Hello everyone.

My name is Mrs. Riley, and I'm really happy to be here today to do some learning with you.

Today we're going to be learning some new vocabulary.

I hope you enjoy today's lesson.

Today's learning outcome is to use the words conceited, presumptuous, and unflappable effectively in multiple contexts.

Here are our keywords for today's learning.

Don't worry if any of these are unfamiliar because we're going to go through the definitions and we will keep coming back to them.

I'm going to say each keyword and I'd like you to repeat it back to me.

Are you ready? Noun, adjective, synonym, word pair, prefix.

Well done.

Here are the definitions.

A noun is a naming word for people, places, or things.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word.

Word pairs are word that often appear together.

And a prefix is a letter or a group of letters added to the start of a word to change its meaning.

In today's lesson, we're going to learn three learning cycles, and we're going to be learning three new confident words.

So these are words that are associated with confidence.

So instead of just using the word confident over and over again, hopefully by the end of today's lesson, we'll have three different ways of describing a confident person.

Let's look at our first new confident word.

What is happening in this picture? This is Oz the ostrich.

What can you see? How does she look? How would you describe her? Pause the video while you think about that now.

Okay, well done.

Well, Oz in this picture hasn't just got a selfie stick, she's actually got something attached around her waist with lots and lots of cameras all around her so that she's taking about 50 selfies all in one go.

She's got her arms behind her head and she's pouting her lips and she's looking rather pleased with herself.

Let's find out what this word is.

This word is conceited.

My turn.

Your turn.

Conceited.

Conceited.

Well done.

This is an adjective.

It means vain or proud; like someone who is constantly taking selfies.

Constantly means doing it again and again.

Now, if you're vain, you think you care a lot about how you look and what other people think of you.

Okay? And being proud actually is more of a positive thing than being vain.

Vain is quite a negative thing.

But being proud of your abilities or of something that you've achieved is a good thing.

But when you're conceited your vein and proud.

So is this a positive word or a negative word? Perhaps you could show me.

Positive thumbs up or negative thumbs down.

What do you think? Hmmm.

I think it's a negative word.

If it just meant that you are proud, that wouldn't necessarily be negative; it's good to feel proud of ourselves, but vain means caring a lot about how you look and what other people think of you, and that's not necessarily a good thing.

So I don't think I would like to be described as conceited.

These words are synonyms of conceited.

Remember, synonym is a word that has the same or a similar meaning.

Arrogant, which means that you think you're better than everyone else, or you might be a bit of a show off.

Vain, proud.

Only a conceited person would enjoy photo shoots all day, every day.

I think it looks like Oz would probably enjoy photo shoots all day, every day.

These are word pairs of conceited.

That means if you were to read the word, read that in a book that you were reading, the word conceited, it might be paired with one of these words.

A conceited attitude, a conceited person, a conceited oaf, a conceited fool, a conceited fellow.

A fellow is another word of just saying someone, but it also can be used when you share a quality or an activity with someone.

So you might say, my fellow classmate.

Okay? Could you now pause the video and read those word pairs aloud because that's how we're going to really remember this word conceited, and also remember how to use it appropriately by remembering these word pairs.

So pause the video and read each one.

Conceited attitude, conceited person.

Pause the video and have a go now.

Excellent.

Well done.

Here are some more word pairs.

A conceited snob.

Now, a snob is somebody who thinks that they're much better than everyone else.

A conceited bully, a conceited creature, and a conceited queen.

Now, you might notice that lots of these word pairs are actually quite rude.

For example, we've got a snob; is quite rude.

Earlier we had an oaf; is also quite a rude word.

So, whilst we're learning that this word conceited can be used with these words, and if you were writing a book, you might describe someone as a conceited oaf or a conceited bully.

But these are words that is not very kind to use in day-to-day life.

So we must remember that whilst conceited can be paired up with these words, it doesn't mean that they're necessarily kind words or words that we should be using.

For example, if I was called a conceited oaf or a conceited fool or something like that, I would probably feel quite upset about that.

So, could you pause the video now and read these word pairs aloud? Okay, well done.

Here's a check for understanding.

Which of these words is a synonym for conceited.

Is it A, brave; B, bully; or C, vain? Pause the video while you answer that now.

Well done.

The correct answer is C, vain.

Vain is a synonym for conceited.

Here's your first task for today.

You have got a word map with the word conceited written in the middle.

Around this word, there are either synonyms or word pairs.

I would like you to first circle the synonyms and then draw a line from the word conceited to all of the word pairs.

Here's a sentence to help you.

Only a conceited person would enjoy photo shoots all day, every day.

If the word is a synonym, we should be able to remove the word conceited from the sentence and replace it with the synonym.

So there's a little trick to help you if you're unsure.

