How do we use the Past Simple Tense? We use the past simple tense to talk about an action or a situation - an event - in the past. The event can be short or long. Here are some short events with the past simple tense: The car exploded at 9.30am yesterday. She went to the door. We did not hear the telephone. Did you see that car? | past | present | future | | | | | The action is in the past. | | | Here are some long events with the past simple tense: I lived in Bangkok for
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Compare and Contrast the ways in which Heaney and Blake write about innocence and experience in their poetry Both Seamus Heaney and William Blake explore the themes of innocence and experience in their poems. Heaney’s poetry develops powerful ideas of sacrifice in which childhood’s innocence is surrendered to a more experienced and developed life. Similarly‚ Blake explores innocence and experience through his religious awareness of sacrifice where innocence is repeatedly presented through childhood’s
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SESSION 2011 – 2012 Degree Examination in EG40JQ SAFETY AND RELIABILITY ENGINEERING Friday 20 January 2012 Notes: (i) (ii) 2.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Candidates ARE permitted to use an approved calculator Data sheets are attached to the paper. Candidates should attempt all FIVE questions. REGULATIONS: (i) You must not have in your possession any material other than that expressly permitted in the rules appropriate to this examination. Where this is permitted‚ such material must
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Problems of the Past Usually‚ when one’s past problems are pushed away and neglected‚ they grow in size until they are too much to handle. The two short stories The Swimmer by John Cheever and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner portrays how a reluctance to accept or let go of one’s past can lead to many problems and difficulties. This is emphasized through the development and actions of the characters‚ Neddy and Emily‚ the aspects of southern life and American suburbia‚ and the irony and structure
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SECTION I THEORY – 60 marks Answer ALL questions. 1. (a) Name the input or output device that is BEST suited to perform EACH of the following activities: i) Viewing images from one computer to another over the internet (1 mark) ii) Producing architectural drawings such as building plans (1 mark) iii) Playing games using the computer (1 mark) iv) Retrieving information electronically from a code on a product (1 mark) v) Identifying users by scanning their fingerprints (1 mark)
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Important Instructions for the School Principal (Not to be printed with the question paper) 1) This question paper is strictly meant for use in school based SA-II‚ March-2012 only. This question paper is not to be used for any other purpose except mentioned above under any circumstances. 2) The intellectual material contained in the question paper is the exclusive property of Central Board of Secondary Education and no one including the user school is allowed to publish‚ print or convey (by any means)
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Demotivation: A Qualitative Study of Chinese English Learners at the Tertiary Level Abstract: Motivation has been widely researched. But its negative side — demotivation — has been a neglected area although it is “a salient phenomenon” (Dornyei‚ 2001‚ p.155). Little research has been done‚ so far‚ to investigate what demotivates students or what differentiates motivated from demotivated students. This paper explores tertiary-level EFL (English as a foreign language) learners’ demotivation through
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Exploring the past is a purposeless activity All of us have little secrets which we don’t want to share with others – things which we are ashamed of‚ things which are too intimate to tell or just things which happened in the past and we don’t want to tell them because they may hurt someone or they may cause troubles to us. I have the perfect example that exploring the past sometimes may be painful. I have a friend – Lora- which is very amorous and gives all of herself for her boyfriend. But
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BRIGHT COLLEGE |Test |English |Class |2ndYear |Unit |1 | |Total Marks |35 |Time Allowed |1 Hour |Date |14-12-2012 | Q.01 :(a) Tick the right synonyms of the following underlined words. (10x1=10) (I) The stars are immense balls of fire. (a) Tiny (b) huge (c) various (d) similar (ii) The creation of earth was indeed
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Eloisa T. Vidal BSHRM 4-A Foreign Literature Topic "Non-native Graduate Students’ Thesis/Dissertation Writing in Science: Self-reports by Students and Their Advisors from Two U.S. Institutions" Author : Yu Ren Dong Abstract This article reports results from a survey of 169 graduate students and their thesis/dissertation advisors at two U.S. southeastern institutions about thesis/dissertation writing in science. The article compares the article compilation
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