Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

Every answer today is a word that starts with the letters TA-, as in "teaching assistant." Get them from their anagrams.   Ex. BLEAT --> TABLE 1. STATE   2. PRATE   3. TITAN   4. TONAL   5. ATTIC   6. LATTICE   7. ALPINIST     Answer Keys 1.   TASTE 2.   TAPER 3.   TAINT 4.   TALON 5.   TACIT 6.   TACTILE 7.   TAILSPIN

Here are some sentences. In each one, find two words that sound like to other words that are synonyms.   Example: I can pare an apple, too . => "pair & two"   1. My dog's paws got stuck under the cars break.   2. Today's spelling lesson is about words with silence "e's".   3. In India, several lower castes are in the throes of change.   4. The wild hare has a hankering for bagels and lox.   5. After his shift ended, the worker hied to the bank to cash his paycheck.   6. The seamstress would vary the way she'd sewed.       Answer Keys 1.   “paws & break” (sound like “pause and brake”) 2.   “lesson & e’s” (sound like “lesson and ease”) 3.   “throes & castes”) 4.   “hare & lox” (sound like “hair and locks”) 5.   “hied and cash” (sound like “hide and cache”) 6.   “vary and sew” (sound like “very and so”)

I am going to give a sentence for each question. Each sentence conceals the name of a well-known U.S. city PHONETICALLY.   Ex. The lumberjacks unlaced their boots. --> JACKSON (Miss.) (*For those who are not able to read the following sentences at normal native speakers' speed, I underlined the parts of each sentence you need to focus on in terms of phonetic sounds.) 1. I'd like you to meet my ami able sister. (Fla.)   2. The CPR pro gave Di ane a Heim lich maneuver. (Calif.)   3. Did anyone who's sin cere accuse me of doing that? (N.Y.)   4. The hockey player got semi pro vo cational training. (Utah)   5. A neighbor gave Tho reau an oak tree. (Va.)   6. The emcee led the chan teuse on to the stage. (Ariz.)   7. The pet owner would on tip toe lead o bedient dogs downstairs. (Ohio)   8. In the end it was the whole she bang Gor bachev lost. (Me.)   Answer Keys     1.   Miami (Florida) ...

The month of November has the most important national holidays in the United States and is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. In 2023, it will be observed on November 23. Let us go over a brief history of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving history is shrouded in mystery and myths. What is reliably known is that the first “official” Thanksgiving in the US took place in 1621. It was celebrated by Pilgrim settlers from England, who established Plymouth Colony in 1. (which state?: ________________________) in 1620. Despite the poor food supplies and various diseases, they had survived through a severe winter. The following spring, Wampanoag Native Americans helped the colonists plant 2. (which crop?:_________________). When the first crop was gathered in the autumn, governor William Bradford proclaimed a huge feast and invited them to celebrate together. American Thanksgiving was established as a national holiday in 1863 by President 3. ____________________. There is a st...