see it almost everyday when i read news or listen to English. thanks to your video, i know more clearly about them. I’m sure i won’t have trouble understanding them when i meet them again. thanks again and good luck to you.
hamdard
thanks Valen. these are really useful expressions. i see it today when i read this vedios but i can,t dawnloald its i wana to learn Enghlish, i am from afghnistan and i am also poor not rich ,you must help to me to dawnloald and play all the vadios . this is my adrass
( selab_hamdard@yahoo.com ) thanks to your video, thanks again and good luck to you
Marco Arancibia
Very well !
Thank you.
Rey – Brazil
Uauuu, that’s so nice!
Congratulation i loved it.
I’d like to watch and learning more.
Honey
Wow…tnx a million!
i just loved it.
i took the quiz…got the best results
tuan_kkt
Oh ! Thanks a lot !
Our lesson is very interesting and useful !
Our teacher is very attractive ! I love her very much and I wish I could marry her !
đh mỏ địa chất. nice
nhanblog
yen
u’re so lustful, Tuan! but i strongly agree that Mss Valen is very nice.thanks a lot.
Valen makes the day more sun on it. More of bright
DogMan
DogMan
I correct: Valen makes the day more sunny.
engVid
You guys need to calm down a little.
EnglishProfessor
she is very good at teaching .
yanoson
Oh. Very good. Your lession is very interesting. Thank you teacher and Engvid.com.
EBTIHAL
I LOVE YOUR LESSION ALOT
AND I AM WAITING FOR THE NEW ONE
MY answers WAS 8 OF 10
GOOD BY
van the
really cool! thanks for giving me good tips
damreddy
it is very use ful
for us and she teachs is very well
and u give more information about tense
JOHN MOZ
helllo
i am confuse ,,, adverb between adjective can u teach me ,,,,
what is adverb place , manner and time ????
Hi John,
An adverb describes a verb and an adjective describes a noun. Example of adverbs are quickly, slowly, happily. Examples of adjectives are tall, old, and red.
Hope this helps!
ValenESL
MOHAMMED
hi Valen
thank you very much for all your video’s
and i have ask you some thing,
do you teach international student at English School ? where is it ?
thanks again and i’m looking for you forward on my e-mail and i hope you make me friend of you.
best regards
Mohammed
of yours sorry
MOHAMMED
computersat
Thank you my teacher … I Understand with you every thing, GOD bless you…
Ahmed Alwaqa’a
Iraq
English Teacher
Vocational school
robert
Very well
thanks Valen.
ramgs7
Thanks Valen. Its very interesting and useful too…..
nick
thanks for these tips…its realy useful for me
bhim gaha
thanks valen.
gorm
Very well
thanks Valen. شكرا جزيلا للاستاذة فالين
Dilshad
It was good and very helpful
sajjad husain
tahnk u yaar valen i am ur regular student…it is best…….
………..
Sérgio Guerra – Brazil
Hello,
I will tell about this site for all my friends. Here is a good space to learn english. valen, I watched your explanation, and you and others teachers here are very good.
Thanks!!! The best site in internet.
fine-howdy?
we all appriciate it! ( idk how to spell the word “appriciate”. ) or is it right?
I meant > I don’t know how to write the word appreciate<
fine-howdy?
fine-howdy?
Oh, now I just looked it up.It is actually “appreciate but not appriciate”.
Anyways, We want more!!
wagner7365
Very very good
beth_lapore
Hi Teacher Valen, thanks for the 10 Common English Expressions. The topic really helped me a lot on my first online teaching with a Korean student. Thanks to your video. Hope to watch more of your English lesson videos, i love them… Beth, Philippines… More power!!
ValenESL
Thanks for the comments everyone. I’m glad you enjoyed the lesson!
It is very simple and common to understand. Thanks for the all you doing for us. for people from other countries
Alibek from KZ
Reynaldo
Hi miss Valen,it´s wandeful to improve English twenty four seven.I get the ball start now for that reason i´m happy!only I need to take it easy for to success!the only bad it´s I´m broke.
Cristobal
Hi! Thankyou teacher I realy like this place, I belive I can learn alot watching your videos! My name is Cristobal and I leave in Vallejo Ca. I will tell my friends about this place! Thankyou again!!!!!!
