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Preparing a Timetable: How to Organize Your Studying Schedule? 1. Draw up a study timetable (see samples below) and block in all activities, work, lectures, and any household or other responsibilities you may have. Include meal times and travel time. Be realistic. This should be an actual timetable, which is possible, not some ideal that can never be achieved. Make enough copies to cover all the weeks leading up to exams or assessment. 2. Work out your most effective study times. When do you study best? Morning, afternoon or evening? 3. Consider: Which subjects need the most study and revision? Estimate how many hours you think you need for each subject and try to match this with the hours available in your weekly planner. 4. Block in some study times, preferably 2-4 hours at a time, with 5-10 minutes’ break every 40-50 minutes. 5. Start at exam periods or due dates for assignments and work backwards, blocking in more study time in the relevant subject clo...

Cause and effect Paragraph Cause-effect paragraph tell the causes (or reasons) for effects (or consequences). A cause-effect paragraph usually answers the question “why” or supplies the reason (because). In cause-effect paragraph time is important. Usually the cause comes first; the effect comes after the cause. In order to write successful cause-effect paragraphs, you must first be able to use cause-effect connectors correctly. Cause-effect connectors X= cause (the road were icy) Y=effect (the car slide off the highway.) Short word X, so Y Note: because time is important in differentiating cause from effect with the short and long words, the examples cannot be interchanged. For example, you cannot say “so Y, X” or Therefore Y,X” Long words X; therefore , Y X; consequently , Y X; as a result , Y X; for this reason, Y (X. Therefore,Y) X.conesquently Y X.as a result, Y X.for this reason, Y ...

Paragraphs of explanation Paragraphs that explain (or define) topics differ process paragraphs in two ways: -Usually, explanation paragraphs are not organized chronologically. -Usually, explanation paragraphs do tell “how to” . Explanation paragraphs often present points of equal value and validity: Three kinds of….which are equally interesting and valuable for the reader.  Explanation paragraphs usually answer the question “what”. -What does…… look like? -What does…..mean? -What…..is? -What ways are there to…….? -What kinds of…….are there? Several examples or details about….which are equally valuable and valid for both the writer and the reader. So, in the paragraphs of explanation you need to explain how or why something happens. Example& exercises: The government in Indonesia has a three-step program to decrease population. The first and most important step is the education of the people about the problems of overpopulation and about the...

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 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?

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...

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...