WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD TO LEARN
By Marlene Davis
You think English is easy? Check out the following.
1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was cultivated to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full that the workers had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture at the store.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert his tasty dessert in the desert.
7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present to his girlfriend.
8. A bass was painted on the board of the bass drum.
9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10. I did not object to the object that he showed me.
11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid in his hospital bed.
12. There was a row among the oarsmen about who would row.
13. They are too close to the door to close it.
14. The buck does funny things when the does (females) are present.
15. A seamstress and a sewer fell into a sewer line.
16. To help with the planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail around the mast.
18. Upon seeing the tear in her painting she shed a tear.
19. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20. How can I intimate this to my intimate friend?
Heteronyms
These are brilliant. Homonyms and homographs are words of like spelling, but with more than one meaning or sound. When pronounced differently they are known as heteronyms.
6 comments:
that's rich.
ostensibly.
dint
brook
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With all that and it is spoken by many Europeans as a second language. It is also the de facto international language of business.
Best language is Spanish. More descriptive.
I like this list! English teachers should use it as focus activity in their classes to get the kids motivated. Oh, do they still get motivated with paper work?
How about making a list where we speak translating exactly like we say it in Spanish. "Will you buy me some candy," the little boy asked his teacher.
The teacher responds, "Why should I buy you some candy? I will buy it for me." But the boy had translated, "Me compras un dulce" to "buy me some candy"
Will you buy some candy from me? Can you see why? But at least he is trying
to speak English and not like the little boy who was speaking Spanish in the
playground and his coach hit his hands with a rule for speaking Spanish. The little boy did not know how to speak English except for what he had just
learned in his 1st grade class, so when the coach came around he would immediately speak English - "Go Spot,go! See Dick? See Jane?
If you want to read something funny to get your mind away from all these mess going on right now, I recommend "The Hammon and the Beans" by Americo
Paredes. Good clean honest and sincere story to help clear our minds.
racist republicans were in a race to the toilet
Second Grader: Miss, that boy threw me with a rock.
Teacher: No, he threw a rock at you.
Second Grader: No, he threw me with a rock.
Teacher: So, why are you still here?
Second Grader: Huh?!?!
The Second Grader was learning English. His parents only spoke Spanish at home. Cute story.
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