Using SIMILES to improve your everyday English

Good Explanations!. I really love the nursery rhyme. I am still singing. Thanks!

jean.rodriguez-1

100/100
Thank you Gill.

landengvid19

Nice And Good! Thank you

fumodilondra

Good lesson:-)

dovgyj

Hi,Gill.
I took this lesson while reviewing your last lesson about metaphor. They mean making a connection between two different thing. Simile uses “as” or “like” but metaphor doesn’t. Thanks for your helpful lesson!

fukukiyo

Hi, Jill. Your lesson was perfect. It affected to my knowledge from a good side.
Thank you very much about your lesson. I enjoyed it

Abdurakhim

Thank you very much Gill!!
Listening to your lessons is a real pleasure. I do love your accent ;)

knopfler86

Thank you, Gill. You are very good teacher. I like enjoy your lessons. The way you are teaching is good for remembering and listening.

antibiotic49

Dear Ma’am, I love your teaching style! Your lessons are as clear as water.

anita

I like your way in teaching.

olgashatta

Thank you, Gill and congratulations, you sing very well !!

Rozenn

thank you Gill lesson was very very beautifull

nesirliilqar

Do not be afraid, your lessons are always as clear as sunshine.

Canardo

Gill,

You are a talented teacher. Thank you for your wonderful lesson, it was as clear as
glass.

ambogella

Thank you very much! Your lesson made me think of other examples:
as right as rain…
as sound as a bell…
like a bat out of hell…
And of course the prosecuting phrase in ‘a hard day’s night’: I should be sleeping like a log!

adrian53

:=)

emrahbulduk

how to submit comment because i am facing music on it i think my account is not approved by engvid.com?
can you answer me?

manishlovehacking

hello mam, could you tell me the using of whether if in a same sentence e.g. he however gave a circuitous reply to posers as to whether the left would approach the congress if it did not make the first move. please let me know soon.

manishlovehacking

I must admit, EngVid is the best website to learn English language. Thank you very much :)

dominiccco023

My teacher, Gill

Thank you very much for your wonderful lesson. Your voice is perfect!!!!! I listen your poetry twice.

Thank you..

emrahbulduk

Thanks Gill :)

Vitao1800

Hello Gill .
Thank you for this great lesson . Speaking a tongue needs us thinking like those who use it . Metaphors , similes help us feel like fishes in water .

tsamp

Enjoyed listen

Nishtha

100/100
Thank you Gill.

Wellie

Hello,
Thank you for your lesson.I passes my quiz test and I got 10 correct,100%.
Thank you very much.

Sabuhi

Following your lessons English becomes as easy as my own language. :)

Thank you

dodik

Thank you for the lesson Gill!!

JJJR

Thank you Gill!!
I got 10!!
I love your accent!!

fabinho86

Thanks for the lesson :) I enjoyed it so much

jonathan325

Hi Gill,
thank you so much for your useful lessons

Hamedmohammad

Thank you very much for these very clear explanations. With you, we can’t say that you say is as clear as mud.
Congratulation, you sing very well.
Kind regards love XXX Francis

vilainpetitcrapaud

Hi Gill,your course is realy clear like “l’eau de roche”.

Thanks.

Rafi31

This is really nice lesson. And you have beautiful voice! Unfortunately, mine isn’t as beautiful as yours.

juneriver

Thank you for the amazing lesson.
Your explanation is crystal clear (=

Nuha

As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveller in the dark,
Though I know not what you are
Twinkle, twinkle little star.

Your lessons are like lights in the dark.
Thanks Milady Gill.

Riccardo S

here you twinkle like a star, gill
thank you for that great lesson and fun :D

mohamed sambo

Hi Gill
Thank you
I want help more to learning English

Reda selim

Thank you teacher Gill. You`re adorable!

Nahi

it was a great video, thank

angieluz140@hotmail.com

oh yes bats have radar and nuclear bombs too

giamma

I’m learning every day with these videos.

