Speaking English: How to express your reaction

Hi, Rebecca, what a great teacher you are,,

Elmer Merino

why are you joking

ssikha

Very useful and practical expression to express our reactions to bad/good news.

The quiz also provides further examples on how to use this pattern:

What an amazing experience it was to take the quiz and learn more about it.

Thanks a million Rebecca.

Regino

Hi Rebecca,
how beautiful English lesson!
Thanks

Gellii

Hi Gelli, I recon it should be:
What a beautiful English lesson! ;)

anina

recon + reckon?

jarecki

laer

You must say: What a beautiful English lesson

medohsi

How smart you are! Fantastic!!

AlexSem

Hi, Rebecca, how wonderful day it is!

ゞ(≧▽≦*)o

What a wonderful day! ;) or
How wonderful. (full stop)

anina

Ah ha, you’re right!

ゞ(≧▽≦*)o

Hi ,thank you so much

Goran91

Great thank u so much

AirHotess

it was so easy that’s wasn’t hard because of the video made me understand

Nadiya

thank you Rebecca for making this video, if you didn’t make this video I wouldn’t know this good info.

Nadiya

Well, this is a repeated sort of lesson created by Emma a month ago.
https://www.engvid.com/exclamations-in-english/
But, practicing is always useful. So, thanks for this nice opportunity.

bencebacsi

yep, you’re right, have studied that lesson Emma made. just like what you said, practicing and repeating are always useful for us to improve our English, have a nice day.

eric0405

Thank you só much, bencebacsi. I acessed o exclamations by Emma and what a wonderful lesson. Thank again

who s bad

Well, I think it’s a good idea to have the same topic explained by different teachers, because they have different styles and we, as students, have different ways of learning. However in Latin we could express it like this: Repetita iuvant, which means that repeating a concept , when learning, helps! Best wishes!

Perlamar

Thank you Rebecca. Very important lesson!

cacoliveira

Hello, Rebecca.
I want to ask a question, actually I asked it before, but no one replied. :(
So hope you can help me.
‘I’m finished.’ and ‘I have finished.’ What is the difference? Can I say ‘Are you finished?’?
Thank you!

Sophie

Hello Sophie,
“I’am finished” means you are finished by somebody, i mean the action (to finish) has been done by another person, and “I have finished” means that you have finished to do something recently, i mean in this situation the action has been done by you, you have done that job. this is my point. thanks.

Mehroj

Hi Sophie! I’ve searched for you the answer and luckily I found it;)
I have finished = I’m finished (e.g. a job); yes it’s exactly the same and you can also ask someone if he or she has already finished the job; Are you finished? It’s correct to say that ;)

anina

Yes, Anina is right. You can use either expression and they mean the same thing. All the best to you.

Rebecca

Rebecca, thank you so much for your reply!! =D Sometimes no teachers reply our questions. I’m so upset. :(
So I’m really grateful for your help! :)

Sophie

and also thanks Anina! :)

Sophie

GREAT LESSON

FrankMexican

Good morning mam! How wonderful day today! because I have started this day from you, I got a great lesson today, today is a great day for me. Now I can understand how to express our reaction. So thank you very much mam.

thiruselvi

How wonderful day is wrong. You should say- What a wonderful day?

anina

what a great lesson. Short bad very useful.

Oscarcerna12

Hi there,
First of all let me wish to all Engvid.com the best video materials in 2014 and enlarge your teaching project,and also happy 2014 New year.I hope you will teach us for strong educational materials on how speaking ,reading, listening and speaking.
Dear Rebecca I’d like to ask you a question about learning how to speak for one month.Is it possible to teach someone who has a little idea about English to speak normally in it.
Thanks,Sadulla from Tashkent Uzbekistan

sadulla

Hello Rebecca!
thank you for helping in learning English ;)

OUSSAMAjibari

Thank you so much

OUSSAMAjibari

what a good lesson

pocolo

very useful!

