English for Beginners & Children: AND, OR, BUT

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A short, easy, important English lesson for you or your child. Learn how to use three of the most important and most common words in English: “and”, “or”, AND “but”. These words are called conjunctions, and they help you connect ideas in simple sentences. I use very easy examples with things like colors, food, likes, and dislikes, so this lesson is perfect for beginners and young learners. If you’re learning English or helping a child learn English, this lesson will make these small but powerful words much clearer and easier to use in real conversations. And did you know that I can teach your child English privately online? You can sign up for classes at https://englishwithronnie.com/kids Check out more of my easy grammar videos for beginners! How to use "TO BE" in past tense https://youtu.be/lLqS8PK_pYs Is that word an ADJECTIVE? https://youtu.be/c1AFRu2HszU Transcript: Hi, I'm Ronnie, and this is Spongebob. Do you like Spongebob? This lesson is for you, even if you don't like Spongebob. If you are learning English, Spongebob and I are here to help you. Also, if you have a child who's learning English, pause the video, come get them. I'm going to teach your child some cool English things. Also, I have English lessons on my private website, englishwithronnie.com. I will teach your children privately. It's so fun. I love the kids. Anyways, Spongebob, I'm going to put you down for now. Let's do a little lesson. Don't be scared. This word on the board, "conjunctions", what does it mean? What is a conjunction? I'll give you three of them. Very, very easy, and the most popular in English. In English, you maybe know the word "and", but how do you use it in a sentence? "And" is a conjunction, so a conjunction takes two ideas and puts them together. With a conjunction "and", we have two ideas that are the same or super similar to make a sentence, so adds to the same idea. In this sentence, my idea is "I like". I like Minecraft and - what, what, what? Lego. So, we've got two things that we like, Minecraft, Lego. We're going to put them together in the sentence using "and". So, now it's your turn. Try and think of two things that you like and put them together in a sentence. "I like blue." Let's do colours. What colours do you like? I like blue and purple. Yeah. Or we can do animals. I like donkeys and horses. Can you think of an example of two things you like? Great. Okay, let's do the next one. This is one that's very interesting. We have the word "or", so "or", again, is a conjunction. So, this one, when we use the word "or", it means someone's giving us a choice. Most of the time, but not all of the time, it's a question. So, you go somewhere and someone says, "Hey, hey, hey, you, you, right there. Do you want chocolate or peanut butter? What do you choose? What's your choice?" You have to be very careful and listen to people, because sometimes people say, "Hey, would you like black or white?" and you say, "Yes." No, no, you have to choose one. So, if you hear the magic word "or", you know you have to make a choice. Now, you can be funny. Right? "Would you like chocolate or peanut butter?" "Yes." "I'd like both. Both." You can say that, but if you just say "yes", people are confused. So, "or" is going to give you a choice. You go to someone's house, "Hey, would you like tea or coffee?" "Both." "Okay, yeah, have both." Just choose one. I'm choosing coffee. If I go to your house, I'll have a coffee. Please get that ready for me strong. Okay, and the last one, we have "contrast". When we use "but", so "but", another conjunction, is showing us the contrast of something. So, "and" we're two things the same, but we're telling you it's a little bit different. So, as an example, we can say, "Oh, I like Lego, but you know what? I don't like Minecraft. I want to go to the beach, but it's raining." You can kind of think of this as positive and negative. "I like black, but the blue is nicer." So, contrast, we use "but". How about you think of something? If I say, "Tell me something you like, and then tell me something you don't like" and use "but", I'll give you another example. I love winter, but I don't like summer. It's too hot. Too hot, too hot. So, I hope that you can now use three words, conjunctions. We have "but" that shows contrast. I like English, but it's difficult. Do you speak English or French? And then we have "am", which means the same. Oh, I speak English and French. All right, guys. I hope you enjoyed and learned a lot. I'm off to see the wizard. Bye-bye.