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[English]

I have a name, you have a name, everyone has a 'name'.

My name is Elizabeth, but Beth is what I go by.

If you go by a name or nickname, people know to call you that name.

His name is Philip, but he goes by Phil.

You can also take a name.

For example, when you get married, you might take your partner's name.

She was Amy Smith, but she took her husband's name. Now she's Amy Scott.

Now when Amy Scott signs her name, she has to remember to write it correctly.

Can you sign your name here, please?

If a name rings a bell, you've heard it before, but you can't remember why.

Do you remember Mr Hill?

Er, the name rings a bell, but I can't remember who he is!

We are BBC Learning English.

Remember our name so you can always learn more with us.

Get with the programme! Learn some verbs you can use with the noun 'programme'.

The first step to set up a programme is to plan it.

Drawing up a programme means designing it.

When you agree on the programme, everyone thinks the same way about it.

We could set up a research programme to look at this question.

It took a long time to draw up the course programme,

and even longer to agree on it.

Next, you launch your programme.

That means start it.

We run a programme when we manage it or make it happen.

We offer a programme when we make it available.

We decided to run a support programme. We'll launch it next month.

The university offers a part-time programme.

You enrol on a programme when you join it. Then, you're following a programme.

You complete a programme when you get to the end of it.

I've been following this programme for nearly a year.

I enrolled on it in September.

I'll get a job after I complete the programme.

We've drawn up this programme of videos.

We hope you enjoy following it, and that you find it helpful.

We hope you're ready to learn, because we mean 'business'.

If you mean business, you are serious and determined about what you're doing.

Meet Barbara. She works in business.

It's the area of work she does.

I'm an operations analyst and my husband is an auditor.

We work in business.

Now meet Joshua.

He's set up a business.

That means he's prepared, planned and now has a business.

I've set up a bakery. I make and sell cakes and bread.

He's the owner, but he's also running the business.

That means he's managing it and working in it.

Unfortunately, his customers aren't very happy.

£10 for a loaf of bread? You're going to go out of business with those prices!

If you go out of business, you don't make enough money and you have to close down.

Poor Joshua.

We're full of hope that you'll learn verbs that go with 'hope' in this lesson.

If you are full of hope,

you really want something to happen or believe that it will.

Zoe didn't know if the interview had gone well or not, but she was full of hope.

If you express hope, it means you tell somebody the thing you want to happen.

Zoe expressed hope to her mum that she would get the job.

You can bring somebody hope or give someone hope.

That means you encourage and share the hope of the person you're with.

Zoe's mum gave her hope.

"You're brilliant, no matter what the outcome," she said.

If you live in hope, you hope for something,

even if you know it probably won't happen.

Zoe didn't get the job, but she lives in hope.

I hope I've brought you some hope for your English today!

Let me give you some examples of verbs to use with 'example'.

We give an example or provide an example

if we tell it to someone or put it in our writing.

I'll give you an example of why I'm annoyed!

I can provide you with some examples of my work, so you can see what I can do.

You might be trying to find examples that show something's true

when you're doing research.

You can take something as an example when you think it shows something.

I found many examples of this problem in the data.

We can take this song as an example of traditional music.

We often include examples in an argument.

When you cite examples, you say that they support your argument.

Drawing from examples means using examples to make an argument.

I've included examples of waste.

I can cite all of them to show why we're losing money.

I've drawn from a range of examples to show why this is a problem.

We've provided some examples of verbs to use with 'example'.

Have you found any others?

How much 'information' can you store in your brain?

Let's test it.

Storing information means you keep it in a place

where you can find it and use it later.

The hospital stores all the information in locked cupboards,

but they should really start storing it digitally for extra security.

If you need information from somewhere,

you can ask for or request the information.

Then they can decide to withhold the information, to not give it to you,

or disclose the information, to give it to you.

The scientist requested information from her colleague,

but he said it was too early to disclose the information,

so he withheld the information.

If you really need information, you can dig up the information —

make an effort to go and find it yourself.

Imagine digging to find gold.

Mike dug up some information about ancestors to draw his family tree.

Well done for digging up this information today!

Wait! I've got a plan. Let's learn verbs to use with 'plan'.

Before you can have a plan, you need to make one or develop one.

You devise a plan or formulate a plan when you think about it a lot.

I asked Maria to develop a plan for tomorrow's project.

She spent all day devising one.

We've carefully formulated a plan to get more clients.

Next, it's time to implement your plan.

That means start doing it.

We could also say we go ahead with a plan.

We press ahead with a plan if we're starting or continuing a difficult plan.

We're going ahead with plan B. It's easier to implement.

You need to press ahead with the recovery plan.

If it doesn't work, you can drop a plan.

You can also scrap a plan.

They just mean stop.

You can shelve a plan if you might come back to it later.

We need to drop the plan. Results are bad.

Do you want to scrap the plan, or just shelve it?

Jump in the back and let's talk about verbs that go with 'car'.

If you jump in the car, you get in.

If you jump out, you get out.

