Thursday, June 5, 2025

Choice of Happiness Week #15

 

Step #2 ~ Vocabulary Review

 


OK now…

These ones in English, please…

1.     #1, & # 2, please

Big Difference

#1 ~ “~yori zuibun” ~ #1 ~ much

                                        #2 ~ a lot

#3 ~ far

#4 ~ way

Small Difference

#2 ~ “~yori sukoshi” ~ #1 ~ a bit

                                         #2 ~ a little

#3 ~ slightly

#4 ~ not much

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #3 ~ Grammar Review

 

Sounds good now…

How about these next ones….

#3, please

2.     #3 ~ We were much busier this week than last week.

 

Ok…and the next one….

#4, please

3.     #4 ~ I had to drive to a client’s office on Monday for the 1st time in

3.      a long time.

It was a bit farther than I remember.

 

Sounds good now…

#5, please

4.     #5 ~ He was far more experienced than the other applicant.  

 

Sounds good now…

#6, please

5.     #6 ~ The boss let us go home a little earlier than usual.

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #4 ~ Vocabulary Review #2

 

Sounds good now…

#7, & # 8, please

1.     #7 ~ “Konshū wa dondon samuku naru hazu desu”

*It is supposed to get colder and colder this week.

#8 ~ “Kome no nedan wa masumasu takaku natte kiteiru” ~

*The cost of rice has been getting more and more expensive

*The cost of rice has been getting higher and higher

*The cost of rice is getting more and more expensive

*The cost of rice is getting higher and higher

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Please turn your papers over

 


OK….

Sounds good…

Now… If you take a look at the other side…

2.     #9, & # 10, please

#9 ~ “Keizai wa jojo ni waruku natteiru kiteiru”

    *The economy has been slowly getting worse and worse.

    *The economy is slowly getting worse and worse.

    *The economy is gradually getting worse and worse.

#10 ~ “Daitōryō no kangae wa masumasu okashiku natte kiteiru” ~

*The president’s ideas have been getting crazier and crazier

*The president’s ideas are getting crazier and crazier

*The president’s ideas are getting stranger and stranger

 

Step #4 ~ Grammar Review #2


OK now…

3.     Another quick check…

4.     #11, & #12, please

#11 ~ “~yori sukunai” ~

#1 ~ fewer

#2 ~ less

#12 ~ “~ yori ooi” ~ more

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

5.     #13, please…

#13 ~ I wish the teacher would give us fewer pages for homework.

 

Alright now….

#14, please…

6.     #14 ~ I wish the teacher would give us less homework.

 

Ok now…

The next one…

#15, please…

7.     #15 ~ We need to spend more money to buy things these days.

 

Ok now…

How about the 4th one…

#16, please…

8.     #16 ~ I am becoming more confident when I speak English.

 

Step #5 ~ Grammar Review #3

 

OK now…

9.     #17, #18, please

10.These ones in English, please…

#17 ~ “mou / kore ijyou” ~ #1 ~ any longer

#2 ~ anymore

#18 ~ “mou benkyou dekinai” ~ #1 ~ I can’t study any longer

#2 ~ I can’t study anymore

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

OK now…

Alright now...How about these ones...

11.#19, & # 20, please

#19 ~ “Sore ijō ōkikunai / sore yori okikunai” ~ #1 ~ no bigger

#2 ~ not any bigger

#20 ~ “Heya wa kurōzetto yori okikunakatta” ~

*The room was no bigger than a closet

*The room wasn’t any bigger than a closet

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good…and…

The last section…

12.#21, please…

#21 ~ I’m tired of waiting.  I’m not waiting any longer.

 

Sounds good now…

13.#22, please…

#22 ~ I’m sorry I’m a little late, but I couldn’t get here any faster.

I’m sorry I’m a little late, but I couldn’t get here any earlier.

 

Ok now…

How about the 3rd one…

14.#23, please…

#23 ~ That shop isn’t expensive. 

The prices are not any more expensive than anywhere else.

The prices are no more expensive than anywhere else.

 

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