And in the scene I chose for you, we will see how Moana tricks Tamatoa, this huge crab monster, and helps Maui get his magic hook back.

So this is how the lesson will work.

First, you will watch the clip with the subtitles, then we will teach you the most important pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar, and then comes your favorite part, a comprehension test, where you will watch the clip without subtitles and answer some of our questions.

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You're not selling it!

This is stupid!

I'm just gonna walk up and get it!

You go up there, he will kill you.

Just stick to the plan.

Oh, when he shows up, keep him distracted.

Make him talk about himself.

He loves bragging about how great he is.

You two must get along swell!

Oh, not since I ripped off his leg.

You ripped off his...

Maui?

Oh, what have we here?

It's a sparkly, shiny...

Wait a minute.

Oh, it's a human!

What are you doing down here in the realm of the mons...

Just pick an eye, babe.

I can't...

I can't concentrate on what I'm saying if you keep...

Yeah, pick one.

Pick one!

We just saw Moana in the crab's cave, acting as a bait to distract his attention from Maui, who's trying to get his hook back.

By the way, in fishing, the word bait refers to a small amount of food on a hook, used to attract and catch a fish or an animal.

Wow!

A shiny, glittery cave!

And just like me, it is covered in sparkly treasure.

Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!

If something is glittery and sparkly, it shines like gold or diamond.

Check out this example from the movie Minions.

There was going to be a coronation, and I was going to be made queen.

Every moment was planned.

I'd wear a dress so sparkly it glowed.

Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!

You're not selling it!

So you know the verb to sell, right?

Like selling product or services.

But did you know that you can also sell ideas or stories?

For example, here Moana's role is to convince the crab that she is a shiny object he would want to have in his collection.

The act of trying to convince him could be referred to as selling it.

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Then you can say, I'm not buying it, meaning that you don't believe it, you are not convinced.

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Now let's continue with the lesson.

This is stupid.

I'm just gonna walk up and get it.

You go up there, he will kill you.

This is a conditional or if sentence.

But you might be asking yourself, where is the word if?

Well, in informal conversations, natives can sometimes omit the word if at the beginning of the sentence.

The meaning stays the same though.

In writing it would be, if you go up there, he will kill you.

This is the first type conditional sentence where we talk about the possibility and the result.

In the if clause we have present simple and in the main clause will plus infinitive.

Let me give you an example.

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Now try this.

Pause this video and write in the comments three sentences in the first conditional.

Remember, you should use if at the very beginning or you may try avoiding it.

Just stick to the plan.

Oh, when he shows up, keep him distracted, make him talk about himself.

He loves bragging about how great he is.

When you stay focused and on track with the original plan, you stick to the plan.

Check out another example in this clip from Storks.

But your wing's broken, you can't...

Make a plan, stick to the plan, always deliver!

Just stick to the plan.

Oh, when he shows up, keep him distracted, make him talk about himself.

He loves bragging about how great he is.

Do you know somebody who's always talking about something they've accomplished or done in life?

Well, that's called bragging or boasting, and it could be really annoying to others.

Now, what do you think we should call a boastful person who likes to brag?

Bragman, boastman, bragger, braggart.

These aren't very common words, but the two last words are correct, bragger and braggart.

Oh, this is delicious.

Well, they're also great in stews.

Now, I don't mean to brag, but I make a mean weed rat stew.

Oh, when he shows up, keep him distracted, make him talk about himself.

Now, listen to the connected speech example in this clip.

Did you notice how Maui pronounces the word him?

He doesn't say keep him and make him.

He drops the H sound, so we hear keep him, make him.

When he shows up, keep him distracted, make him talk about himself.

He loves bragging about how great he is.

You two must get along swell.

Not since I ripped off his leg.

Now, to get along with somebody means to have a good relationship with them.

Like, for example, it's nice to get along with your neighbors.

And if you are good friends, then you can say you get along swell.

The phrasal verb get along can also have other meanings.

Let me play you some clips, and you'll try to guess the meaning from the context.

Oh, look, the kids are finally getting along.

That's nice.

