I walked VS. I took a walk... (動詞VS名詞)

One of my students asked me:

"What's the difference between 'I took a walk in the park' and 'I walked in the park?'"

(公園で散歩しました VS 公園に歩きました)

These sentences mean the same thing but I can see the confusion. Some words have a noun and a verb form.

How we can we tell which form the word is in?

If we use 1 of the articles A, or An then the word that follows will be a countable noun (remember A/An = 1 thing) "A banana." "An orange." Or a noun phrase "An old, brown banana." "A tasty, Naval orange."

So when walk is a noun it will come after an article

"I took a walk in the park." - took is the verb in this sentence

BUT a verb comes after the subject of a sentence

"I walked in the park this morning." - No article = verb

This is true for all words that have a verb and a noun form.

“I want to give you a hug!” - give is the verb in this sentence

“I want to hug you!” - No article = verb

English practice exercise!

Think of 3 more words with a noun and a verb form and write a practice sentence for each word!

"Let Tony take the free kick. He kicks very well."

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stick verb (動詞) "mochi was stuck in his throat"

stick verb (動詞)

stick 
to attach something to something else using a substance, or to become attached to a surface
stuck past tense and past participle 

stick something on/to/in etc something
"Someone had stuck posters all over the walls."
"Mud has stuck to my shoes." ~ 泥が靴にくっついた.

stick to/together
"I could feel my shirt sticking to my back."
"The oil keeps the pasta from sticking together."
"The pages have stuck together." ページがくっついている.

push in - if a pointed object sticks into something, or if you stick it there, it is pushed into it
stick (something) in/into/through something
pins stuck in a notice board
"The boy stuck his finger up his nose."
stick a fork into a potato フォークをジャガイモに突き刺す.

stick (in something) to become fixed in one position and impossible to move

The mochi was stuck in his throat.

自然な英語表現 - "Oh no! I got gum stuck to my shoe!"

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Merry Christmas!!!

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Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!!

"Our natural sleep cycle" 上級-リスニング Challenge yourself!!! (上級)

TED talk with downloadable worksheet from Lingua House 

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英語の単語 - feedback

feedback - information about a product, service or performance of a task etc. that is used to improve it

• consumer feedback 消費者からの反応[意見].

"This is my new business plan. Please have a look and give me your feedback."

*日本語で「フィードバック」

"I always try to get feedback from my students to help me improve as a teacher."

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英語の単語 ~ Apply / Applicant / Application (申し込む)

Apply / Applicant / Application

apply verb - to make a formal request, usually in writing, for something such as a job, a place at college, university, etc. (申し込む)

"In Canada we apply for University when we are 17 or 18."

applicant  noun - a person who makes a formal request for something (= applies for it), especially for a job, a place at a college or university, etc. (応募)

"If tuition is lower more students will take the entrance exam. If many students take the test, the school can choose only the best applicants."

5 job applicants at a job interview

application noun - a formal (often written) request for something, such as a job, permission to do something or a place at a college or university (申し込み)

"In Canada we have to fill out a college/university application during our last year of high school."

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Me too vs. me neither (私も) 中級

Me too vs. Me neither

日本語

A:寿司が好きです。
B:私も。

A:なっとが好きじゃないです。

B:私も。

English

A: I like sushi.
B: Me too

A: I don't like natto.
B: Me neither.

If a statement is negative ~ don't, can't, never for example ~ and we want to say that also applies to us, we need to say "Me neither" in English. Me too is only for positive statements.

A: I can't speak German.
B: Me neither.

A: I have never been to Australia.
B: Me neither.

*When the subject of your sentence is someone else, it's common for the word neither to start the sentence. Please look at these examples:

A: Fred isn't good at soccer.

B: Neither is Mike.

A: My grandfather won't use a computer.
B: Neither will mine.

These are also acceptable:

A: I can't speak German.
B: Neither can I.

A: I have never been to Australia.

B: Neither have I.

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