Using metaphors to speak English more fluently

The use of metaphores makes our English more colorful and natural. They make us sound a little bit more like English native speakers, don’t they?

Great video-lesson Gill.

Bye for now!

Regino

Congrats, Engvid Team! We all almost are getting the lesson number 1000!!!!

Edinho

Thank you VERY much Gill.I like the metaphors, They really help us to sound more fluent. Can you please tell us about Puns later in a video ? and thanks for everything

Elie.mah

When I took lessons of Japanese literature in English, I learned about simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole. Thank you for interesting lesson!

fukukiyo

Thank you, Gill! Your lessons are very useful for me, I enjoy watching them :)

natashunia

Hi natashunia how you doing am solm from Libya I hope to be friend of you .

Solm

thank you Gill!!! i adore your teaching, your topics, your style of speaking…. everything…i will use given metaphors in my daily conversations.. and am looking forward to your new lessons

Poltavalya

yes, that’s right Gill has a fantastic style of teaching, and a high experience.

med ach

Great lesson

fdanton

I want ask about app for iPhone if there is app website please help me

mohammed

You are such a great teacher! Thank you so much!

katerinapas1

would you like chat from Whats up or Others?

reza kamkar

Hi yes I wanna chat with you

Akika@

Very good explanation Gill! Thank you !!

Madrosa

Thank you

reza kamkar

Thanks a lot , i like metaphors because if you want to say smt (good or bad) indirectly, you can use metaphors. :) and i always use “you’re such a busy ant or bee, in everyday life :)i look forward to waiting your other topics Gill thx again.

kolcuogluozan

great lesson gill thanks a lot

Oussouby94

What a nice tip ! Thank you dear teacher. Very very interesting.

Soei

Thank you very much dear teacher.

Soei

I love this lesson! Great video Gill.

analaurapinho

Thank you very much Gill! I do love watching your lessons, you´re so patient at teaching…
Hope to see you again soon ;)

knopfler86

Thanks teacher Gill, enjoyed it. I’m a busy bee ?
Are you taking the free online course about Shakespeare on Futurelearn?
I’m enjoying that course.

Soleil23

Hi how are the things in Canada?

dfantauzzi769

Thanks a lot

Abdo Omar

Quite interesting! With metaphores you can turn your speach more natural.

Erick-Pio

Dear teacher, thank you very much!!! You are so clear

MariaVeronica

Gill, it was awesome lesson and Minneapolis, Minnesota is a melting pot, it is full people and cultures too.

Thank you,

yengkong96

Indeed a great lesson.Before clicking on the lesson i didn’t expect such a brilliant outcome i learned a lot from your lesson Gill you are a surely a good teacher.

Amicable

Very useful lesson. Thanks Gill!!

Frances2

Gill, thanks for this lesson. You definitely helped us taking our English studies to another level.

keitytk

thanks to you !

ines

thanks Gill

albertblue

you are an angel

muzaffarsalman

thank you… useful lesson

tawwus

Thank you Gill your lesson is useful when I want to say a metaphors and you explain quite clear. I like your accent.

Ukrit

Teacher, you are like a light in a darkness (metaphor)

vmbolanoz

Thank you very much ,Gill.I like metaphors, they give some color to the speech.And the quiz is very interesting.

anahit15

Informative lesson Gill ! I have a question, at the end of the lesson you say “…you learn english as a second language…” Why do you say “a” before second ? I have always been taught to use “the” before second, third, fourth and so on.

SergeyIrk

Hi SergeyIrk,
notice the difference:
a second language is another language, not yor mother language. You can have them several.
But -you won the second prize.
It is my opinion.

emo53

Yeah I got what you mean but the edge is still thin for me. Not really sure It is absolutely clear for me. So it is English : )

SergeyIrk

I am not sure myself, but the article “a” here is normally used before a noun followed by an adjective. So the noun is “language” and the adjective “second”. I think someone will give a suitable explanation of this.

vladandevla

Thanks for helping us improve our english language Milady Gill, you are an angel!

Riccardo S

I like your lessons, thank you!

antibiotic49

Many thanks Gill

abeer chahde

Thanks gill was brilliant as usual

Guys who desires to practice his accent
Please feel free to be in touch with me on whatsapp +201025522313
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Anwarlawyer

Thank you Gill :)

Zenman

Excelent!!!

TommyParillo

Hello dudes! This lesson was really thoughtful and valuable, Gill :) You are an Angel!

If someone is interested in practicing using skype, please send me an invite:

Skype: buenoguilherme or guilhermebueno@live.com

Let’s chat :)

Guilherme

Thanks a lot. I love the metaphors lesson. ^_^

Palida

Thank you Gill.

Enkutatash

Great class! great teacher!Thanks.

deboragodoy@engvid.com

Hello, Gill! Thank you for this very useful English lesson. I got 100. Greetings from Brazil!

