Assess Yourself as an English Speaker

Hey Flabbergasting People,

How have y'all been? First off, I would very much like to thank you all for coming over and following Flabbergasting English. Be sure it is a pleasure for me to share my thoughts, ideas and questions every now and then with y'all.

Speaking of my questions, I want to know how you classify your English according to the photo above. And if you can, how would you define the four types of speakers? As a Brazilian teacher, I would say I'm a proficient speaker of English. I can naturally communicate with people in English and I know how to use grammar accordingly. However, these definitions might change from time to time and people might define each of the types differently. Let me know what you think!

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Rodrigo P. Honorato

Prepositions of Time

Hey Flabbergasting People,

How have you been? I hope you are all okay. Well, I came here today to help you with these prepositions of time. There are three which are really useful: IN, AT and ON. They are used in different situations. It is really simple. Check them out.

IN - Years, Months, Periods of the Day, and Decades
Examples:

1. My birthday is IN March. Generally we throw a party to celebrate it. 
2. The World War II started IN 1939 and finished IN 1945.
3. What do you do IN the morning? And IN the afternoon?
4. The Beatles were very successful IN the 60s.

 AT - Time (Hour). Use AT ABOUT when it is not that EXACT time. And it is used before NIGHT.
Examples: 

1. What time are you going to be there? I might be there AT ABOUT 3:00pm.
2. My alarm goes off AT 7:30am, but I hop up out of bed AT 7:45am.
3. What are you doing AT 2:00pm? I'm teaching 
4. My class starts AT noon. NOON = MIDDAY = 12:00
5. I would rather work AT night than in the morning.

ON - Days of the Week, Weekend, and Holidays
Examples: 

1. I usually go to the church ON Sundays.
2. I think my mother will be traveling ON the weekend.
3. What do you usually do ON Christmas? 
4. Christmas is celebrated ON December 25.

Well, I hope it helped you see how to use these prepositions. There aren't rules to use them. The best way is memorizing and putting them in practice. See you later.

Rodrigo P. Honorato

Nomination - Most Fascinating Blog

Hey y'all,

Flabbergasting English has been indicated by Accelerated Degree as one of the Most Fascinating English Teacher's blog. If you can, please vote for flabbergastenglish.blogspot.com

Click on the link below and vote. Thank you in advance.
http://www.accelerated-degree.com/2012-fascination-awards-english-teacher-blogs/

Rodrigo P. Honorato

Nomination

A Little Dirty Joke

When Jane initially met Tarzan in the jungle, she was attracted to him
and, during her questions about his life, she asked him how he had s Ex. 
 
"Tarzan not know s Ex," he replied. 
 
Jane explained to him what s Ex was. 
 
Tarzan said, "Oh ....Tarzan use knot hole in trunk of tree."
 
Horrified, Jane said, "Tarzan, you have it all wrong, but I will show you how to do it properly." 
 
She took off her clothing, and lay down on the ground. 
 
"Here," she said, pointing to her privates, "you must put it in here." 
 
Tarzan removed his loin cloth, showing Jane his considerable manhood, stepped closer to her, and kicked her in the crotch! 
 
Jane rolled around in agony for what seemed like an eternity. 
 
Eventually, she managed to gasp for air, and screamed, "What did you do that for?!" 
 
Tarzan replied, "Check for squirrel."


Rodrigo P. Honorato