Pause the video now and complete this task.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers.

These synonyms are: arrogant, vain, proud.

The word pairs are: conceited attitude, conceited person, conceited oaf, conceited fool, conceited fellow, conceited snob, conceited bully, conceited queen, and conceited creature.

For your next task, I would like you to write a sentence using the word conceited.

Here are the word pairs to help you.

It can be difficult to just magic up a sentence from anywhere.

So if you pick a word pair as the first step, for example, conceited queen, you might then be able to start to imagine this queen.

Why is she conceited? What might she do that would be conceited? And you can then think about your sentence.

Try to be really ambitious with your sentence, and think about all the things you've learned in your English and grammar lessons.

Think about your punctuation, think about what type of sentence it could be.

And most importantly, remember to use the word conceited.

So pause the video while you write your sentence now.

Good luck.

Well done.

Here are some examples of the word conceited in some sentences.

The conceited oaf teased everyone because he thought he was better than them.

It's not very nice, is it? "Usually my butler peels my fruit for me," said the woman, with conceited arrogance.

A butler is someone who has someone to do things for them.

So, they might bring them a drink or they might peel their fruit.

Now, you can see in this sentence that we have got some speech.

The part is that the lady says or that the woman says, is "Usually my butler peels my fruit for me." And to show that that speech, we've got our speech marks around it.

Often we call it 66 and 99.

We've got always, we always have to have some punctuation before the closing speech marks.

And in this example, we've got a comma before the closing speech marks.

So, definitely she is very arrogant, this lady, to assume that she can't even peel her own fruit, she has to have someone who does it for her.

And finally, the conceited queen loved her magic mirror because it told her she looked beautiful all the time.

Some of you might be familiar with the story of Snow White, which is a traditional tale, and in Snow White the wicked queen asks her mirror, "Who is the most beautiful of them all," and always tells her that she is.

So she's a very good example of someone who you might describe as being conceited; very vain and proud.

Okay, well done.

Let's take a look at our second new confident word.

What's happening in this illustration or this picture? This is Brick.

Brick is doing what? Brick.

How is he feeling? What do you think's about to happen? Be a detective and look at all the little clues in the picture and tell me what you can see.

Pause the video now.

Okay, well, I can see that Brick is in a running race.

Often, people have got a number on them like that when they're in a part of a running race, like a marathon or something.

And Brick looks like he's feeling very pleased with himself, very confident.

He's got his arms up in the air as if he has won the race.

And actually Army looks like he is quite far behind him.

However, if you are being a really good detective, you might have noticed that Brick is just about to slip on a banana skin that is just underneath his foot.

So, Brick is celebrating that he's won the race, but I think he's about to fall over and then he may be overtaken.

So he thinks he's gonna win, but I don't think he's going to.

Let's find out what this word is.

Presumptuous.

My turn.

Your turn.

Presumptuous.

Presumptuous.

Well done.

Presumptuous is an adjective and it means overconfident, arrogant or rude; like someone who starts celebrating before they actually win.

That's definitely what Brick is doing here, celebrating before he has actually won.

It's very presumptuous of him.

Again, do you think this is a positive or a negative word? Have a quick think about that now.

You might want to pause the video.

Well, if we look at the definition, being overconfident, arrogant or rude, they're not very positive words; they're all quite negative.

So I think, again, a bit like conceited, presumptuous is a negative word.

Now let's just go back to one of our keywords, which was a prefix.

A prefix is a letter or a group of letters added to the start of a word to change its meaning.

In the word presumptuous, 'pre' is the prefix.

The prefix 'pre' is added to a root word to create a new word that means before or in advance of whatever the root word is.

So 'pre' is the prefix in this word, but actually it can be a prefix that can be added to lots of other root words.

And the job that it has is to show it means before or in advance of something.

So let's look at some more examples.

Preheat means heat something before using it.

Preorder means order before it's made available.

Preview is a showing before it is widely available.

Perhaps if there was going to be a gallery, an exhibition with lots of art, if you went to a preview, it would mean before it's even been opened up to everyone else to see, you would be able to see it before.

So 'pre' is a prefix that we can identify in this word presumptuous.

So, let's do a check for understanding.

The prefix 'pre' could be added to which of these root words? Is it A, school; B, house; or C, town? Pause the video while you answer that question now.

Well done giving that a go.

The correct answer is A, school.

We could have a preschool, which is where you would go to before you start school, but we couldn't have a prehouse or a pretown.

So let's return to our keyword at the moment, what we're looking at, which is presumptuous.

These words are synonyms of presumptuous: arrogant, overconfident, rude.

The presumptuous fool thought he had won the race.

These words are word pairs of presumptuous: presumptuous child, presumptuous person, presumptuous attitude, presumptuous hope, presumptuous question.

