Tag: Corona Virus

”Corona Quiz”

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.

A Day in The Life of Yumi

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

Photo: David Vexler
Photo: Sarah Johnston

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.”

 

Crazy Behavior

A: What happened ① ya?
B: A guy threw a mask ② me, so I yelled ③ him and we fought.
A: What’ya say ④ him?
B: “Hey, that’s crazy!”
A: He thought you called HIM crazy.
B: No. So he got angry?
A: Yes.
B: No. I called his BEHAVIOR crazy.
A: In Japan, it’s the same.

Choices
by
to
at
with

Answers And Explanations
① with, because we refer to a situation one is involved with.
② at, because we throw things friendly-like to someone and angrily at someone.
③ at, to, because we yell at a person.
④ to, because we say something to a person.

Are You OK?

Photo: Bruce Mars

From Twitter:

Jo: Hello?
Mo: Hi!
Jo: How’ya doin‘?
Mo: Okay. You?
Jo: All right.
Everyone okay there?
Mo: OK.
Mo: Have ya ① masks?
Jo: One! ② it help?
Mo: If you’re careful with it and don’t touch the front.
Jo: Yeah?
Mo: Well, you can save old folks!
Jo: Hmm!

Choose:
Do
get
had
got
does

Answers And Explanation
①　got, is the answer, because ‘have’ requires the Present Perfect form of the verb ‘get,’: got or gotten.
② does, as in does it help?,’ because it is a set expression, which is the only one that fits the sentence.

COVID19 is Inhaled

A: You can _ the #CoronaVirus by breathing.

B: Oh?

A: Yes– ① a bus, train, boat, plane; ② a room, an office, an elevator–any closed space and with air-con–near infected folks–you can ③ it.
B: Not only by sneeze, cough?

A: Right.
_______
in
on
catch
________________
Answers And Explanations
① on, because we get on large vehicles.
② in, because we get in small vehicles.
③ catch, because we catch a virus, a cold, a communicable disease.

________________________________________
On The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, in this episode, Dr. Osterholm explains that you can catch the Corona Virus from people in the same space–near you– just breathing.

Reporter & Person

From Twitter:

Reporter: Do you have (1.)_ you (2.)_ to protect (3.)_ the Corona Virus?
Person: Well, I take a bath each week, whether I need it or not; if someone sneezes, I go home.
Reporter: Excuse- …1 bath a week?
Person: And I carry knives, forks, spoons, a cup.

deed
against
action
do
take
protection
precautions
from

Answers And Explanations:

Answers 1 & 2 are: precautions and take, because you need a noun after ‘have’, and take is the verb that goes with it… or, deed and do, because, again, we need a noun after have and do is the verb that goes with it.

Answer 3 is against or from. Come to class to learn why from is not the best answer here without a pronoun, but is passable.



Masks

It’s not just about you; it’s about the comfort of others.

From Twitter:

1. Bo: Aren’t ya gonna _ a mask?
2. Jo: When I _ one of those, I’m uncomfortable.
Bo: We all are, but it’s necessary.
Jo: They don’t work!
Bo: They do–against sneezes, coughs–and, it’s not just about you; it’s about the comfort of others.

Pick The Best Answers:
wear
put on
use

Answers & Explanation:
1. ‘wear,’ because we wear clothing after we put it on.
2. ‘put on,’ because first we put on clothes, then we wear them all day–or until we take them off.
‘Use‘ works in both cases, but the test is to pick the best answers.