Muslim(Salyaf)

My score was perfect! Ya~y! What a great teacher you are!
Thank you, Rebecca :D

Happy04

What a clear explanation.Thank you
Dear teacher .Could you please explain the differences of since(in case of giving a reason),as, and also the difference between ‘when and while’,’as long as and as soon as’

pintuk

Thanks Mam Rebecca, I got 100%.

Abdul Qayum

90% One mistake in point 2. I don’t recognize this two words. “awful” and “awfully”.
Can anyone tell me, what is different between those words? Thank You Rebecca.
(my english is awfull)

eurokolchoznik

awful is an adjective but awfully is an adverb

somaye62

Hi eurokolchoznik,
maybe I could answer your question.”Awful” is adjective whilst “awfully” is adverb.
If I am wrong, correct me Rebecca please…

Gellii

Hi Gellili
I think, what you wrote is correct, but we have to remember about articles. Awful is an adjective and awfully is an adverb. I don’t know why :-) but articles are very important, even in spoken english

kroy

Hi there.
Thank You Gellii.
Thank You Kroy.
Now I understand differ between those two words. Rule is precision. In this case We must use adjective, not adverb.

eurokolchoznik

Thanks Rebecca.
What a nice lesson!

torohi

There is no name or adjective to say What or How for you.

ikarayel

I did only one mistake, how awful!! Thank you Rebecca!

Mehroj

I made one mistake)) Thank you Rebecca! You are great teacher! =)

MaximK93

Many thany thanks

khalidse10

Thanks Rebecca. What a useful lession!

Richard Mai

That was great! :D

amalroxanne

great

hamza aitami

What a great teacher!! Seriously, you’ve made this lesson looks pretty easy with your warm smile. In here, our teachers used to yell at us. lol

abdoumma

What a good surprise,
90% for my first lesson !!!!!
Thank you, dear teacher and happy new year.
Happy 2014 for all students… ;-)

PascalG91

Hi Rebecca,
Can’t we say “what a day” in a positive way – meaning it is a wonderful one ?

annie974

My respectable teacher Rebecca ,,,And all great teachers in ENGVID .com ,Really I want to say thanks -if thanks is enough – for this great and magnificent work,,,, and I would like to ask you little bit question and I hope to get answer a.s.a.p cause I so confused,,, I studied all the beginner lessons in engvid.com one by one lesson by lesson I started from the bottom till I reach here , to this lesson -the last lesson you upload till now 267th- So could I move to the next step (intermediate level) or not yet??? please my teacher could you tell me what I’m going to do??
your faithfully Mohammed elyas

m.elyas

hw wonderful nigth

tata conde

How Wonderful English?

tata conde

Sorry, you would need to say: What wonderful English! All the best.

Rebecca

Dear Rebecca
Happy New Year to you
In this lesson you said what nonsense and not WHAT A NONSENSE.
I think that is an exception ! How many words don’t accept A ?
Do you undrestand my question ?
Thank you very much for your answer. Kind regards xxx Francis

vilainpetitcrapaud

Hi, yes we generally say what nonsense, but
It’s (a) nonsense to say that he’s too old for the job.

anina

See my comment about countable and uncountable nouns below. All the best!

Rebecca

Hello Rebecca. Two examples you gave us are without the article ‘a’: what nonsense and what horrible weather. Is this a matter of countable or non-countable nouns? If the answer is yes, what about ‘shame’ which is non-countable. Happy new year.

patple13

There are always exceptions, and English is full of them! Happy New Year to you too!

Rebecca

Hi Rebecca, and everybody on this website. I wish you a good year 2014.
What a fine begin year !

ody joly

How helpful you are; Merci pour ce rappel Rebecca

takayashu

What a clear lesson!Thanks.

byte

Hello. Can I say for instance ‘How he knew it?’ or should I always use auxiliary verb – in this situation – ‘How did he know it?’. Sometimes I have troubles with subject questions. Thanks.

ernest

‘How he knew it?’ it’s not a subject question, but I meant that maybe it would be good topic for next lesson.

ernest

The correct version would be: How did he know it / that? All the best to you.