RonaldJ

Thank you Gill! :)

Liberroad

Hi Teacher. your lessons are very useful. Thank you very much indeed.
Please tell me, the situations we use present perfect tense. had, have when should we use them.
Thank you…

manusha

We use The Present Perfect Tense for the actions that started at a definite point in the past, and still last, their effect is felt in the present. E. g. I’ve bought a car (recently, today). We have lived in America for 20 years (we came to America 20 years ago, and we are still there). Hope this helps.

vladandevla

Great lesson, and you sing pretty well. Thanks Gill!!

Aleachi

Thank you Jill, I got 10 correct out of 10 .Your lesson is very interesting.

Ukrit

And I got 11 out of 10! I win :D

vladandevla

Really!

Ukrit

Thank you, Gill. You are amazing.

Alsalid

Hi Gill,
I love you. I enjoy the way you are teaching. you are very nice and pretty and sweetheart. I feel it. Thank you for song :)

countdown

Hello Gill!
Your lessons are very well! I like you, you are doing the best in order we understand English lessons and you are very positive!
Thank all of you EngVid team for your job!
God bless you all!

aynur1984

thanks a lot Ms Gill…… you’re such a humble person.. :)
i love you, you’re so nice.. :)

abdurrohman

Thank you Gill!

Antonella1

It’s not easy to memorize all of those expressions. yet I do remember “work like a log”thanks to the Beatles – a Hard Day’s Night! Thank you for your lesson, and also for the example of that expression.

FELES

Sorry, not log, but dog :-P.

FELES

Thank you so much for your explanation, Gill!

Rener

Thanx a lot, Gill!!! Great job;)

AnGaR199

thanks for this lesson as its explained as clear as water..

tobefluent44

I have really enjoyed this lesson. Thanks,Gill.

byte

good lesson!
It is easy to understand

lea

Thanks, Gill :)

sedadilek

thanks Gill

sahar abdel rahman

Thank you Gill

mahmoud afify

Hii Gill¡¡
What a surpirse¡¡ I’m learning to play violin and is your song, now I can sing it in English¡ Great¡
Good lesson¡

marycarmendra

I`m new here. BUt I like it already. Awesome!!!

skif66607

Great class!

helonereslopes

Thank you so much for your lesson Gill ♥

Daniela1216

Thank Gill! Your lessons are very helpful and I like your singing too! :)

Frances2

Thank you for amazing informations Gill

almarwani marwan

Truly your lessons are helpful.thank you so much teacher.

fatihaeng

IAM VEERY INTERESTED

eslam amer

Thank you,the very nice lady!

larysa6165

Thank you

hannouda15

Hello, Gill. Great job! I liked this lesson a lot. Your explanation was as clear as mineral water. Thank you very much. Júlio César from Brazil.
*You sing very well!

Júlio César L Sousa

Thank you teacher nice lesson, and i have to say that you have a beautiful voice and i sang the song with you.
Thanks again!.

Dario7

Thank you Gill. Could you please teach us the difference between the following verbs: to switch,to change and to exchange? I sometimes get confused with these verbs. Thank you so much in advanced!:)

Carlsbad

There is not a lot of difference between switch and change, but to exchange means to swap, it’s an act of giving one thing and receiving another. E. g. They exchanged phone numbers. So, A person gave his/her phone number to B person, and vice versa.

vladandevla

Thanks Gill! It was a very useful lesson.

galina spirina

Thank you Gill, for this useful lesson, i really love watching your lessons they’re always as clear as water and it’s a real pleasure listen to you, you’re a wonderful teacher! :)

Rosa Casiero

Hi Gill ! I loved the way you presented these topics. I like when you insert poetry… in the final frame, this wonderful nursery rhyme.
Loved it all ! Thank you very much !!!
Best wishes !

Del Carmen

Thank you very much for your explanat

Abdurakhim

Thank you very much for your explanation. I haven’t known such a lot things, but now I know well

Abdurakhim

thank very much my teacher for your useful explanation

zienab ahmed

Amazing class… and btw… I’ve loved rear you singing.

Nandoh

thank you very much

hamadota

Dear Gill, I absolutely enjoyed the way you sang the song. I replayed it over and over again. Thank you :)

saeedeh.hsi

Thanks Gill for this lesson!