Júlio César L Sousa

Thanks Gill!! Very good lesson it is really helpful

Aleachi

Hello Gill
Thank you for enriching our vocabulary and expressions . I paased the quiz
I have a question related to the verb agree .
I agree you ; I agree with you . Which one is correct?
I agree your idea ; I agree with your idea . Which one is correct ?
Thanks for your help .

tsamp

Hi tsamp, and thanks for your question. Well done for passing the quiz :-) You need to include ‘with’ — ‘I agree with you’.

Gill

I don’t know how to thank you for your precious lessons,you’re an angl.

fatihaeng

Well I appreciated explains

kostya.kryankov

Thank you for your lesson.It really gives some boost in daily communication, enriching the language,and perception horizon.

willywindy

Great video. Gill, you are such an angel. :-)

zy0426

Gill your lesson is marvellous as your British accent. Thank you very very much

AlessandroItaly

I appreciate u but u shouldn’t have used those questions in the test coz u have mentioned them in ur explanation.
I just suggest that.

hamlyforever

Thank you .

simsima1

It was a great lesson and a very good explanation. Thank you very much.

Vivimi

Thank you!

Rogly

Tanks

Lng8880

Thanks Gill for this awesome lesson, I learnt useful tips !

glmrenard

Your teachings should be incised in gold dear teacher!

hoseinkeshavarz

Yes l agree 100 %.
Gill your teaching value is so precious like a pure big diamond.

flavio71i

Thanks Gill , it’s very good lesson were i ever seen it before

Roben2016@

excellent … thank you

Abdelmaksoud

Knowledge is power

Canardo

Thanks for teaching us metaphor, Gill!

You are a busy angel.

Fabio Cicerre

Gill, you’re gorgeous! I enjoyed your lesson and your manner very much. Keep doing this! Looking forward to new videos with you )

TatianaL

Thank u Mrs Gill

Arlou22

Hi Gill, How are you?
I have difficulty with these following, hope you (or anybody) would describe them for me, I would be very thankful.

here the difference,
“I would like to HAVE HEARD her answer” and “I would like to hear her answer”

thank you

nayem

Hi, Nayem! When you say “I would like to have heard her answer”, it means that you haven’t heard it and probably will never hear it at all. That’s a past situation. On the other hand, “I would like to hear her answer” means that you haven’t heard it yet but maybe you might hear it in future. That’s a present situation.
However, I think we had better use the verb “to wish” in these cases. “I wish I have heard her” or “I wish I would hear her”. That sounds better. Bye!

Eduardo França

Thank you Gill. it was a good lesson.

Ilugoc

Thank you, Gill. Great lesson. Loud and clear.

zainuddinz

100/100
Thank you Gill. I needed that.

landengvid19

Hello,
Thank you for your interesting presentation again.

Sabuhi

Thank you Gill!
This lesson helps me undertand metaphors!
You are an angel <3

Breakthough5087

Thank you , great teacher!!!!

larysa6165

Thank you, Gill. I’ve got 100% :)

Baha74

such a wonderful lesson :)

rajwinder singh garcha

Thank you so much.

shafiqwatan

Thank you, Gill. A great lesson.

RedLO

thank you Gill the lesson very clear and important i hope see your lesson again

munshid

For sure I like it very much , but I still waiting for a lesson about verbs and tenses and the best way of how to used it please thanks dear love you Preemy

preemy

thanks deeply ?

maryama3

Thank you Gill.

Metin egrioglu

Thank you , it was interesting.

Maliban

10/10 Your lessons ,Gill, are very pleasant.

viacheslavkr

it was a great lesson .but the last question is the quiz has a mistake that the word (they has to be him ) i think
thanks again it was an awesome lesson and please we need more lessons deals with poetry

khaled elyamany

thanks for new words really thank you.

shaimaa madkour

Thank you, Gill. Great lesson

mun85

Thank you very much.

spider

You are the sunshine of my English. That’s why I’ll always
be around. Thank you.

jack0910

Metaphor is “A is B”, never be “A like B”. I got it. Thank Gill, you are angel

David-Leo

Hello, Gill! I am here again! Thank you for the lesson as usual. I have realized you like Shakespeare. I have read two of his plays: “A midsummer night’s dream” and “The taming of the shrew”. Though, my favourite British writer is Charles Dickens. Do you like him?

Eduardo França

Thank you Gill, you are our lighthouse…!

lucascotti

Hi Gill,
Thank you for explaining about metaphors crystal clear,you are an angel.

ambpraj

thanks mum its always good to learn something from you , i really appreciate the lesson

mignon05

your lessons useful and the reason is that you teach them in a fun way.

akashpatel

Thanks Gill for your great explanation and help !!

fabio9silva1012

I’ve got it 100 percent in quiz! Yeah!

Tulum

As usual …great teacher.
l enjoed your lesson and thanks for talking about W.S.
We can learn a lot from your culture and property of english language.

flavio71i

Very helpful lesson…thanks Gill :)

ParthUpa

Thank u GILL..great n very useful video ..

Sacpiya

would you like to be my friends ? so we can practice our english

aldiyanra saputra

Thanks Gill! You prevented my head from spinning by making me understand the metaphors.

