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Hope v Expect in English - What's the Difference? Improve your Spoken English.

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Channel: English with Greg · 2016 · Education

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The simple difference between Hope and Expect in English!
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Hi this is Greg from http://OnlineLanguageAcademy.com. Do you know the difference between Hope and Expect? Well keep watching and I’ll explain the difference between these two very similar words. 

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Ok, let's answer this question: Hope and Expect. This simple rule we use “hope” for things we want to happen, ok for example
- I am going on holiday next week. I hope the weather is fantastic.  
- I hope the plane arrives on time. I hope it doesn't rain. 
Ok these are all things I want to happen so I hope that they happen. 

Expect is more things that we think will happen ok for example 
- I am going on holiday next week to England I expect it to rain.
- The trains and the transportation in England is very punctual so I expect to arrive on time.
- I am going to visit all my family and friends so I expect to have a fantastic week. 

Do you see the difference? 

Just pay attention with the grammatical structure, because with Hope we use the present simple, "I hope it is nice weather", " I hope it doesn't rain". With Expect we use Expect + Something + to Verb. "I expect it to rain", "I expect the train to arrive on time". 

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