Rebecca

What a beautiful and usefull lesson!
Thank you very much Rebecca.

frariolo

Hello Rebecca!
Can you explain why did you say :” What bad service” and ” What horrible weather” and not “What a bad service” and “What a horrible weather”? In the others examples there is an article.Thank you!

arinamg

Sorry! I would’ve said : “Would you please explain” I wasn’t polite.

arinamg

Hello Piatra, in my opinion both weather and service are uncountable words, that’s why we can not use articles before them.

Mehroj

Hello, Mehroj! My name is Arina, not Piatra.
I think you are right.But why is then” What a shame”? Is “shame” countable?
Thanks for your answer!

arinamg

You are right, Mehroj. Thanks and all the best.

Rebecca

I made another mistake.”I should have said” not “I would”.I hope is correct now.

arinamg

Sorry Arina, if you want to know more about using of articles, the book in the follow link helps you, and also you can find other grammars in this book, may be you know it, that is the book ever, me 7 or 8 times read grammars and practised the exercises from beginning till the end. i highly recommend it to you, let me check i think i have a pdf version of it, may be i can give you if i find.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1623567.English_Grammar_in_Use_With_Answers

Mehroj

that is the best book ever*

Mehroj

How interesting!

Hugo Goncalves

HOW WONDERFUL LESSON!!!

jisrael777

Thanks. Actually, because lessons are countable,we need to say:

“What a wonderful lesson!”

We can only leave out the article “a” if the noun is plural, such as:

“What wonderful lessons!”

Hope this helps. All the best!

Rebecca

Also, if you are using a noun in your sentence, then you use the word “what”, like this:

What a wonderful day!
What an interesting idea!
What an amazing concert!
If you are using only an adjective in your comment, then you use the word “how”, like this:

How wonderful!
How interesting!
How amazing!

Got it? All the best.

Rebecca

I expect the best contents from Engvid in this new years, contents that I know I will not find out in others sites about english.

grazisil13

oooh I noticed I’m the first Brazilian that posted a comment here in 2014!

grazisil13

hi grazisil…
are you a sailor,,hehehe

irul1539

how nice quiz

mu7ammeed

How amazing… when I get a 100!

nando08

cool i get 70 !

eYsI

90% marks it’s ok, have a nice day

sharafudheenrpm

60% marks it`s not ok ….I`d like to improve myself

nsoor

Another problem in this lesson. Can someone explain, why “horrible weather” and “bad services”, are without articles?

eurokolchoznik

Dobriy den Mr.Eurokolchoznik, in my opinion both weather and service are uncountable words, that’s why we can not use articles before them.

Mehroj

Thank You Mehroj.
Simple answer, great idea!
I haven’t thought about it, in this way.
(My English is poor)

eurokolchoznik

Why She wasn’t say that (((( BAD teacher (((

andyborisoff

I meant)) Why She didn’t say it ?

andyborisoff

What a fantastic lesson!

Yaiba

waaawo soooo nice ..thanke you so much

nsoor

Hi Rebecca,thank you for the lesson.
Please can you clarify to me why you did not put ‘a’ on the other Negative expressions, for instance, you said “what horrible weather” “what bad service” “what nonsense”

Sbonelo

Please see my comment below. All the best!

Rebecca

Thank You very much Rebecca

Sbonelo

Thanks Rebecca for this lesson.I watched similar video from Amma about Exclamation.Thanks both you again.

zeinali.mehdi

What a nice lesson.

Menghan

i want to learn english from starting can you please help me…
how to read?
how to write?
how to speek with people?
how to understand the english?

Navneeth

plz try to reply me..
i am able to understand your teaching…

Navneeth

I got 100! Very good and useful lesson! Thank you! You are a great teacher!

Geraldom

I am thankful for the lesson! I understand how to use expressing my reaction.It is good video!

Dana2000

Well done i just got 100% . Thank you Ms. rebbica for what you’re doing permanently for us and hopefully you create more and more lessons soon. what a wonderful lesson.

