Tourism Trends: Brazil World Cup, Online Booking & Social Media
The forthcoming World Cup in 2014 will take place in various cities around the country. Meanwhile, as Brazilians themselves become more affluent, they are travelling more and are welcomed as high-spending visitors.
Emergency Preparedness in Travel
Most travel companies are not sufficiently prepared to deal with emergencies. In such cases, communication is essential. Regular updates on their website or text messages are a very important way of getting information to clients and their families very
Read MorePip’s Journey: Ambition, Love, and Redemption
Pip’s Early Life and Encounters
Pirrip Phillip “Pip” is an orphan from a lower class, living with his sister and her husband in an English village. One day, he encounters an escaped convict who asks him for food and a file. Pip complies, unaware that this act will forever alter his life.
Months later, a wealthy old woman, Mrs. Havisham, invites him to play at her home, a pivotal event. He becomes aware of a world beyond his village and meets Estella, a young girl raised by Mrs. Havisham. Pip falls
Relationships, Travel, Transport & Education Vocabulary
Family and Relationships
Acquaintance: A person whom one knows casually.
Anniversary: The date of an important past event that is celebrated.
Community: A locality inhabited by people.
Couple: Two persons, such as a married pair or dance partners.
Destiny: The events that will happen to a person or thing in the future.
Engagement: A formal agreement to get married.
Flatmate: A person who shares a flat with others.
Generation Household: All the people of about the same age within a society or a particular
Read MoreMastering English Verb Tenses
Simple Present
Simple Present is used to express routines, habits, and general truths. It can also express future time in a sentence, concerning events that are on a definite schedule (time). It states that something was, is, or will be true.
- I/you/we/they: Subject + verb base + complement.
- Subject + do/does not + verb base + complement.
- He/she/it: Subject + verb (s, es) + complement.
- Does/Do + subject + verb base + complement?
Present Progressive
Present Progressive expresses an activity that is in progress
Read MoreUnderstanding Conditionals, Passive Voice, and Inversions
Conditionals
Zero Conditional: If + present simple, present simple. We use it for universal truths or situations that always happen.
First Conditional: Unless/If + present simple, future simple/modal verb/imperative. We use it for probable or unlikely situations. If the condition is met, the result will occur.
Second Conditional: Unless/If + past simple, would/could/might + infinitive verb. It is used for unlikely situations. It is also used to give advice (If I were…).
Third Conditional: If + past
Read MoreHalloween Horror: A Teen Tragedy Unfolds
Amy normally hated Monday mornings, but this year was different. Kamal was in her art class, and she liked Kamal. She was waiting outside the classroom when her friend Tara arrived.
“Hi Amy! Your mum sent me a text. You forgot your inhaler. Why don’t you turn your phone on?” Amy didn’t like technology. She never sent text messages, and she hated Facebook too.
“Did Kamal ask you to the disco?” Tara was Amy’s best friend, and she wanted to know everything that was happening in Amy’s
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