Cristobal
One question teacher! What “big time” means??
yen
Thanks for your excellent teaching. Hope u will give more expressions for us. They are very useful.
sagal
i went learning english
rahmi
hai, i am rahmi from indonesia.
i would like to take diploma or certificaten in TEFl but online, would you help me find the institution/web. i hope the cheap on.
thanks
Mr cuong
thanks Valen!!!
Juu
Dear Valen,
You are also a great teacher, I really like your way of teaching and your pronunciation. Why we live in a different world, it’s so far from Canada to Laos (Asia). And Why I have no good teacher like you. It’s true because our teachers are not native speaker like you, some of them can teach grammar but their pronunciations are very bad. I could understand clearly from your accent and get what you have explained during your teaching but why I still cannot write in a really good essay of a deeper words (academic writing). so, I have found that, I need to learn to get more vocab…. and the most important point is to learn more grammar.
You have any idea to help with my English? I really would like to pass IElTS but I haven’t tried to take any exam of IELTS yet. Now you know how good am i because you have read my comment here. So, If I try to take, what level I will get? The top level is 9, right? You can try to guess first, I am warm welcome to accept your recommend or your guessing.
My E-mail is: kobliab@hotmail.com
Kind Regards,
Juu
Hi Juu,
I think your English writing is very good. Continuing to watch English videos online will help you with your pronunciation and understanding. You can also try watching English television shows to improve you spoken English.
Good luck!
Valen
ValenESL
ghost2005
Thanks Valen. Your lesssion is very useful for me. I just start learning english and your lession help me understand more.
Thanks.
Eleusiz
Thank you M’s Valen
You and your colleagues very great teaching, I’m studying english language. But sometimes I’m don’t understand how do use”shuold be, could, would, when(when’s sometime used difference) etc.
Hai
Thanks Ms. Valen. your lesson is perfect
Abdulkarim
Thank youvery much. It’s really helpful lesson.
huy
thanks Valen! you’re so hot!
ELIZABETH VALER
very well
Serge
thx, but i think your own speech is very rapid for many beginners.
numfhon
thanks a million. your lesson very useful. I just start learning English.
Could you speak a little slowly please? Sometime I don’t catch , what did you say ?
do3do390
Thank u a lot teacher
it was very useful ..i wish that u will always lend me a hand to improve my english …. is that work??
thank u
badettelt
very helpful
Naser
hi
im Naser from syria but i live in and work in kuwait
im her to learn english for my job
pleace help me
jose
hi, thank valen your class is very simple and easy. I underestand every words, thanks
bye bye continue your video please, because are very educative..!
jaideep1975
hi
your way of teaching is easy very simple you’r good teacher
thanks vallen
Ritochka
Thank you very very much. I’m from Russia and I’m young enough but in the test didn’t have any mistakes))) Several days ago I had a very important test and scored 90 points of 100. I’m going to study in the pedagogical institute in Russia. But I don’t want to be a teacher…. What job can you advise me???
Olena
I’m glad that I met you, Valen here, such a positively energetic person and a good teacher. So, I will try to get through all your lessons. I wish you peace, love and harmony.
koug
hi nice teacher you show me the way how i can impove my
english and i am very glad to be your stutent and will try to listen
your lessons thank very much
muhi
hi what can i say more than what my mates have said about you exept that you are really the most beautiful teacher i have ever seen in ages. Thank you my lovely teacher and I hope the good keep you for us
muhi
I love you. Can you marry me.I will buy for you a school
sofia
Thank you, for the effort and dedication that you give us without even knowing, thanks again.
Bang Duong Van
i really like your voice.
I really want to improve my English Skills. but i have not much money to join in a class with native speaker to learning English well. If you can, give me a hand. :D
My email and skype:
duongvanbang@gmail.com
skype: alibom_ahxt
Look forward to your message.
Sincerely,
/bangdv
hey buddy, we all want her hand not only you, I love English because of her, and i guess most of you do
hady
EnglishProfessor
yeah, i want her hand too : O)
me too
claudiotcjr
bader_assouiah
hi i’m bader i’m 23 i’m new friends .thanks teacher for this nice learning
i hop be fine to very one .agin nice learning an d nice vioce and beautiful good luck
youss
Thank you so much I’ve benefit a lot of things from you lessons
U
Hi Valen, your topic was great, but I really hope you can make a second part and why not a third one, all of us (not native speakers) face that English daily conversations are full of expressions that don’t mean what we think, we share some of them in Spanish, maybe with a little change but some are really difficult, at first glance they don’t make any sense.
