327: You Know It, But Can You Say It. Verb Patterns in Action / Verb patterns w praktyce

Your passive knowledge is at least B1, often much more. And yet when you open your mouth, it feels like you're using 5% of what you know. If that's you, I want you to listen carefully. Enrolment to my 12-week program Say It Out Loud Seoul is closing on Sunday, 22nd of February, 2026. The speaking club starts on 26th of February, 2026 at 7.35 PM. And once we close the door, that's it. But inside, you get a full 12-week program on the platform. 12 hours of live conversations with me and with the group, daily speaking practice with my individual feedback on WhatsApp, monthly extra classes with me, bonuses and lifetime access to everything, including my feedback on WhatsApp and all future updates.

So if you haven't been learning like this... All kinds of verbs to be honest. That's a shame, but this changes today. So today we're going to do things differently, okay? So this time I want you to repeat after me. So the practical part of the episode is the whole episode really today. So there will be one more at the end of the episode, but listen and repeat throughout the whole show today. Additionally, I want you to think about your answers to my questions. Say your answers out loud while listening to this very podcast, okay? Let's get started. Let's look at the verbs followed by the gerund first.

For example, he keeps checking his phone every 5 minutes. He keeps checking his phone every five minutes. The question is what do you keep doing? 3. Recommend. Recommend is used to give advice. For example, the doctor recommended taking more vitamins. Your turn.

Well done! The doctor recommended taking more vitamins. Now imagine somebody needs your advice on losing weight. What do you recommend doing? Suggest. Suggest is very, very close to recommend, but often more neutral. For example, She suggested going for a walk after dinner. Your turn. Well done! She suggested going for a walk after dinner.

7. Fancy Fancy is informal and means feel like or be interested in. For instance, do you fancy watching a movie tonight? Do you fancy watching a movie tonight? Now you say it out loud. Well done. Do you fancy watching a movie tonight? Now tell me, what do you fancy doing in general? Awesome work today. We're going to practice a little more, so be patient, wait for it. And now just a quick tip. A useful way to remember gerund verbs is to connect them with the idea of experience, you know?

So if you always learn a verb together with its pattern like we did today, for example, avoid doing, keep doing, you will start to feel I this is exactly the difference between knowing and using. You probably understood everything I've just said. Nothing here was shocking. Let's be honest. Nothing. Nothing new, really. And yet, the real question is can you use it smoothly in a conversation without freezing? If you're tired of learning more and more and instead want to just train speaking for real with regular conversation, structured practice and my feedback, this is your moment.

I'll be there. Let's recap today's sentences. She avoids eating sugar during the week. He keeps checking his phone every five minutes. The doctor recommended taking more vitamins. She suggested going for a walk after dinner. Do you mind closing the window?