Easy English Conversation: SUCCEED IN & MANAGE TO

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My name is Emma, and in today's video, I am going to teach you two important verbs and

the grammar we need to use when we use these verbs.

So, what are the verbs we're going to learn today?

The first verb is "succeed in", to succeed in something.

The second verb we're going to cover today is "manage to".

So, we have "succeed in" and "manage to".

These verbs have very similar meanings, so we're going to look at them both together

So, what do these verbs mean, or when do we use them?

These verbs are used to describe when something is very difficult.

So, a situation or an activity is very hard, it's very difficult, and we accomplish doing

So, these are verbs used to describe when we accomplish or do something difficult.

So, let me give you a real example of this.

So, this is true.

I managed to walk 800 kilometres in 33 days.

I walked across Spain.

I managed to walk 800 kilometres in 33 days.

So, is that difficult?

Is it difficult?

I think it's difficult, it was difficult.

And did I do it?

Did I accomplish it?

Did I complete those 800 kilometres?

So, it's something difficult that I accomplished.

So, because it's something difficult and I accomplished it, I can use the verb "manage

to".

Now, notice I'm using "ed" at the end.

This is because this is something that happened in the past.

So, this is the past tense of the verb "manage to".

In the past, I managed to walk 800 kilometres.

So what's another way we can say this?

Well, we can use another verb.

I succeeded in walking 800 kilometres.

I succeeded in walking 800 kilometres.

So, first of all, we have our verb here.

It again means did we do something difficult?

Did we accomplish it?

So, we can use "succeed in" as well.

Now, we're using "ed" at the end because this is something I did in the past, so I have

an "ed" ending.

Now, listen to my pronunciation of this word "succeeded in".

There's one part I say with stress, so that means I say it longer and louder.

What part of the word "succeed" do I say louder and longer?

So, listen carefully.

"Succeeded", "succeed", I say this part louder and longer, okay?

So, when you pronounce this word, make sure that you pronounce the "cede" part loud and

It's the same with "managed".

I "managed" to do something - or, sorry, it's not the same.

In this case, I "managed" versus stress.

In this case, it's on the first part, "managed".

I "succeeded" versus I "managed".

So, when you focus on what part we say louder and longer, that can really help people understand

Okay, so we've looked at these two words and examples of what they mean.

Now, let's talk a little bit about the grammar, and after that I will give you a whole bunch

of other examples on how to use these words.

So, preposition.

What's a preposition?

In English, the small words that we use, like "on", "up", "at", "in", "down", "off", these

are all examples of prepositions.

These are the words that are really tricky, because prepositions change depending on the

verbs we're using.

So, when we're using "manage" and "succeed", these verbs are followed by two different

I "managed" to walk 800 kilometres.

So, notice this verb is followed by the preposition "to".

What about "succeed"?

I "succeeded in".

So, we have two different prepositions.

"Succeed in" are like a couple; they go together.

"Manage to", these two go together.

Now, we don't always need these prepositions.

If we said "I managed" or "I succeeded", that's okay, but we need these prepositions when

there is a verb after these two.

So, in this case, what verb comes after "managed to" or "succeeded in"?

We have the verb "walk".

I managed to walk.

So, we have the first verb, "manage", and we have the second verb, "walk".

And in between, we have this preposition "to".

I managed to walk 800 kilometres.

Now, nothing happens to this verb.

It looks like the base form.

With "succeeded in", something changes.

What happens to the second verb?

So, notice it's not "We succeeded in walk 800 kilometres", no, it's "We succeeded in

So, this is another difference in terms of the grammar of these two similar words.

So, we're going to go over many more examples to help you remember that "managed" is followed

by "to" with just the base verb, versus "succeeded" is followed by "in" with a verb and -ing.

So, let's get started on looking at some of those examples.

All right, so let's do some practice.

I have here four examples for the words "manage to" and "succeed in".

So, we have four examples here.

Before we begin going over our examples, I just wanted to give a shout-out to three of

my club members from my English club, Fania, Visante, and Joseph.

They are my club members, and I just wanted to say thank you for your support.

So, let's look at this example.

"Fania managed get 100% on his English test."

Fania has been working very hard.

So, how can we fix this sentence?

What do we need?

So, we have here "manage", so we know we're talking about something that's difficult and

that Fania has accomplished.

So, what do we need after the word "managed"?

Do we use the preposition "in"?

"Fania managed in get", no?

What do you think it is?

So, the answer is "to".

"Fania managed to get 100% on his English test."

Do we need to do anything to this verb?

So, we leave that verb alone.

And again, notice there are two verbs.

"Manage to" is the first verb, "get" is the second verb, okay?

And because we're using this verb "managed", we don't need to do anything to our second

All right, let's look at our second example.

"Visante succeeded ________ answering all of his emails."

So, if you're busy, you can understand that - and you work a lot - you probably get a lot

When you get a lot of emails, it's very difficult to answer all of them.

So, this is a difficult thing, and it's also an accomplishment if you can answer all of

So, "Visante succeeded ________ answering all of his emails."

So, we have our verb here, "succeed", and because we're talking about the past, I've

What preposition do we need here after "succeeded"?

Do we say, "Visante succeeded to" - no, that doesn't sound right.

Do we say, "Visante succeeded in" - yes, so we use the preposition "in" in this case.

And what do you notice about the verb here?

So, we have the verb - this is our second verb, "answer".

Notice that we had to change the verb a little bit.

We needed to add something at the end.

Because we're using "succeeded in", the verb after needs "ing".

So, let's highlight that.

So now, let's look at our third example.

"Joseph managed ________" - and we have here a verb I want you to use - "100 bitcoins".

This is, by the way, a made-up example.

I don't know if Joseph actually bought 100 bitcoins, but if he did, it's something very

difficult to do, to buy 100 bitcoins, so it's challenging, it's difficult.

So, in this example, "Joseph managed" - what do we need after "managed"?

We need the preposition "to".

"Joseph managed to" - and here we have our verb.

Do we need to add "ing" to our verb?

No, we don't, because we have the first verb "managed", so we just write "buy".

"Joseph managed to buy 100 bitcoins."

Now, let's look at the last example.

The last example is a cute example.

It's about my 90-year-old grandmother.

"My grandma succeeded ________ learn to use a computer."

So, for many people, learning to use a computer is very hard.

So, we have something difficult, so we can use the word "succeeded in" or "managed to".

Whoops, I think I just gave an answer there.

So, we have "My grandma succeeded" - what comes after "succeed"?

We use the preposition "in".

"My grandmother succeeded in" - and now we have our verb "learn".

Do we have to do anything with our verb "learn"?

We need to add "ing", because our first verb is "succeeded", so our second verb ends in

"ing".

So, "My grandma succeeded in learning to use a computer."

So, what I'd like you to do now, for more practice, is I would like, in the comments,

to write something that you managed to do, or something that you succeeded in.

I think it will be really interesting if we all talk about some of our accomplishments.

We talk about something difficult that we did, and we try to use these verbs.

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There you will actually find a quiz on everything you learned here.

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You can also check out my website at www.teacheremma.com.

I have an English club there that my friends Fania, Vasante, and Joseph are a part of,

and it's an excellent way to get more practice with your English.

So, thank you very much for watching, and until next time, take care.