This evening I was watching videos and making quizzes like “a child with schoolbooks and pencils”. (The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje) :-)

Fabio Cicerre

Good Explanations! Thank you Gill. :D

ZirkofDGJ

Thanks 4 ur lesson. Ur lessons were as clear as crystal clear

dr507

Thank you so much! Your lesson has been precious like a prise…!

lucascotti

Hello and thanks fot your precious teachings. I’ve got two questions not related to this topic but to one of Shakespeare’s poem from play “Love’s Labor’s Lost”.
1st question: what’s the meaning of the name of this play?
2nd: in one verse he says:” When blood is nipped and ways be faul” what’s the grammatical point of ‘be’ in this verse?
I’ll be thankful if you answer!

hoseinkeshavarz

Hi Hosein — thanks for your question. Love’s Labour’s Lost means people who have wasted their time loving someone because the love was not returned. In other words, their labour (of love) was lost or wasted. The play involves courtship and temporary rejection, but everything seems to work out ok in the end ;-) Your quotation is from a song about the winter — the idea of blood being nipped is when you feel physically cold, and your blood feels as if it’s freezing. Foul ways means roads and pathways which are muddy etc and therefore difficult to travel through, again because of the bad weather. The use of ‘be’ is rather old-fashioned — it’s from the verb ‘to be’, but nowadays we would say ‘ways ARE foul’. I hope this is helpful :-)

Gill

Thank you, yes it was very helpful

hoseinkeshavarz

Thank you very much! You are good to sing!

Katerina Savchenko

“You are good at singing” is correct, and you, Katerina, are very beautiful, I can be your teacher anytime you want :3 :*

vladandevla

Once again thank you very much. I’ve got 100% in test. I will sing the song to my children :)
Greetings from Poznań from Poland :)

Baha74

thanks a lot :D
CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR!!!

Ploypilawan

Thank you everyone for your kind words about my singing !!!

Gill

Thank you very much! You are the best teacher ever!

Stefan Bundalo

Thank you gill mam

Barkha29

You are a very good teacher

chinyen

Hello egain, l’ve got another question from you,
In my language, persian, there are some old poets and writers and also some new belletrists and orators who use old-fashioned grammer and vocabulary, I think for example like Shakespeare for you, and they’re not only understandable for me most of time but also lovely and containing great treasures in themselves, and my question is that whether this is true for English language and are there those in your language who still speak and write that way and people like their style?

hoseinkeshavarz

Thank you.

pafsilipoclub

Thanks for the help, Gill. Your explanation was as clear as water! And I love your accent!

carolinadamasceno

it is very interesting lesson. Thank you

Beibarys

bat from batman :))

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vladandevla

I totally agree with you.

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vladandevla

Glad I have a supporter, hoseinkeshavarz!

vladandevla

Me too !

Soei

Great lesson. I like it.

Ross

Good lesson and … beautiful voice! Thanks.

Angela M.

I really enjoyed listing your video. Thanks Gill, you are amazing

rahmaali2016

You’re so lovely, Gill! Pleased to watch your classes. You’re an example for us!

lima77

This video is great! Thank you, Gill! I’ve scored 100. Certainly, this happened owing to the teacher and her ability to explain))

TatyParash

I loved the song, I know it is for children, but I understand it. Thank you for this lesson.

sanosuken

I like her.

Jhonny40

It’s amaizing. I understand you. For me is wonderful. I am glad. Thank you so much. You’re remember when I was a little boy at school.

Humberto Candido

This lesson was wonderful, specially the twinkle twinkle song by you, excellent.

Maliban

Thank you, Gill. Your explanation is as clear as water.

RedLO

Thank Gill
Your explanation as clear as the full moon

Nguyen Hoangvan

Thank you Gill. In my eyes you are like a red, red rose because you are my favorite teacher on this site.

msrom

It’s always a pleasure to learn English with you.
Thanks a lot.

beernaard

Thank you, your class was good and clear!!!

