Task 1
The video below is about how crazy English can be:
http://9gag.tv/p/9MdBy/a-poem-about-how-the-english-language-is-crazy
Watch the video as a reference.
Find 10 confusing words in English.
Write sentences using all the words you found.
Post your answers on September 1st.
1. Oxen: In Costa Rica was very common to use oxen for to transport different kind of stuff by cart.
ResponderBorrar2. Goose: Goose is an interesting bird. A group of geese flying in V formation, which allows support to air resistance.
3. Cough: When I have cough is because I am under a lot of presion!
4. Threat: When my mom is angry, she is a threat to all neighbor.
5. Debt: My grandpa used to play a lot of poker when he was young. In a long time he had a big debt. Maybe he wasn’t a good player.
6. Fear: overcoming your biggest fear makes you a great person
7. Dose: Sometimes in morning I need a dose of a good coffee to start with right foot my day.
8. Cork: Once my uncle opened a bottle of champagne, and the cork hit my grandpa in head.
9. Ward: My cousin´s ward is beautiful, it has video games, a huge TV, a mini bar, even a pool.
10. Thwart: in World War II, the Allies had to thwart the plans of Hitler
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ResponderBorrarBrethren: My two my brethren are good at soccer
ResponderBorrarGoose: There is a lot of gooses near to my house
Threat: That is a big threat for us
Straight: He went straight to the supermarket
Debt: I have a debt with the TEC
Pear: I usually eat a pear in the morning
Dose: That is the right dose
Oxen: My uncle used to have a few oxen
Beard: My grandfather has a big beard
Sword: That is a great sword
Moose
ResponderBorrarI know a moose that has been eating blueberries at yard.
Brethren
The brethren had not prayed enough, two weeks ago at the church.
Tough
I was doing some handicraft with clay, but the surface was so tough.
Cough
I am so sick, I have fever, bones ache and cough.
Dough
At my new kitchen course. I will know do dough for pizza.
Dose
I expect do not exceed the dose, that the doctor suggest to me.
Ward
I am going to visit to my brother at the hospital but, I do not know in which ward he is.
Sword
He has been practicing with his sword, but is too slow.
Thwart
They were finding the way to go out of the country, because they were thwart.
1. Recite: I have to recite a poem in front of the class.
ResponderBorrar2. Ship: I will ship the books before I go aboard the ship.
3. Lose: I lose my keys last week.
4. Hammer: The hammer is too heavy.
5. Brethren: He love his brethren but they fight all the time although.
6. Threat: The threat was imminent so they were force to leave the place.
7. Here: Here I have the documents we were needing.
8. Oxen: My sister told me that she didn´t like the oxen she saw at the zoo.
9. Geese: Those geese were abandoned in front of my house last year.
10. Feet: I walked around the city all day, my feet really hurt.
1.Bird: My father was buried with his bird.
ResponderBorrar2.Dead: When we came home he was already dead.
3.Bear: My mom's biggest fear is to face a bear
4.Pear: When i was young i thought that apples were pears
5.Write: You can write on your diary and read books,but that doesn't make you a writer
6.Word: I am a man of my word
7.Moose: In Kentuky's woods you can find many moose
8.Sword: I found a sword in my friend's backyard, and he doesn't want to give it back to me, even though i was the one who found it
9.Brethren: My brethren have had to work all day long
10. Beard: Your beard looks incredible today
Task 1
ResponderBorrar- I would like to speak two languages too.
- I will run a long distance along the mountain.
- I'm not allowed to speak aloud in classes.
- I wished to have a cold dessert and a bottle of water when I was in Sahara desert.
- The principals of all the schools should be people with good principles in order to educate students with values in this society
- There were a horde of people that were looking for the hoard of gold.
1) Oxen: The oxen are commonly used to transport things through difficult ways.
ResponderBorrar2) Brethren: All my father's brethren used to meet in my grandmother's house.
3) Cork: Take off a cork of a bottle is difficult if you haven't a proper tool.
4) Goose: I knew a goose that used to attack everyone that were close to him.
5) Dough: The dough of pizza that make my friend, is the best that I have eaten.
6) Dose: The people have to be cautious with the dose of some medicines.
7) Thwart: He got thwarted, because didn't win the competition.
8) Moose: Male moose are big animals with a pair of big and ramified horns.
9) Ward: She said to everyone that the wards have to be cleaned.
10) Sword: I think that the katana is the best sword of the history.
1) Workers who used hammers, love to eat ham.
ResponderBorrar2) Most of my classmates are wise guys.
3) A wagon is pulled by oxen.
4) My two little bretherns like to play with their Nintendo.
5) A really tough bough flailed out from a huge tree during the storm.
6) My aunt use dough for cooking.
7) Before I go to the bed, I like to study antique deed.
8) someone threat her because she had not paid her debt.
9) A fon person did not find the cork of the bottle.
10) He got thwarted because he did not know how to use as ward.
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ResponderBorrar1) Oxen are used by farmers in Costa Rica's traditional parades.
ResponderBorrar2)I had visited some places that in its swamps are many geese.
3) I had never seen a single moose.
4) Some classmates like to wear boots.
5) In school teachers told us how to pronounce the words that represents parts of the body like feet.
6) We have to make a tough and tricky proyect next week.