Can the metaphor be used the way I have used in the above sentence?

wizard18

Howdy Gill,

I havejoined today via your You Tube LINK.

I scored a whopping ’90’ in this quiz (whoops I just noticed that means only ‘9’)!

Best,

Paul David Seaman (UK)

monsterjazzlicks

Gill you explaine all the things in wonderful way and I’ve got 10/10 again. Thank you,
Yvonne

Iwka

Thank you for another interesting lesson !
Best wishes,
Nilofer

nilofer1964@hotmail.com

Thanks for very good lesson

Gokhan Aydin

Again Not bad! 6/10….thanx prof.Gill

Hansel

Thanks a lot Gill, you’re an angel!

George Boxing

Thanks a lot Gill!!!
This is the first time for me to watch one of your videos and I really liked it.
You are an angel!

Rahaf

Help me!!!!!
I don’t know who to write sibbi’s dog. When to write dig of sibbi.

…….

sibbi sharma

Thanks a lot Gill, you are ever fantastic during the explaination!

citri

Your great teacher ma’am gill, I’ve learn this lesson so much…

Erlene

Metaphors… I love the sound of this word… thank u for this lesson…

claudia conti

It seems to me that your name and surname is Italian of origin.

dfantauzzi769

I hope I did not bother you

dfantauzzi769

ok… my great grandfather was italian…

claudia conti

You got 10 correct out of 10.

M kartal

great lesson thank you Ms Gill now I can experessing about my felings …you are a great teacher.good blesse you

aissadidat

great lesson thank you Ms Gill now I can experessing about my felings …you are a great teacher.god bless you

aissadidat

Great! Million thanks.

mustarour

Excellent lesson!! I think metaphors are always
interesting and important. You’re a great teacher,
and I’ve been learning a lot with your lessons.
Thanks.

zigmund

Could you explain or do a video on examples of, Metaphorically speaking and, Figuratively speaking. Thanks

karlio

Thank you Gill

Tyrion

so hi gill this lesson was really easy and helpful i really liked it bye peace out

darlene.sah

thank you gill

shanon

i have a question can we put somethimes like or as in meataphor? and i passed the lesson thanks! you are really making me learn even though i am a fourth grader and i speak french

shanon

Great lesson really I like it thanks gill really you are an angel

Yarg

Thank you Gill.. the lesson was very helpful and new to me

Amany Haggag 24

80/100 =T could be better…

Kayo Shin

I got 10/10, thanks Gill for the nice lesson of metaphors and quoting Shakespeare’s the seven ages of man is wonderful .

khalidraul626

Hi dear best gill thank you ,it was very nice and easy to understand love and adore your style of teaching, thanks again

preemy

Thanks a lot Mrs. Gill!

Alex-1956

I enjoy so much your lessons. Thank you

Teresa Flores

Thank you Gill!
I loved this lesson alot
I feel now more comfotable with idioms
it just like in my language
and i like to use it cause I think these metaphors used alot in poetry which i also liked.

Ellies

hello.
I am a Iranian student that love engvid educations a lot. and I am so grateful for your educations.
unfortunately because of some sanctions against Iran, displaying video has some problem and with using proxy, the problem will have gone.
we will be very thankfulness if your company remove that problem for us.
sincerely yours
amin

aminsaberian

I am sorry, but there is nothing we can do about it. As far as I know, YouTube is blocked by the Iranian government, not international sanctions.

engVid Moderator

thank you for your answer.
I did not know that your education videos are on youtube.
have a nice time
goodbye

aminsaberian

Namira was my bestfriend but our friendship turned sour because she only texted me when she needed something, but when I needed something, she wasn’t there.

Astri

Great video! I enjoyed it so much. You are a wonderful teacher!

sonique

dear Gill, to be killed by turning a head around it is absolutely enough 180 degres?not 2 or 3 circils

sergda1208

Thanks Gill. You are amazing.

ElenaKuch

Hi, I love your videos! They are amazing and understandable. I always like to watch them, they always help me with Grammar!

Hagar Khalil

i never learnt about metaphors ,This is my first time. So happy to study with T.Gill

Ancharin

Thank you Gill!!!!

gnavas

Thank you my dearest teacher .

Ahmed Alsofany

First 10/10! Thanks Gill.

Gorete Batista SM

Thank you Gill. I’ve got 10/10!

Joykojiki

Thank you Gill. You are agreat tutor.

Joykojiki

Thank you teacher Gill. You’re my inspiration.

ainamae84

Thank you so much for your amazing lessons and you are the best!?????

mubarakauvais@hotmail.com

You are doing a such a great service. May God bless you Gill.??????

mubarakauvais@hotmail.com

Thank you

SagarBiswas

Thanks a zilli0ns ma’am for this session,but there are many less0ns in my head its spinning right now ??? may almighty ALLAH sh0wer blessing 0n y0u take care bye

Insha

I passed it 2 times, 10/10, then 9/10(forgot about metaphor is equal another thing). Everything was clear. I like your lessons Jill so much. You’re an excellent teacher.