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June 2, 2023 (FRIDAY ZOOM)

• Now there is heavy rain in my area. (NOT now is heavy)

• Aichi has heavy rain now. (NOT Aichi is heavy)

• You might be enjoying a quiet house now.

• In the sentence below we use used to + verb to show that something was done regularly in the past, but not now.

• There is a room my parents used to use. They used to stay there only on weekends.

• My one daughter wanted to (meet / see) her nephews.

• We needed to leave around 9 o’clock. (NOT needed to start; we typically use start for the beginning of an activity or task)

• Mount Takao has an elevation of approximately 599 meters. Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting and observation tower that stands at a height of 634 meters. Therefore, the Tokyo Skytree is taller than Mount Takao by approximately 35 meters.

• I had to do the backup by myself, the store staff could not help me. Luckily in the end I was able to restore all my data.

• Typhoons are becoming stronger year by year. (NOT becoming strong)

• Model home; (in North American) a house on a newly built neighbourhood which is furnished and decorated to be shown to prospective buyers; a show home

• (Japan) a show home built among other show homes to show prospective buyers options for homes to be built elsewhere.

• "Playing tennis outdoors makes me feel refreshed.” (= give new strength or energy to; reinvigorate) (NOT gives me freshness)

• Seto Inland Sea (= Seto Naikai in Japanese)

• Weed; (verb) remove unwanted plants from

• I have to weed the garden every week. (NOT pick up the weeds)

• Last summer, I weeded my garden nearly every day to make sure the plants didn’t get choked out.

• Can you weed the flower beds while I mow the lawn?

• She loves to spend her weekends weeding her yard and making it look perfect.

• Weed; (noun) unwanted plant growing

  • I can't believe how many weeds have sprouted up in my garden.

  • This year, I'm determined to keep the weeds under control in my backyard.

  • The landscaper suggested laying down weed fabric before planting any new shrubs or flowers.

Compare these two sentences

• "I couldn't recharge my phone, there was a problem with the port.”

• This sentence emphasizes the subject’s (the speaker) inability to recharge their phone.

• "My phone couldn't be recharged, there was a problem with the port.”

• The subject of the sentence is "my phone," suggesting that the phone itself was unable to be recharged because of the port problem.