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Test your understanding of the English lesson by answering these questions. You will get the answers and your score at the end of the quiz.
My mother and father really enjoyed visiting Costa Rica and told me it was beautiful. My friend asks me about Costa Rica as a place to visit. I respond...





You have made plans with your friend, John, to see a movie at 7pm tonight.  Your mother asks you what you are doing in the evening.  You respond...





Which of following sentences talks about a rule, or a usual way of doing things?





Which of the following uses the proper question form of "be supposed to"?





If I want to say that it is not going to rain tomorrow, how do I phrase the sentence?







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72 Comments on “Speaking English – Expectations – How to use “supposed to””

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Hussein_Raafat

I am supposed to visit engvid every day to learn more. :-) really thank you

Tuesday, February 9th 2010
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ashabi

hi its the nicer lessons and better presentations.iusually enjoy it

Wednesday, February 10th 2010
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ksksoonsss

hi :D
thx your lesson. Especially these quiz is so usuful.
i just thought one sentence “What am i supposed to do!!”

Wednesday, February 10th 2010
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dattathri

this is really good for those who are like me in that example “Paris is supposed to be beautiful”this conversation is with other person who is not in Paris that’s small doubt

Wednesday, February 10th 2010
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cleo

Thank you teacher! It’s really useful for converstion!

Wednesday, February 10th 2010
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batyr

thanks a lot Mr.Alex. i like your lessons

Wednesday, February 10th 2010
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jason

it is a great lesson. Thank you

Friday, February 12th 2010
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Seungho

Very good lessons. thank for your lecture. thank you Alex

Friday, February 12th 2010
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sergeyuliba

I’d like to watch a lesson about what is the difference between saying “What happens if I don’t give him it” and “What will happen if I don’t give him it”

Friday, February 12th 2010
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ben tujuh

it’s simple video that make me happy to learn more about enlish lesson

Friday, February 12th 2010
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redengine

shone

Saturday, February 13th 2010
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datobe

thank you teacher, your lessons are very nice.

Saturday, February 13th 2010
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florosita

thanks Alex for the lesson, it was very useful for me.

Saturday, February 13th 2010
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Rose

thanx a lot that was very helpful

Sunday, February 14th 2010
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BBTI

Hi Alex,

Thanks for the lesson.

I would appreciate if you could have further example with the past tense as there are supposed to be slightly different nuance, like
I was supposed to do so.

The sentense above implies I didn’t do so, is that correct?

Thanks,
BBTI

Sunday, February 14th 2010
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noureen khurshedi

hi,i am from pakistan,your teaching method is nice.i can,t thankyou enough.

Sunday, February 14th 2010
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George Kronberg

Thanks for lessons Alex! You’re definitely a good teacher)
Could you please make some lessons on more advanced topics?
You’re Canadian, aren’t you? Do you practicing as a teacher at some ESL courses in Toronto by any chance? I’d be happy to attend your lessons)

Monday, February 15th 2010
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berrios76

thank you for the lesson alex

Tuesday, February 16th 2010
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fish

Very very good lesson……

Wednesday, February 17th 2010
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Omar Ventura

This was extraordinary Alex.

Thank you so much.

Wednesday, February 17th 2010
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osman0660

I was using these structure like (You suppose to do this work) Right now i learned that i was wrong. So I am supposed to use like that ( You are supposed to do this work) :))) thank you very much ENGvid :))

Wednesday, February 17th 2010
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fati7

Thank you for this lesson useful Alex

Wednesday, February 17th 2010
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maybe1

Happy Chinese Day, teachers and fellows here!

Unfortunately, I found the medias on Engvid could not be open with
my IE browser. Whether there’s any additional software or script I
have to install on the IE in order to watching these videos? Thanks a lot!

Thursday, February 18th 2010
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    If you can use Chrome or Firefox, that is better, but if you must use IE, please use IE 7 or higher. You need Javascript turned on, and you need the flash plugin in order to watch the lessons. If you can view YouTube, you should be able to watch the lessons here.


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Anuj

Hi Alex,

It’s great to have you as a teacher. Thanks a lot! :)

Thursday, February 18th 2010
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ilah

hey Alex!!

you are the best teachers thank the subjects :)

Friday, February 19th 2010
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kashif baloch

i am supposed to study in uk

Friday, February 19th 2010
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ilah

hye alex…

thanks for you lesson :) I’m very2 like you lesson…please respond my coment………

Saturday, February 20th 2010
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ilah

hye alex…

thanks for you lesson :) I’m very2 like you lesson…please respond my coment………

Saturday, February 20th 2010
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ilah

hye alex…

thanks for you lesson :) I’m very2 like you lesson…please respond my coment………

Saturday, February 20th 2010
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noureen khurshedi

hi alex,you are a nice teacher.thank you for your all help.best wishes for you.

