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?’
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.
Dear Followers, please answer:
① Social Distancing means:
a. not meeting friends
b. not meeting friends and others
c. not meeting friends and others in person/staying at least 6 feet apart
② # ① is important because:
a. We should avoid the sick.
b. We don’t know who is sick.
Left-hand Photo: Ben Garratt; Right-hand Photo: James Lee
Answers And Explanation
① c. Social Distancing means: not meeting friends and others in person/staying at least 6 feet apart (the ‘staying 6 feet or 2 meters’ bit is the whole point; It doesn’t make sense to avoid seeing friends people most of the time, if when you do see them you stand close together!)
② b. We don’t know who is sick. We could be the sick one! IN fact, that is how we should act: as if we are all infected.
Ⓐ 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.
From Twitter:
Student: This is what?
Teacher: No. Say: “What is this.”
Answer?: This is a book.
Teacher: So. _①_ is that?
Student: That is Sam.
Teacher: Right.
Student: Teacher, _②_ is my pen?
Teacher: Your Pen is here.
whose
who
where’s
when
where
Answers And Explanation
① what, because we switch the object (or where the name of the item or person would be) to subject’s position and replace it with ‘who,’ ‘what,’ ‘when,’ ‘where,’ or ‘how.’
② Where, because ‘where’ is the question word for locations.
Tomomi: I ① the Kita Ku City Hall Children’s Center ② infected with #coronavirus, but that 4 or 5 days passed before the citizens ③ notified.
Cassy: Really? That’s criminally stupid.
Tomomi: I think it’s just criminal.
Cassy: Well, it’s both.
Choose:
heard
were
hear
was
is
From Twitter:
Yumi: I usually ① shopping in the morning. Then I often ② home, ③ tea, while I ④ to friends by phone. ⑤ a nice day. But the Corona virus scare ⑥ it such that I ⑦ to ⑧ home.
Carl: What do ya ⑩ now?
Pick the best answer:
say
drink
do
go
stay
going
have
drink
makes
staying
talk
talking
it’s
The Answers And Explanations:
Yumi: I usually ① go shopping in the morning. Then I often ② go home, [and] ③ have/have tea, while I ④ talk to friends by phone. ⑤ It’s a nice day. But the Corona virus scare ⑥ makes it such that I ⑦ have to ⑧ stay home.
All these verbs are in the present tense, because they are to describe common daily situations that way) no ‘ed,’ no’ ‘ing,’ no ‘will.’ We know we need present tense verbs, because the speaker begins with ‘usually,’ and there is no other indication she is speaking about the past. The answer choices also only include present tense verbs or bare infinities or “base verbs.”
Look high and low!
From Twitter:
Ⓐ Where’s my phone?
Ⓑ Call it.
Ⓑ Can’t. Dead battery.
Ⓑ How do yo know?!
Ⓐ I tried!
Ⓑ Why would someone answer?
Ⓐ The ringer says, “Answer and win a $1,000,000!”
Ⓑ Right! No one heard!
Ⓐ Yup.
Ⓑ Where’d ya look?
Ⓐ High and lo!
High & low means:
everywhere
sky & valley
The Answer is everywhere
From Twitter Feed:
【日本語らしい表現 英語では？】 「最後まで話を聞いて」 Listen to me to the last(☓) Hear me out. (○) “Before you say no, hear me out.” ダメだって言う前に最後まで話を聞いて。
From Twitter:
At The Japanese Ministry of Education
Taku: We should develop a ‘v’ and an ‘f;’ before you say ‘no,‘ listen to me to the last… (Listen to me until I finish talking.)
Toshi: Ridiculous.
Taku: Hear me out. (“Listen to my whole idea.”)
Toshi: Look: we don’t need to, as everyone can pronounce words such as ‘biolin’ in English with a ‘v’ and ‘f.’
