Hello, everybody, how are you doing? Welcome to this first lesson. And this lesson we are going to speak about 10 ways to encourage someone. There are lots of phrases we can use to encourage people based on different situations they have. And many students have difficulties understanding the difference between these phrases. The correct encouragement sometimes has a really positive effect on somebody's life.

Now let's get started and understand these essential phrases. Are you ready? Let's get started. The first phrase we are going to learn to encourage people is Keep up the good work, a very common phrase used in different movies and daily English conversations. Keep Bob, good work. Keep up the good work.

Say this when the person is doing well, and you want them to continue, keep up in this case means continue. Keep up the good work. A very nice phrase. Number two, that was a nice try, or that was a good effort. When do we use this phrase? Actually, we use these phrases after the person didn't succeed, and you want to help them feel better.

So in this case, we say that was a nice try. That was a good effort. Number three ease that's a real improvement. That's a real improvement. Use this phrase to say that that person is making good progress. So if the person is making great progress, we Tell him or tell her that's real improvement.

Especially we can say this to some children or kids that are making great progress. That's a great encouragement. Number four is you are on the right track. You are on the right track. I myself personally use this phrase many times in my speech. So use this phrase when a person is close to answer close to success, but hasn't reached it yet.

On their right track means that they are going in the correct direction on their right track, very useful, very essential phrase and try to understand it guys. Number five is you've almost got it. You've almost got it. You You have almost got it. Use this phrase when a person is coming very close to succeeding. For example, come on man, Ron, Ron, you've almost got it.

You've almost got it. Number six is what you have got to lose what you have got to lose. This is a very encouraging question. So this question is used to emphasize that the fact that if the person doesn't succeed, there won't be any negative consequences. So they should make an effort. It's a very motivational question.

And number seven is Don't give up, hang in there. Don't give up Hang in there. When someone is currently having difficulties, we can use these phrases in these kinds of cases. So the phrasal verb give up means to speak. Stop trying. So you can say don't give up to encourage the person to continue trying and not to stop.

Don't give up. No matter how many problems you have. Don't give up, hang in there. And the next phrase ease, come on, you can do it, you can do it. Use this phrase to emphasize the person's ability to succeed. You can say this to a person who has low self esteem, or has difficulty believing they can succeed.

Come on, you can do it. Yes, you can do it. Like you can do it. You can learn English. This is a very easy language you just need to try hard. Number nine is give it your best shot.

Very useful. Common EDM and phrase used a lot in different movies. Give it your best shot. This is my favorite one. Your best shot means your best try. So this phrase is used to encourage someone to do their best.

Give it your best shot, do your best. And the last useful phrases Nice job you did great, nice job. This phrase Nice job means that the other person did something good. It is not related to their employment or profession. You can also add, I'm impressed. You can also say I'm impressed if the person success surprise to you in a good way.

For example, my brother speaks English very well. Okay, and I tell him that Oh, I'm impressed. These are great, perfect essential phrases we can use to encourage people in different situations. Now let's use some of them in real situation and let's understand them in real situations. Here there's a conversation between jack and Ted two great friends, jack says, I guess I need to leave college and get a better job. But Teddy's trying to encourage him.

He says, Come on, boy, don't give up, hang in there. You just need to study a bit more and then you can work at the same time. So Ted is encouraging him. He's telling him Don't give up. It means continue trying. Here, there is a conversation between the boss and employer, the bosses.

That was a really good report, keep up the good work. And the employer says, Oh, thanks. Glad to hear that. Keep up the good work. Continue doing the same thing. That is going to bring lots of great results.

Keep up the good work. And here there is a conversation between boss Sarah, the boss says amin press R Ah, that was a real improvement. Sarah says thank you, dear. You always help me not to give up. Yes, I'm impressed, which means that I'm surprised by your success. That was a real improvement.

Okay, perfect. Now in the next part, we are going to improve our pronunciation. And I'm going to give you a test and you must answer some questions. answering these questions will help you to check your understanding. Good luck.