Close menu
3

Unit 3: English In A Minute
Give us a minute and we'll teach you English

Select a unit

  1. 1English In A Minute
  2. 2English In A Minute
  3. 3English In A Minute

Session 45

Welcome to English In A Minute. Give us a minute and we'll give you a hot tip about English vocabulary... there's so much to learn! And all taught by your favourite BBC Learning English staff!

ክፍለ-ስራሓት ናይዚ ምዕራፍ

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100

ድምር ነጥቢ ናይዚ ክፍለ-ስራሓት 45

0 / 3

  • 0 / 3
    Activity 1
  1. Activity 1

Activity 1

How to use 'kind'

Phil talks about uses of 'kind'.

ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

ነቲ ቅዳሕ ጽሑፍ ኣርእይዎ ነቲ ቅዳሕ ጽሑፍ ሕብእዎ

Phil

Let's learn 'kind'

It's very common to use kind as an adjective – kind describes someone who is caring and helpful, and it can also describe the actions that make them that way.

He always helps me – he's really kind.
That's such a kind gesture!

We also use this word as a noun to say what group something is in.

Tigers are a kind of cat.

Be careful! We can use 'kind of' to suggest that something is only just that type of thing.

This colour - it's kind of blue, kind of green, somewhere in the middle.

OK, it's kind of complicated but we use 'kind' as an adjective for good acts and good people – and we use it as a noun to talk about categories of things.

Kind

Kind as an adjective describes someone who is caring and helpful, and it can also describe the actions that make them that way.

  • He always helps me – he's really kind.
  • That's such a kind gesture!

We also use kind as a noun to say what group something is in.

  • Trainers are a kind of shoe that are good for sports. 
  • Tigers are a kind of cat.

We can use 'kind of' to suggest that something is only just that type of thing.

  • This colour - it's kind of blue, kind of green, somewhere in the middle.
  • I'm kind of annoyed, but I love you really.  

____________________________________________________________________________________________

To do

Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language. 

English In A Minute Quiz

3 Questions

Test your understanding of this lesson with our quiz!

ኣገናዕ፡ ፈተናኹም ዛዚምኩም
Excellent!Great job!ሕማቕ ዕድል!ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
x / y

Downloads 

You can download a PDF document for this episode here.

More

We hope you enjoyed English in a Minute. You can find more episodes here. 

መራገፊ ማእከል

ትሕዝቶ ናይ ሓድሽ ትምህርቲ