What can leave you speechless? First of all, let's start by looking up its meaning. Obviously, 'speechless' comes from the word 'speech', to which you add the suffix '-less'. What is the verb this noun comes from? What is the opposite suffix to '-less'? Can you give some more examples.
The word 'speechless' may also remind you of something we learn in English classes and that is: REPORTED SPEECH, which will shortly see in class. Why is it called 'reported speech' and what is the opposite?
Let's go back to our initial question: What can leave you speechless? A speech, a song... an advance in technology. You will find some of these below, but let me know any other things that can leave you speechless.
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ResponderEliminar"Speechless" comes from the word "speech" to which you add the suffix "-less". Its meaning in Spanish is "sin palabras". This noun comes from the verb "to speak". The opposite of the suffix "-less" is "-ful". Examples of words enging in "-less": hopeless, friendless, breathless, careless, cheerless, faithless, harmless, painless, etc.
ResponderEliminar"Reported Speech" is called like this because it is used to communicate what someone else said, but without using the exact words. A few changes are necessary; often a pronoun has to be changed and the verb is usually moved back a tense, where possible. It is also called Indirect Speech. The opposite of the Reported Speech is the Direct Speech, which is used to give the exact words used by another speaker. The words are given between quotation marks (" ").
One of the things that left me speechless was visiting the Cathedral of Milan (in Italian Duomo di Milano) last summer. The magnitude of this building left me speechless. It is the most famous church in Milan, the third largest Catholic Cathedral in Europe and the fourth largest in the world.. It has over 3,500 statues, thousands of individual spires, and 5 bronze doors. It´s a construction with a Gothic exterior style and it took six centuries to build. I was amazed by its height and its beauty!
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ResponderEliminarThe noun speechless come from the verb speak and in spanish means "dejarte sin palabras". You can use it when you can refere to a very awesome or extrange thing.
The suffix -less is also used in words like endless (end + less), heartless (heart + less) or sleepless (sleep + less).
Also I love that song of Michael Jackson because he is one of my favourite singers
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I love music, but i have never eared a song from the group Bee Gees, but with this publication I saw the musical evolution of the group and it's a very good music
Daniel del Pozo Quesada 3º ESO B
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ResponderEliminarSPEECHLESS: In spanish mean "sin palabras". "speechless" comes from the word "speech", to which you add the suffix -less.
ResponderEliminarREPORTED SPEECH: Is called like this because is used to communicate what someone else said but without usiong the exact words. The opposite of the Reported Speech is the Direct Speech, which is used to give the exact words.
One thing that has left me speechless was the cathedral of Notre dame in Paris, the incredible structure left me speechless, is the most famous church in Paris, was built in Gothic style in the year 1163. It is very big and very nice
In Spanish ''speechless'' means ''sin palabras''. This noun comes from the verb to speak if you add the suffix -less to the noun speech you've got the word 'speechless' which means unable to speak specially as the temporary result of shock or some strong emotion. A word similar to speechless is dumbstruck.
ResponderEliminarMore examples of this style of suffix are careless, cheerless, endless, fearless, hopeless or painless.
I think that a lot of things can leave you speechless as visit to a museum, a song or an advance in technology.
One of the things that left me speechless was visiting the Prado Museum in Madrid. How beautiful!
In Spanish ''speechless'' means ''sin palabras'', it´s an expression that means that a person was so surprised for some reason that he unintentionally has difficulty or simply can not express himself with words for a certain time.
ResponderEliminarHe has many synonymous as amazed, surprised, stunned ... There are many things that leave you speechless like watching the final of the Champions League, passing an English exam, when I see a famous ... One of the things that left me speechless was look a match football in the ``Vicente Calderon´´
In spanish “speechless” means “sin palabras”.
ResponderEliminarThis noun comes from the verb speak if you add suffix less to the noun speech you’ve got the world speechless which means unable to speak apecially as the temporany result of shock or some strong emotion.
Reported speech: Is called like this because is used to communicate what someone else said but without usiong the exact words.
The opposite of the Reported Speech is the Direct Speech, which is used to give the exact words.
Natalia López 3ºA
A discourse is a term that refers to the tendencies in the elaboration of a messsage through expressive resources and diverse strategies. To understand the discourse it is necessary to take into account the content presented, the context where it occurs and the expressive elements, which can have several functions.
ResponderEliminarIn Spanish "without words" means "without words".
ResponderEliminarIt is a very common expression today although it is a bit difficult to explain since it can serve two things.
It is related to speaking is to say "without words" can mean not speaking, for example because another person is speaking or something similar, and also "without words" can be used at the time of some emotional, emotional expression, etc. How can it be: "Messi's goal has left me speechless"
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"Speechless" comes from the word "speech" to which the suffix "-less" is added. Its meaning in Spanish is "without words." This word comes from the verb "to speak".
ResponderEliminarThe "Reported speech" is called that way because it is used to repeat what has already been said but not with exactly the same words, the personal pronoun is changed and the verb goes back in time, the opposite of reported speech is direct speech, which is used to give the exact words used by the speaker, these words are enclosed in quotation marks.
There are another changes called backshift, which is a change that we make backwards. It affects to the tenses and the persons, as I said before, but it affects to other words related to time and places too, like now, which transforms to then, or here, which transforms to there.
Nuria Díaz Ruiz 1 BACH
Speechless means without words. A person is speechless when he doesn't know how to react to something incredible. The word 'speechless' comes from the noun speech, which comes from the verb speak; and the suffix -less, which means 'without' and whose opposite is the suffix -ful. You can find thesd suffixes in words like useful/useless.
ResponderEliminarThe word speech can remind to the reported speech, which is a situation in which a person A says what a person B has said before, but without saying exactly the same words that the person B has said. One example of a reported speech sentence can be this sentence: 'He said that Sam was at home'
The opposite of the reported speech is the direct speech. In the direct speech we use the same words that the other person said before. For example, in the previous sentence the words that Sam said were "I'm at home". The sentence in direct speech would be " Sam said: 'I'm at home'".
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ResponderEliminar''Speechless'' in Spanish means "sin palabras". This expression is used when something is so incredible or shocking. You use the expression "speechless" for example when you see something that is really big , in Spanish you say "estoy sin palabras", in English you say "I am speechless". Another example is when you receive such a piece of shocking news, for example, someone in your family is pregnant you say "wow! I am speechless! This is such shocking news!", in Spanish you say "¡Estoy sin palabras! ¡Esta es una noticia muy impactante!". Also you can use this when you receive a mark in an exam, whether it is a good qualification or a bad one. In English you say "I am speechless! This is such a bad/good mark! I am surprised!".
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