SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE SP + V(Base Form) + C USE 1 Repeated Actions Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit‚ a hobby‚ a daily event‚ a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do. Example: The train leaves every morning at 8 AM. USE 2 Facts or Generalizations The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before‚ is
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High School Wind Ensemble “From the beginning‚” the conductor whispered‚ while bringing his arms up in a stance which made him look like he was ready to fight a raging battle against ferocious warriors. I could feel my palms sweating as I touched the cold metal of my saxophone‚ bring it up to my mouth into ready position. I quickly glanced around me at the other ambitious players‚ each one of them barely sitting on the edge of the black band chairs‚ nearly bursting at the seams with excitement
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David Laughery Shane Fliger College Composition February 14‚ 2013 Personal Narrative Like most‚ my Fifth grade year was supposed to be awesome; it was the last year before I was finally able to go to Ben Franklin‚ the giant School whose football and baseball fields I had played on for years‚ just waiting for the time I could show I was good enough to play for their City Championship teams. But when I look back on that year that had so much promise‚ it didn’t go as I had thought‚ and ended
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Peculiar path In one of the coldest days of winter‚ I opened my eyes to this mysterious world in a private hospital located in the most entertaining city‚ Tehran. Since that day‚ my dreams and aspirations have been shaped in an odd manner in a conflict of values. I grew up in Iran in a traditional Persian family that was also influenced by western values. We were living in the middle of an Islamic Republic with a fundamentalist Islamic ideology that conflicted with my family values. “Our Family
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Farah Ballestreros. COMP 101. Tuesday‚ January 28‚ 2014 FINAL . “Graduation‚ the hush-hush magic time of frills and gifts and congratulations and diplomas.” You weren’t lying when you said that Maya Angelou. May 19th‚ 2013 I had dreamt of that day for almost four years. I know I can’t be the only person who feel this way. I remember it as if it was just yesterday. So many different emotions going through my mind all at once. Happiness‚ Sadness‚ I felt relieved because it was almost
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Does moving to a new place change everything you ever experience? Moving to a whole new descriptive place is like being pop out of your mothers belly again. Especially‚ when you move to a place where the language‚ the food‚ the people‚ school and everything else is brand new. Those type of situations‚ shape your way of living in a constructive way that will affect the rest of your lifestyle. That’s the same situation that made me have a life change into a whole new story. Almost 15 years ago‚ my
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start to see how the impact of maternity leave provisions on mothers. The FMLA has required employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Some qualified medical and family reasons include personal or family illness‚ family military leave‚ adoption‚ pregnancy‚ or the foster care place of a child. The act started off by saying that “…it is important for the development of children and the family unit that fathers and mothers be able to participate
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Practice Approach and Case Study Integration Paper Practice Approach and Case Study Integration Paper Wanda Brown SOCW 486 Instructor: Elaine Herbert January 14‚ 2013 Introduction In this paper we will look and review the case study on Helen. We will look at a brief overview of this case; then‚ we will examine the assessment models used‚ identify culturally approaches‚ different immediate approaches‚ look at the biases held by the social worker in this particular situation‚ and finally
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MIXED TENSES EXERCISES + KEY Fill the gaps with the correct tenses. 1. I (learn) [pic]English for seven years now. 2. But last year I (not / work) [pic]hard enough for English‚ that’s why my marks (not / be) [pic]really that good then. 3. As I (pass / want) [pic]my English exam successfully next year‚ I (study) [pic]harder this term. 4. During my last summer holidays‚ my parents (send) [pic]me on a language course to London. 5. It (be) [pic]great and I (think) [pic]I (learn)
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completely different from writing in high school. Writing has never been my forte but I have managed to learn some new things and relearn some old things. My first writing assignment was a literacy narrative. I had no knowledge of this topic. Once the professor explained to the class what a literacy narrative was‚ I started to think about what I could possible write about. This was my first writing assignment in six to seven years‚ therefore I was immensely concerned regarding how it would turn out.
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