BRICKBATS
Grammar
Plural
- Treasurer(s) A and B
- NUSS Toastmaster(s) Club
- All hand (s) should go up
- The objective (s) are...
- small little thing (s)
- You're the shepherd for the sheeps => shepherd for the sheep (no 's' required)
- What your strength is => what your strengths are
Subject-verb agreement
- Your families and your jobs takes priority => Your families and your jobs take priority
- Her left arm and left leg was weak => Her left arm and left leg were weak.
- Everyone of us have the ability to contribute to our society. => Everyone of us has the ability to contribute to our society.
Tenses
- The mass was make up of bloody tissues.=> The mass was made up of bloody tissues.
- She has tell us a story. => She has told us a story.
Vocabulary
1) I gave an impromptu Q&A session. => I conducted an impromptu Q&A session.
2) What has Toastmasters helped me? => How has joining Toastmasters helped me?
3) We had 7 topics and we did it in less than two hours. => ... and we covered them in less than two hours
4) What is so important with ten thousand rule? => What is so important about the 'ten thousand' rule?
5) Don't post me on Facebook. => Don't post photos of me on Facebook. / Don't tag me on Facebook.
Pronunciation
- Feelings / sheet / weeds (long vowel)
- Authority / thought / thrusts / thousand / together (stick out your tongue between your teeth for the 'th' sound)
- President / confident / packed audience/ locked / gasped (words ending with 't' sound)
- guests ('sts' is a consonant cluster - make sure all three sounds are distinct)
- opportunity [op-er-too-ni-tee, -tyoo-]
- presentation [prez-uh n-tey-shuh n]
- competitors [kuh m-pet-i-ters]
- aghast [uh-gast, uh-gahst]
- charisma [kuh-riz-muh]
- sword [sawrd, sohrd] ('w' is silent)
- appropriate [adjective uh-proh-pree-it; verb uh-proh-pree-eyt]
BOUQUETS
Alliteration
- Patient and passionate
- Fun factor
- The kitchen was spick and span
- Dejected, depressed and distressed
- Bloom and blossom
- Get down and dirty
Triads
- Intelligent, handsome and humble
- Clearly, accurately and vividly
- Success, suggestions and summary
Metaphors/ similes
- I invite you to come on board with me on this journey
- This is only the tip of the iceberg
- The pen is mightier than the sword
- Success is like an orchid plant
- A leader is like a chef
Vocabulary
- Laconic : using only a few words to say something
- Melange (french) : a mixture or variety of different things
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