Roberto Rankxerox

Hi Gill! Thank you very much.

Tuya Purevdorj

thanks deeply ?

maryama3

Hello Gill! I’m really impressed about your lesson. It was so clear and motivating! Thanks a lot! Also your singing was great and helpful!
God bless you!

Denkzeichner

Thank you very much…Gill. Great lesson

Ronald

Thanks a lot, dear Gill!

MicGal

Thank you for your sweet lesson. Some of those expressions are really picturesque, besides we Iranian use many of them quite a lot.

kami88

Thank you for your lesson i got 10/10

a wonderful lesson

AkramYanis

It’s for me.
Thanks

islamov2000

Thank you Gill. Hugs from Mexico City. So this lesson are so enjoyable.

Edynglish

Thank you madam :) I got 100:D Yahoo specially I love your expression while you’re teaching thank you so much ? why don’t come here INDIA we can learn good language at you. Plz if it’s possible you must come here I’m requesting to you not order. We give more respects to our elders thank you.I hope you can understand words

Ajayfrench

100/100 thank you gill

Ajayfrench

thank you very much teacher, really you are angel, but please, don’t say that your expalnation is as clear as a bat, ti is for me as clear as the sun in august in south of algéria ” the big sahara ” , i hope that i am not as clear as a bat

ali21

Thanks Gill, you are great.

Matthew.S. Kovoma

Thank you Gill,your explanation is as clear as sun light. You are a good teacher .

ikbalk

Thanks a lot Gill! Perfectly clear explanation…..Don’t worry it wasn’t as clear as mud! best regards

ANGIE

Thanks a lot

spider

“She is timid as a mouse”, is it wrong?.

And about “She is timid like a mouse”, is it wrong too?.

cROMADO

Thanks Gill!

Manuelagaetani

Thanks Gill.. its very useful lessons

Jabir Sharif

Gill, You are like a red, red rose.
Merci beaucoup.

Rogerevs

Thank you, Gill! You are a lovely soprano. I confess that I sang the song a couple of times to memorize it.

Eduardo França

Good song :) Thanks

Pretty Fish

I have got 90 ,,,
Thanks,,,
You are the best madam

Ahmed abdelazim

you’re definitely wonderful teacher. I understand everything you teach. Thanks a lot Gil

sandrita05

Wow! It’s amazing! I’ve got it 100 percent in the quiz!:D

Tulum

to evite/avoid the paradox we can say ”the explenation is as clear as a window not mud”? (after you tell me what is mud mean).

LucianV

Mud is wet dirt, which is not transparent at all.

engVid Moderator

Hi! You sing very well :)

djamesquita

10/10 Hello Gill , I love and enjoy your lessons .

Olga

Dear Gill,
thank you for your passion , your way for teaching is great.
You can explain everything using a simplicity, so kind so calm.
You are a good singer too.
Gill…..Thank you

flavio71i

Howday Gill,

I just joined and scored 10/10 in this quiz!

I think I might check out some other of your tutorials . . .

Best,

Paul David Seaman (UK)

monsterjazzlicks

You are explanation is as clear as white sheet. You sing like a bird! Anyway Thanks alot.

Dinesh

Thanks Gill,you are really amazing

Christina Melloni

Good lesson and easy to understand. I love it. Thank so much.

ruckavin

You’re really cute, Gill. I’ve been learning a lot of English from you, thank you so much, you are a good teacher.

Qinglady

Thank you so much for your good lesson Gill. You are so professional in teaching something. Is the total time so far 33 years? Healthy days.

yagmurcamd

Thank you Gill. Your explanation is as clear as an ice!

George Boxing

Thank you for this useful lesson, Gill.
you are really nice, and have a lovely voice :)
I just have a question regarding this; you said that similes are quite like idioms, so are all similes fixed like idioms? …….. Can’t I compare someone’s eating to an animal other than pig, for example??? And can other actions of somebody be compared to the same animal???
Thaaaanks.

Rahaf

9/10, it is useful for me.

darekkimo

Thank you Gill.

