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English Verb Tenses: Active vs. Passive

Present Simple

• Active: cleans
• Passive: is cleaned

Present Continuous

• Active: is writing
• Passive: is being written

Simple Past

• Active: repaired
• Passive: was repaired

Past Continuous

• Active: was helping
• Passive: was being helped

Present Perfect

• Active: have visited
• Passive: has been visited

Present Perfect Continuous

• Active: have been doing
• Passive: has been being done

Past Perfect

• Active: had repaired
• Passive: had been repaired

Past Perfect Continuous

• Active: had been preparing
• Passive: had been being prepared

Simple Future (Will)

• Active: will finish
• Passive: will be finished

Simple Future (Be Going To)

• Active: is going to make
• Passive: is going to be made

Future Continuous (Will)

• Active: will be washing
• Passive: will be being washed

Future

A Letter of Disappointment

Regarding "Young People Are Lazy and Impolite"

Dear Editor,

I was disappointed to read your article on the 9th of February, "Young People Are Lazy and Impolite". I'm tired of reading false stories that all young people are uncaring, lazy, or impolite when this is not true.

I am a person who studies and works at the same time. I also care about my family and friends. I consider myself a responsible girl. Moreover, in my free time, I like to have fun and go out with my friends.

Furthermore, all of my friends study or work, and they are concerned about their future.

In summary, not all young people are lazy and rude. What's happening is that people classify all young people without knowing them personally.

Yours faithfully,... Continue reading "Letters to the Editor: A Compilation" »

LET HER GO

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high 
When you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go

Staring at the bottom of your glass
Hoping one day you'll make a dream last
But dreams come slow and they go so fast

You see her when you close your eyes
Maybe one day you'll understand why
Everything you touch surely dies

But you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you... Continue reading "Let Her Go" »

Samuel Johnson: A Literary Luminary

Early Life and Education

Samuel Johnson was born in Staffordshire on September 18, 1709. His father was a bookseller. Johnson attended Lichfield Grammar School and briefly studied at Oxford University, but financial constraints forced him to leave.

Literary Career

Unable to secure teaching work, Johnson embarked on a writing career. In 1737, he moved to London and struggled to support himself through journalism, covering a wide range of topics. Gradually, he gained literary recognition.

'Dictionary of the English Language'

In 1747, a group of printers commissioned Johnson to compile his monumental 'Dictionary of the English Language'. Published in 1755, it became the most significant dictionary of its time, with... Continue reading "Samuel Johnson: Literary Giant and Author of 'Rasselas'" »

Unit 1 Vocabulary

• Mood: humor
• Tough: dur
• Approach: enfocament
• All the rage: full rabia
• Remain: romandre
• Accurate: exactitud
• Firm: empresa
• Trigger: desencadenar

• Mouth-watering: feraigua
• Scent: olor
• Weird: extrany
• Nasty: feo
• Purchase: adquirir
• Take advantage of: agafar avantage

• Started out: començar
• Start over: tornar
• Startup: muntar
• Set off: provocar
• Setback: endererir
• Brings back: recordar
• Bring along: emportar

• Bitter: =
• Tasty: sabroso
• Bright: luminos
• Pale: palit
• Pleasant: agradable
• Disgusting: disgust
• Faint: debil
• Deafening: ensortidor
• Smooth: blando
• Rough: rocos

• Odour: pudor
• Savoury: amgust adj
• Stink: pudor
• Flavour: amgust nom
• Rhythm: ritme
• Whisper: shui-shui
• Stare: mirar fijament
• Patter: patro
• Stroke: trazo

Unit 2 Vocabulary

• Referee: arbit
• Overheard: sobreescuchado
• Flee: huir
• Buried:

Inventar um parágrafo

Tim looked in the mirror and understood that the nightmare was finally over because The Copy was dead. After that, Fiona and Tim went to the football pitch to confront Mat. They talked to Mat, and eventually, everybody became good friends.

Match the Synonyms

1. Go off after him.
   a) Looking directly at someone
2. Lost my nerve
   b) Clean the ground
3. Stood staring
   c) Escape
4. Heck of a shock
   d) Chase down
5. The faintest idea
   e) The slightest clue
6. Wondering how
   f) He answered
7. Wipe the floor
   g) Thinking about how
8. Suddenly
   h) Unexpectedly
9. He replied
   i) Strong-minded
10. Ran off
    j) Lose my courage
11. Seemed determined
    k) Any other place
12. Going on in my mind
    l) In a complete surprise
13. Somewhere else
    j) A continuous thought

Answer the Flowing Questions about the Excerpt

a) Explain... Continue reading "Tim's Journey: Overcoming Nightmares and Making Friends" »

Important Quotations Explained in Death of a Salesman

1. "And when I saw that, I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want. ’Cause what could be more satisfying than to be able to go, at the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped by so many different people?"

Willy poses this question to Howard Wagner in Act II, in Howard’s office. He is discussing how he decided to become a salesman after meeting Dave Singleman, the mythic salesman who died the noble “death of a salesman” that Willy himself covets. His admiration of Singleman’s prolonged success illustrates his obsession with being well-liked. He fathoms having people “remember”... Continue reading "Key Quotes in Death of a Salesman: Analysis" »

Last summer I went to France with my family. At first, we took a plane and when we arrived at the airport we had a problem, there weren't cars to sent and we had to take a taxi. 

we set off to the Disney park. The weather was hot bat when we arrived, the weather changed and it was windy and stormy, so we decided to went to the indoor attractions. And there were many shous.But the next day we passed a great dey in the park.

Finally we visited Paris and it was very interesing for us. We visited the Eiffel tower and the champs Ely sees.

Wonderful journey.

A-C Vocabulary Definitions

account (n)

When you keep your money in a bank, you have a bank account.

appearance (n)

What someone or something looks like.

axe (n)

A heavy stick with a sharp piece of metal on the end, used for cutting down trees.

burial (n)

Burying; putting a dead body in a grave in the ground.

cage (n)

A box or a place with bars for keeping wild animals.

chemical (n)

Liquid or solid things used in or made by chemistry.

client (n)

Someone who pays another person (e.g., a lawyer, a builder) to do a job for them.

confession (n)

Saying that you have done something wrong.

courtyard (n)

An unroofed open space surrounded by walls or buildings.

D-M Vocabulary Definitions

dose (n)

How much medicine you take at one time.

drug (n)

A chemical mixture that can