Could you pause the video and read those word pairs out loud? Off you go.

Excellent.

Well done.

Here are some more word pairs: a presumptuous fool, a presumptuous idea, a presumptuous claim, presumptuous manner.

Can you pause the video again and read those word pairs out loud? Well done.

Here's a check for understanding.

Which of these words is a synonym for presumptuous? Is it A, bossy; B, arrogant; or C, proud? Pause the video while you answer the question.

Well done.

The correct answer is B.

Arrogant is a synonym for presumptuous.

It's time for another task.

Just as before, you have got a word map with the word presumptuous in the middle.

Around it, you have got words that are either synonyms or word pairs.

I'd like you to first circle the synonyms and then draw lines to the word pairs.

Here's a sentence to help you.

The presumptuous fool thought he had won the race.

If the word is a synonym, you should be able to take out the word presumptuous in that sentence and replace it with the synonym.

So you can use that to help you.

Pause the video while you complete this task now.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers.

The synonyms are: arrogant, overconfident, and rude.

The word pairs are: presumptuous person, presumptuous child, presumptuous attitude, presumptuous hope, presumptuous fool, presumptuous claim, presumptuous question, presumptuous idea, and presumptuous manner.

It's now time for you to write a sentence using the word presumptuous.

Here are the word pairs to help you.

Just as before, try to be ambitious with your sentence.

First of all, think of an idea, pick a word pair, and then think about how you can make your sentence as impressive as possible.

And don't forget, once you've written it, to go back and read and check it carefully.

Off you go.

Well done.

Let's take a look at some examples of some sentences.

Without proof, Oz made the presumptuous claim that she was the tallest ostrich on earth.

That is presumptuous, isn't it? Of her.

That would be like me saying, "I'm the strongest person on earth," without any proof.

That's a presumptuous claim.

The presumptuous child walked outta the shop and left his mother to pay for all the toys he had put on the counter.

Oh my goodness.

So, this child doesn't sound like he's asked for the toys, asked if it's okay, he's just put them all on the counter and walked out expecting his mom to buy them all.

So again, that is presumptuous of them.

And finally, the presumptuous dancer grabbed the trophy before the winner had even been announced.

That's a bit like Brick in the illustration.

Okay, it's time to look at our third new confident word.

In our first learning cycle, we learned the word conceited.

And in our second learning cycle we learned the word presumptuous; both quite negative words.

I wonder what this word will be.

Take a look at this picture.

What's happening here? This is Bogart the insect.

How do you think he looks? How do you think he feels? How would you describe him? Pause the video and tell me what you see now.

Okay, well done.

Well in this picture, Bogart is very casually just leaning against the wall, looking very calm and relaxed.

Even though there's somebody with a fly swat that looks like they are about to squish him.

Despite that, Bogart seems to remain very calm and relaxed.

Let's find out what this word is.

Unflappable.

My turn.

Your turn.

Unflappable.

Unflappable.

Well done.

Unflappable is an adjective, so describing word, meaning cool, calm or collected.

When you're so chilled out that nothing can upset you.

So do you think this is a positive or a negative word? Perhaps you could show me now.

Hmm.

I think you're right.

I think this is a positive word because being cool, and calm and collected is something that I think I would like to be described as.

Now, we're going to just return to this idea of what a prefix is because a prefix is a letter or a group of letters added to the start of a word to change its meaning.

And you may have noticed that in the word unflappable, 'un' is a prefix.

So before we had 'pre' as a prefix in presumptuous, and now we have 'un' is the prefix in unflappable.

The prefix 'un' is added to a root word to create a new word that means the opposite of whatever the root word is.

Let's look at some examples.

Unhappy, not happy, unfriendly means not friendly, and unusual means not usual.

So.

if you got yourself into a flap about something, you might get all worked up and you might be feeling quite anxious and quite stressed, then somebody might describe you, oh, they, they were flapping around.

So if you are unflappable, you are not doing any of those things.

Here's a check for understanding.

The prefix 'un' could be added to which of these root words to make it have the opposite meaning: A, jump; B, heat; or C, certain.

Could you pause the video now while you try to answer that question? The correct answer is C, certain.

If we added the prefix 'un' before the root word certain, uncertain, it would make the word have the opposite meaning.

If you are certain of something, you are sure of it.

So if you are uncertain, you would not be very sure of the answer.

These words are synonyms of unflappable: level-headed, unworried, chilled out.

Bogart's unflappable calm meant that he never panicked.

These words are word pairs of unflappable: unflappable confidence, unflappable composure.

Composure is when you are very calm and in control.

Unflappable optimism.

If you are an optimistic person, it means that you always think that everything's going to go very well.

The opposite is if you are pessimistic, you think everything's going to go very badly.

