Advantages of Part-Time Jobs and Remote Work

Corrected English Sentences: Set 1

  • Susan could buy a bike.
  • Unless your friend comes before 10:30, we will miss the bus.
  • The government expects that unemployment will decrease this year.
  • She has been drinking too much alcohol for two years.
  • I am having my hair cut by the hairdresser on Saturday.
  • If he had revised for the exams, he wouldn’t have failed.
  • The boy who is one of my closest friends is waiting for me outside.
  • That is the pub where we had a drink yesterday.
  • My parents want me to study hard.
  • Exercise
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The Corleone Family: A Mafia Story

The Corleone Family Saga

It is the late 1940s in New York, and Corleone is, in the parlance of organized crime, a “Godfather” or “Don,” the head of a Mafia family. Michael, a free thinker who defied his father by enlisting in the Marines to fight in World War II, has returned a captain and a war hero. Having long ago rejected the family business, Michael shows up at the wedding of his sister, Connie, with his non-Italian girlfriend, Kay, who learns for the first time about the family “business.”

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Reflections on Travel, Future, Wealth, and Love

Travel Experiences

Naco’s Perspective

I prefer to travel with someone who makes me feel happy or safe. It’s not fun to travel with somebody that does not seem to be present. In that case, I’d rather travel alone. I used to travel with my parents when we lived in Spain. I love their company, and I enjoy every single moment with them. It is really cool. I hope to travel with them to another country soon.

Cosito’s Perspective

I love to travel with my family. It is better for me when I am with someone I

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Past Tense Grammar: WAS/WERE and Past Simple Explained

Past Tense Grammar: WAS/WERE and Past Simple

Josep Tous School – Barcelona

English Department / 2nd ESO

Teacher: Marga Alegre

Grammar Unit 3: Past Tense

Verb TO BE: WAS / WERE

WAS / WERE = Ser o estar en passat (ESTAVA o ERA).

I WAS
YOU WERE
HE WAS
SHE WAS
IT WAS
WE WERE
YOU WERE
THEY WERE

(+) Subject + WAS / WERE + complements
(-) Subject + WAS / WERE + NOT + complements
WAS + NOT = WASN’T
WERE + NOT = WEREN’T
(?) [Wh- QUESTIONS] + WAS / WERE + Subject + complements?

Examples:

(+) We were at home yesterday.

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English Grammar and Usage: Common Mistakes and Key Concepts

Common English Mistakes and Usage

  • Be aware of: Be aware of
  • Belong to: Membership
  • Brave: Courageous
  • Campaign: Campaign
  • Closely: Carefully
  • Coach: Coach
  • Coal: Carbon
  • Common: Common
  • Date: The date or dates
  • Deserve: To deserve
  • Dwarf: Dwarf
  • Fairly: Fairly
  • Fairy tale: Fairy tale
  • Fight: Fight
  • Forget: Forget
  • Injured: Injured
  • Joke: Joke
  • Look after: Take care
  • Look for: Look for
  • Look forward to: Anticipate
  • Look out: Be careful
  • Look up: Seek information
  • Mess: Disorder
  • Mine: Mine
  • On the contrary: On the opposite
  • Patient: Patient
  • Request:
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Effective Communication Strategies in Business

Listening 8

Key Takeaways from a Cross-Cultural Business Event

1. What did he say was his mistake?

He didn’t talk about the successes of the Russian bank and what the Spanish bank could learn from them.

2. What else does he say he did wrong?

He didn’t co-present with the local boss, which had a negative impact on the event.

3. What is his advice for professionals?

Principally, you need to show respect for the people, and especially for the local management and their successes.

Listening 9

Evaluating an Email-

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