English question, please help. thanks.?

You used discipline correctly. Here are other ways you can use effort and pay off together.

I'm so frustrated at myself for my lack of discipline. If I don't learn to be responsible, will my hard work and effort ever pay off?

All that effort I put into studying hard really paid off!

If you don't put in any effort, your time at school will never pay off and your tuition will go to waste.

I made an effort to convince the man not to blackmail me with the dirty photos, but in the end I had to pay him off with a bribe.

I put so much effort into gaining a raise, but I never get paid off.

Putting the extra money and effort in finding a good quality Spanish tutor really paid off!

1. My efforts paid off. [My efforts were worthwhile. My efforts produced a good result.]

2. Children in grade one don't have much self discipline. They need to learn discipline.

I would never say to a child "You are naughty." That would seem to condemn the child rather than the naughty action. In fact, I would not use the word "discipline" to a first grader. Discipline seems to imply punishment, which is not in fact very effective when children are trying to learn how to behave in the way the school expects them to. Discipline is taught by example, positive reinforcement, peer pressure, and explicit instruction in what is considered acceptable. It doesn't include forcing six-year-olds to still still for long periods of time or punishing them for natural restlessness.

dis·ci·pline
[ díssəplin ]

1.training to ensure proper behavior: the practice or methods of teaching acceptable patterns of behavior
2.order and control: a controlled orderly state, especially in a class of schoolchildren
3.calm controlled behavior: the ability to behave in a controlled and calm way even in a difficult or stressful situation

In English, many words have multiple meanings. Sometimes the meanings are slightly different from one another, while in other cases, they have no semantic relationship. This makes it a very rich language for expressing ideas, but difficult for non-native speakers to learn.

The phrase "pay off" can mean several things. You can "pay off" a cop (as in bribe). You can receive a "pay off" (a dividend, bonus, prize, etc.) Non-financial investments can also "pay off", e.g., "All of John's hard work studying paid off - he got an 'A' on his final." Etc.

So some examples for 1 are:

- I hope all my effort will pay off.
- I'd rather pay off the cop, then go to the effort of disputing his citation.
- The investment banker got a pay off from his hedge fund, without even making an effort!

2. Discipline can refer to encouraging a behavior through positive or negative re-enforcement. It could also refer to the state of mind where a person ignores impulsive desires in order to achieve a goal or a feeling of self-worth. So some example:

- When I discipline my child, I send him to his room without supper.
- Karate is a good sport for teaching children lessons like honor, respect, and self-discipline.

My effort has paid off. Not IS.

"I have paid off the loan, it was quite an effort" (I have given back the money that I was lent, but it took me much self-disdcilpine in not spending money to save enough cash to pay the money back)

John, you are naughty, I shall have to punish you. Or: ....naughty, you need more self-disipline.

Children in Grade One at this school are lacking in discipline. ('...don't have discipline' implies that nobody in authority ever calls them to order, nobody cars if they rag around, ' ...'are lacking in discipline' means that they are a rowdy crowd, and probably that the teacher frequently has to speak to them sternly)

1. The hit man had to be paid off or he was going to carry out the hit on me.

2. "John, because you are being naughty, I will need to discipline you"

1. You are incorrect. Either "My effort has paid off" or " My effort pays off".

2. John, you are naughty. If you do not behave, I will discipline you.

Ok, first.
My effort has paid off.
Second
John, you're naughty ! You need some/more discipline.
CHildren in grade 1, at my/ths school doesn't have any discipline.