7) Actually I have a foolish cough.
8) I really like Pizza Hut's dough.
9) I like to eat meat every single day.
10) I would like to have a Lord of the Ring's sword.
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ResponderBorrar1) Thor uses his hammer to rule the world.
ResponderBorrar2) My girlfriend really hates the moose.
3) A man killed his ox last week by accident.
4) Geese are not domestic animals.
5) My school friend could be considered as brethren to me
6) My mother told me shut up even though she didn't stop
7) The boughs of that tree seems to be very old
8) My cough is getting worse, I should go to see a doctor
9) My brother has collected swords for a long time
10) I love eating raw cookie dough
My grandfather used to have an ox.
ResponderBorrarI love the geese of the central park.
My best friend and I are like brethren.
My uncle has lost of dough.
My boyfriend has a cute beard.
My rosary has lots of beads.
The cousin of my classmate receive a threat from the police.
I need to pay my debt!
I drink a dose of vitamins everyday.
Every wine bottle has a cork.
I have an ox in my farm.
ResponderBorrarThe goose is walking around the lake.
You have to be tough to speak with her.
He is in the hospital because he was hit by a bough.
My mother prepared the cookie dough yesterday.
I have a terrible cough.
I always cut my beard on saturdays.
She doesn't want to dead.
He was arrested by the police because he is a threat for the city.
Your debt was paid.
1. The cart is moved by oxen
ResponderBorrar2. The geese are floating at the lake
3. The moose are free at the forest
4. My brethren are so funny
5. Recently i met a really tough person
6. The bough of the tree was broken
7. I love my bed
8. Right now i don't have any debt
9. The dose of medicine for flu is a little expensive
10. I enjoy alot the fights with a sword
1. Oxen: Oxen are very representative of Costa Rica.
ResponderBorrar2. Geese: My mom hates geese, they chasing her when she was a child.
3. Brethren: My brethren are very different from each other.
4. Dough: The dough is used to create beautiful art figures.
5. Bough: He climbed the tree, but the bough broke suddenly.
6. Beard: The beard tickles, I don't like it!
7. Cork: Wine bottles are closed with cork.
8. Ham: Tonight we have ham for dinner.
9. Dose: Remember well the dose that you should drink.
10. Thwart: She never did anything to thwart her boyfriend.
1. Recital: Yesterday I went to a recital in San Jose.
ResponderBorrar2. Dough: I use dough to make bread for breakfast.
3. Suite: I hope someday I could stay in a suite.
4. Thwart: I was thwarted when I didn´t enter to the concert.
5. Cargo: Today we are going to cargo our productss
6. Moose: I have never seen a moose in live.
7. Bough: I use a bough to play with my dog.
8. Ward: I usually watch TV in the ward on fridays.
9. Cough: In hate having a cough.
10. Threat: His corn is in threat, because of the insects.
1-Moose: the moose is a common animal in Europe and Asia.
ResponderBorrar2-Brethren: My brethren are in the university.
3-Bead: she has a nice beaded bag.
4-Sword: my grandfather would like to have a sward as an ornament.
5-Tough: I have had some tough courses during my career.
6-Dough: My aunt makes a delicious dough for cookies.
7-Bough: The bough of that tree is really resistant.
8-Debt: Many people get stressed because they have debts.
9-Dose: You have to follow the dose that the doctor gave you if you want to get a result.
10-Thwart: I would feel really thwarted if I lose a course this semester.
1-Goose: The goose is looking at her babies
ResponderBorrar2-Dose: I have to be punctual with my dose.
3-Oxen: My father has a lot of oxen in his farm.
4-Ham: I can't eat a sandwich without ham.
5-Cork: I have to put a cork in the sink.
6-Sword: They are like kids playing with that sword.
7-Ward: I'm getting bored in this ward.
8-Brethren: My little brethren are trying to get along with yours.
9-Thwart: I will be thwarted if I don't pass the exam.
10-Bough: He is hanging on the bough like a monkey.
1. Bough = If I climb that tree I would be in the bough preferably.
ResponderBorrar2. Bead = Oh girls, they are crazy for the beads.
3. Pear = I like more the pear than the apple.
4. Thwart = Grab strong to your thwart in the hole journey.
5. Geese = Let's go out and see some geese.
6. Moose = Do you knew that the moose over there was dissected.
7. Boot = The boot of my Starlet 80 isn't right.
8. Dough = We have to buy more dough because isn't enough.
9. Tough = That criminal is very tough.
10. Dose = This hospital put me a dose that make me sleep.
Wise men: I like to hear my grandfather advices, because he always guide me on the right way, he is a wise men.
ResponderBorrarWise guy: My partner Joel is so annoying, he is a wise guy because he thinks that he always have the truth and know everything.
Geese: The geese are one of biggest birds that can live for a long period of time, almost 35 year old.
Moose: The moose, female and male, can be the same height, but the female don´t have antlers and the males have gill.
Beet: The beet is a vegetable with amazing nutritional properties for lose weight.
Brethren: I don´t have any brethren.
Beard: Guys with beard usually look older.
Debt: The debts are choking me.
Sword: a sword is a blade weapon used primary for cutting or thrusting.
Dough: a dough is a mixed of flour with a small amount of water or other liquid.