REFLEXIVES Reflexive verbs are quite common in French but less so in English. You can recognise them in English‚ when you say ‘myself‚ yourself…’ after the verb or ‘get‚ gets’ before a verb: I wash myself I get washed he gets showered we get ready they ask themselves she blames herself In French they use the equivalent of ‘myself’ but it goes directly before the verb: je me lave (I myself wash) Here’s the full list for se laver (to get washed/to wash oneself): -------------------------------------------------
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J.A SUMMARY TENSE AND ASPECT Overview Some basic meaning distinctions between different tense forms are offered in terms of the REMOTE (or not) and FACTUAL (or not) status of perceived situations including notes on the future‚ time expressions‚ and the HISTORICAL PRESENT. A distinction is made between LEXICAL ASPECT‚ concerned with inherent properties of verb meaning such as STATIVE‚ DYNAMIC‚ PUNCTUAL‚ and DURATIVE‚ and GRAMMATICAL ASPECT‚ concerned with an internal versus an external perspective
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Expressing Identity through Tattoos and Piercings The rising popularity of tattoos and body piercing is more than just the latest fashion craze. This type of body art has been a part of this world for thousands of years. Tattoos and piercings have served as amulets‚ status symbols‚ declarations of love‚ signs of religious beliefs‚ adornments and even forms of punishment (Smithsonian.com). In the later years (1940 – 2000) tattoos and piercings were more common among teenagers and young adults‚ but
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Level: I Lesson: Present Continuous Tense Lesson Aims: - to highlight some of the uses of Present Continuous. - to contrast Present Simple and Present Continuous. - to give students practice in using Present Continuous Tense. - to develop Ss’ speaking competences. Skills involved: listening‚ speaking‚ reading‚ writing. Aids: blackboard‚ textbook‚ work-sheet‚ images‚ video sequences. Warm-up General competence: to interact in spoken communication (complete date‚ recall the activities done
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Chapter 2 Thank You‚ Ma’m L a n g s to n H u g h e s A P re - R e a d i n g 1. Think Before You Read Read the first paragraph of the story once and think of it as describing the opening scene of a play. Then answer the following questions: 1. Who are the characters in this scene? 2. What is happening? 3. Where and when is the action taking place? 4. Why does the action take place? 5. Do you think a chance encounter between people can sometimes change their lives? Think about
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„Nuclear power is the only way to ensure enough energy for the future“ The modern world is changing faster than at any time in history. Nuclear power is increasingly changing the future of energy is unlikely to receive otherwise. One answer - no. Will nuclear power is the only way to ensure enough energy for the future? That is the key question. Many people are pessimistic about the future of our planet. They believe that after few years of using nuclear energy from the earth is nothing left
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A Comparative Analysis of Tenses in Newspapers Headlines and Reports Introduction. The aim of this course paper is to compare tenses used in newspapers headlines and reports on the analytical basis‚ and to find out for what particular reasons the usage of tenses in headlines and newspaper articles differ. First‚ I am going to focus on the characteristics of different functional styles found in the English language. In the light of oratorical‚ colloquial‚ poetic‚ official and other styles‚ we
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Introduction On 22nd February‚ 2013 at 10:00a.m I arrived at Mrs. Elizabeth Laroda’s house to interview her for my Psychology 105 class project. I have known Mrs. Laroda for six years and we meet when I was working as a medical office assistant at her gynaecologist office. I decided to ask Mrs. Laroda to be my interviewee for this project because she is fifty-eight years old and the assignment required me to interview a person between the ages of fifty to sixty five. Prior to asking her‚ I had asked
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students in ‘Group B’ will also get a card with the same pseudo names and with the same set of questions. The teacher reminds that the rule of the game is to ask complete questions and to get complete answers from their partners using the present simple tense rule which are on the board and warns that anyone who breaks the rule will be disqualified. The teacher then instructs that the students of ‘Group A’ should find their partners with the same name from ‘Group B’. Then the pairs must sit together
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Adopting modern ways and new ideas move people forward by building on foundations of traditions. When traditions are lost‚ modernization sets in. Modernization is when technology blends with culture and they exist together in a contemporary time period. The main issue with modernization is that it is a continuing cycle of innovations and change that never cease and force the loss of traditions. There are four key concepts which help explain how modernization manifests; first‚ the decline of small
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