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“I'm here every week with a short simple tip to help you speak English more naturally and confidently. Today, let's look at another useful conversational phrase.”From the transcript
Today, let’s look at a really useful everyday phrase - “take turns.”
We use take turns when two or more people do something one after another, instead of at the same time.
And there are two patterns. First, is people take turns
Like, We turns cooking dinner.
Or “They took turns driving on the trip.”
You can also say someone takes turns with another person.”
Like: “I take turns with my roommate doing the laundry.”
Or: Steve takes turns with Patty walking the dog.
“We take turns with each other using the computer.”
Lemme know in the comments what you take turns doing, and remember to follow or subscribe so you don’t miss the next Happy English Podcast and next week’s English Tips in a Minute. Hey, thanks for listening - and until next time, keep learning and keep it cool.
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Happy English Podcast — 1044 - Take Turns - English Tips in a Minute | Happy English. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to English Tips in a Minute from Happy English. I'm here every week with a short simple tip to help you speak English more naturally and confidently. Today, let's look at another useful conversational phrase. Take turns. We use take turns when two or more people do something one after another instead of at the same time. And there are two patterns. First is people take turns. We take turns cooking dinner. They took turns driving during the trip. You can also say that someone takes turns with another person. Steve takes turns with patty walking the dog. We take turns with each other using the computer. Let me know in the comments what you take turns doing. And remember to follow or subscribe so you won't miss the next happy
English podcast in next weeks English tips in a minute. Hey, thanks for listening. And until next time keep learning and keep it cool.
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