Tuesday, February 23rd 2010
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mehdoz

thank you Alix

Wednesday, February 24th 2010
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Faysal

Hi Alex , Iam Faysal . Iam glad to learn how to use the word ( supposed be ), and i really want to appreciate it you . This is really useful for English learns , and it ‘s more beneficial to them. Thanks for telling us how to make or how to put the word ( supposed be ) in a sentence.
Thanks a lot . bye

Saturday, February 27th 2010
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haji

thnx alex this is very nice lessons for me and its really useful

thnx fo your time

Saturday, February 27th 2010
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raj37

thanks alex. it’s very useful for me

Monday, March 15th 2010
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rimee5

hi, alex

thnx for the lesson. i was supposed to get full marks but actually i didnt read the question carefully n this i always do which i am not supposed to do.
thnx

Tuesday, March 16th 2010
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Leen

thank you, Mr.Alex

Tuesday, March 16th 2010
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khalil

Thank you so much>>>

Thursday, March 18th 2010
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Kannan

Hi Alex,

Thank you, Your explanation’s with examples are simply great. I’m confused with For and to, could you please tell me a good example that can clear my doubt?

Thursday, March 18th 2010
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Faisal R. Nasution

Thank u very much for all member, this is very very very useful for me
-goodluck-

Monday, March 22nd 2010
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Manar

I am very interesting when I listen to your lessons

Wednesday, March 24th 2010
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reamos

thanks Alex. this leason is v. diffecult to me, even after asignment can you make more declaration on it.

Saturday, March 27th 2010
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VRAJ

Dear Sir Alex,
I watch your every single video lesson. I can’t afford to lose your video lesson to watch. Only one time, watching your video lesson is enough for me to learn topic on English grammar. You teach English grammar very easily. I think you have God-gift. I am supposed to learn English grammar and usage, sentence structure and style and impressive writing through e-mail correspondence with you, but unfortunately I don’t’ have your e-mail address.
Thank you very much,
Your student
VRAJ

Saturday, March 27th 2010
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backer2211

Hi Sir
In that final quiz, why there is no “be” in this sentense?
It is supposed to rain tomorrow.
Is’nt it, It is supposed to be rain tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 30th 2010
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backer2211

Hi Sir
In that final quiz, why there is no “be” in this sentense?
It is not supposed to rain tomorrow.
Is’nt it, It is not supposed to be rain tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 30th 2010
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ariee cathy

great lesson….

Tuesday, April 6th 2010
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drpekai

hey Alex you know ? your are the beast

Thursday, April 8th 2010
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cool

thank u

Tuesday, April 13th 2010
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naz 22

thanks a million.

Saturday, April 24th 2010
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saqib

hi sir i am your big fan.good job sir.

Saturday, April 24th 2010
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rizwanmirza

hi alex. ur realy good teacher.
but i can’t speak english very well. what should i do ?
rizwanmirza

Friday, April 30th 2010
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charco

thanks Alex.

Monday, May 3rd 2010
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elza

i think your lessons are useful for everyone,i like it

Tuesday, May 4th 2010
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keti

i am watching your videos for the second time and i think it is very interesting

Tuesday, May 4th 2010
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Abdullah Hamza

Thanks a lot , that was so useful
I really enjoyed watching your lesson

Monday, May 10th 2010
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Munim

thanks Alix

Tuesday, May 11th 2010
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burnee

Thank you very much. You are a good teacher

Tuesday, May 11th 2010
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Neelam777

Thanks for giving a very good explanation

Friday, May 14th 2010
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KristieMiyamoto

Alex thanks a lot! All the best, Kristie Miyamoto from Japan

Sunday, May 16th 2010
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sergioss

today I know something else, . . . . am I supposed to speak better than yesterday? Sure!!!! Thanks for teach me and nice test you gave us.

Tuesday, May 18th 2010
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Dmitry

What is the difference between
‘You are supposed to do something’ and
‘You are allowed to do s.t.’ ?

Friday, May 21st 2010
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DAVID

i like ur good explanation

Saturday, May 22nd 2010
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abdulmalik alnoaman

YOUR LESSONS IS VERY WELL UNDERSTOOD , AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SUPPOSED TO VISIT CANADA NEXT WEEKEDN, AND Mr. ALEX ESPECIALLY.

Sunday, May 23rd 2010
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Abdullah

thank you very much indeed fo this useful lesson

Monday, May 24th 2010
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Lenin

Hi Alex, firstly I like to thank you for your teaching. I’m from Ecuador and actually I’m living in London where I’m learning English every day with you help. Please, I’d like to ask you a question about the difference between: “other and another”, because the two words have same meaning so I don’t know how and when I can use those words. I’ll wonder wheter you can help me with this doubt. I send you a lot of greetings and I wish you the best luck. Thanks a lot.

Thursday, June 3rd 2010
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manish

thanks
its gud and very useful lecture

Saturday, June 12th 2010
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Muthu

You have given some useful examples how to use “shpposed to” in the sentence. Thanks a lot.

Saturday, June 19th 2010
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José Augusto

Congratulations Alex.Your lessons are very good!
Your pronunciation is clear as a bell,it is important for us foreigners, to have so good teacher.Thanks a lot!!!Ilive in Brazil , and I hope to visit your beautiful country in the future.

Tuesday, June 29th 2010
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Jalal

Thank you so much ,these things are one of the most defficult problems for newcomers

Wednesday, June 30th 2010
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raaj

you r ma fv among all teacher

Saturday, July 10th 2010
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