A Video A Day Helps You Learn English! Too Many Bananas! Indian Accent

A Video A Day Helps You Learn English! Too Many Bananas!  Indian Accent.

It can also be useful to listen to English spoken in different parts of the world.  This is a very cute story, read by a man who is from India.  The accent is a bit different, but perfectly understandable.  

Questions:
What is the problem of the story? 
Who does the man try to sell his bananas to? 
What do they say? 
Does the man give up? 
What does he do instead? 
What happens when the neighbor wants to have a pooja? 
Who starts to laugh? Why? 
How does the story end? 
What did you like abou the story? 
What is the Author's Purpose in writing this story? 


Homework: Tell about a time that you thought "Outside the Box?" What problem did you encounter? How did you solve the problem? 

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A Video a Day Helps you Learn English! Where are you? American Accent

Marsha and Anna go visit a friend's house! 
What do they find there? 

Directions for watching this video

1. Watch passively.
2. Watch, write down unfamiliar words you don't know.  Stop the video and look up the words.
3. Watch again and notice how much more you understand now.

Questions: 

What do Marsha and Anna think about the kitchen?

Where does Marsha cook?  

Where does Anna eat? 

Where does Marsha relax?

What is Anna doing? 

What is Anna doing in the bathroom? 

What did she do to Marsha's nose? 

What is Anna doing in the bedroom?  What does she have in the bed with her?  Why is this funny? 

Homework: Go into different rooms in your apartment or house and say what you do in them in English!