English Lesson - Learn the difference between 'So', 'Very' & 'Too' ( Speak Fluent English)

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Today we are gonna look at the most popular words in English and in fact very commonly

usedSo , Too and Very’...

Hi everyone I am Niharika and welcome back

to a new lesson. Well, today we are gonna look at the most popular words in English

and in fact very commonly usedSo Too and VeryNow you must be thinking these words

are pretty simple , you use it every now and then and is there a difference? Well again

we are learning English and it’s always nice to know these little differences when

you are learning a new language, so that when you end up using it, you use it in a very

confident manner. SO let’s look at the difference. First , we are gonna look at the wordSo

Now, ‘sois always followed by an adjective or by an adverb, but no noun. So it’s either

an adjective or an adverb. And the word so is used to add that extra information. Let’s

look at some examples and this would definitely help you to understand it better. She is so

fast. So now here, the word fast is an adjective and you are using the word so to add that

extra information. Like she is so fast. You are not just saying she is fast, but she is

so fast, she’s like really fast. You are adding that extra information. Another one,

that car is so dirty. So ok, we see a car here and it’s dirty. It’s so dirty so

you are adding that information that yes, your car is dirt or that car is dirty. These

are two examples. Now if you look at this sentence, She is such a pretty girl. Why haven’t

I used the word so? Remember I said, So is always followed by an adjective or by an adverb

and not by a noun. If I end up saying she is a so pretty girl. Does that sound right?

That is incorrect. So here we are replacing the word so with such .She is such a pretty

girl. Now let’s have a look at the wordToo’.

It’s too hot or Stop it! It’s too loud. Or she is too fat. Now these are some examples

here. First let’s understand that when do we use the word too? Now the word too is quite

a negative expression and it is used as an intensifier which means something which is

too much. Something which is more than necessary or more than enough. Again remembertoo

is also followed by an adjective or by an adverb. And, when something is negative or

problematic that’s when you end up using the wordtooin the sentence. So, remember

it is a negative expression. Ok, now I will explain this with an example. It’s too hot.

Here we are using the word it’s too hot, why I am using the word too. Well, of course

it is an intensifier to the adjective hot. Apparently, it’s too hot which gives you

an idea that I am very uncomfortable because it’s too hot. I am not feeling good because

it’s too hot. It is a situation, a problematic situation here and that’s when you end up

using the wordtoo’. Let’s look at this example, Stop it! It’s too loud. So

again, you are using the word too because it’s too loud, it’s probably hurting your

ears, probably you are getting a bad headache, so the music is probably too loud for you.

Again used in a very negative manner and that’s why we have used the word too. She is way

too fat. So, now if you end up saying we have used the word way. So this is another intensifier

that can be used in front of the word too. Like she is way too fat. Again, it’s quite

a negative expression. She is far too young to be married. So intensifiers like far, way

can be used before the word too. Ok! Now, as we saw here that we replaced the word so

with the word such, now even words like or expressions like too much or too many are

used in the similar manner like the way we used the word too. Probably you ate a lot

of food, so you would say “I ate too much, my tummy full nowSo I ate too much. Ok!

So, that’s another word that you can use is you don’t want to use the simple too

or too many. Like someone gives you chocolates and you think that they are too many so you

would sayThese are too many chocolates for meSo that’s the way you will end

up using these expressions. Now let’s get to the wordVery’. ‘Very

andsoare pretty similarly used. I will tell you how. Now very is also used with

an adjective, it is always followed by adjective and it kind of makes the adjective stronger.

So if you look at this example here, I am very excited. So here, excited is your adjective

and the word very is used to make it strong. Ok! Now another one here, English is very

difficult. Probably English language is difficult but when I add the word very, it means that

yes it is very difficult. Another one, she plays the piano very well. So she just doesn’t

play the piano well, she play its very well. So again you are making the adjective very

strong. So how does she play the piano? She plays it very well. So it’s making the adjective

stronger. Now, if you see we have used the wordsoandveryto add that extra

information however the word too is always used negatively. So this is the little difference

that you need to keep it in mind. So the next time you are using these words, you know how

to use them correctly. This brings me to the end of this lesson, why don’t you take a

test and let me know how much did you score. I will be back with a new lesson soon, till

then you take care.