KING, KEEN
5 minute practice in English
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Try using the
words ‘king’ and ‘keen’in conversation. This page has 2 words.
This follows a
conversation using ‘know’.
(keen, keen as mustard, keening, king, kingdom, king’s
ransom, kingdom come, kingpin, king
size)
Two friends are
planning a holiday.
The king
has actually developed a website! We can
see how to arrive by boat. He’s keen to have tourists without airport
noise.
But does this
holiday cost a king’s ransom? Is it very expensive?
No, he has a keen
pricing policy. He does not want the
wrong people to make money. He controls price limits.
I’m not keen on spending too much. We’d be paying back our credit card until kingdom come.
The king is
as keen as mustard on helping the
people. He’s keen on the future. He wants
to pass his kingdom on to their children and to the princes and princesses.
They must all take
the king seriously.
Yes, they do not want civil war like some kingdoms.
They do not want bombs and guns blowing people to kingdom come, to the next world.
The do not want to hear weeping and wailing, people keening.
Good
The king
has chosen an expert in tourism. He has
made this expert the kingpin of
tourism. All tourism will turn on what
his says.
I do need a
holiday. I’m keen on having a good night’s sleep.
The website seems to show king size beds.
ENDS
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The friends began with ‘know’
and continue their plans in ‘keep’, ‘key’,
‘kick’ and ‘knock’.
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