Tuesday, May 27, 2025

LE @ TAMPINES CHANGKAT ENGLISH TOASTMASTERS CLUB 26MAY2025


BRICKBATS


GRAMMAR
1) she hold my hand => she held my hand

2) I become an Area Director  => I became an Area Director

3) I try my best to help them => I tried my best to help them

4) She bring a gift with her => She brought a gift with her

NOTE: 
use past tense when telling a story that happened in the past


VOCABULARY
1) I decided to join yingwei... => I decided to join because ...

2) I'm feeling under the blanket  => ...under the weather

3) make the project success  => make the project successful 

4) Today I'm doing an Icebreaker => Today I'm presenting an Icebreaker speech

5) clap hands generously => please clap enthusiastically

6) composureness => composure

7) he got the independence of the country => he helped India to gain independence

8) very good emotions => positive emotions

9) it is good to lie => sometimes it's essential / imperative to lie to keep peace

10) this will make your speech even more better => will make your speech more impactful


PLURAL/S
1) Toastmaster club => Toastmasters Club
2) one of the Toastmaster => Toastmasters
3) it has been many month => months
4) sometime => sometimes


PRONUNCIATION (from Dictionary.com)
1) asked [askt]

2) anything [en-ee-thing]




BOUQUETS

ALLITERATION
1) pixels, people, purpose

2) prepared speeches and presentations

3) important and integral

4) pleasure and pressure

5) outgoing and outspoken

6) piecemeal progress

7) calmness and composure



METAPHORS
1) baby steps

2) butterflies in my stomach



TRIAD
1) quiet, shy and timid

2) my hands were shivering, my heart was palpitating, my legs were shaking

3) I implore you, I encourage you, I ask of you

(note: even better if we exchange the first and last verbs so that the tone increases in intensity:

I ask of you, I encourage you, I implore you)

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