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Hello!!well.. this is my 1st time here, I had no idea that there were forums like this forum!So I joined and I have some questions.. I need them for my assignment!8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation)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)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?13. What is the difference between these two sentences?‘She’s worked as a teacher for five years’‘She worked as a teacher for five years’14. Can the auxiliary ‘do’ and the verb ‘be’ ever be combined in a sentence?15. Is it ever possible to say ‘fruits’ or ‘foods’?Thank youu  !

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Nestor_fes8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation). Although 'one' begins with a vowel, it is pronounced with the sound of a consonant - 'w'.

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). I suppose the student who spoke with the most neutral accent received the best mark, because he or she would be easier to understand.

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? I don't know the answer here, sorry! I think that in the first sentence, the word 'much' should be replaced with 'a lot of' or 'plenty of'.

13. What is the difference between these two sentences?

‘

She’s worked as a teacher for five years’.

‘She worked as a teacher for five years’

The first sentence: She started the action in the past, and is still performing the action

The second sentence: She started the action in the past, and has completed the action.

14. Can the auxiliary ‘do’ and the verb ‘be’ ever be combined in a sentence?

Perhaps this sentence: 'What do you consider to be your greatest achievement?'

15. Is it ever possible to say ‘fruits’ or ‘foods’? Yes.

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BarbaraPA · Answer

10 - I would say that the first teacher is a physical education teacher or athletics coach of some sort.

Tartan · Answer

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.

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