said using "quote" and "unquote" is awkward at best. A further aspect of reported speech is encouraging students to use other reporting verbs beyond "say" and "tell". Introducing Reported Speech Start with Tenses I find it best to start off with simple examples in which changes are only made in tense. For example: Write on the Board: Direct Speech Tom said‚ "I enjoy watching action movies." becomes Indirect Speech Tom said he enjoyed watching action movies. Direct Speech Anna told me‚ "I
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thoughts! If we spend the majority of our mental and emotional energy in the past looking for answers‚ for happier times‚ or for redemption‚ we will perpetuate that energy continuum into our future. Alternately‚ if we spend the majority of our energy in the future‚ we miss out on the divinity and clarity available to us in the present. It is common for some of us spend the majority of our energy focussed in the past while others spend the majority of their energy in the future. Regardless of which
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connection between a person’s memories of the past and their outlook on the present. “And when memory failed and written records were falsified…there …never again could exist‚ any standard against which it could be tested” (Orwell 95). With altered historical records‚ people had no way to challenge the government’s claims but they also had nothing on which to base their memories. The changing of written documents does not change the actual happenings of the past‚ rather future people’s perception of
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beginning of time. Throughout history‚ we continue to make the same mistakes over and over again no matter how many times the incidents reoccur. Although we are intelligent creatures we rarely learn from our mistakes. We learn many lessons from our past‚ however‚ we always find a way to mess it up. An example of history repeating itself is Slavery in the 1400’s and human trafficking now. According
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author. Since the speaker of the poem switches between stanzas‚ it appears that this is a story of fiction. But that is not to say that this author has not felt such emotions before. Possibly it is an account of the authors take on feeling love in the past‚ now having known love writes a love story. Some details of the story appear all to true and would be difficult to write unless having lived some of them. The idea of wishing for a parent’s approval is probably a familiar concept to anyone who has
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The story "A Sound of Thunder" takes place in 2055 A.D and Eckels and some other people go back in time to the Jurassic period to hunt and kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex. These people who go back in time are supposedly expert hunters and they want to get a big "Catch" so they intended to kill the Tyrannosaurus Rex. One of the hunters named Eckels gets scared when they see the huge dinosaur (this is why I called them so). They went back to the time to the time machine‚ which was also the way they got
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In the era of information technology exploration‚ information can be accessed more and more easily such as through Internet. In the past‚ students spent time on going to the library‚ searching books and reading so many books just to get a little information necessary to them or they need arrange time and place to meet their friends or teachers‚ tutors to ask what they wanna know. The library is also limited in sources‚ numbers of editions‚ books specialized in some aspect so students also get more
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depending upon our decision making. But because of it we struggle a lot afterwards. Change due to necessity: As I said that necessity is the mother of the inventions‚ it’s also the mother of the solutions of our problems. Due our choices made in the past we have to struggle a lot in the present so in the present we make new decisions based on our necessities. We make many changes in the present according to the circumstances. Conclusion So in the battle between change today by choice and change
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information has been an essential part of a human life from generations. People always wanted to know what was going on in the world. Each day we can hear about new science developments‚ military conflicts and events from our closest neighbours. In the past newspapers were the only source of information. However‚ today new media are like the internet‚ radio and television are gaining more and more popularity. Even on the subway we can meet LCD screens with recent news. So what is the role of the newspapers
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This is written in response the article: Don’t Blame Me! The New "Culture of Victimization" By: John J. Macionis Written response by T.J. Carter The fact is that they’re dead. Dwelling on the past and saying that someone owed you something because my ancestors owned your ancestors is pointless. We should respect them by learning from their mistakes. It is in the human nature to sustain yourself and to watch out after your own survival‚ but‚ some people take this basic instinct too far.
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