Hello and welcome to Miscellaneous Mondays where I talk about anything English from last Friday’s podcast.
My name is Vanessa Rocket and this is English with Languissimo®.
The Voice of Biden
True or False
- People have been talking about Joe Biden lately. True
- “To cast doubt on something” is synonym of “to make something seem certain”. False – To make something seem uncertain.
- “To be in one’s right mind” means “to be in an unhealthy state of mind”. False – To be in a healthy state of mind.
- Trump and Biden are young men. False – Both are old: 78 & 81
- “Blood” has the same pronunciation as “foot”. False – Blood = mud and foot = book
- “In their forties” refers to someone who is about 30 years old. False – about 40 years old.
- “The smartest” is the comparative form of “smart”. False – the superlative
- “If” + simple past + simple future. False – the second conditional
- “Would boycott” and “would motivate” are conjugated in the simple future. False - Conditional
- “Rebel” is both a “noun” and a “verb”. True but their pronunciation is different: to [reebel] # a [rebol]
- “Let’s” is the contraction of “let is”. False – Let us
- “An iron fist” is a fist that is made from iron. False – someone who is firm
- “Wouldn’t hurt” in that context means “wouldn’t be a good thing”. False = would be a good thing
- “To allude” is a synonym of “to suggest”. True
- “We’ll” is the contraction of “we will”. True
- “To make a fool of oneself” is a synonym of “to fool oneself”. False – to embarrass oneself
- “His” is a possessive pronoun. False – possessive adjective
- “Will he come out”, “will he resign”, “will he tell” are verbs conjugated in the conditional. False – Simple Future
- “How” + an adverb. False – How + an adjective
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