Welcome to Clairstone! In this episode, you will learn how to use the English words "drive" and "rally".

TRANSCRIPT:

Hello everyone, my name is Shivika, and you are listening to the English ClAIRSTONE Podcast, where you can build the cornerstone of your English vocabulary! For all the new listeners, welcome to the community, and for our regulars, hello again! Before we start, I will remind you that we upload new episodes twice a week and there are transcripts for each podcast episode in English, Arabic, and Spanish at our website projectclair.org, so go check that out if you want to follow along!

Today we will be looking at the words ‘drive’ and ‘rally’ 

The word drive is spelled as D-R-I-V-E. This word can be used both as a noun and a verb. The first definition for the noun version is a trip or a journey in a car, this can be a really long trip or a short one. An example could be, “Sarah went for a drive to the supermarket.” this would be an example of a short trip. Another sentence could be, “Rebecca went for a drive for a couple of hours.” This would be an example of a long trip. the other noun definition has more of a mental use, it is more of a mental urge to achieve a goal or to satisfy a need. An example with a sentence could be “He had an amazing drive to reach his goal of becoming a lawyer.” In this sentence, drive is used to describe his motivation and how hard he is willing to work to achieve his goal.” The verb form of drive means operating any motor vehicle, you could drive a bus or a car. An example could be “Roger just started driving a car 2 months ago.” in this sentence, drive is being used to say that he just learned how to operate a car. Also driving is used instead of drive because the sentence has an action that regularly happens. 

The word rally is spelled as R-A-L-L-Y. Rally can also have both noun and verb meanings. The noun version of rally is a gathering of a group of people for a political reason or to show support to a cause. For example any political figure that is running for office will hold rallies to promote his political beliefs. In the same way, organizations will hold rallies to promote and support political causes they believe in. An example of a sentence could be “Sarah organized an anti-gun rally in her hometown.” The verb definition of rally can mean to recover physically, emotionally, in spirit, or in poise. For example if someone is flustered, they might need a minute to rally themselves together. Another example could be a team was losing their game pretty badly they might need time to rally together. As for the use in a sentence, “The boy’s basketball rallied together after the coaches gave them a pep talk after a bad first half.” In this sentence, rally not only means them getting their act together but rallied is used rather than rally because it happened in the past. 

Well, that is it for today’s episode! This was the Clairstone Podcast, and for the full transcript for all our episodes, you can click on the info icon on our platform or go to our website at projectclair.org. I hope you will start to use the words “drive” or “rally”  in your English practice, and I will see you next time! Bye everyone!