DAY#071.1@Uses of the present tense: Part 1

How many ways can you use the Simple Present Tense? How many concepts can it exemplify? The simple present is not only the most common tense it is also the most complicated. How many specific uses of time does it have? Can it be used to indicate that a certain event took place in the past? How about the future? How many different notions of time can it be used to illustrate? Be prepared to be surprised.

DAY#071.2 @Uses of the present tense: Part 2

Believe it or not, the Simple Present Tense uses *different types of time in 13 distinct ways. Zoom in on the absolute essentials of this enigmatic tense. In the continuation of this article, learn to instantly recognize the 5 different types of time* and the 13 ways it is used. Organically and effortlessly learn these and instinctively understand (and feel) them. In a later lesson,  find out you can easily memorize all of this in 10 minutes* or less. And remember it for a lifetime!

1) General,  2) Present-at the time of speaking;  3) Past tense

4) Future time;  5) Abstract ie no time

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DAY#072@ Rain In Spain

ACTIVITIES #1 & #2 @ WAVADAQAS aka

Watch A Vid And Do A Quiz And Shadowing

First, watch the excerpt from the movie ‘My Fair Lady’ It is an Intensive Listening exercise. Complete the quiz to check your understanding. Here are a few of the major learning points.

The Rain in Spain: A lesson in vowel discrimination: Differentiating beween ‘ai’ & ‘ei’. Watch short excerpt then Check Comprehension. Practise Mouth gymnastics as you play role of Henry Higgins. Master the art of sounding arrogant and sarcastic in English. You never know when you might need it.

ACTIVITY#2@ SHAPRA

Shadowing aka Listen&Repeat . Cick to listen to the question. Try repeating it. Can you recall the answer? Video + Q&A transcript is below. Break up into easy chunks so you can focus on intonation and stress

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DAY#073@Surviving A Food Shortage

ACTIVITY#1@ WAAQ aka

Watch And Answer Questions

First, watch the video ‘8 Storage Food Tips’. It is an Intensive Listening exercise. Check your understanding by answering 12 questions that follow. They challenge you in various way. Here are a few tasks you will be able to perform upon completion.

1. Rearrange Sentences In The Proper Sequence

2. Choose A Meaning That Is Correct.

3. Know The Grammar Functions Of Certain Words

4. Know An Alternative Way To Say Something

5. Determine Which Words Are Synonyms of a Word

6. Reaffirm How Words Are Related

7. Elect A Correct Sentence Among Several Incorrect Ones

8. Expand Your Vocabulary With A Simple Matching Exercise.

9. Determine How A Food Is Different

10. Create A Question From An Answer

11. Use Your Memory To Recall Missing Words.

12. Confirm Why We Use A Certain Thing

ACTIVITY#2@ SHAPRA

Shadowing aka Listen&Repeat

Cick to listen to the question. Try repeating it. Can you recall the answer? Video + Q&A transcript is below.

Break up into easy chunks so you can focus on intonation and stress

ACTIVITY #3@ROLT aka

Reading Out Loud Training.

Don’t underestimatate the power and value of reading in a loud voice. As you check the Transcripts, divide into easy chunks so you can focus on intonation enunciation practice

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DAY#074@ LOSTE aka Learning Other Subjects Through English

Vietnamese History for Beginners and Higher and English for Vietnamese tour guides who have to deal with overly inquisitive tourists. How to deal with tricky questions.  Facts and figures and answers to questions on Vietnamese history that every 12 year old should know-OK! Not necessarily in English but hey! Why not!!

Match the Questions

With their Correct Answers

!! IMPORTANT!!

LISTEN & REPEAT

both QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Check out text below :> Copy and Paste into Google Translate

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DAY#075@ MWT aka More Work Talk ;

Shadowing & Build Your Own Dialogue

Questions ONLY

There are four simple questions. Listen, Recognize and Repeat them. Repeat as many times as necessary to reproduce  as good as you can.  WITHOUT READING the text.

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DAY#076@ Strange Coincidences

THINK! Just for a moment. What’s the strangest coincidence in your life? Was there some hidden sense meaning behind it? Or was there a larger pattern behind it? Have you heard of Violet Jessop?

A stewardess on both the Titanic and the HMHS Britannic, she was nicknamed “Miss Unsinkable.”. Do you know why? Do you know what happened to these two ships? Do you know what they had in common?  The clue is in Ms Jessop’s nickname .

