English Speaking Exercise Grocery Items
Instructions: Please recite the following paragraph. Press the 'add audio submission' button to record and submit this exercise.
The peaches are not available at the market yet. I made chicken with rice and broccoli for tonight’s dinner. Please buy some fruit, vegetables and meat at the store tomorrow. I used to love pears, but now I enjoy apples more. Why are you eating so much garlic? She grows celery, cauliflower and onions in her garden. The boy was looking at the spinach on his plate with great disgust.
Pay more attention to the sounds o R.
Good job, congratulations!
Hello Ryba. You speak very well. Of course, you have an accent. I noted some minor mistakes in your prepared speech.
If you care to paste it into a box on here, I will correct it for you.
Hello! I thank you, all my friends, for giving me your own time for checking my exercises.
According to Arvenius' hint I decided to prepare my speach earlier as a written text. I don't know how much room I have got for recording this exercise so I try to be more effective with my talking.
What is my favourite book, great question, because of my trying to think in two languages I feel I have got two personalities. One in English and one in Polish. From English personality I can choose Harry Poter, best book for improving English, but I don't think it is good for children. “Proud and Prejudice” by Jane Austin, excellent. I have got films, MP3 and a few text versions. More modern The Beach” by Alex Garland, but it is all in English improving direction. In the case of a more coherent my personality, I would be inclined to French literature: Dumas, Honore de Balzac, Verne. I can't forget about English language writers ,I know on both sides of Atlantic, like: Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Jack London and with little Polish accent, Josef Conrad. Okay, probably I'll lose my face, but I have chosen “Potop” , yes “Potop” in English “Deluge”. What's it about? It is about the war between Poland and Sweden which began in 1654. What a subject? Sweden the most peaceful country all over the world for ages.Ok! What author? He is Pole, Nobel prised in 1905. I astonish you when I tell you, you know him by Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr in film from 1951. In this film there were also uncredited Elizabeth Taylor and Sofia Loren, her first role when she was 14.This other novel of this author is one of the most often filmed all over the world. First launched in 1902 ,then three Italian version too and last Polish in 2001. You cant remember his name after cast , directors and producers. His name is Henryk Sienkiewicz.
What is my favourite book, great question, because of my trying to think in two languages I feel I have got two personalities. One in English and one in Polish. From my English personality I can choose Harry Potter, the best book for improving English, but I don't think it is good for children. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austin, is excellent and of which I have got films, MP3 and a few text versions. More modern is "The Beach” by Alex Garland, but it is all in English improving (including?) direction. In the case of a more coherent aspect of my personality, I would be inclined to French literature: Dumas, Honore de Balzac and Verne. I can't forget about English language writers that I know on both sides of the Atlantic, such as: Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Jack London and with a little Polish accent, Josef Conrad. Okay, probably I'll lose my face, but I have chosen "Potop", Yes!it is called "Potop" in English "The Deluge”. What's it about? It is about the war between Poland and Sweden which began in 1654. What a subject? Sweden, the most peaceful country all over the world for ages. Ok! Which author? He is Polish, awarded The Nobel Prize in 1905. I will astonish you when I tell you that you know him as played by Robert Taylor with Deborah Kerr in film from 1951. In this film there were also the un-credited Elizabeth Taylor and Sofia Loren, the latter's first role when she was 14. The other novel of this author is one of the most often filmed all over the world. First launched in 1902 ,then three Italian version too and the last in Polish in 2001. You will not remember his name after the cast , directors and producers. His name is Henryk Sienkiewicz.
Very very good.... I a gree with Arvonius' corrections.
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I think you've written your own book!!!
Very well thought out.
It was good that you prepared it rather than spoke 'off the cuff' (= with no preparation) as you were able to concentrate on your pronunciation rather than what you were going to say.
Excellent work.
Pride and Prejudice
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What is my favourite book? This is a great question. Because I think in two languages, I feel I have got two personalities, one in English and one in Polish. From my English personality, I can choose the book Harry Potter. It is the best book for improving English, but I don't believe it is good for children. The book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin is also excellent. I have got films, MP3 recordings, and a few text versions of this book. A more modern English book is The Beach by Alex Garland. improving direction. In the case of a more coherent side of my personality, I would be inclined to read French literature from the authors Dumas, Honoré de Balzac, and Verne. I shall not forget about the English language writers who I know on both sides of the Atlantic. For example, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Jack London and with a little Polish accent, Josef Conrad. Okay, I'll probably lose my face, but I have chosen the book Potop. Yes, Potop. In English the title is called Deluge. Potop is about what? It is about the war between Poland and Sweden, which began in 1654. What a subject! Sweden was the most peaceful country in the world for ages. Ok! Who is the author? He was Polish and was the Nobel Prize winner in 1905. I will astonish you when I tell you, because you know him by the name Robert Taylor (with Deborah Kerr) in the film from 1951. In this film, there were also uncredited actors, such as Elizabeth Taylor and Sofia Loren. It was one of Taylor's first acting roles when she was 14 years old. The novel from this author was made into a movie and shown internationally. It was first launched in 1902, and then later there were three Italian versions, and finally there was a Polish version in 2001. You will not remember his name after hearing the names of the cast, directors or producers. His name is Henryk Sienkiewicz.
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LiveMocha is telling me the text exceeds the limit, so I will add the rest of my comments here.
Ryba! Excellent audio submission. I have corrected your text and will read it for you. I could only hear a few errors in pronunciation. The rest was pure 100% Polish accent! (wink) Great Job! Congratulations!
words to practice: inclined, novel, launched
WHO- refers to people only
THAT and WHICH refer to animals and objects Examples:
He is the man who wrote the book.
Sara is on the team that won first prize.
The product claiming "all natural ingredients," which appeared in the Sunday newspaper, is on sale.
In American English, the titles of books are italicized or underlined.
You have many teachers making excellent corrections so I will just say that I thought the spoken exercise was excellent and my corrections are -
inclined (in-clined - the -i- is said the same as you say the letter -i-) and the dates 1905 and (I think it was ) 1902. In English say nineteen o five and nineteen o two or nineteen hundred and five and nineteen hundred and two.
Ryba, your work is excellent; it took a lot of work! It is thoughtful and educational as well. I learned some interesting things that I did not know. Your pronuciation is very good as usual. As already pointed out the second i in inclined is long,las in night. Also, the e in launched is silent so it sounds like launchd.
I look forward to your next speaking exercise!
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Hi Martin! Absolutely brilliant! Whatever minor errors there were have been found by my fellow reviewers so no need for me to repeat them. Your English is superb!
Good try ! Keep it up .
Excellent! Have you read the Bronte's ?
I will tell you. Remember, we also are British and Irish so as an English Professor I can help you. Kali Although, I think you are very literate.
You are really good, just as Elaine said, soften Your R and You ll be really really great
though I can't understand what you say..
But I can find your fluenly is very good!!