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our interactive flash cards listen
listen carefully to the questions
questions and sentences remember that
that subjects and verbs must agree
agree i walk he
he walks also remember that subjects
subjects and verbs can reverse in
in questions how
how is he he is happy let's
let's take a look at our first character
character a diver is swimming and
and is surprised by a giant squid
squid
squid how
how does he feel is he scared is he
he surprised is
is he nervous the squid is very close
close but the divers face doesn't
doesn't look worried we
we think he looks odd to be odd is
is to experience a wide range of amazing
amazing emotions you
you may experience fear happiness
happiness and deep respect when odd
odd to be odd is to see something
something amazing the changes your
your life
your life what
what are you are what
what about this character does he
he look pleased is
is he happy is he excited is he mad
mad
mad this
this is a scarecrow and it should
should be keeping crows away unfortunately
unfortunately this scarecrow isn't
isn't doing a very good job he
he also can't move and is being picked
picked at by the crows he
he looks more than unhappy he looks
looks better to be bitter means to
to be both unhappy and angry when
when you're unable to change your
your situation when
when have you felt better have
have a look at our next character
character is he a rock star is a famous
famous is he loved in his glasses
glasses we see tons of fans do they
they look happy to see him when something
something is interesting want to pay
pay attention to it and explore it
it with a more appropriate word in
in this instance would be captivating
captivating captivating is stronger
stronger than interested you
you are really pulled in by something
something that captivates you is
is this video captivating our
our next pair of characters looks
looks like a typical fat guy skinny
skinny guy duo that you see on TV
TV shows are they friends are they
they having a good time when you see
see something so many times that it
it becomes boring in common it
it becomes clichéd expressions can
can be clichés to the phrase a chain
chain is only as strong as its weakest
weakest link has been used so many
many times that it's become common
common and clichéd can you think
think of any clichés our
our next character is going fishing
fishing does he look scary is the
the evil
the evil this
this boy is being more than me by
by fishing in a goldfish bowl he
he is being cruel while being mean
mean
mean is
is to do something bad to someone
someone else a cruel person is happy
happy when hurting others the
the boy in this interactive flash
flash card knows that the fish has
has no chance is delighted by it don't
don't be cruel to others does
does this character look excited is
is he looking forward to life what
what is he thinking about in his hat
hat we see an image of a church and
and a graveyard the
the scenes dark and green while it's
it's easy to say that this character
character look sad we
we want you to have fun using a more
more colorful word like dejected to
to be dejected is to feel very down
down
down maybe
maybe he's thinking about death what's
what's in your hat our
our next flash card is a tricky one
one
one is
is the man rich is he well known the
the man has an eye patch so
so something terrible may have happened
happened to him but he also has a
a thick moustache and the bow tie
tie
tie is
is he a spy is the intelligent we
we think he looks distinguished to
to be distinguished is to be marked
marked by eminence for excellence
excellence maybe
maybe he's a war hero do you know
know anyone distinguished have
have a look at our last character
character does he look like he's having
having a good time is the energetic
energetic is a positive what
what happened to him he's wearing
wearing the crown and robes of a king
king but he is lost and floating at
at sea far from his castle he
he is alone tired and helpless you
you can say he looks depressed but
but a more colorful word would be
be despondent to be despondent means
means to be extremely sad and depressed
depressed
depressed you
you are said when the movie want to
to rent isn't available you
you are despondent when your home
home is blown away by a tornado have
have you ever been despondent go
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many times so you remember the words
words and get a good understanding
understanding of how subjects and
and verbs agree practice repeating
repeating the sentences and then get
get out and use the words and phrases
phrases with native speakers have
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