Afro Jack

Rebecca not Rebbica :) I’ve made the same mistake hi hi ;)

anina

Easy as falling off a log. I got 10/10 without watching ;) Anyway thank you Rebeca ;)

anina

Very nice your English video! Thanks

cavyn

it is a nice lesson .
thank you

hushas

That is a great help. Thank you.

nezztor57

Really thank you

mohmaz1985

what a nice lesson.. :)

adhown

Great! Thanks so much :D

hoangngoc501

i like your video. how interesting ! ^^

Omachi

i like it :)

irul1539

what a great teacher

Jinjin

Hello Anina! how are you? thanks for the correction.

thiruselvi

100 What a great!

itza.olvera

For all those who had questions about my use of the words weather and service without the indefinite article “a”, Anina’s explanation above is correct. It is because some words are uncountable nouns. With uncountable nouns you cannot use “a”. So you cannot say, “What a good weather!” but only “What good weather!”. For a full explanation of countable and uncountable nouns, along with lots of examples, please see my resource:
https://www.engvid.com/english-resource/countable-and-uncountable-nouns/

All the best to each and every one of you!

Rebecca

Rebecca, your pronunciation is terrific for beginners! Thank you for your lessons!

Aksios

what a great lesson
wonderful site
nice teachers
thank you all for all your efforts

shd77

I did 100%. Thanks Rebecca, How nice lesson it was!

Zamir

hi rebeca

you,re a good techer, i would like to learn english with you

thanks

jmendezgarcia

Hi Rebeca ,
What an amazing lesson

Taleb Batis

Thank you .

Pong

What a wondeful lesson!

Grace Rivera

How usefull lesson. :)

MaciG

what a nice test i got 70 mark and what asite and what a techer

zia066

it is interesting lesson. thank you Rebecca.

10 right of 10

koubalondon

thank you, and to you too :)

koubalondon

hello

koubalondon

Dear Rebeca,

How great to learn from you! I’ve just watched your video about educational backgrounds some days ago. I realized that it could be so useful to learn about language skills too :) How to express what kind of level, strengths I have. It would help me if I am in a job interview situation or talking to foreigners etc.
Have a nice day everybody! :)
bye
NikolLea

NikolLea

Outstanding.

Fayyaz Hayat

what a great lesson! how great you are! haha, totally got it, thanks Rebecca, have a nice day.

eric0405

what a good explain

muhammad hashem

rebecca, you are my best teacher

emra

what an excellent lesson!

thiruselvi

tanx Reb
what a nice lesson i needed them

hamedMoradi1987

What a educative lesson :) thanks

Toghrul

What a great teacher ^^*

biiwbew

Thank you Rebecca!
What a wonderful weather we are having today! It’s about 10-15 °C below zero:-)

Sveta

What a inteligent teacher you are Rebecca!
Thank you so much!
How nice was this lesson!

tonbff

Thanks

Ehsanullah.Ahmadi

What a great teacher!

100%!

Thank you, Rebecca!

romeromfm

Thank you Rebecca! My English is not very good – 70% Terribly!!!

Milena Nikolova

What a great teacher!

thank you so much Rebecca!

mounir00hope

Omg , Thank you SO Much , How nice Teacher ..

rheajeany

What a beautiful lesson !
thank you teacher. :)

Gilgamish

THANK YOU SO MUCH REBECCA, YOU ARE GREAT TEACHER.

beevalley

Hi Mam, I am as a new comer in Canada, exactly in Montreal , but my English is not so good and I am watching to your videos and practice with your lessons , thanks so much.
Sorry, but I just have a question. If I want to go to an accounting English college to take a certificate, isn’t it better first to improve my English knowledge in conversation , vocabulary and … by going to English high school , or not , and I will learn English during the accounting college?
I appreciate you .

Edi

You will not need as much English in a field such as accounting, but you may need to take some business courses along the way, which would demand higher English skills. Check the required courses and you will know. In any case, an accountant still needs to communicate on the phone and by email with his clients, so English proficiency is needed. Some academic programs require IELTS / TOEFL scores for admission, too. All the best to you.

Rebecca

Teacher Rebecca, What a wonderful teacher.

khunpat

Yes i got 100 marks

M Ajmair Kashif

What a great your lesson!

