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Passive Voice

This shirt needs to be ironed

This shirt needs ironing

The house needs to be painted

The house needs painting

Both sentences are correct

Both sentences have the same meaning

Instances of Passive Voice

• When the agent is unknown
• When the agent is irrelevant
• When the agent is obvious from the context

Uses of 'Have Something Done'

• A service provided: I had my house painted
• Describe something unpleasant: John had his passport stolen
• Future statements (promises): I will have my homework done for tomorrow

Conditional Sentences

I went to the optician yesterday and I tested my eyesight because you do not test yourself, the optician does it.

Zero Conditional

Also called real factual, is used for general truths

IF + PRES SIMPLE + PRES SIMPLE

First Conditional

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Present-Pasado-P.Progresivo

• was-singular
• teach-taught-teaching
• were-plural
• drink-drank-drinking
• ride-rode-riding
• swim-swam-swimming
• talk-talked-talking
• sing-sang-singing
• draw-drawn-drawing
• see-saw-sawing
• run-ran-running

Hello, my name is Victor and I will talk about a very beautiful city called Moscow in Russia and this is the most beautiful in the world to me.
In Moscow this almost always covered with snow and is larger than Sevilla, street children play with the snow and amused.

You sometimes see people slipping on ice. I love the snow, but in Moscow at night is very fast and very cold. This summer I went to Moscow to visit with my family and I remembered a lot of memories. In Moscow's famous Red Square this is the best city in the world.

It is 1775

Jarvis Lorry, an employee of Tellson's Bank, is travelling from England to France to bring Dr. Alexandre Manette to London. At Dover, before crossing to France, he meets seventeen-year-old Lucie Manette and reveals to her that her father, Dr. Manette, is not dead, as she had been told. He has been a prisoner in the Bastille for the last 18 years.

Lorry and Lucie travel to Saint Antoine

a suburb of Paris, where they meet the Defarges. Monsieur Ernest and Madame Therese Defarge own a wine shop. They also (secretly) lead a band of revolutionaries, who refer to each other by the codename "Jacques" (drawn from the name of an actual French revolutionary group, the Jacquerie)

Monsieur Defarge

(who was Dr. Manette's servant before Manette's imprisonment,... Continue reading "A Tale of Two Cities: Love, Sacrifice, and Revolution" »

THE GLADSTONE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH

13 WAY

CHESTER

dear madam,  am a third year student at notingam university, studyng marketin, i speak frenc well and have good a knwoledge of spanish, i get along easily with people and have a good, sense of humour. I jave worked in a shop before, since my father owns a shop in selkirk.

i would really like to work in your shop, i love meeting people from other countries and i am sure that my previous experience in my fathers shop will be a grat aset, enclosed please find my c.V. Along with the names and adresses of 2 referes so that you can check my work experience

please do not hestiate to contact me if you require anyfurther information . I look forward to hearing from you in the near futura

yyours faithfully.

ridu

Vocabulary

Emotions and Feelings

• Thankful: grateful for something
• Grief-stricken: deeply sad or sorrowful
• Left out: being left alone
• Hopeful: to trust that something is going to happen
• Trapped: stuck
• Rebellious: someone who doesn't follow rules
• Puzzled: surprised
• Impressed: to be amazed because of something
• Discouraged: out of motivation
• Down and blue: sad
• Affectionate: someone who displays their emotions
• Shame: a feeling of guilt, regret, or sadness that you have because you know you have done something wrong
• Generous: freely giving or sharing money and other valuable things
• Bragged: a pompous or boastful statement
• Dreading: to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience.
• Coward: become frightened and be scared about doing something
• Mild: gentle in nature or behaviour
• Frustrated:

The Start of the Journey

The journey to Luxor can start from either Madrid or Barcelona, but I recommend starting from Madrid for better schedules.

Arriving in Luxor

Arriving in Luxor can be a bit of a shock, as you transition from a modern airport to one where cars are oxidized and drivers expect gratuity. However, this initial impression changes completely as you continue your trip.

Food and Cuisine

One aspect worth highlighting is the food. The cuisine in Luxor is different and abundant, with a variety of fruits. You'll find pomegranates, oranges, and other fruits in abundance. However, coffee and sugar may not be as readily available.

A History of the English Church and People

The author tells about an ordinary man named Caedmon who awoke from a dream to find that he had become an accomplished poet overnight.

Text Analysis

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