Neho

Gil, I love listen to you . Your voice is as lovely as bird song

Marmelo

Oh, thank you! It was magical like fairy tale!)

GalynaDidenko

That was unexpected ending of this lesson. Great job Gill!

yurek

I love the way you explain !

Pretti Nair

YOLO 100%

Frosti YeTi

I got perfect, thanks a lot..great explanation…

Erlene

thank you, Gill 10/10

Amazigh(engvid)

Hi!I am Ray.Your lessons are so good.

Ray101102

thank you Gill

Fatma Refaat

I love, enjoy and thank you for your nice easy simple lesson

preemy

Thank you , actually your explanation in this lesson was as clear as clear water.

hassouna

A millions thanks for you, Gill!!! i’ve learned a lot from this lesson. now i can make a distinguish between Simile and Metaphor clearly !!! :D

Rickyyyy

Thank you for your fun lesson. And how charmingly you sing!

igoq

Lov u Gill………ur explanation is really awesome

ng51

Hi Gill, thanks for the lesson. I just watched the lesson about metaphors and have two questions. First one: how do I choose which one to use (simile or metaphor)? For example:
– He is a pig or He is like a pig.
– She is an angel or She is like an angel.
Second one:
Can I say: they are fighting like catS and dogS? Do I have to use always singular?
Thanks in advance

Macarguz

Gill, you are brilliant! Thank you very much! Speciall thanks for singing!

tranana

You got 10 correct out of 10

KARTAL

Thank you for your lesson and nice song at the end!
Irina

irinaiarova

Excellent lessons,thanks.

zigmund

Thanks for the sweet song

Prioza

this was easy as a pie thanks gill

shanon

Thank you very much! You so easily explain!

Eliza21

I got 100% in this quiz. I very like the Gill ascent ! Thanks Gill you’re Clear as a cup of water.

marioluciosjr

thanks Gill

Alex-1956

It was literally perfect*-*THANKS

Moheeeeeh

Thanks ma’am, your explanation is as clear as crystal. By the way, I loved you singing, please, do it more times. My best wishes.

Marcio07

Sometimes its much more easy to listen to a teacher like Mrs. Gill. Thank you so much I will follow you in more of your lesson.

avel2018

Thank you for this leeson. Song is so beutiful. I sing it and my doxie with me

G.E.S

wow, I’ve got 100/100. Thank you Gill. I love your lessons

Kasia01

What’s wonderful Gill…

Thanh Tri Nguyen

Gill your explanations are as clear as pure crystal

molivakis

Thanks Gill for the song. You are great. In Ukraine says, he works so hard like a horse.

ElenaKuch

thank you so much indeed Gill

emrece

Again 100%. Thank you Gill!

WiktoriaSzmi

I so happy with you lessons. Thank you.

cfernanda8

Teacher Gill, can you please make a lesson on how to motivate us to study for a long-term period? Or a video about English Vocabulary? I can’t find anything when I search it up. Make one in general, please. Thank you Gill. I’ll stay tuned!

Jojo Ng

Thanks a lot,Gill,for your lovely lesson.It is very helpful.You know,Gill,we have similar expression in my country,but using another an animal-I have been working like a horse.
By the way,You are very good singer.

Nataliiat67

Thank you Ms. Gill. The lesson was wonderful and I enjoyed much.

Alex-1956

What a smart class and what a beautiful voice. You are the best.

Paolaixshel

I really enjoyed the lesson..10/10

ainamae84

Thank you

SagarBiswas

thanks nice lesson your explanation is as clear as water.(not mud)

shumila naz

10/10.So clear and interesting. Thanks a lot?, Jill. Have great success!

Lena Alena

Fantastic!

Thanks Gil

gerardopiano

Thank you so much, my dear master. I will try with your knowledge which you has shared

Bayaman

1o/1o
thanks a lot, Gill,hugs (Kazakhstan 16 Dec2o21:)

Jannyl

Wonderful, I really enjoy these classes, I laugh, I learn and every day I improve my English. Thank you Gill for your wonderful and charismatic way of teaching, thousands of blessings for you, I love you very much!! :D, xxx