The ESL Teacher Kenn Podcast

hello students this is teacher Kenn

in this episode of Intermediate English

for work and travel

we will practice the correct structure to

use when we have two persons

performing two actions in the same sentence

Lesson 13 Box A4 and Exercise 9

pages 134 through 136 on our book

English sentence structure

pages 147 through 149 on our PDF

let's move on to the structure

and go over some practice

in previous lessons we Learned to put "to"

as a connector between two actions

performed by the same person

like the example George wants to go

but what happens when I have one person,

George, that wants another person,

John, to perform the second action of going?

people who speak Spanish as a first language

might feel the urge to say

"George wants that John goes"

but that is a clear indication

that you're still thinking in Spanish

before speaking in English

the correct way to say this would be

George wants John to go

the structure is person - action -

person-to-action

the secondary person goes after the first action

before "to" and the second action

again the examples in Box A4 are

George wants to go VS George wants John to go

please don't say George wants that John goes ever again

let's read the additional examples

at the end of page 134

pay attention to the structure

it's repetitive no matter the circumstance

person action person to action

repeat after me

George would like John to go

George expects John to go

the teacher wants the students to learn English

he would like them to practice everyday

he expects them to learn quickly

very good

now let's skip exercise 8 and focus on the note

before exercise 9

there are some additional verbs

which can use this structure

and some examples

let's read them left to right

top to bottom

repeat after me

tell

permit

advise

help

order

force

urge

get

invite

persuade

Mr Miller told John to bring sandwiches

the weatherman advised us to wear gloves

the nurse persuaded the child to eat

Mrs Johnson permits the students to use her kitchen

the bad weather forced them to return early

my new glasses help me to read the signs

very good

okay let's go to exercise 9

I will make a question

and give you clues for the answer

practice providing the response out loud

using the structure we just went over

after giving you a moment to respond

I'll say the answer myself

so you can compare your answer to mine

make sure you repeat my answer out loud

to internalize any corrections necessary

from the examples

what did Mr Miller tell John to do? study the lesson

Mr Miller told John to study the lesson

what did John advise Mary to do? read the whole book

John advised Mary to read the whole book

what did Mr Miller tell Mrs

Miller to do? drive carefully

Mr Miller told Mrs Miller to drive carefully

2 what did the doctor persuade John to do?

drink some water

the doctor persuaded John to drink some water

what did John advise Mary to do?

send the letter by air mail

John advised Mary to send the letter by air mail

what did Mrs Miller invite the children to do?

watch television

Mrs Miller invited the children to watch television

5 what did the doctor order Mr Miller to do?

walk a mile every day

the doctor ordered Mr Miller to walk a mile every day

No.6

what did Paul persuade his father to do?

listen to the music

Paul persuaded his father to listen to the music

starting on No. 7 let's use pronouns in the answers

what did the teacher tell the students to do?

close their books

he told them to close their books

what did Mr Miller persuade his wife to do?

look at the map

he persuaded her to look at the map

what did Mrs Miller invite Mary to do?

have some coffee

he invited her to have some coffee

oh sorry Mrs.

Miller is she so

she invited her to have some coffee

and 10

what did John advise us to do?

study hard

he advised us to study hard

very good

so the correct structure to use

when I have two persons

performing two actions in the same sentence is

person action person to action

and the second person is considered the direct

object of the first action

go to Lesson 13 on our English Structure Practices

Book Exercises 5 and 6

pages 187 and 188

PDF pages 513 and 514 for structure reinforcement

if you still have questions

after reviewing the answer key

let me know, I'm here to help.

remember to go over this lesson more than once

and complete the extra practice for better

long term results

my professional goal is to help you reach your language

ones.

until next time remember that English is easy

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see you next class