Sang hee Jang

What a great your lesson

meharsajjadhussain

what a wonderful lesson

Amaal

what a great teacher you are

Amaal

Thank you ,Rebecca!How amazing you are!

DiegoinSZ

What a great teacher you are !

ZAYDYASSINE

Very clear explanation. Thank you.

Marize Mori

Rebecca, What a wonderful teacher.

ataa7753

Thanks Rebecca..It was very good..

KORKMAZ

Great explanation. I liked. Thanks.

damatta

I used to confuse between those two ways. lol :D

Ahmedkadora

Rebecca,what great lessons you give!

Jessy

Rebecca, i have a doubt regarding the negative part under what+noun heading.

can we say what a bad weather, a bad service??
you have said like this
what bad weather!, what bad service!can we add a n article before them?

ArjunTeja

Dear Arijun, weather and service are uncountable noun, so we can not add article before them
so we should say ” what bad service or what bad weather.

buitiennhat

I got ten out of ten.
Thank you so much Rebecca, You’re an excellent teacher!!!

Jose-Moncad@1990

What a great teacher you are, Rebecca!
It was a big problem for me to express my reaction.
And I was confusing between these two way.
Thank you alot!

Ahmedkadora

thank you . what a great tech

Saker

Thank you for this lesson!

Taratata

What an useful lesson!

tutte

THANK YOU MAM

jeeson antony

what a talented teacher

jeeson antony

How useful)

Sergeydo

thank you Rebecca

Asaad Aziz

How easy it was to understand. xD

Zero10

what a great teacher
thanks alot

wasnaa

What a useful lesson!

Dina

how nice m

moughlaz

Thank you, Rebecca! Your lesson was very important for me.

Emersonsiqueira

What a great teacher! Thanks Rebecca.

hames

How easy to learn English on engVid.

David

Wow :D!

vophuonghoang1612

Thanks.

Sanubar

How wonderful! Thank

overmib

I admire your way you are really worth to be a wonderful teacher

mohamed nader

Perfect! Believe me…

AlexSem

hiii!!! Mam. I see I can read English good but I can not speak English or maybe not good. Can you help me, please?

Annanguyen

hi! ma’am. I am not able to understand the difficult words you and people use. Give me some tips to do better. please! And also help me in speaking English with confident

pratham singhal

Thanks Rebecca.

sutharsini

hi Rebeca, this a very good lesson. I got a 100 :D thank u very much. greetings from Venezuela…

Alonzo

thank you . i’ve got 10/10

adnew

Thanks a lot!

limpe

Articles are my feeble point too

Anuar is from Kazakhstan

Yes, quiz 100% correct !!!!!!!

fabio.moutinho

What a nice day! having this lesson today is much fun and more interesting thanks a lot

bluegio16

Dear Teacher,
Thanks to you we can say: what a great lesson!!!

z.mikashavidze

Thank u

asma1

What a angry day I spend

uyi60

what a good lesson!

Md. Forhad Hazari

Thanks you,dear teacher

Jorgo

i got 100%, thank you very much.

brajbhan thakur

Hello,
I don’t know why “horrible day”, “bad service” and “nonsense” don’t get “a” Rebecca just add “what” before them. She said “what horrible day” but i think “what a horrible day” is correct.
Please help me!

Rahapk

hello Rebecca! thanks for your lesson, it’s important theme. But I have question. Can we use other article? so…..can I say: “what THE talented actor?” or “what THE wonderful day” I hope that you answer me. THANK YOU.

naz011

oh sorry, i need repit it

clamova

ok, now yes, I undestand, thank you

clamova

you are a good teacher

Pumpui2442

Thank you, teacher!

Lfabian2013

Thanks Rebecca, what a great teacher you are

fkonas

Thank you!

Iamhere.

Nice Rebecca

ahlogin

What a great teacher like you
How can I test my speaking on engvid?
kindly tell me

maryfayek

hello maryfayek, if you want to study together ,we will practice for improving our English.

pehlivan

Rebecca, you are a natural born teacher. Your lessons are so simple and productive. Thank you. What a great explanation. How wonderful.

