INTEGRATED ENGLISH REFERENCE NOTES - Prof. Dr. Ziya Yurttaş

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A story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and everybody was asked to do it. Everybody
was sure somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but nobody did it. Somebody
got angry asbout that, because it was Everyboy’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could
do it but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody
blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
Tongue Twisters
� How much wood would a woodpecker peck, if a woodpecker could peck wood.
� Did you see Sally selling sea shells by the sea shores?
� Will you buy a rubber baby buggy bumper?
� Three hundred and thirty three thousand three hundred and thirty three (333.333).
� Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper. How many packs of pickled pepper
did Peter Piper pick?
� Trouble trouble before trouble troubles you.
� The more you know, the more you know how much you don't know.
� It lasted from two to two, to two two.
� If the sentence that had HAD had had HAD HAD, it would be correct.
� Are you one of those whom we have not been able to Americanize?
A Nursery Rhyme
Eeney meeney monee moo.
Catch a tiger by his toe,
If he hollers let him go.
Eeney, meeney, monee, moo.
U.S. Presidential Oath of Office
I, John Fitzgeral Kennedy,
do solemnly swear
to faithfully execute the office of
President of the United States,
and to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States.
So help me God.