I'm Tony and welcome to “Just Speak!”

This is part 2 of a series of videos I'm making

to help you learn English and to help you speak English

Each of these episodes is designed

to give you actual speaking practice

and you can watch these episodes

whenever and wherever you like

it works like this

I'm going to teach you some simple grammar, okay?

and then I'm going to ask you a bunch of questions

using that grammar

you're going to have five seconds to respond

and then I'll ask you another question

simple

If you haven't seen Part 1 yet

I highly recommend you go back

and you watch Part 1, okay “Habit”

you need Part 1

to be able to complete Part 2 properly

so click here and watch that video

or check the links in the descriptions below

to see Part 1

This system is designed around just

4 main areas in English

Part 1 was “Habit”

Part 2, is this episode, that's “now”

things we are doing now

Part 3 is “future”

and Part 4 is “past”

with just these 4 areas

you can speak English!

so today we are looking at “Now”

things you are doing now

like before with “Habit”,

“Now” has a keyword IN the questions

listen for the word think “ah!! Now”

and respond using the “Now” grammar

The keyword is “BE + verb + ING” okay

for example

What ARE you doING?

what IS he cookING?

what ARE they drinkING?

all of that is “Now”

because you have “be + verb+ ING“

Like before with “Habit”

you need to start with a person to explain this

“I”, ”you”, ”they”, or ”he” and ”she”

with ”Now” you have your person

then you need “be” okay

now, “be” is a special verb in English

it changes a lot, so for example

if you have ”I”

I… am

you… are

We… are

they… are

and then we have “he”, “she” and 'it”

so “he” becomes “is”

He… is

She… is

It… is

OK, so we have "person" we have "be"

Now we need a verb with ”ING” added to the verb

He is drinkING

He is talkING

I am teachING

After that, you can add a noun or an adjective,

usually a noun in this case

For example,

I am teaching English

You are studying English

He is drinking water

Then you can add a time

now this grammar is all about “now”

so this isn't so important, but it's good practice

He is drinking water now

I am teaching English now

You are studying English now

Boom, you're done that's the grammar

Keyword = “be + verb + ing”

okay, let's practice,

I'm going to ask you some questions

and for a few of these

I'm going to show you some pictures

Listen to the grammar in the question

notice the keyword “be + verb + ing”

think “Ah! Now!” reply with the same grammar

I am drinking now.

I recommend you turn OFF the subtitles now

okay, turn them off try to speak normally with no help!

It's VERY important

this is SPEAKING practice not reading practice!

So, Just Speak!

When you're finished,

come back to the start of the questions,

turn ON the subtitles

and review!

I'll give you some examples of how to properly respond,

so you can copy those examples in future

But remember you can watch this video many times,

so... Just Speak!!

Anyway, here we go, 5 seconds to answer each question,

please respond with full grammar

Are you ready? Let's go!

1. What are you doing now.

I am watching Youtube.

2. Where are you sitting now?

I am sitting at my desk.

3. What is your best friend doing now?

He is working now.

4. Where are you working at the moment?

I am working at an English School called “Tonari no Tony”

5. What are you holding?

I am holding my phone.

Please, look at the pictures.

6. What is he doing?

He is playing basketball.

7. What sport is she playing?

She is playing basketball

8. What are they doing?

They are playing basketball.

9. What is it doing?

It is playing basketball.

10. What is he doing?

He is singing.

11. What is she doing?

She is singing.

12. What is the woman holding?

She is holding flowers.

13. What is he doing?

He is jumping.

14. What color is she wearing?

She is wearing orange.

15. What is he doing?

He is drinking water.

16. What are they drinking?

They are drinking cocktails.

17. What is he doing?

He is talking.

18. What is she doing?

She is sleeping.

19. What am I doing?

You are teaching English.

Well done, guys! That was “now”,

BUT!!!!

Let's do a few more questions!

Let's try to throw in “Habit” AND “Now”!!!

again, if you haven't study “Habit” yet,

go back watch Part 1, study “Habit”,

get fast at “Habit” then come back

and let's pick up at Part 2

remember, listen to the keyword

the keyword for “Habit” is “Do and Does”,

the keyword for “Now” is “be + verb + ing”

listen to the keyword,

please respond with that grammar,

use full grammar

5 seconds for each answer

Let's go!

1. What are you doing?

I am speaking English.

2. When do you study English?

I study English every evening.

3. How often do you watch YouTube?

I always watch YouTube. I watch YouTube about 5 times a day.

4. Does your best friend watch YouTube?

Yes, he does.

5. What is your best friend doing now?

He is working now.

6. How often do you see your best friend?

I sometimes see my best friend. I see him about twice a month.

7. Where does your best friend live?

He lives in Kanazawa.

8. Where does your best friend work?

He works in an office. He works with computers.

9. Where are you working at the moment?

I'm working at an English school called “Tonari no Tony”.

10. What are you holding?

I'm holding my phone.

11. Do you use your phone a lot?

Yes, I do. I use my phone every day.

12. What phone do you have?

I have an iPhone 7+.

13. What are you watching?

I'm watching you on Youtube.

14. How often do you watch these videos?

I always watch these videos. I watch these videos three times a day.

15. Do you watch YouTube often?

Yes, I do.

16. What color are you wearing?

I'm wearing blue.

17. Do you wear that color often?

Yes, I do.

18. How often do you wear that color?

I often wear this color. I wear this color three times a week.

19. Where are you sitting?

I'm sitting at my desk.

20. How often do you sit there?

I always sit here. I sit here every day.

Okay, well done, everybody!

Now, turn the subtitles back on

go back to the start of these questions

see the sample responses that I wrote at the bottom here

use those examples to learn

remember, it's all in the keyword

the keyword is in the question

so, use the correct grammar and…

you're speaking English!

If you found that difficult, don't worry, alright?

you can watch this video many, many times

so go back to the start of this video,

go back to Part 1 if you need to,

watch Part 1 again, answer the questions

become fast at answering the questions

come back to part 2

watch this again, get really fast at answering these questions.

Switching tenses like this,

“past”, “future”, “now”, “habit”, “future”, “past”,

this is the basis of fluidity in English and in any language

you must be really good at

every basic tense

very important

In Part 3, we we are going to examine “Future”

I'm going to give you 50 questions with “Future”

and I'm going to give you “Future”, “Now”

and “Habit” questions too

mixed up, so it's getting more difficult

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Thank you guys, see you next time!