Watch the video below to find out. And make sure you complete the Qs

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DAY#077@ RARD aka Rest and Recreation Day

Learn English Thru Stand-Up @WKT aka Women Know Things

(女性はよく分かってる)

あなたはよく笑う人でしょうか？あなたにとって、一番面白いと思うお笑いはどのようなものですか？知性あふれるユーモア（上品なお笑い）とドタバタ劇（ドタバタコメディ）のどちらが好きですか？

さて、欧米のユーモアはどうでしょうか？理解できますか？好きですか？あなたの笑いのツボは？どんなこと（もの）についつい笑ってしまいますか？逆に、他人を笑わせるのは得意ですか？面白い話や逸話、ジョークを話すのは好きですか？コメディは好きですか？ 今まで見た中で一番面白かった映画は何ですか？スタンダップコメディを見たことがありますか？もし見たことあるなら、それは何でしたか？

スタンダップコメディは、日本の伝統的な落語などのユーモアと比べてどうですか？

#Women #FemaleIntuition #FredKlett #ObservationalComedy #LearnEnglishThruStand-Up

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DAY#078@ Remembering The thirteen Uses of the Present Tense

ACTIVITY#1@ARTSARA aka

Amazing Read Think Speak And Recall Activity

Read Think Speak Record

Click icon above to start

(Practise also #1 Recalling a Sentence from Initial Letters of Each Word; and

#2 Revising the 13 uses of the Present Tense

(Answer the following questions chunk by chunk)

(Use the first letter of each word as a hint! )

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DAY#079@IFUBA aka Imaginative Fun Using Business Acronyms

Recycling what you have learnt is the key to retention. Here, today, revise valuable grammatical structures and vocabulary from previous lessons,. Reuse content in a different and equally meaningful way to reinforce those  neural connections. Just like the earth, your skills need to be nurtured with a little TLC ie Tender Loving Care.

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DAY#080@WAVAQ & PAQAAT

Watch A Video Answer Questions & Practise Asking Questions And Answering Them

Watch Part 1 about a woman who lives in a van. It is an Intensive Watch and Listen exercise. Check your understanding by answering 12 questions that follow (written Qs). With overlapping functions, they challenge you in various ways.<………..> This is followed by PAQAAT aka Q&A. session.

Click to reveal a few things you will be able to do upon completion. Decide what words are missing in a text. Check how much you remember by highlighting words and answering some open ended questions. Revise nouns and their plural forms. Match up some words with the images that represent them. Organize a bunch of words to make a sentence.  Distinguish subtle differences in sentences. Practice ‘feeling’ the language through making Questions. Translate from an AI- generated Japanese into English

Check out the Transcript and Translation. Please refer to this section when unable to recall the questions.  ACTIVITY#2@ LTAAAQ: Listen To Audio and Answer Question

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DAY#081@Here Part 2 about a woman who lives in a van.

ACTIVITY@RAAGTQ plus DAQ aka Do A Quiz

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DAY#082@ Here, the 3rd and final about a woman who lives in a van.

plus DAQ aka Do A Quiz

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DAY#083@@LETSUC aka Learn English Thru Stand-Up Comedians

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DAY#084@WABI  aka Why Audio Books Incite

10 Amazing BORA aka Benefits Of Reading Aloud

Discover the power of words

Find your English voice
Exercise little used parts of the vocal chords/ vocal apparatus
Strengthen Your Memory
Sharpen focus.
Create a positive and self-confidence mindset
Expand vocabulary.

Increase  comprehension.

Fine tune your listening skills.

Engage strong emotions

Feel the Words &language kinaesthetically,
Visualize sounds ie Create images from words

How many of these benefits will you feel after today’s exercise?

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Rest with Ray Nelson at 8 o’clock In The Morning

Yes,  another rest day with absolutely nothing to do but JUST chill out or read and  listen to Ray Nelson’s classic short story that inspired the cult movie “They Live.”

A one-time collaborator* of PKDick, Ray Nelson was a cartoonist and writer of the above titled 1963 short story. The central character, a homeless drifter called Nada* awakes from hypnosis and sees reality in all its naked glory:  Revelation, earth ruled by yellow-eyed, reptilian-like alien invaders, brainwashing, paranoia, mind control, gruesome murders, government corruption.
Nelson sure packed a lot into 5 pages.
Click here to read and listen to the first 3 minutes.

* He co-wrote the novel entitled ‘The Ganymede Takeover.’

* In Spanish: Nothing

* The basis of the 1988 film They Live

A link to the full audio book and a rough Google translation  is supplied below, broken down into easy chunks. If you find the Japanese version, let us know.

Congratulations on reaching the half-way point of your Dreamlike Diamond Course.

What an awesome achievement!!!

Enjoy today’s story and Remember!

Don’t Obey!
Don’t Consume!
Don’t Conform!