Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

Each sentence conceals the name of a sport in consecutive letters. You name the sports. Ex. Loo k — a rat! E ek! --> KARATE 1. He was a dumb ox in grade school. 2. This is your classic rickety chair. 3. My family has always gotten Nissans. 4. The rainbow lingered for more than an hour. 5. With enough cash — and ballots — you can get elected. 6. This historian is the best researcher you'll find. Answer Keys     1.   boxing  (dum b ox in g rade)   2.   cricket (classi c ricket y)   3.   tennis (go tten Nis san)   4.   bowling (rain bow ling ered)   5.   handball (cas h and ball ots)   6.   archery (rese archer y ou’ll)

If you are living in the U.S., you might have more chances (than outside of the country) to be exposed to a variety of English dialects or vernacular English. Have you heard of “ What up?”, “Ya dig?”, or “I finna go grab something to eat now.” These expressions originally came from AAVE , which stands for African American Vernacular English . It is also known as Ebonics or Black English Vernacular (BEV) , which is a dialect of Standard American English that has been primarily spoken by the African American community of the States. AAVE is not a broken English, bur rather encompasses a bunch of sub-sub-sets which can vary from region to region. Since AAVE has consistent grammar, phonetics, and vocabulary, it is a legitimate/ alternate form of dialect, NOT a slang or broken English. Today, let us go over some expressions from AAVE.     1.    Dig – to understand or appreciate E.g., Ya dig? (meaning “Do you understand?”)       2.   ...

This week's on-air challenge is a game of Categories based on the word SPACE. For each category given, name something in it starting with each of the letters S-P-A-C-E. For example, if the category were "Girl's Names Ending in 'Y,'" you might say Sally, Patty, Amy, Carly, and Emily. Any answer that works is OK, and you can give the answers in any order.   **Note: In some cases there may be other answers. Any answer that works will be counted as correct. *image source: https://busyteacher.org/16817-word-categories.html 1. PUNCTUATION MARKS   2. SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES   3. BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT   4. THINGS SEEN ON AN AIRPLANE   Answer Keys 1. S emicolon, P eriod, A postrophe, C omma, E xclamation mark 2. S uriname, P eru, A rgentina, C olumbia, E cuador 3. S amuel, P salms, A mos, C hronicles, E xodus 4. S eat, P ilot/ P assengers, A isle, C ockpit, E xit

On-air challenge: I'm going to give you two 4-letter words. Rearrange the letters of one of them to get a synonym of the other. Which word is the synonym and which is the anagram is for you to discover.   Ex. SOUP WORK --> OPUS (anagram of "soup," synonym of "work")   1. COZY SUNG 2. HALT POST 3. LIFE RASP 4. PART LORE 5. TERN TORN 6. LEFT NEWT 7. TOPE BARD 8. LINK OVEN 9. LEAN SILT 10. THIN CLUE   Answer Keys     1.   SNUG (anagram of “SUNG” & synonym of “COZY”)     2.   STOP (anagram of “POST” & synonym of “HALT”)     3.   FILE (anagram of “LIFE” & synonym of “RASP”)     4.   ROLE (anagram of “LORE” & synonym of “PART”)     5.   RENT (anagram of “TERN” & synonym of “TORN”)     6.   WENT (anagram of “NEWT” & synonym of “LEFT”)     7.   POET (anagram of “TOPE” & synonym of “BARD”)   ...

Every answer is a seven-letter compound word or familiar two-word phrase in which the first two letters are the same as the last two in reverse.   Ex. Part of a train --> RA ILC AR     1. Product from Purina or Pedigree 2. Crimson, for example 3. Where a football player reaches to score a touchdown 4. Cheer on, as a team 5. To purposely ignore as sounds 6. Male journalists 7. What you might say when patting Rover on the head   Answer Keys 1.   do g fo od 2.   de ep r ed 3.   en d zo ne 4.   ro ot f or 5.   tu ne o ut 6.   ne wsm en 7.   go od d og !