Here, it means to have a good, harmonious relationship with someone.

Get along, little buggies.

If I may, just one question.

Here, it means to move forward, to go forward.

Other cultures are fine.

I'm just saying I can get along in life without a toothbrush.

Here, it simply means to live or survive.

You two must get along swell.

Not since I ripped off his leg.

To rip off means to cut off or to tear off something violently.

It may also mean stealing from or cheating someone.

What have we here?

It's a sparkly, shiny, wait a minute.

The T sound in English, especially American English, changes depending on the other sounds that surround it.

In the phrase, wait a minute, the letter T is between two vowel sounds, so we hear a D sound instead.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

What have we here?

It's a sparkly, shiny, wait a minute.

Oh, it's a human.

What are you doing down here in the realm of the month?

And in the sentence, what are you doing down here?

The first three words get linked together.

Let's break down the pronunciation.

What are you?

The letter T from what is between two vowel sounds, so we get the flap T, D sound.

That gets connected to the word are.

What are, what are.

It is then followed by U in its weak form, yuh.

And all three words together are pronounced as one sound.

What are you?

What are you doing down here?

What are you doing down here?

What are you doing down here in the realm of the month?

Just pick an eye, babe.

I can't, I can't concentrate on what I'm saying.

When you pick something, you choose it among other things.

Sometimes it's so hard for us to pick something, especially for us, girls, when we go on a shopping.

Then our eyes dart back and forth, just like Moana did in this clip.

Okay, look her in the eye.

Which, which eye?

Just pick one, mate.

Now let's see what happens next and learn some more interesting vocabulary.

You're a funny-looking little thing, aren't you?

Don't!

That's my grandma's!

That's my grandma's!

I ate my grandma and it took a week because she was absolutely humongous.

Why are you here?

Because you're amazing!

And we mortals have heard of the tale of the crab who became a legend.

And I just had to know how you became so crab-ulous.

Are you just trying to get me to talk about myself?

Because if you are, I will gladly do so.

You're a funny-looking little thing, aren't you?

Don't!

Aren't you?

Oh, this is one of my favorite features of the English grammar, the tag question.

It's often used when you make a statement and want to get a confirmation from another person, or you simply want to encourage them to respond to you.

You can also add a tag question if you are in doubt or want to check your understanding.

Then it really functions as a question.

Now, if you want to use it, there are two important things to remember.

You should always match the verb in the tag question with the verb to be or the auxiliary verb in the statement.

For example, She's a nice friend, isn't she?

In both parts of the sentence, we have the verb to be in the third-person singular.

The second thing is to add negative tag questions to positive statements and positive tag questions to negative statements.

For example, So, I think you have a new plan, don't you?

She's no joke, is she?

We're all really going to the North Pole, aren't we?

Can you make up your own sentences following our examples?

Write them down in the comments!

A quick note about connected speech here in this sentence.

Words and and it get reduced and linked together with the verb took.

The D at the end of and gets dropped, and then the T at the end of it merges with the T from took.

And there's actually no pause before a week either, which here results in pronouncing all five words together.

The word humongous means huge, extremely large, that it's hard to really measure.

You could understand it as a mix of the words huge and monstrous.

Look at this hilarious example from Jack Frost.

Crabulous is actually a made-up word.

It probably refers to a combination of the words crab and fabulous.

There might be a pun intended.

The thing is, in the English language, there is a word crapulous, which means suffering from excessive drinking or eating.

And because crab is so huge and so obsessed with eating and collecting treasures, we can really say that he is crabulous.

All right, now let's get ready for a test.

You will listen to the clip one more time now without subtitles and answer a few questions.

This is stupid.

I'm just gonna walk up and get it.

You go up there, he will kill you.

Just stick to the plan.

Oh, when he shows up, keep him distracted.

Make him talk about himself.

He loves bragging about how great he is.

This is stupid.

I'm just gonna walk up and get it.

You go up there, he will kill you.

Just stick to the plan.

Oh, when he shows up, keep him distracted.

Make him talk about himself.

He loves bragging about how great he is.

You two must get along swell.