Spoken English to Non English Medium Students

Guest   Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:00 pm GMT
These grammar drills are not enough to carry on a decent conversation in real life. We should strive to aim for high goals. However, I don't mean to put you down in your honest efforts with my above posts. I was an average learner in English for decades because my expectations were low. Knowing a few greetings was enough for me to declare the language as my learned language. Of course, I was stupid to think like that. You'll keep to improve in your language adventures (or perhaps in any field) as long as you don't look for cutting the corners. There is nothing like short-cut. So what you are doing is cutting the corners and my dear friend you can't success like that in real life.
Guest   Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:14 am GMT
I suppose the extreme simplicity of English is what allows your students to speak with reasonable fluency after only a week (or two) of study.

Question: Would it be possible to teach non-Tamil students how to speak Tamil this well in only a week or two?
S.Singaravelu   Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:16 am GMT
Yellow House 1 to Blue House 2 - For your continuous actions.
Yellow House 1 to Pink House 1 - For simple actions on you.
Blue House 2 to Pink House 1- Your continuous actions to simple
actions on you.



Now we can visit Pink House 1 directly from Yellow House 1 or
Blue House 2
Just replace 'rich' in Yellow House 1 or 'going' in Blue House 2 with
'past participle' of a verb.
For examople 'guided' is the past participle of 'guide'.
NOTE IN PINK HOUSES ONLY 'PAST PARTICIPLE' OF VERBS WILL COME.


Pink House 1

PRESENT

I - group

...........I....am..............guided.
...........I....am...not.......guided.
.........Am....I................guided?
.........Am....I.....not......guided?
How...am....I................guided?
How...am....I......not….guided?


He,She,It,That - group.

..........He....is................ guided.
..........He....is......not..... guided.
..........Is.....he.................guided?
..........Is.....he.....not.......guided?
How....is.....he................guided?
How....is.....he......not.....guided?


We,You,They,These,Those - group.

..........We.....are.................guided.
..........We.....are......not......guided.
..........Are.....we.................guided?
..........Are.....we......not......guided?
How....are.....we.................guided?
How....are.....we......not......guided?

Pink House 1.

PAST

I - group

...........I.....was.............guided.
...........I.....was...not.....guided.
.........Was....I...............guided?
.........Was....I.....not.....guided?
How...was...I...............guided?
How...was...I.....not.....guided?


He,She,It,That - group.

..........He.......was.................guided.
..........He.......was......not..... guided.
..........Was.....he...................guided?
..........Was.....he.......not.......guided?
How...was.....he...................guided?
How...was.....he.......not.......guided?


We,You,They,These,Those - group.

..........We........were.................guided.
..........We........were......not......guided.
..........Were.......we..................guided?
..........Were.......we.......not..... guided?
How....were......we...................guided?
How....were......we.......not.......guided?


Pink House 1.

FUTURE - Will,Shall,Can,May,Must

I - group

...........I....can..............be......guided.
...........I....can....not.....be......guided
.........Can....I...............be......guided?
.........Can....I.....not.... be......guided?
How..can....I...............be......guided?
How..can....I.....not.....be......guided?


He,She,It,That - group.

..........He....can.................be.......guided
..........He....can....not.......be.......guided
.........Can....he.................be.......guided?
.........Can....he.....not.......be.......guided?
How..can....he.................be.......guided?
How..can....he.... not.......be.......guided?


We,You,They,These,Those - group.

..........We....can.................be.......guided.
..........We....can....not........be.......guided.
.........Can....we..................be.......guided?
.........Can....we.....not........be.......guided?
How..can....we..................be.......guided?
How..can....we.....not........be.......guided?


So Yellow House 1,Blue House 2 and Pink House 1 use same Auxliary Verbs.
S.Singaravelu   Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:56 am GMT
Now we can visit Pink House 2 directly from Yellow House 1,
Blue House 2 or Pink House 1
Just replace 'rich' in Yellow House 1 or 'going' in Blue House 2 or 'guided' in Pink House 1 with "being + past participle'

NOTE IN PINK HOUSES ONLY 'PAST PARTICIPLE' OF VERBS WILL COME.


Pink House 2 Continuous actions on you.

PRESENT

I - group

...........I....am..............being guided.
...........I....am...not......being guided.
.........Am....I...............being guided?
.........Am....I.....not..... being guided?
How...am....I................being guided?
How...am....I......not…. being guided?


He,She,It,That - group.

..........He....is.................being guided.
..........He....is......not.......being guided.
..........Is.....he................being guided?
..........Is.....he.....not......being guided?
How....is.....he................being guided?
How....is.....he......not.....being guided?


We,You,They,These,Those - group.

..........We.....are.................being guided.
..........We.....are......not......being guided.
..........Are.....we.................being guided?
..........Are.....we......not......being guided?
How....are.....we.................being guided?
How....are.....we......not......being guided?

Pink House 2.