Tanks a lot, best regards
Ulises
aqeel91
thanks ever such a lot
all your lessons are serviceable
keep on
bey for now
Alena
Oh, I didn’t make any mistake! It means that I know English like the back of my hand)) No, of course, no, I should learn a lot of things about this language. So, take it easy, go!
Where are you from, Alena?
Dino
Majid
I don’t know what to say
thanks a million teacher
waiting for more
Enikő
Hello! I enjoyed listening to your explanation very much. Just one question: is there difference between ‘in ages’ and ‘for ages’ ?
Thank you, Enikő
nguyentuan822
thank you very much. You are a really good teacher. I hope you will make more video like this.
budianto
thanks a lot Valen.Would you like to show me the different about the future tense will and going to.I’m still confiuse about will when we use will.I’m Budianto from Indonesia.will you come to my country is that right.
anwar
ok. it’s real to know skill about english.
thank you very much teacher
for the first i see your website. and i wanna share about teaching english effectively for the student in my country.
and nice to see u
pink flower
THANK U VERY MUCH FOR THESE USEFUL LESSONE
yuni
thanks..i like it very much..
hossein
thanks for ur all lesson i´m so grateful…
AshleyAshley from mongolia
hello?I think that was very useful expressions.I almostly learnt it on time.so your teaching ability is quite good you know,And I want to tell that thank you so much for your lesson!!! and good luck for your job
AshleyAshley from mongolia
and I wanna to say that UR so pretty!!!! and cute kk
Dino
I love you, Valen and your lessons.
hady
hello valen
you are too pretty that i cant concentrate
thnx alot for ur lessons
hady
please valen, can you expaln IF conditions?
all of them please.
thnx
y3qob2000
Thank you very much for this lesson,I want a much lesson in the same subject
Dino17
Valen! You’re the best teacher! I love you!
shankar
Hi teacher, Your teaching is really very good. I have so many doubts. Often i get confused. Can i have your yahoo id or skype id ?
senakrim mekonnen
hi Valen,
I really like your way of teaching.I have a language school in Ethiopia named “English ZONE” how can you help us I some times have some voluntarily teachers here from U.S, have you ever tried working out side of your country
peace out
hailie
Thanks, your lesson is great, everything is super, your pronunciation is perfect! I like this lesson very much, I’ll certainly show it to my students!:)thanks
love1986
wow after watching your videos i learned a lot from your teaching.I love it…thanks I really enjoyed it i answered the quiz and i’ve got a perfect score…….this site is the best!!!….
love1986
thank you ! , you are a good teacher am looking forward to watch your another videos cause this site is very useful to us especially here in Philippines i will tell all my friends about this site……..
Shayne
Hi Valen!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge concerning English Language.
Keep it up and more power!
Galadriel
It was really helpful!!!
thank U!!
bel habib filali Mehdi
MOROCCO:
good morning teacher, this lesson is very useful.
thanks
anura
ur teaching is as sweet as you :i have no terms to give you thanks for that bit of teaching!I wish you luck.
anu.
Trick/Treat
you recalled all 10 expressions in backorder correctly. I like that :)
you are looking great/preety, i was just seeing you,cant concentrate on subject :)
Dania26
Two thumbs up!
Riva
It was very very helpful.
Thank you!
EnglishProfessor
very nice
Tatyana
Hello, Valen. I’m a teacher of English in a comprehensive school. I use your excelent lessons in my classes to practice listening and speaking. Thank you very much. Can you prepare one more on reported speach, please.
Tatyana
Hello,Valen. Explain,please why do you use “in ages” and not “for ages”. We study and know it as “for ages”. Thanks a lot.
Nathalie
You explain very well. I understand your pronunciation and your examples perfectly. Thanx
emph
She is so cute and beautiful.
ngmi
i love your lesson verry much,teacher! I can understand every word you say but I have got a big problem in writing (eg essay). I think I need to learn much more English phrases. Can you help me?
Anyway, you are the best English teacher I’ve known (and also very beautiful teacher, too). XD
hwsoo1
thanks for your trouble, Valen. these are really useful expressions. I see it almost everyday when I read news or listen to English broadcasts. thanks to your video, I know more clearly about them. I’m sure I won’t have trouble understanding them when I meet them again. thanks again and good luck to you.
phanhetphon
php
Dear, Ms Valen
Thank you very much for you teaching me and you are very best teacher also. I always watch your video lesson and I hope you have time in the future I’m inviting you to teach in my country in Laos because I need then best teacher like you.
