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Example questions:

Identify whether affect or effect belongs in the underlined section.

1. Rising ocean levels are an _____  of global warming.
2. Seeing certain colors can ______ a person's mood.
3. The bill had the _____of taking away state's rights.
4. The list of side _______ in medication commercials can be daunting.
5. The cold weather always ______ my grandmother's joints.

Answers

1. effect
2. affect
3. effect
4. effects
5. affects

Link to the article referenced in episode:  https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180723-the-commas-that-cost-companies-millions

Example problems; place the commas and name the rules:

1. The radiant beautiful angel floated up the stairs.

2. Chicken peppers and rice are all you need for a nice meal.

3. I will be going for a walk but I don't expect to be gone for very long. 

4. My aunt who used to eat slugs as a kid is very funny.

5. For the foreseeable future facemasks will continue to be a burden.

Answers:

1. The radiant, beautiful angel floated up the stairs. Equal-rank adjectives

2. Chicken, peppers, and rice are all you need for a nice meal. Items in a list

3. I will be going for a walk, but I don't expect to be gone for very long. Compound sentences

4. My aunt, who used to eat slugs as a kid, is very funny. Parenthetical information

5. For the foreseeable future, facemasks will continue to be a burden. Introductory material

Link to the script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hnGSkqlWdcUYkov2TMQZYdM2c4iof53EHCYsEFmJay0/edit?usp=sharing

Example problems:

Identify the participle phrases in each sentence.

1. Beating the drums, he gave courage to the men in the battle.

2. Eating all of the cinnamon rolls, my mouth was too full for me to explain myself.

3. I lived out my sadness from the breakup, playing sad songs and eating ice cream.

4. I went jogging, knowing my lungs would hate me, for four miles in the morning.

5. Having beaten cancer, my grandpa is a hero to many.

6. Where should the commas go in this sentence: I saw Bob fiddling with a stick.

Answers:

1. Beating the drums  2. Eating all of the cinnamon rolls   3. playing sad songs and eating ice cream  4. knowing my lungs would hate me  5. having beaten cancer.  6. No commas are necessary because the participle phrase comes immediately after what it describes at the end of a sentence.

This episode covers one of the two major verbals. A future episode will cover the other in more detail.

Link to script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nzg0e9khHDXNu435hdChrIOmjDJ4a1sIEUZEro1HbKs/edit?usp=sharing 

Example problems: 

Find the gerunds in the following sentences. 

1. John Dillinger’s favorite activity was shooting at police. 

2. By attending Harvard, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was able to work her way to the Supreme Court. 

3. Running up a hill was a dangerous activity for Jack and Jill. 

4. I was expelled form school for playing Pokemon. 

5. I put off telling my parents about my grades. 

Answers: 1. John Dillinger’s favorite activity was shooting at police. 2. By attending Harvard, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was able to work her way to the Supreme Court. 3. Running up a hill was a dangerous activity for Jack and Jill. 4. I was expelled from school for playing Pokemon. 5. I put off telling my parents about my grades.

This episode of English Eden focuses on the correct usage of the pronouns "who" and "whom". Some examples of real-life blunders and some fun practice sentences are provided to help the listener understand the proper usage. 

My source for this episode was a New York Times article found here: https://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/the-case-of-who-v-whom-2/

The example questions are :

1. Whoever/whomever ate my cake is a dead man. Whoever.
   
2. To who/whom did you give that bouquet of flowers to? Whom.
   
3. I am going to find the man who/whom stole my panini. Who.
   
4. Bundy, who/whom was known for punctuality, always arrived to hide in the bushes in time and figure out who/whom he would strike. who, whom.
   
5. Llamas, who/whom I am terrified of, roam all around Machu Pichu. whom.
   

This episode discusses Shakespeare's use of source material for Romeo and Juliet as well as the imagery and symbolism to look out for as we read the play. My source for the historical information was:

Mabilard, Amanda. Sources for Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare Online. 21 Nov. 2009. http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sources/romeosources.html

My source for the analysis was:

Spurgeon, Caroline. "The Imagery of Romeo and Juliet." Shakespeare: Modern Essays in Criticism. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1957.

This is a trailer for the English Eden Podcast where I will be digging into literature and providing audio grammar lessons for anyone to learn from and enjoy. Thank you for listening and Enjoy my upcoming reading of Romeo and Juliet Act 1 followed shortly by an analysis of the first act to this crude and bloody play.