Umms and errs are everywhere.

Duration: 30 minutes.

Let’s take a look at today’s lesson

This lesson looks at how to talk about umms and errs. We will learn some new vocabulary and listen to short audios about the subject.

Lesson Key: (L) = Listening (U) = Understanding. (R) = Reading.

Umms and errs are everywhere and it’s annoying and worse than that, it makes you sound uncertain.

Listen to the same phrases with umms and errs to hear the difference.
Umms and errs make you sound unsure and can show a lack of confidence.

Let’s start with our phrase with lot’s of umms and errs.

Let’s find out how to change a light bulb.

Replace the bulb. Insert a replacement bulb lightly but firmly into the socket.
Once the bulb is in, turn the power back on again and switch on the light.

So, what can we do about this? Is there a solution?
I have a guaranteed method to help you to get over the umms and errs problem.

First of all, think of the word you want to start with, have a word in mind and hit that word at the beginning of the sentence.
Complete your sentence then.
Bring your lips together and closer so you cannot speak.
Think now of the next word that you want to speak an again hit that word.

Listen to this example spoken with a short silence in the middle and no umms and errs.

Let’s find out how to change a light bulb.

Replace the bulb.
Insert a replacement bulb lightly but firmly into the socket.
Once the bulb is in, turn the power back on again and switch on the light.

This time I pursed my lips together and counted to 3 in my mind, 1, 2 and 3…
Try it when you speak and once you do this, you will find ums and errs will disappear forever from your English.

Remember, practice makes perfect.

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