Summary: Transcript Today’s word is: Ecstatic –The meaning of Ecstatic is extremely happy, overjoyed In this English vocabulary lesson, you will learn how to use the word Ecstatic. We are sure that this ESL lesson will help you to enhance your English vocabulary and speak English fluently and confidently. Ecstatic means being so happy or overjoyed. If you are expecting something good like scoring more than expected in your college exam and it happens or if you get an unexpected surprise gift on your birthday how will you feel? Extremely happy isn’t it? That means you feel ecstatic. Michael was an underperforming sales executive. Then he realized his areas of improvement. He took up English Speaking lessons, how to enhance presentation and communication skills. Soon his performance started improving. During the Annual gathering of his company, he was promoted as a manager and he became extremely happy and overjoyed. So, can we say that Michael was ecstatic when he heard about his promotion? Yes, we can. That means that anyone who is overjoyed can be called ecstatic. Listen carefully on how we can use the word Ecstatic in 8 different forms in 8 different situations. Example number 1 of 8: It is obvious that during the international basketball tournament, all basketball fans get ecstatic when the team that they are supporting, wins. Example number 2 of 8: The makers of a movie were highly ecstatic during the prelaunch event as they had anticipated that the movie will be a super hit. However, it didn’t do very well and they were quite disappointed. Example number 3 of 8: The faculties of a reputed Management institute got ecstatic as they got international state-of-the-art infrastructure. This also developed the reputation of the institute. Example number 4 of 8: Peter was ecstatic as the video that he had created got 1 million likes on a social networking site and he was offered the post of a creative director in a production house. Example number 5 of 8: Jane managed to get admission in a correspondence MBA programme and took her friends to help with her studies. She graduated it with a distinction and was so ecstatic that she threw a party for all of them. Example number 6 of 8: It was Dean and Lisas’s wedding and they had planned a destination wedding near a beautiful lake. On the wedding day, they had a lovely celebration with around 50 guests comprising of family and friends. They were extremely happy. Now how can we use the word ecstatic in this context? We can say that Dean and Lisa were ecstatic on their wedding day. Example number 7 of 8: During one of the online grammar tests conducted by BM English Speaking Institute, we had over 100 learners who participated and performed extremely well. All the trainers were overjoyed. Hmmm. By now you can guess how we can use the word ecstatic for this scenario. Absolutely correct! All the trainers were ecstatic when over 100 learners participated in an online test and performed very well. Example number 8 of 8: Farhad was an aspiring actor but he was not getting good projects, albeit (although) he was talented. Now you will ask me why and I will say, because, he was overweight for the roles that he had auditioned for. What Farhad did was, he enrolled himself with a reputed gym, developed his fitness levels and lost a lot of weight. Within six months of his weight loss, he was cast as a lead actor for a web series. He was ecstatic at this achievement. Today we learned the word Ecstatic which means – extremely happy, overjoyed. We, at BM English Speaking Institute train freshers and middle-level managers, to speak English Fluently and Confidently. To know more about BM Advanced English Speaking Course visit: https://www.bmconsultantsindia.com/advanced-English-speaking-course.html