This is informal.

Hey! Jump in. Let's go!

You can go or travel by car.

You're travelling to Australia by car from London? Isn't that a bit far?

To go backwards, you reverse the car, or back the car up.

We missed the turning! Can you back up?

If someone else is driving a bit slowly, you might overtake them,

in order to be in front of them.

I'm going to overtake this car. He's driving so slowly.

But be careful! In wet conditions, a car can slip or skid on the road.

Hopefully, it won't crash.

He crashed his car after skidding on the ice.

Watch more English in a Minute later — but not while driving the car!

Let's learn verbs commonly used with the word 'market'.

If we put something on the market, it means we make it available for sale.

I want to sell my house, but I haven't put it on the market yet.

Next, if a company wants to expand their customer base,

they might want to break into new markets,

to enter new markets, often with difficulty.

It took years of research for the brand to finally break into the European market.

Companies must then supply the market with their products —

provide the necessary amount of a product to meet demand.

The farm supplies the local market with fresh vegetables every week.

But too much of a product can flood the market —

when there is too much of a product than people can buy.

Cheap laptops have flooded the market, so no-one's making a profit.

There's a big market for English learning materials.

Why not choose ours?

Do you have any idea how many verbs you can use with 'idea'?

There are a lot.

You can have an idea, which we often say when you're suddenly inspired.

Or you can have no idea, which means you don't know.

What time does the show start? I have no idea.

I have an idea. Let's call and ask.

If an idea pops into your head,

you suddenly have an idea.

Oo, an idea just popped into my head.

We could go to that Chinese restaurant before the show.

If you dream up an idea, you have a silly or unusual idea.

Trust you to dream up an idea like that.

We're vegetarian — we don't each chicken!

You can put forward an idea, which means suggest an idea.

This is often used in a more formal context, like work.

I'd like to put forward an idea if I may.

We could hire a freelancer for the graphics.

Can you dream up or put forward an idea of what word we can look at next time?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
programme /ˈprɒɡræm/ B1	noun - a set of planned activities or events
business /ˈbɪznəs/ A2	noun - the activity of making money by producing or buying and selling goods or services.
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.
example /ɪɡˈzæmpl/ A2	noun - a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
information /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/ B1	noun - facts provided or learned about something or someone.
plan /plæn/ A2	noun - a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something. verb - decide on and arrange in advance.
market /ˈmɑːrkɪt/ A2	noun - a place where people buy and sell goods.
launch /lɔːntʃ/ B1	verb - to start or set something in motion.
run /rʌn/ A2	verb - manage or operate something.
complete /kəmˈpliːt/ B1	verb - to finish something.
draw /drɔː/ A2	verb - produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper.
agree /əˈɡriː/ A2	verb - having the same opinion about something.
customer /ˈkʌstəmər/ A2	noun - a person who buys goods or services from a shop or business.
serious /ˈsɪəriəs/ B1	adjective - demanding one's great attention.
determined /dɪˈtɜːrmɪnd/ B2	adjective - having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.
analyst /ˈænəlɪst/ B2	noun - a person who studies something in detail.
auditor /ˈɔːdɪtər/ B2	noun - a person authorized to review and verify the accuracy of financial records.

Key Grammar Structures

• I have a name, you have a name, everyone has a "name".

  ➔ Simple present tense for factual statements

  ➔ The verb "have" is used in the simple present to talk about facts that are always true.

• My name is Elizabeth, but Beth is what I go by.

  ➔ Idiom "go by" + simple present

  ➔ "go by" means "to be called" or "to use as a name"; it is a fixed expression in the simple present.

• Can you sign your name here, please?

  ➔ Modal verb "can" + infinitive for polite request

  ➔ "Can" is used to ask for permission or to make a polite request; it is followed by the base form of the verb.

• If a name rings a bell, you've heard it before, but you can't remember why.

  ➔ First conditional: if‑clause with present simple, main clause with present perfect

  ➔ "If" introduces a possible situation with the present simple verb "rings"; "you've heard" uses the present perfect to refer to past experience relevant to the present.

• The first step to set up a programme is to plan it.

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose after "to" + noun phrase "the first step to …"

  ➔ "to set up" is the infinitive that expresses purpose; the phrase "the first step to + verb" shows the initial action needed.

• We could set up a research programme to look at this question.

  ➔ Modal verb "could" + base verb for possibility

  ➔ "could" expresses that setting up the programme is possible but not certain.

• I've been following this programme for nearly a year.

  ➔ Present perfect continuous (have/has + been + -ing)

  ➔ "have been following" shows an action that started in the past and is still continuing up to now.

• We'll launch it next month.

  ➔ Simple future with "will" + base verb

  ➔ "will" is used to express a decision or plan for a future action: "will launch".

• If you live in hope, you hope for something, even if you know it probably won't happen.

  ➔ Conditional clause with present simple; concessive clause with "even if" + present simple

  ➔ "If you live in hope" uses present simple to talk about a general situation; "even if you know" introduces a concession, also in present simple.