hello welcome to the practicing story number four in this story we are focusing on the present continuous tense so you should imagine all of the actions are happening at this moment they are all happening while you are listening right now let's get started [Music] at the moment i am speaking english i am talking to you and you are listening to me you are learning english now this is our mini story lesson we are studying english okay here is our mini story [Music] there is a girl her name is alicia she is at home [Music] she
is sitting on the sofa and watching tv her mother is in the kitchen [Music] she is cooking the dinner now alicia's father is working in the garage he is trying to fix his car because it isn't working now [Music] alicia has a big brother [Music] he is playing basketball in the garden with his two friends [Music] the weather is good the sun is shining today hello are you enjoying the story please give us a like thank you also alicia has a little sister her name is anna she is three years old she is sleeping in
her bedroom if you like this video and want to see more videos like it be sure to subscribe to our channel thanks for watching okay that is the end of the story let's go back to the beginning this time with questions you must answer every question use your pause button and answer the question then play again you can answer with just one word or two words it's okay short answers are okay always answer the questions with a strong voice this is so important when you do this you teach your mind you teach your brain to
be confident when you speak english your english will improve much much faster okay let's get started am i speaking japanese no i am not i am not speaking japanese i am speaking english when am i speaking english at the moment i am speaking english right now i am speaking english at the moment who am i talking to you i am talking to you what am i doing i am speaking english and i am talking to you am i listening to you no i'm not i am not listening to you i am talking to you and
you are listening to me at the moment are you listening to music now no you aren't you are not listening to music you are listening to me right now are you sleeping no you aren't you are not sleeping what are you doing you are listening to me why are you listening to me to learn english you are listening to me to learn english are you learning french no you aren't you aren't learning french now you are learning english what are you learning now english you are learning english now there is a girl her name is
alicia [Music] is there a girl yes there is there is a girl is there an old woman no there isn't there is not an old woman there is a young lady there is a girl what is her name her name is alicia [Music] is her name rose no her name is not rose her name is alicia where is she [Music] she is at home [Music] is she at school no she isn't she is not at school she is at home what is she doing she is sitting on the sofa and watching tv [Music] is she
jumping on the sofa no she isn't she is not jumping she is sitting on the sofa what is she doing on the sofa sitting she is sitting on the sofa and she is watching tv is she sitting on the tv no she isn't she is not sitting on the tv she is sitting on the sofa listen to the lessons repeatedly to think in english and automatic speaking repetition is very very important to become fluent you need to speak english fluently without translating in your head the word should come out of your mouth automatically so this
is where the repetition comes in if you repeat the same vocabulary and sentences many times you will become a master of this vocabulary and grammar so you will be able to use that words automatically without thinking about grammar rules and without translating vocabulary in your head in order to think in english you must repeat vocabulary and sentences as much as you can after lots of repetition eventually you will start to think english in your head and improve your speaking skills as i mentioned before we use the question and answer method repeatedly in our short story
lessons so you will listen to the vocabulary and sentences many times in the same lesson is she listening to music on the sofa no she isn't she isn't listening to music she is watching tv on the sofa [Music] where is alicia's mother in the kitchen her mother is in the kitchen is she in the bathroom no she isn't she is not in the bathroom she is in the kitchen what is she doing in the kitchen cooking dinner she is cooking dinner is she washing dishes no she isn't she is not washing dishes she is cooking
the meal cooking the dinner [Music] is she cooking dinner in the garage no she is not in the garage she is cooking the dinner in the kitchen [Music] if you want to complete your practice of this story you can go to englishezypractice.com and download the audio lessons of the story so you can practice english with it whenever and wherever you want just listen to our short stories and answer the easy question out loud you will improve your listening and speaking skills fast and that's all for now see you at [Music] englisheasypractice.com [Music] you