English Grammar Essentials: Tenses, Modals, Conditionals & Passive Voice
English Grammar Essentials
Future Tense
Simple Future (Will): I will allow / I won’t allow / Will I allow? Examples: this evening, in an hour, at 2 o’clock, later, tomorrow, next month/year, soon, in a few weeks, in the future, on the 1st of May.
Be Going To: I am going to buy / I am not going to buy / Am I going to buy? Examples: this evening, later, in an hour, at 4 o’clock, tomorrow, soon, next month/year, in a few weeks, on the 8th of May.
Future Continuous: I will be travelling / I won’t be travelling
Read MoreUrban Pollution, Leisure Activities, and Grammar Essentials
The Problem of Pollution in Big Cities
Nowadays, there is a lot of pollution in big cities because of different reasons. One of the most important reasons is that there are a lot of cars in the streets, so they produce a lot of smoke and gases. Besides, factories also produce smoke, and this is very harmful to the environment.
In my opinion, governments should take measures to stop this pollution because I think that if this pollution doesn’t stop, we will live in a polluted world which will be very
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Understanding Teen Dating Violence
Statistics and Facts
Statistics indicate that 50% of teenage boys and 35% of teenage girls believe there are situations where hitting a woman is justified. Furthermore, 36% of boys admitted they might hit a woman if circumstances arise.
Resources for Teachers
A toolkit is available for teachers to help them address the subject of dating violence in their classes.
This toolkit covers not only physical violence but also verbal abuse.
Missy Elliott has shared personal stories
Read MoreInterpersonal Transactions and Psychological Games
Interpersonal Transactions
Transactions that people use and interpersonal transactions occur between one or more states of the ego of one person and one or more states of the self by another person.
Types of Transactions
- Complementary Transaction: Occurs when the message sent by a state of self receives the expected response of a specific ego state in the other person. The tone of voice can change a response.
- Cross Transactions: A frequent source of resentment among people. When two people stare defiantly
Travel Mishaps and Discoveries in Australia
Why Did Emily Want to Go to Darwin?
9. Why did Emily want to go to Darwin and how were they going to get there?
Because she had heard it was a fun city where young people partied and celebrated after the monotony of the desert. They planned to travel in Jimmy’s car.
Why did Daniel and Emily feel bad when they returned to the car?
Because they were late, and Jimmy was angry because they wouldn’t arrive at Lammah before dark.
What happened on the way to Lammah?
They found a kangaroo, and it jumped into
Read MoreMastering English Grammar: Passive Voice, Conditionals & Vocabulary
The Passive Voice (Be + Past Participle + by)
A book is read by Mary. A book was read by Mary. A book has been read by Mary. A book is being read by Mary. A book had been read by Mary. A book will be read by Mary. A book may/might/could/should/would be read by Mary. A book is going to be read by Mary. A book will have been read by Mary.
Two Objects
Jon will buy him a book.
Direct Object (DO)
A book will be bought by Jon.
Indirect Object (IO)
He will be bought a book by Jon.
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