Bill: Let’s go to the game. C’mon; it’ll be fun.
Sara: You won’t take “no” for an answer, will ya?
Bill: Oh–I’m sorr-
Sarah: Oh, all right,* let’s go; I know this means a lot to ya.
* Here ‘all right’ means:
a. All’s okay
b. Sara wants to go
c. She doesn’t want to but will
① Without a subject, what is the implied subject in a sentence?
What is the subject in this sentence?
・ “Go!”
a. I
b. you
c. we
d. no subject is implied
Answer And Explanation:
The answer is b., you, because in an imperative (like a command), the implied subject is always the second person pronoun or proper noun; it is ‘you.’.
From Twitter:
I wasn’t _____ rain. That’s why I don’t ave an umbrella!
a. ‘Waiting for’ is not the answer, because only farmers and poets wait for rain.
b. ‘Waiting on’ is not it, because we wait on friends and it means wait for.
c. ‘expecting’ is the answer, because it means ‘thinking would come/be/”waiting for” (sort of).
d. ‘Expect’ is not right, because it doesn’t fit the grammar; we need the continuous tense.
We’re not free so long as:
a. we have free speech
b. fossil fuel is legal
c. the meat & dairy industry are destroying the air & sea
d. taxes are theft e.
e. we must serve in the army
f. smokers can give us cancer with 1 alpha particle
① a & e
② b & c
③ d
④ b, c and d
⑤ a ~ f
The answers are b, c and f.
a. is not a reason for lack of freedom; It’s a reason we are free.
b. Taxes aren’t theft; they are agreed upon by our representatives and many of them serve us.
e. Serving in the army is something people do in free countries. One could say that it is control of the citizens if they do not elect for it, but even in countries such as South Korea–a democracy–the people can elect to do away with conscription.
From Twitter:
Do (.) “Do“ is a statement; it means something like “go ahead.”
……・you (?) “Do you?” is a tag question, meaning “do you (+ an implied basic verb)?”
……….・know (?) “Do you know?” asks whether the listener(s) are aware.
………………..・what (?) “Do you know what?” is an interjection and audience.
……………………….・time (?) “Do you know what time?” asks an event time.
……………………………….・it is? “Do you know what time it is?” (asks the given time or the time of an event.)
……………………………………….・we should be there? “Do you know what time we should be there?” asks about an expected or desirable arrival time.
………………………………………・it starts? “Do you know what time it starts?” asks about the time something begins, like a movie-start-time.
………………………………………・where (?) “Do you know where?” asks a location.
…………………………………………………..・it is (?) “Do you know where it is?” asks about the placement or location of a third-person specific object.
…………………………………………………..・we are? “Do you know where we are? asks whether the listener(s) knows the location of the the speaker, him- or her-self and the listener(s).
…………………………………………………..・should be ? “Do you know where we should be?” asks what location the speaker and listener(s) and (an)other(s) must be in or are expected at.
………………..・me? “Do you know me?” asks whether the listener(s) knows the speaker as a person or his or her identity.
………………..・the Ims?* “Do you know the Ims?” asks whether the listener(s) knows the Im family. *a family name
………………..・it? “Do you know it?” asks whether the listener(s) knows something that’s been referenced.
………………..・how (?) “Do you know how?” asks whether the listener(s) is aware of a method.
………………………….・to go? “Do you know how to go?” asks whether the listener(s) are aware of a way or path or route.
………………………………・do it? “Do you know how to do it? asks whether the listener(s) are aware of a specific method already referred to.
Where are you?
a. He’s in the living room.
b. I’m in the kitchen.
c. He’s in the kitchen.
d. I’m in the living room.
e. We’re at home.
Answer And Explanation
d. I’m in the living room is not the answer, because no one is in the living room. The answer is b. I’m in the kitchen. The answer must begin with ‘I,’ because the question is where are you?’
Neil Armstrong had a farm after NASA, so he never bought the farm during the Korean war, as a test pilot nor on either of his two space missions.
“He bought the farm” means:
a. to pay for a farm
b. to pay for the farm
c. to get a farm
d. not pay
e. none of the above.
Answer And Explanation
The answer is: e. none of the above. He bought the farm means to die and was originally coined by pilots who crashed into farms in test flights or in air battle.
From Twitter:
Student: How do I remember the pronunciation of words with the same spelling but different pronunciations when they’re nouns or verbs?
Teacher: Remember this: “I will proGRESS in my PROgress.” So, accent the suffix when it’s a ①; accent the prefix when its a ②.
Choices:
noun
verb
Answer And Explanation:
We accent the suffix when it is a ① verb and we accent the prefix when it is ② noun. The prefix is the beginning half of a word or number; the suffix is the ending half.
Ⓐ I need a cosplay costume.
Ⓑ Can ya make one?
Ⓐ Not what I want.
Ⓑ Which is?
Ⓐ A Mercury spacesuit!
Ⓑ ① Ryan Nagata (@ryannagata) do it!
Ⓐ We’re not buddies!
Ⓑ Pay him!
Ⓐ I’m not rich.
Ⓑ ② him to do it with a favor!
Ⓐ Like?
Ⓑ Dunno.
③ him!
Ⓐ I’m not a gangster!
get
have
make
From Twitter:
Dr. Jomes and his father are archaeologists digging in Iraq.
Dr. Jomes: Look at this. This is a language I’ve never….
Dr. Jomes Sr.: Seen before!
Dr. Jomes: You can’t figure out any of it?
Dr. Jomes Sr: I can’t ①
Choices:
make tails or heads of it
sense of it
make heads or tails of it
The answer and Explanation is make heads or tails of it, which is a common expression meaning figure it out/understand it. To learn why we say this, come to class.