Thank you.
Php
Dbajaj
Hi Teacher,
This was my first Class .it was very interesting and useful to me.
Thanks
Aiouia
Thank u Valen so much
I`m Aya from Egypt
i wanna ask u if u have a special site, plz tell me
& i wanna know where r u teaching?
Thank u again ^_^
Aiouia
Hi Valen
I feel great while studying,
I`m so interested in idioms & expressions, so can u provide us with more lessons about idioms or just writ it for us …. i mean another most popular ones.
thank you
Aiouia
johnmilton
thank..that was very useful lesson..would you just keep going your lesson just like that as simple,understandable,long?
ı also want more lessons do you mind?
Achyut Acharya
Dear Ms Valen
Thanks a lot, i learn more new words. but how i get more it, it only very short tips. Hoping your response.
Yours Sincerely
Achyut
burhanietian
hi
i saw ur lecture videos and i am highly impressed by your way of teaching. i want to appear in GRE general examination. i guess i am very poor in writing eassy etc. can you give me some tips or suggestion so that i can score a respective grade in analytical writing. or can i send you my written easy for your comments.
secondly your are looking very pretty in your videos.
with regards
kasif
Alabady
Very useful lesson VALEN … now i know those then Expression like the back of my hand … ;) … Thanks a lot
rahulbluff
dear valen
thank you so much for your classes
i love to watching you and learning english
all the best bye(so sweet teacher)
carminne7
Thanks for your class It was very good!!!
sunman
i wont to give you the biggest thank’s in the world
thank yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooou Valen
veera
Nice LESSON ITS LIKE BEE’S KNEES ………
alsngk
Ms.Valen Thanks Thanks Thanks realy your websit is helpfull and usefull your way of teaching its very clear and simpl, thank again
Ghulam Qadir
Dear Valen, I am really impressd with your way of teaching.God bless you.
Anyse
Valen,
As I watched the video, one thing came to mind. How did you write out the words for 24/7? Is it “twenty-four seven” or “twenty four seven?” I think that this will help the students a lot.
tauqeer
i aaaaaaam very happy when i see this video your teaching method is very attractive and relly i learn a lot to see this video. Can u guide me hw can i improve my spoken english i want to speak fluently.waiting ur response.
Srinivas
This is really nice website. very usefull
Pavoreal
Valen was a funny lesson , thank you.
wow
I have no words
Marco
your lesson was very useful
Leen
thank you so much teacher valen
nessaj
Thanks a lot, very nice expression.
Now,and because of you i know them like the back of my hand.
Can you give me a hand teacher Valen? I have some troubles in writting an essay which discribe people or an object.
Anas.
best reggars.
baynaa
thank you Valen . I like your lessson .you can help me very much .
Mamuang
a good lesson, thank you so much
yehlen
hi tchr Valen…very interesting…tnx 4 sharing ur knowledge…i got 6 out 6..GOD bless
yehlen
i got 6 out of 6..tnx
Noorulhadi
many,many thanks for your excellent lessons.
asta
thanks a lot of your lessons, you are very good teacher and i like to listen your voice :)
abid
you expression and method is very fine thank for giving me your hand
mohdf
hi
thanks a lot it really was sooo nice and useful
keep going :)
Svejk
It was very usefull. Give me a hand, twenty four seven. :)
jac
thank a lot for 10 expression you teach me, i know them very well
Taniatriatleta
I´ve just discovered your videos and made the quiz from the “10 very common English expressions”. I´m from Brazil. I hope studying more with the group.
Thank you for share your time with unknowing people around the world. All we need is love! Thanks a lot.
Shiva.R
hai, ms.valen
I want more confused words . if you have your golden time send to my email id (shiva.sakthivel.raja3@gmail.com). Thanks for explain the words
newrosegarden
i like your class very much
Purus
wow great. thanks so much. It is very useful for us who are learning English like me.
