Bettering English pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary.
Feb 5, 2021
Material
Tongue Twisters
1- I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you
2- I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch
3- He threw three free throws
Corrections
- Yesterday morning, I carried my son, half asleep.
caeri-d
2- You can put them wherever.
You can put them on ** wherever you want.
3- The thing that you got before you pass out.
The thing you get before you pass out.
anesthesia
I’d like to be under anesthesia.
4- To be in a low mood (vs my low mood).
- It’s 8 degrees, partly cloudy. The weather is fresh.
cloudy – claoudy
cloud – claoud
- I was quite surprised when I see people in the parks.
I was quite surprised when I saw people in the parks.
- even before I become a dad.
- I read a books.
- If I’m lucky, they sleep.
- piDJAmas (pyjamas)
- I sleep by 11 o’clock.
- I sleep throughout the night.
- half an hour after I wake up. / half an hour later. (comparative of late).
- You could memorize his name
Vocabulary
- Figure skating
- Ice dancing
- Duet
- Trio, Quartet, Quintet
- To faint = to pass out
- To crash (my computer crashed, I crashed on my couch)
I have a crush on you (to like someone) - to broom (chores)
- dawn
vs sunset and vs sunrise
done but a bit more open - yellow fever
- koreaboo
Notes for the future
Assignment: create a sentence with each of the above transitional words (for Monday)
mis-ab-un/um-il- what are the rules for making the negation?
2- non verbal communication
3- other languages used in English – per se, NB, etc.
Corrections
- even before I become a dad.
- I read a books.
- If I’m lucky, they sleep.
- piDJAmas (pyjamas)
- I sleep by 11 o’clock.
- I sleep throughout the night.
- half an hour after I wake up. / half an hour later. (comparative of late).