PAST

I - group

...........I.....was.............being guided.
...........I.....was...not.....being guided.
.........Was....I...............being guided?
.........Was....I.....not.....being guided?
How...was...I.................being guided?
How...was...I.....not.......being guided?


He,She,It,That - group.

..........He.......was.................being guided.
..........He.......was......not......being guided.
..........Was.....he..................being guided?
..........Was.....he.......not......being guided?
How...was.....he....................being guided?
How...was.....he.......not........being guided?


We,You,They,These,Those - group.

..........We........were.................being guided.
..........We........were......not......being guided.
..........Were.......we..................being guided?
..........Were.......we.......not..... being guided?
How....were......we....................being guided?
How....were......we.......not........being guided?


Pink House 2.

FUTURE - Will,Shall,Can,May,Must

FUTURE CONTINUOUS ACTIONS ON YOU ARE NOT IN USAGE.

I - group


He,She,It,That - group.


We,You,They,These,Those - group.



So Yellow House 1,Blue House 2,Pink House 1 and Pink House 2 use same Auxliary Verbs.
Guest   Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:07 am GMT
It is early morning in Inida. You early bird, eh?
S.Singaravelu   Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:10 am GMT
I eat a lot of mushrooms and see pink houses and yellow houses and also green elephants. Now I will go eat smelly Indian food and wash myself in a river where 50 million other people shit and wash themselves.


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singaravelu   Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:29 am GMT
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Yellow House 1 - To tell about status
Blue House 2 - To tell about your continuous actions
Pink House 1 - To tell about simple actions on you by others
Pink House 2 - To tell about continuous actions on you by others


........................................status...verb+ing..participle...being+participle

................Houses.................Yellow 1...Blue 2....Pink 1.........Pink 2........

I..........am.....was....may be....strong......trying....given.....being taught

He.........is......was....may be...strong......trying....given.....being taught
She.......is......was....may be...strong......trying....given.....being taught
It..........is......was....may be...strong......trying....given.....being taught
That......is......was....may be...strong......trying....given.....being taught

You......are....were....may be...strong......trying....given.....being taught
We.......are....were....may be...strong......trying....given.....being taught
Thet.....are....were....may be...strong......trying....given.....being taught
These...are....were....may be...strong......trying....given.....being taught
Those...are....were....may be...strong......trying....given.....being taught
S.Singaravelu   Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:47 am GMT
"Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:10 am GMT " message is not my message.Some dirty hearted fool is releasing nasty things on my name.It is a forgery.
An anti Indian ..............playing dirty tricks.
Guest   Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:50 am GMT
LoL dude relax, I ain't no anti shit, I just smoked a lot of good stuff and feel like foolin around with ya. I know you smoke that shit too, c'mon dude, its ok we all are peace loving accepting folks here.

PASS ON THE PIPE OF PEACE!~~~
S.Singaravelu   Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:58 am GMT
Are you insane?Show yourself to a doctor.
Josh the Blond *   Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:01 am GMT
Stop this at once or I will delete all of you!
S.Singaravelu   Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:41 am GMT
Blue House 2 - To tell about your continuous actions

Pink House 2 - To tell about continuous actions on you by others





............................................verb+ing............being+participle.............

................Houses....................Blue 2...................Pink 2......................

I..........am.....was....may be....teaching him...........................................

He.........is......was...no future............................being taught by me.......
She.......is......was....may be.................................................................
It..........is......was....may be................................................................
That......is......was....may be................................................................

You......are....were....may be...
We.......are....were....may be...
Thet.....are....were....may be...
These...are....were....may be...
Those...are....were....may be...


If you are in Blue House 2 it is your action.In the example shown above,

'I am teaching him' - 'I' is in Blue House 2.-Active Voice
'He is being taught by me' - 'He' is in pink House 2 - Passive Voice

Both convey same meaning.'him' becomes 'He' and 'I' becomes 'me'.
Guest   Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:48 am GMT
Ok, this guy is definitely some Indian spam software tester
S.Singaravelu   Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:52 am GMT
Blue House 2 - To tell about your continuous actions

Pink House 2 - To tell about continuous actions on you by others





............................................verb+ing............being+participle.............

................Houses....................Blue 2...................Pink 2......................

I..........am.....was....may be................................................................

He.........is......was....may be.....treating them........................................
She.......is......was....may be................................................................
It..........is......was....may be................................................................
That......is......was....may be................................................................

You......are....were....may be...............................................................
We.......are....were....may be...............................................................
They.....are....were....no future..........................being treated by him.....
These...are....were....may be...............................................................
Those...are....were....may be...............................................................


If you are in Blue House 2 it is your action.In the example shown above,

'He is treating them' - 'He' is in Blue House 2.-Active Voice -'His' action.
'They are being treated by him'-'They' are in pink House 2 - Passive Voice -Action on 'them'

Both convey same meaning.'them' becomes 'They' and 'He' becomes 'him'.
Guest   Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:47 pm GMT
This thread gave me the lols.