How to Read Novels and improve English: Godfather

GodFather Novel by Mario Puzo

 

 

This is learning English fun edition. Another method that I described is that reading. 

You have a great opportunity to increase your knowledge of doing that. 

This story is quite an addictive piece about an underworld king. This is so good that they have created movies using this book. 
The English used in this book seemed to be somewhat easy to understand.

 

When I put so much blame on traditional methods of teaching, these are my answers for you. Instead of wasting your time in a classroom with an English tutor, this is really satisfactory.

What is it about?

This book is about an underworld mafia king named Vito Corleone and his family members. Vito Corleone was a very poor illegal immigrant to the USA. 

However, after spending his life against injustice he managed to create his own Kingdom. He used to help people and with his intelligent mind, he managed to rein for decades. This was in the 1940s.

If you are a book person, it is as addictive as it gets. This one of the highest-selling books.

How to read a book if I can't read English

I know it is not going to be easy if you're a beginner, never read a book or anything in English. 

But you have to remember no one born to this world with knowing English even natives. 

So if you are a complete beginner, take your time take sentence by sentence, help with Google and a dictionary you will slowly but surely improve.

How still I can't read it

If you can't read even then you should start to watch TV shows that I cover in my previous blog.
Remember there is always a proper way.


Why I do not recommend God Father Movies.

As I mentioned before, they have created 3 sequel movies from this. These movies are a huge success even though they couldn't live up to the story in the book. 

They have skipped lots of parts. Therefore I do not recommend God Father Movies. 

How to get this book

I saw there are free pdf copies available for download (you can search Google) If you cannot buy this.


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How to watch Tv Shows for Improve your English: Breaking Bad

BREAKING BAD

I would prefer this TV show because the accent is easy to pick up. You will not be bored while learning. This is the fun part I cover in my previous post. 

I will bring out more reviews in the future about other TV shows.

What is it about?

This is about a high school chemistry teacher who turned into an illegal drug dealer (cook) and finally builds a criminal empire after, he started to find out he got cancer.

 And he had to live for a borrowed time. So, then with one of his former students and a drug dealer he started to cook Meth. It had everything. 

This is considered one of the best TV shows of all time. It has countless Emmy Awards and nominations.

How many seasons are there?

It spanned over 5 seasons. In 2019 they released a movie.

 

How It can help you to learn English.

 You can learn a lot of new vocabulary listening by. Native speakers. These types of TV shows construct with thorough research on lots of fields such as teaching, law, cancer, Criminals, Drug Addicts and so more. 

So ultimately after watching 5 series of Breaking Bad, you gain a whole lot of new vocabulary.

I recommended watching with subtitles. In that way, you won't miss any words. If you can't understand a word, pause it and play part two or three times then you will have a better chance to understand.

You can always contact me for any difficult terms. Remember difficult terms and new words are the things that improve your English knowledge. 

The more you can't understand it the more you learn. Think like that.

 

How can watching a TV show will be better than going to an English class?

In classes, you are basically trying to learn something, It has been proven scientifically as well when learning a language you have to do it effortlessly. 

With Fun and a bit of addiction, you will learn more without noticing. I would recommend using subtitles. Then you won't miss anything.

Where can I download it?

You can download it on any -------- platform for free. (You know the word right)

How you can get 7.5 Band in IELTS

I want to share my journey regarding how I got a 7.5 band for speaking English. There are a lot of myths and false news out there about speaking English.

It is not a big obstacle. Yes, anyone can score 7+ in IELTS even if you are not a native speaker. I never speak in English during my childhood.

I was brought up in a very rural background and also not from English-speaking family background. 

So, it is up to you to listen and learn. I would say this will take time. You can hit 7+ without speaking with others. I did that, and I wasn't known as a social person. 

You have to refer to my previous articles on how I managed that.

Things to do

Read news (CNN/BBC/FOX)

Firstly, You have to understand the content. If you have found difficult words, then you can google them. Never use another language dictionary. At first, If you are a beginner, it can get difficult for you since you don't know most of the words. But never give up!!

Find IELTS model papers and practice on your own for reading.

There are hundreds of sites you can download IELTS pass and practice tests. You have to do at least 30. Keep an eye on the clock. Time is the main enemy here.

Doing a practice test on youtube is the best way of listening. There are hundreds of tests out there.

Writing

To achieve higher bandwidth, you need to be good at Grammar. You have to write letters and essays, and the most important thing is to rectify your mistakes. Make sure to check for punctuation.

Use software like Grammarly to improve your punctuation.

Possessives ('s or s') in English

If you are a beginner this topic will not be suitable for you. However, if you are preparing for an IELTS or any other English exam this might be helpful for you.

Writer + pen

Singular: Writer's pen (One writer )

Plural: Writers' pen ( Multiple writers)

Nouns that not end with 'S'

Men's basketball

Not Mens's basketballl 🚫🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅

Joint Possession

Jack  and Jim +  Glossary shop

Jack and Jim's glossary shop →    Both owns the same shop

Jack's and Jim's glossary shop→   Both own different shops

Name ending with 's'

Ulysses is the name

Ulysses'

Not Ulysses's 🚫🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅

Common Errors

its, Whos,  🚫🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅

There are no English words like this. Even English experts get this wrong.

Make sure to subscribe and comment on any question on the topic you have

This is a very confusing topic for even for native speakers. here, I am not going to bore you with everything. 

I will provide a few shortcuts to be an expert on possesions. It is really important not to learn these things by heart. My best method for you is to read an article on 

CNN or other news channels and hit control+F and type 's and s'. Then you can understand while looking at this post and the news post.

     

Homophones in English

Same Pronunciation    ⟹⟹⟹⟹⟹⟹      Different Meaning

Many beginners tend to make so many mistakes when they are dealing with homophones. This is confusing. Pronunciation is quite similar. 

however, you have to be careful about your spellings. You might end up writing a very different idea to what you have in mind.

Below are the few instances on Homophones

                         

1. ad, add
2. ail, ale
3. be, bee
4. beach, beech
5. bean, been
6. beat, beet
7. canvas, canvass
8. cast, caste
9. caster, castor
10. caught, court
11. caw, core, corps
12. cede, seed
13. ceiling, sealing
14. cell, sell
15. censer, censor
16. descent, dissent
17. desert, dessert
18. deviser, divisor
19.  dew, due
20. die, dye
21. discreet, discrete
22. doe, doh, dough
23. wain, wane
24. waist, waste
25. wait, weight
26. waive, wave
27. wall, waul
28. war, wore
29. told, tolled
30. tole, toll
31. ton, tun
32. tor, tore
33. tough, tuff
34. troop, troupe
35. tuba, tuber

Casting Words: My Experience

Here is my Story,

I applied for casting words after watching a youtube video. To earn some extra income. You have to sign up to their website provide general details and Paypal addresses. Then you have to take an audio test.


I failed the exam twice

3. Then I passed the exam

Tips for passing the exam

You have to be decent with your Grammar.

Read their style guide

Use otter.ai

4. After that, they blocked me because I'm from Sri Lanka saying this

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