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T RANSCRIPT: Hi. This is Gill at www.engvid.com, and today, we have a lesson which was requested by Karim, who left a comment on our website. So, Karim, I hope you're watching. This is for you. Okay. So, the subject of the lesson is called: "Missed Situation", which means you were going to do something, but something else happened and it stopped you doing what you wanted to do. So, there are different ways of expressing this in English. So I'm going to show you six different ways of talking about this kind of situation. Okay, so we have the first three examples on the board, so let's have a look. So: "I was going to go shopping,"-that was my intention. I have planned to go shopping-"but"-and there's always a "but"-"I got a phone call which lasted nearly an hour,"-someone phoned me and I was talking for nearly an hour-"and by the time the call ended"-when I finished the call, a whole hour had gone by-...

The popular proverbs about education:   Copied from: http://emilysquotes.com/ «  Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.  » Nelson Mandela “EDUCATION IS THE BEST FRIEND. AN EDUCATED PERSON IS RESPECTED EVERYWHERE. EDUCATION BEATS THE BEAUTY AND THE YOUTH.” – CHANAKYA “Marriage can wait, education cannot.”   Khaled Hosseini   “EDUCATION IS NOT PREPARATION FOR LIFE; EDUCATION IS LIFE ITSELF.” – JOHN DEWEY "The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change." Carl Rogers "You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward." Conrad Hall "The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." Herbert Spencer “I WOULD RATHER ENTERTAIN AND HOPE THAT PEOPLE LEARNED SOMETHING THAN EDUCATE PEOPLE AND HOPE THEY WERE ENTERTAINED. ” – WALT DISNEY “EDUCATION IS SIMPLY THE SOUL OF A SOCIETY AS IT PASSES FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANO...

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?