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The present continuous

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The present continuous           We usually use continuous verb forms to talk about things that are in progress; temporary or unfinished. We use the present continuous for things that: 1-      Are happening at the moment of speaking:    Ex: My brothers are playing foot-ball. 2-      Are temporary and happening around now, but maybe not at the moment of speaking:  ex: Now I'm looking for my job. 3-      An action in progress.  Ex : are you still working for the same company?.  We make the Present continuous with: - positive form:         Subject+be+verb+ing Ex: I'm playing chess at the moment. Negative form :    Subject+be+not+verb+ing Ex: I'm not driving very fast. WH- Questions form: -           Where am I going? -   ...

Past Perfect Exercise

Past perfect Make the positive or negative past perfect simple She (live)____ in China before she went to Thailand. lice had lived lived The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) _____ built had built build I could not remember the poem we (learn) __the week before. had learned learn learned After they (eat) ___the shellfish, they began to feel sick. eaten ate had eaten If you (listen) __to me, you would have got the job. had listened listened listen The garden was dead because it (be) ____dry all summer. had been been is Julie didn’t arrive until after I (leave)_____. had left left had leaved She (not / ride) ____ a horse before that day. not had ridden had not ridden had ridden not The grass was yellow because it (not/rain) all summer. had not rained not rained had rained not Good luck share your score with your friends Read the full lesson here:  How to use past-perfect?

Tips : How to Learn English fast and easily?

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How to Learn English fast and easily?! I have read more 50 articles and 5 books about learning English fast and easily, and compiled this article of the best rules to learn and speak English better. Learning English is not easy. Many websites will try to sell you the idea that you can pay $20 per month and your English will be perfect. English isn't that easy language and it takes a lot of time to learn it. It takes the average English student five years to speak and write it with any kind of fluency. How long have you been studying English? If you really want to learn English, here are some useful suggestions: You are never too young or too old to start learning English. Don’t make excuses not to learn. What are you waiting for? 1-Listen:   Listening to any language is the most important factor to learn how to do first. “Learn with your Ears not your eye”. You must listen to understandable English. *Remember:  If you listen to lot of CDs as you can, you will...

TOEFL Quiz : Tracking Ancient Diseases Using Plaque

Have you ever wondered what is inside your dental plaque?  Probably not, but people like me do. I'm an archeological  geneticist at the Center for Evolutionary Medicine at the  University of Zurich, and I study the origins and evolution of  human health and disease by conducting genetic research on the  skeletal and mummified remains of ancient humans. And  through this work, I hope to better understand the evolutionary  vulnerabilities of our bodies, so that we can improve and better  manage our health in the future. There are different ways to approach evolutionary medicine, and  one way is to extract human DNA from ancient bones. And from  these extracts, we can reconstruct the human genome at  different points in time and look for changes that might be  related to adaptations, risk factors and inherited diseases. But  this is only one half of the story. The most important health challenges today are not caused by...

Steps in Writing a Process Paragraph

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The process paragraph The process paragraph describes how to do something: how to buy a house, how to get visa, how to perform an experiment…. The process paragraphs are organized in chronological order that is according to time. When you write a process paragraph:            -  Choose a suitable subject. It must be narrow enough to be described in detail.         - Give complete details in the proper order.          - Define special terms if necessary.         - Give reasons for the order if appropriate.        - Include negative directions if necessary. Transitional Expressions: Beginning a Process: (at) first, initially, begin by. Continuing the Process:  second, third step, until, after (ward), then, next later, before, when, while, as soon as, as, upon, during, meanwhile. Ending a Process: Finally, at least.

Basic Sentence Elements

Basic Sentence Elements The ability to identify the sentence elements and the understanding of their arrangement and their relationship are the first to learning writing skills. Note: The six basic requirements of a written sentence are: -A capital letter at the beginning. -Punctuation at the end (a full stop, a question mark, or an exclamatory point). -A subject. -A predicate containing a complete verb phrase. -Standard word order (commonly, S+V (complement). -An independent clause; that is a complete idea that can stand alone with its own subject and verb. 1.        Identifying the subject:  The subject is the person or things talked about. It may be expressed by a noun, a pronoun, or a group of words doing the work of noun. The sun shines (subject -noun)  They are playing (subject-pronoun) The new settled and their two children visited the region (subject-a group words). The subject is usually placed before the ve...

At the Doctor's office-Vocabulary List

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At the Doctor’s office Sarah:  Hello Doctor, I need your Help! Doctor: Hello Sarah, What seems to be the problem? Sarah: Well, I have a bad cough and sore throat. I also have a backache. Doctor: How long have you had these symptoms? Sarah: About two days now. Doctor:   Have you taken your temperature? Sarah: I’ve got a high temperature. Doctor: Have you got any other symptoms? Sarah: No. Doctor: Hmm. It sounds like you’ve got the flu. Take aspirin every four hours and get plenty of rest. Make sure you drink lots of fluids. Call me if you’re still sick next week. Sarah: I’ll do, thanks. common illnesses The most important words you will ever need at the doctor's office: Doctor: -I think you should see a doctor. -You look very pale. Shall I call the ambulance? -I’m ill. I don’t feel well. I need a doctor. I must see a doctor. -Doctor Bulb’s surgery hours are from 9 to 12 every morning. -Do I have to make an appointment? ...