The present perfect simple and continuous Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: present perfect simple or present perfect continuous. 1 Peter: You (telephone) for ages. You not nearly (finish)? Jack: I (not get) through yet. I (try) to get our Paris office but the line (be) engaged all morning. 2 Ann (fail) her driving test three times because she’s so bad at reversing. But she (practise) reversing for the last week and I think she (get) a bit better at it. 3 Tom: I often
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susceptible to emotions‚ as they influence thoughts and feelings on everything. A great story toys with the emotions‚ and emits happiness‚ sorrow‚ confusion‚ and even anger. One of the best playwrights of all time is Sophocles‚ who implemented pity and fear‚ along with other elements to create what are considered by Aristotle to be perfect tragedies. A tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious‚ complete‚ and of a certain magnitude‚ in the form of action‚ not narrative‚ through pity and fear affecting
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tee Mrs.Farrer AP literature and composition 11 September 2013 Beowulf Essay Beowulf was mighty as a person and ultimately a hero. Despite this‚ Beowulf was not perfect. Beowulf shows great traits such as bravery‚ loyalty‚ mighty‚ courtesy‚ and boastfulness. Mighty is defined as: having‚ characterized by‚ or showing superior power or strength. “Mighty” Beowulf was mighty because he relied for help on the Lord of All‚ and overcame the foe and brought down the hell-brute. “The monster wrenched
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A perfect society is not at all what it seems. The word to describe this so called “perfect society” is a utopia. A utopia is‚ “More imagined and wrote about an ideal country where citizens lived in harmony and prosperity’ (Sreenivasan xi). But there is also the complete opposite of a utopia and that is called a dystopia. A dystopia is‚ “A society characterized by human misery” (Dystopia Dictionary.com). No society can be truly perfect and so many people try to come to this so called utopia. Which
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Lina Abdo Sept. 18‚ 2012 Period 4A My Perfect College My perfect college has to have all of the things I want in it. It has to be a university with a great medical and health program. Also‚ it has to be located near a beach and city‚ and have plenty of school spirit. These attributes would make my dream college a perfect place to learn because it would be very connected campus-wide and be a fun and safe environment for students. A great medical program is essential for me because pharmacy
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How does the Director create tension in the storm scene of “The Perfect Storm”? In the storm scene of “The Perfect Storm”‚ the director‚ Wolfgang Petersen‚ creates a large amount of tension to try to make the film more exciting and realistic. It is important for this film to be quite realistic because it is based on a true story. This is how tension is created in this dramatic‚ exciting scene using Cinematography and Mise-en-Scene. One of the many tense moments in this scene is when we see a tilt
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career that holds one’s attention can expand their interest and buy the ultimate happiness. When one
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Gogol as the Perfect Namesake In Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake‚ Indian parents bestow a Russian name to their first born baby boy; the name is Gogol Ganguli which is after the famous Russian writer‚ Nikolai V. Gogol. In Lahiri’s novel‚ the main character fights an identity crisis because of his highly unusual name. Gogol carries uncertainty about himself throughout the novel because of his name‚ “He hates his name . . . that is has nothing to do with who he is‚ that it is neither Indian nor
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Recipe for a Perfect Party So you need to plan a party. Where do you begin? Party planning involves many steps and is essential to being a good host or hostess. Parties can vary from theme‚ to size‚ to guests attending. Three major steps in any perfect party is choosing a date‚ creating a menu‚ and setting the atmosphere. Choosing a date is the first step in planning a party. For example‚ if you are planning a Christmas party‚ chances are your guests will have other parties to attend this
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Sophie and the White Rose group first started out as the role of the instigator‚ trying to reach the highest position that they could at the time. Sophie was a high role in the Nazi girls’ section‚ whereas Hans was a high role in the Nazi boys’ section. However‚ the actions that they had to do mad them realize that everything they were doing wasn’t really what they had wanted to be doing to begin with. When they opened their eyes to see what was actually happening‚ they ditched the Nazi regime and
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