5 English Idioms to MOTIVATE & INSPIRE

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Practice makes perfect! In this class, you’ll learn 5 English expressions that motivate and inspire. Learn about the expressions “no pain, no gain”, “the sky’s the limit”, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”, “practice makes perfect”, and “better late than never”. Make your own English sign to encourage you and learn at the same time. Or you can use these expressions to encourage others. Then test yourself with the quiz at https://www.engvid.com/5-english-idioms-to-motivate-inspire/ Learn more English expressions with these videos: How to wish someone "good luck" https://youtu.be/8SapxjrfC6A 11 Common Social Expressions https://youtu.be/VgG0J2-OxfM In this lesson: 0:00 English Expressions for Motivation 1:56 Practice makes perfect. 5:00 When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. 8:11 No pain, no gain. 11:10 Better late than never. 13:35 The sky's the limit. 15:57 – Practice – TRANSCRIPT: Hello, my name is Emma, and in today's video, I am going to inspire you. We are going to learn some very inspirational expressions in English. So, I want you to imagine - so, in your head, picture this - imagine you have a friend, and your friend gets a low IELTS score and is really sad. Imagine you are learning English, no matter how hard you study, you're always reading English books and practicing, you just can't understand the present perfect tense in English. What's the difference between the past tense and the present perfect tense? Imagine, no matter how hard you try, you just don't understand it. And then, imagine your son, even if you're younger, just imagine you have a son, he comes home and he says, "Mom, Dad, English is boring. I hate English." What do all of these examples have in common? Well, I'll tell you what they have in common. In all of these examples, these people need inspiration, they need encouragement. So, in today's video, I am going to teach you the words you can say in English to anyone in these situations or other situations to help them feel better and encourage them, but also so you can improve your own English. All of the expressions I will teach you today are very common expressions we use whenever someone needs encouragement. So, let's get started. So, for each of the expressions I'm going to teach you today, I've made a beautiful poster. So, all of the posters are designed by me, and what I actually encourage students to do or learners of English to do is make your own poster using these expressions. They don't have to be as big as mine. You can make a small poster, put it on your desk or on your refrigerator, or put it somewhere you will see it and where you will see it often, because that will, first of all, help you remember these expressions, but also it's a great activity to, again, help you remember. Even writing the words will help you, and it can encourage you when you are having difficulties, especially English difficulties. So, let's look at the first example of a very popular expression - "practice makes perfect". And then at the bottom of my poster, I put 100%, A+, 10 out of 10. So, what does it mean when we say "practice makes perfect"? Well, it means that in order to improve - so, if you want to improve and to get better at something, you need to practice, and you need to practice a lot. So, we use this expression in many different situations. We can use it for learning a language. Right now, I am learning Chinese, and I'm learning Chinese writing. So, what I need to do every day is practice, practice, practice to get better, because I hope one day to make perfect or to get perfect. We can also use this for sports. If you are learning or if you play soccer, you can't just start playing one day and be an amazing soccer player. No, you need to practice. You know, you practice after school, you practice in the evening, or during the daytime. So, the more you practice, the better you become. So, here's my example. You are learning English. Remember, "practice makes perfect". And I just want to call your attention to the verb we use here. Many learners get confused with "make" or "do". For this specific example, it's always "make". So, "practice makes", with an "s", "perfect". So now, let's practice more, because practice makes perfect, and let's look at some other examples of inspirational expressions. Okay. So, my next expression has to do with lemons and lemonade. So, you might think, "This seems like it's going to be a strange expression." Well, in fact, the next expression is pretty common. We use it, again, when someone has a difficult situation, and we want to inspire them […]