Please can you write the explanation for all expression.some expression I have missed it because I didn’t see the explanation in the board( not written)… thank you so much.
anly
Really an impressive teaching skill….. I must say you are a great teacher!!
thanks….
sultan23c
good!
abraham
you inspire 24/7 study your lessons…
Lovely
i will not grumble but i had a little difficulty to concentrate on this lesson :P
have a nice day/night
Mehari
Hello,Teachers,I would like to introduce myself.I’m from Africa.I’m curious in English language,and I want to improve my pronounciation.I have got every lesson cool.Thank you very much ALL TEACHERS.
paulofelipp
OMG!
Thank you so much, i loved it!
Special the expression “Get the ball rolling” :)
Anand
Hi Valen,
Nice Lesson.
One request from me.
I want to know more commonly used expressions. They were help me a lot in day to day office life.
Could you able to upload some more lessons in this subject.
Artur
Hi Valen!!! You are very good teacher!!! I like your lessons!!!
ananya(anie)
hey could u please help us with toefel 2
manjit
Good Evening madam ,
I HAVE SEEN SOME OF YOUR VIDEO ES WHICH ARE EXCELLENT TO LEARN ENGLISH .
I would like t give exam of IELTS. I have problem in vocabulary as well in writing task can help me.
I’ll be highly thankful to you for this
m.oboe
dear valen !
thank you so mch
very useful …
Do you have any facebook page ,email or somethig?!
jhon
I like the way you teach and you are so beautiful also .
yahya
Thank you very much this was very very very useful to me
umar
Hello all the teachers……..
your learning english style is perfect.
specially (valen)good commiuncation style…..thanks
saleh
again and again I don’t know how to thank u. I asked u before if u could help me to use the angry,annoyance,sorrow, idioms and expressions
with my best wishes for progress and success
saleh saad
Nadeem
Hi Valen
Could you please arrange one lacture for how to write an attractive Artical for paper and web.
thanks
Nadeem
arsalan
IT’S WOUNDERFUL.THX
soufiane
thanks a lot of all lessons especialy Valen
she introduce some lesson very well and has a ffasion very real
soufiane Morocco
ASALA
, thanks for making clear about common expression. this is a great lesson for me because i used hear those expression when i was in high school, but i didn’t get and i wondered what all about!!!!
Arul
Hi Valen, I am Arul from India. I like this method You are very beautiful.
Abdul Qayyum
I AM THANKFUL TO YOU ELEN YOU ARE GOOD TEACHER. PLEASE HELP ME IN ENGLISH.
Muzafar
What a wonderful common it was
schalak
really was verey usefull .Inever heared about these 10 comon ,from yesterday iknew this website and I writing much if stay like this for another 6 month I think will be lerning English.
schalak
God bless you.
Zina Magdy
I want to thank you about your efforts. Your lessons are easy to understand & they are very useful. Of course you are a good & educative teacher. Thank you very much & GOOD LUCK :D.
touseef
Hi VALEN, your 10 common ueses of English was very interesting.Commonly we can say that four things are necessary to master English language, that are, 1-Writing 2-Reading 3-Listening and 4-Speaking. But would you kindy tell me if there is any respective sequence to master English language and in your opinion is there more to master the art of English?
BENZU
I AM VERY PLEASED TO SEE SUCH WONDERFUL AND EFFECTIVE METHOD OF THEACHING. THANKS A LOT.
llrerbi
this is my firsttime learn english thank you so much……………
sai
In inproving english, you became the helping hand to my success
Letícia
Hi! I’m Letícia and I’m a english student from Brazil! This website is really really good, I like a lot! Valen is a very nice teacher. I understood everything that she explained =)
Bye
B.Chandra mouli
thanks,explain this expressions love u so much.
Hamid
My Dear teacher
Hi
these expressions were very useful for me thanks alot from your accompany with us in learning English Language
if you have time to explain me deffrance between I like and I would like
thanks
hamidSH
my daer teacher
hi
i am form Afghanistan and i like your lessons very much
thanks
hoomaa
how i now my level in english
lawrence
thank you very much…well appreciated
Joan Q
Hi Valen!Thanks for the educational videos…can you also make a videos about the proper use of can, could, will, would, shall and should…i’m not quite confident in using these words and also prepositions like in, on with, together with, beneath, under, along with…
again, thank you so much and keep the cool videos coming….
joan Philippines
Miguel
Hi Valen, really you are a great english teacher and a beautiful woman, best regards
chauhongteo
I am also interested in your lesson. You are a good teacher. VALEN . Can you contact me ?