{"id":102,"date":"2013-01-17T03:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T03:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/01\/17\/baby-verbs-3\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:21:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:21:30","slug":"baby-verbs-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/baby-verbs-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Verbs (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/span><\/b>You want to <\/span>improve<\/span> your English, or Business English, right? <\/span>But, do the following happen to you? <\/span>You have learned a lot of vocab, but somehow you <\/span>can\u2019t use them<\/span> at your presentations or talk to friends who are westerners. Or<\/span>, <\/span>You <\/span>have tried<\/span> very <\/span>hard<\/span> remembering sentences in English, but when you talk, you still can\u2019t get it right.<\/span>
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\nWhy? <\/span>There is, I would say, <\/span>something <\/span>missing<\/span>. <\/span>What<\/span> is that \u2018something\u2019? <\/span>Believe it or not, It has something to do with babies, and to be exact,<\/span> Baby Verbs<\/span> (e.g. is \/ am \/ are).<\/span><\/span>
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\nDo you <\/span>still remember this<\/span>? <\/span>What does a baby do <\/span>all the time<\/span>? <\/span><\/b>(<\/span>Hey!  What are you looking at?  Never seen a baby taking a NAP! Just get back to your English.<\/span>) <\/span>Yes, babies<\/span> take a nap<\/span> (a small rest) all the time.   <\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/b>What do I mean?  I mean you can <\/span>take a nap<\/span> to learn English. <\/span>Take a<\/span> <\/span>NAP<\/span> to learn English<\/span>? <\/span>Yes, take a NAP to learn English.  And the NAP is something that is <\/span>missing in your brain<\/span>. <\/span>You can use the NAP to <\/span>speed <\/span>up<\/span> <\/span><\/span>your process of<\/span> learning English<\/span>.  <\/span><\/b>
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When you use a Baby Verb (e.g. is \/ am \/are \/ was \/ were), just remember that they are <\/span>followed by<\/span> NAP. <\/span>What is NAP? <\/span>N<\/span> <\/span>stands for nouns; <\/span><\/span>A<\/span> stands for adjectives; and <\/span>P<\/span> <\/span><\/span>stands for prepositions. <\/span>A piece of cake?  <\/span><\/b>
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\n<\/span><\/b>Not really! <\/span>Do you know that you can use \u2018<\/span><\/b>A<\/span><\/b>\u2019 <\/span>at <\/span>negotiation<\/span>? <\/span>How? The word ‘<\/span>firm<\/span>‘ is an example. <\/span><\/span><\/b>Firm is an \u2018N\u2019 (noun), right?  But you can use it as an \u2018<\/span>A<\/span>\u2019. <\/span>Upon negotiating with another company, you may <\/span>make an offer<\/span> by saying: <\/span>
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The offer<\/span> is<\/span> firm<\/span> (<\/span>for 7 working days<\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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Step<\/span> 1<\/span><\/td>\nTake<\/span> the Baby Verb<\/span> \u2018is\u2019<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Step <\/span>2<\/span><\/td>\nChoose <\/span>\u2018A\u2019<\/span> from NAP<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n


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\n<\/a><\/span><\/span>Yet<\/span>, if you think<\/span> <\/span>teamwork<\/span> <\/span><\/span>is better than working alone, if you want to make your English more \u2018<\/span>powerful<\/span>\u2019, you have to focus on <\/span>teamwork<\/span> of prepositions. <\/span>That is, prepositions come in different forms: <\/span>one-word<\/span> prepositions<\/span><\/span> or <\/span>more-than-one-word<\/span> prepositions<\/span><\/span>.  The more-than-one-word prepositions are members of a team: a <\/span>teamwork<\/span> of prepositions. <\/span>
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Situation<\/span><\/td>\nNegotiating prices with another company<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nDoes this<\/span> happen<\/span> to you or your company?  You get<\/span> a quotation of prices<\/span> from another company but find<\/span> the prices too high<\/span>. <\/span>What would you say <\/span>in response to <\/span>such a quotation?<\/span><\/b>Your prices are too high. <\/span><\/span>This may be one way of doing it.  But it sounds<\/span> <\/span>too<\/span><\/b> direct<\/span><\/span>, and not tactful enough, right?  <\/span>
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\n<\/span>What about employing <\/span>the team of \u2018between \u2026 and\u2019<\/span>? <\/span>How?  You may say to the company: <\/span>There<\/span> is <\/span>a big difference <\/span><\/span><\/span>between<\/span> <\/span>(<\/span>your prices<\/span>) <\/span>and<\/span> (<\/span>those of other competitors<\/span>). <\/span>By using the team of \u2018P\u2019 (between \u2026 and), you are polite<\/span> but tactful<\/span>.<\/span>
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NAP is<\/span> <\/span>more powerful<\/span> <\/span><\/span>than you think.  In the above you used it at negotiation. <\/span>But<\/span> you can also <\/span>make <\/span>questions<\/span> with \u2018<\/span>A<\/span>\u2019 to challenge others at a meeting. <\/span><\/span>Why do you want to <\/span>challenge others<\/span>?  <\/span>To make you <\/span>stand <\/span>tall <\/span>at your office. (Stand tall is <\/span>American slang<\/span>: to be proud of yourself). <\/span><\/b>How? <\/span>Take \u2018<\/span>A<\/span>\u2019 and a question word (as you are asking a question), \u2018<\/span>why<\/span>\u2019. <\/span><\/b>
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Aim<\/span><\/td>\n To <\/span>challenge<\/span> others<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n


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Why<\/span> <\/span>is<\/span> this <\/span>important<\/span> (<\/span>to our proposal<\/span>)?<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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Step <\/span>1<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/td>\nTake<\/span> a <\/span>question<\/span> word  <\/span>            \u2018Why<\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Step <\/span>2<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/td>\nTake<\/span> a <\/span>Baby<\/span> Verb <\/b><\/span>                     \u2018is<\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Step <\/span>3<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/td>\nTake<\/span> an \u2018<\/span>A<\/span>\u2019                               \u2018important<\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n


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