YESTERDAY ONCE MORE

1. When I was young, I would listen to the radio.

Excuse me? When you were young, what would you listen to?

Can you tell me why you would listen to the radio when you were young?

I don’t know     why you would listen to the radio when you were young.

When I was young, do you know what I would listen to?

Noone knows why you would listen to the radio when you were young.

It’s OK to tell me what you would listen to when you were young.

2. When they played, I’d sing along.

Could you please tell me when they played?

I wanna know what you would do when they played.

Can you tell me why you would sing along when they played?

I wonder what you mean by “they” .

Can you tell me what you mean by “they”?

Can you tell me who they are?

Noone knows why you’d sing along when they played?

I haven’t got any ideas why you’d sing along when they played.

Can you tell me how often you would sing along when they played?

            Tell me exactly when you’d sing along with them when they played.

20 GRAMMAR POINTS THAT I'VE FOUND

English    which is learned in the class room

    sometimes  seems very different

                            from everyday spoken English .

Studies show that it can take several years of living in the United States while studying English for a foreign person  to speak the language well .        (40 words)

                 THE 20 GRAMMAR POINTS that I’ve found

a.      Two real subjects: English,  Studies  + 1 unreal….. it

b.     Ed group: learned in the classroom (which is learned in the class room)

c.     Past pasticiple as an adjective:  spoken

d.     WH+ Ing group: a short cut of while he is studying  

e.      To group: To speak the language well… để mà

f.    P.group: for a foreign pers, of living, in the US, from everyday..

g.     That clause: object of the verb show.

h.     Two S signs: plural sign + simple present sign

i.    Adverbs: sometimes: 60% possibility to happen, very: degree, Well.

j.    Non-action verb+ Adj : seems+ Adj: (different.)

k.     Action verb+ Adv:    To speak the language  well.

l.    Transitive verb: Show + an object (that clause), Take+ several years.

m.   Writer’s point of view: 100% with simple tense, sometimes: 60%

n.     One – word Subject:   English, Studies, It.

o.     Adjective + preposition: different+ from  ( happy+ with)

p.     Pronounce: The language= English.

q.     Article:  a person- (unknown),  the United States- (known.)

r.   Pattern:  S+ V+ Adj      and   S+ V+ That clause (Object)

s.        Determiner: several= some.

t.   Gerunds: living, studying

                          MY  TRANSLATION

(Anh văn loại được học trong lớp đôi khi có vẻ rất khác so với Anh Văn được người ta nói ra hàng ngày.

Những nghiên cứu cho thấy rằng phải mất đi vài năm sống ở Mỹ trong lúc học đối với một người ngoại quốc để nói tiếng Anh giỏi.)   52 words

PRACTICE WITH 2 SENTENCES FROM THE SONG "YESTERDAY ONCE MORE"

1. When I was young, I would listen to the radio.

Excuse me? When you were young, what would you listen to?

Can you tell me why you would listen to the radio when you were young?

I don’t know     why you would listen to the radio when you were young.

When I was young, do you know what I would listen to?

Noone knows why you would listen to the radio when you were young.

It’s OK to tell me what you would listen to when you were young.

2. When they played, I’d sing along.

Could you please tell me when they played?

I wanna know what you would do when they played.

Can you tell me why you would sing along when they played?

I wonder what you mean by “they” .

Can you tell me what you mean by “they”?

Can you tell me who they are?

Noone knows why you’d sing along when they played?

I haven’t got any ideas why you’d sing along when they played.

Can you tell me how often you would sing along when they played?

            Tell me exactly when you’d sing along with them when they played.

MY NEW GRAMMAR POINT NAMES

The goal    of the $11 million-project   called PLINY

is     to create a tool  

for helping software developers automatically complete and correct their code

by instantly comparing it

with a huge database

of publicly available computer programs .

-------------------------------------Names----------------------------------------

The goal    : Subject

Is :             Verb

to create a tool  : Subject identifier ( to group)

called PLINY :  ED group          (short of “which is called PLINY.”)

of the $11 million-project : P. group (short of “prepositional phrase”)

                                                       HOW TO UNDERSTAND IT?

The goal of the $11 million-project called PLINY is to create a tool for helping software developers automatically complete and correct their code by instantly comparing it with a huge database of publicly available computer programs.