Medbrat

how splendid and what a perfect teacher you are

HAMDAOUI

very useful,thank you!

little4960

What a wonderful teacher.

m.elghoul

l’m in heaven.:)

pehlivan

How nice lesson teacher keep going ;)

powerful1

what a great english lesson
how sweet you are rebecca

cherasse

Hi Rebecca ! What an informative lesson ! Thanks :)

Sohaib

how sweet !

habibid69

How excellent!

Aung Zay

Hello mam! how are you? after long back i’m studying your video lesson, now i’ve got full marks in this lesson,thank you very much mam and it is a wonderful lesson for us.

thiruselvi

What a useful lesson ! Thank you

@Dalal-91

thank you madam

saciida

What a great teacher !
Thank you

fatihaeng

what a great lesson!!!
how great!

Arash

Dear Rebecca,
What an experience! What a beautiful lesson! What a gorgeous courses!
How happy am I to study English with you!
Best regards.

Peter

Madam

The session is very good…But the quiz could be better..By testing whether to use “What” or “How ” with the situations..Like..______ Romantic…How or Whatas the options..Then answer is :how”…Suggest a suggestion. Thanks

bipinsam

I mean..Its was just a suggestion of mine..

bipinsam

my quiz rebecca:
100
You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D

chakim hamzah

thanku mam

jithendra kota

Hi Rebecca mam you are always doing well. your classes are mostly usefull as. what a great teaching. how sweet thank u mam

vijayakrishnan

What a pretty women

Darroumi

Thanks so much Rebecca

atisthan

What a wonderful lesson. Thank you so much Rebecca. :)

Shelae

Thanks a lot!

MAAS13

Hi Rebecca Thanks a lot.

Enkutatash

HI Rebecca,
Thanks for your useful lesson.

milklovej

What a great lesson, easy but useful. Thamks a lot again.

Autana

Rebecca,
Which is correct?
1- What a big fan of do you have!
2- What a big fan do you have!

Homeboy

Thank you!

JONGRYE KIM

Hi Rebecca, thanks for the lesson, it´s very useful

Jorge3931

thanks a lot for lesson i enjoyed

goldy korpal

i got it perfect. thank you Rebecca.

ann ann

Thank you very much!

Vivimi

Thahk you so much, Rebecca! What a useful lesson)

Dimitriyrostovskiy

Rebecca thank you, you are the best.

Marta Lopez

hi frendz… hw r u?

Mohammed Aarif Ansari

where we use “was” n “were” means with which parts of speech.?? plzzz help me….

Mohammed Aarif Ansari

thank alot.

Nguyen Van Hau

What a great lesson!

susmithareddy

Thank you so much for your great efforts.
Could you please explain to me why in this video you mentioned(what nonsense!)(what bad service!)(what horrible weather!).Shouldn’t we say what a nonsense! what a horrible weather!what a bad service! ??
I have another question I want to know how each word of these groups differs from each other
(job-profession-work-business-mission)
(union-association-assembly)
(convention-congress-conference)
(establishment-organization-company-firm-institution)
(international-world as an adjective)

manaltalab

Today I need to work middle night…

what terrible!

What nonsense!

how frustraning!

some times a feel like a slave!

clacostax

what a great lesson !
what a good teacher !
thanks a million Rebecca
Just some short,simple phrases plus facial expressions we can show how we feel to something bad or good.i will put it in more practise.

Hoai Manucians

hi Rebecca
what a mazing teacher!
How fantastic lecture!
thank you very much…
take care!

alisam

What a great lesson ! Thank you Rebecca.

Tammyjang1

What a great Lesson

anas13

its good. i am learning quickly thank u professor

vinay ukkurthi

What a great lesson!
Thanks Rebecca.

lenammcpk

9/10

ann ann

What a wonderful teacher she is!
How great lesson it is!
What a great day it is!
How nice of you!
What a beautiful day it is!
Thank you Rebecca. :D

Tammyjang1

I got 10/10!! Thanks for the lesson!

robi75

thanks！

shihai182

Hi Rebecca it is really lovely meeting with you on YouTube. I am impressed by seeing your teaching style. I can understand everything. But problem is so many things to remembered.