Master English With Tim

Do you want to improve your fluency and speak more naturally? Then master short answers- these are short, polite responses to subject questions or yes/no questions. In Episode 68, listen to Tim explain how to construct and use short answers with the help of over 100 examples.

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What are the rules for constructing questions in English? Well, first we need to remember that there are different types of questions, for example subject questions. Another common type of question is yes/ no questions, questions that we can answer with "yes" or "no", for example, "Do you like pizza? or "Are you at home?".
In this week's episode, Tim explains the rules for making yes/ no questions, and then supplies you with 150+ examples of yes/ no sentences in crystal clear audio. The sentences are in the five most used verb tenses- present simple, past simple, present continuous, past continuous and present perfect.
If you want even more examples of yes/ no questions, listen to Episode #5.

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Episodes 52 through 59 were Part 1 of Tim's mini-course on the English verb tenses and dealt with auxiliary verbs. In this week's episode, Tim opens Part 2 of his course, which teaches the sentence constructions you need to know to master each verb tense. The first sentence type we will deal with is subject questions, which ask who did an action.
(For even more examples of subject questions, listen to Episode 25.)

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Pronouncing the voiced consonants /b/, /d/, /v/, /g/, /z/and /dʒ/ at the ends of words can be quite challenging, especially for speakers of Russian, German and Spanish. The problem only becomes more difficult when there are two or more voiced consonants at the end of a single word, for example rubbed or shelves. Improve your pronunciation of these difficult combinations by listening to and repeating the 64 words and 64 example sentences in the audio.
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In last week's episode, Tim explained in detail what voiced sounds are and ended the episode saying that certain voiced sounds are especially hard to pronounce at the ends of words. Those sounds are /b/, /d/, /v/, /g/, /z/and /dʒ/. In this week's episode, Tim gives examples of words ending in these hard sounds and explains step by step how to pronounce the words correctly so others can more easily understand you.
Don't forget this week's bonus audio, which contains additional practice:
Final /b/, /d/, /v/, /g/, /z/and /dʒ/ - English with Tim
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Your vocal cords are like a bell in your throat- they make vibrations which are used in many of the different phonemes, or sounds, in English pronunciation. Sounds which are made with vibrations from the vocal cords are called voiced phonemes.

In episode 64, Tim explains everything you need to know about voiced phonemes, starting from anatomy and finishing with practice on how to properly pronounce them at the ends of words.

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What is mastery anyways, and can you fake it? In Episode 63, Tim explains what it means to master English, and then five techniques to help you sound more like you've mastered the language even if that's not (yet) the case.
Make sure to download and use this free bonus PDF to check your understanding of the most used words in English- with all of their important meanings, not just one. The PDF will be available for only a few days after the publishing of this episode, so act now.

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The NGSL, or New General Service List, contains the 2800 most used words of written English. You can also find lots of NGSL words on the TOEFL and IELTS.
If you want to get the maximum impact from knowing the words of the NGSL, then knowing several definitions for each target word is a must. Listen to Episode 62 to learn 21 meanings of words 1341 to 1350 on the NGSL.
Earlier episodes in the series:
Episode 2: The NGSL- 2800 Words For Better English.
Episode 11: NGSL 1331-1340. 10 Words, 27 Meanings.

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You need the right words if you want to talk about cities. In Episode 61, Tim explains the meanings of twelve words and expressions for talking about urban areas. 

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Cincinnati, Ohio skyline at night.

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A baker's dozen is a group of thirteen things, for example thirteen donuts. In Episode 60, Tim teaches you thirteen phrasal verbs totaling eighteen meanings. All thirteen verbs contain the particles IN or OUT.
The cover image comes from the Lexikon der Gesamten Technik (Comprehensive Dictionary of Technology) from 1904 by Otto Lueger.

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