- Write the meaning implied by the following statements:
We worked all day long. (telling your family)
2. . Is the food tasty? (alking to your friend who is eating foud)
3. You make very good food you know? (saying this at you
friends home)
4. The tea pot and all the cups are broken (talking to the guest)
My pen is not working. (talking to a friend during a lecture
Answers
Explanation:
Q. We worked all day long. (telling your family)
Meaning; Here the person is addressing his family and telling them that he was working on some job and that took his complete day
Q. Is the food tasty? (alking to your friend who is eating foud)
Meaning; Here the person is eating food with his friend. His friend is eating that and the person inquires about the taste of food from him
Q. You make very good food you know? (saying this at friends home)
Meaning; The person is on visit to his friend house. There the friend is cooking food and the person compliments his cooking by saying that he makes tasty food
Q. The tea pot and all the cups are broken (talking to the guest)
Meaning; The person is sitting with his guests. Unfortunately the tea pot and the cups got slipped or have been mishandled and then after the incident he tells his guest that tea pot and cups are broken
Q. My pen is not working. (talking to a friend during a lecture
Meaning; A lecture is going on. A person who intends to write finds his pen is not working and then he informs this to his friend with the intention that he might help him out
Explanation:
sentence one ; We worked all day long. (telling your family)
The sentence above implies that he had a long day at work, he would also be implying that he could be exhausted extremely.
Sentence two : Is the food tasty? (talking to your friend who is eating food)
The speaker asks a question that begs an answer from his/her friend. the speaker could be implying the fact that whoever cooked the food could be a real professional or just a quack depending on the taste of the food.
Sentence three; You make very good food you know? (saying this at you
friends home)
The speaker would be implying that the food he eats at the friends place pleases him a lot and that he would like more of it.The speaker would be secretly praising the cook who prepares the food at the friend's home.
Sentence four; 4. The tea pot and all the cups are broken (talking to the guest)
The speaker would be implying that he /she dislikes the presence of the visitor and therefore would dare serve him/her anything to drink. The speaker would also be implying that he is kind of tired to serve the geust with a drink.
Sentence five ;My pen is not working. (talking to a friend during a lecture
The speaker would be implying that he/she needs a pen from his friend.