So if you have unflappable optimism, it means that you continue to think that everything is going to be brilliant.

Even despite whatever happens, you still believe that everything is going to work out.

Unflappable nature.

Okay, could you now pause the video and read those word pairs out loud? Off you go.

Well done.

Here are some more word pairs.

An unflappable personality, unflappable calm, unflappable poise.

Again, poise as if you're graceful and very balanced.

So unflappable poise; you would remain graceful, and calm and balanced.

Whatever came your way.

Unflappable determination; so determined to do something, even if lots of obstacles came your way, you would still remain determined.

Could you pause the video while you read those word pairs aloud? Well done.

Here is a check for understanding.

Which of these words is a word pair for unflappable? Is it A, unworried; B, chilled out; or C, confidence? Pause the video while you answer that now.

Well done.

The correct answer is C.

Confidence is a word pair of unflappable.

Unworried and chilled out are both synonyms, but you can have unflappable confidence.

Okay, time for another task.

You have another word map.

Could you first circle the synonyms of unflappable and then draw lines to the word pairs.

Here's a sentence to help you.

Bogart's unflappable calm meant he never felt panicked.

So what could you take out? What could you replace if I took out the word unflappable? Those words would be synonyms. Pause the video now while you complete this task.

Let's go through the answers.

The synonyms are: unworried, cool, chilled out, and level-headed.

Now actually, some of you might have found that in that example of a sentence, Bogart's unflappable calm meant that he never felt panicked.

Actually, some of those doesn't sound quite right to put those synonyms in there.

So for example, Bogart's chilled out calm meant he never felt panicked or bogart's level-headed calm.

It doesn't sound like something you would say.

So, even though these are synonyms, they have a similar meaning, it doesn't mean, necessarily, that we can always just take them out and replace them in a sentence.

So, that's just something to be wary of.

Okay, so the rest of the words are word pairs.

Let's read them now.

Unflappable optimism, unflappable calm, unflappable composure, unflappable confidence, unflappable personality, unflappable poise, unflappable nature, and an unflappable determination.

It's now time for you to write a sentence using the word unflappable.

Here are the word pairs to help you.

Pause the video and have a go at writing your sentence now.

Well done.

Let's take a look at some examples.

The ice skater showed unflappable poise and lifted her partner effortlessly.

Brick's unflappable optimism meant that he felt positive even when things were going wrong.

With unflappable confidence, Grit calmly jumped from the highest diving board.

It's time for your final task.

In this task, you have three sentences.

In each sentence, there is a missing word.

I'd like you to decide if the word conceited, presumptuous or unflappable fits in which gap.

So try and if you can't work it out initially, maybe read.

I'm going to read all three sentences to you first, and then you can decide which one you think fits best in each sentence.

So the first sentence is, The mmm fool started spending all their money before the results of the lottery had come in.

They were sure they were going to win.

So have a think about that.

They're starting to spend their money before they've even found out they've won.

Can you remember which word fits, which word would fit there? The second sentence is, With mmm optimism, they set off for their picnic in the pouring rain.

(gasping) So it's raining and raining, but they're still going to go for their picnic.

What word would fit there? And finally, everyone was teased by the mmm bully because he thought he was better than them all.

Which sentence do you, which word do you think would fit best in that sentence? Pause the video while you complete this task.

Well done.

So, for the first sentence, I have got presumptuous.

The presumptuous fool started spending all their money before the results of the lottery had come in.

They were sure they were going to win.

With unflappable optimism, they set off their picnic in the pouring rain.

And everyone was teased by the conceited bully because he thought he was better than them all.

So we could, in a sentence, say for example, everyone was teased by the unflappable bully because he thought he was better than them all.

A bully might be described as unflappable, but in the context of this whole sentence, we know that bully was a word pair for conceited.

And, actually, conceited is the best way to describe the bully in this context because we know that being conceited means you are vain and proud.

And we can tell he thought he was better than everyone else.

So, sometimes if you got the right answer wrong, it might just be that we're being really fussy about trying to pick the words that fit in the most appropriately in each sentence.

So, here's a summary of what we've learned today.

We have learned three new words associated with confidence.

First, we learned conceited, an adjective meaning vain or proud; like someone who is constantly taking selfies; like Oz is in that picture.

Then we learned presumptuous, meaning overconfident, arrogant or rude; like someone who starts celebrating before they actually win.

And finally, the only positive word we learned today, the other two are quite negative, unflappable means cool, calm, or collected when you are so chilled out that nothing can upset you.

So I, definitely, of these three words would like to be described as unflappable more than I would like to be described as conceited and presumptuous.

But all three words, whether they're positive or negative, are really impressive words.

So I hope that you can use them after this lesson.

Well done for all your hard work.