8. Why do you say
“She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “
She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation)
The article an is used before vowel sounds, not vowel letters. The word one is pronounced wun. The w is not a vowel sound even though the o in o-n-e is a vowel. So a must be used before one.
9. Miss Justine Fair listened to the two Chilean students read their passages. One of them had a strong accent. The second student had no accent at all. Who got the best mark? Why? (Focus on a Phonetic explanation) Accent is a form of mispronunciation, of giving vowels and consonants different values from their standards. Mastery of a language requires control over the sounds of the language.
10. One of the teachers said “My children need much exercise to improve their performance.” The other one said: “My children need many exercises to improve their performance.” What kind of courses are they in charge of? Teacher One teaches a course with non-countable exercise, that is, exercise that cannot be identified as separate pieces and counted. This is probably physical exertion, as the earlier post suggested. Teacher Two teaches a course with countable exercise. This work can be counted. Perhaps these are separately numbered problems in an exercise book. Maybe this is a teacher of mathematics.
13. What is the difference between these two sentences?
‘
She’s worked as a teacher for five years’ ...for the past five years up to now
‘She worked as a teacher for five years’ ...for five years, sometime in the past (maybe the past five years--we don't know)
14. Can the auxiliary ‘do’ and the verb ‘be’ ever be combined in a sentence? Don't be surprised.
15. Is it ever possible to say ‘fruits’ or ‘foods’? Yes, if you are talking about different varieties. At the party they served fruits and foods from all over the world. Or: Two foods I really like are pizza and chocolate chip cookies.