Shopping, Future & Past Vacations: A Personal Account
Shopping Experiences
I go shopping with my friends once a week. I often buy shoes because I love all kinds of shoes. I love to have different types and colors of shoes. I never buy bracelets because I don’t wear them. Normally, I go shopping with my friends because they help me choose clothes that look good on me. I always wear the clothes I buy and never leave them in the cupboard.
Once, I had a problem in a shop. I wanted to exchange an item for a larger size, but the employee said that if the size
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Chapter 6
Who is Ananda and why does she need Daniel’s help?
Ananda is a friend of Guy. She needs Daniel’s help because she needs assistance on her land to plant some trees.
What was surprising about the girl who was swimming?
Daniel was surprised by the girl because she was the Irish girl from the Australian Embassy in Spain, and his uncle knows Ananda.
Where did Daniel and Emily go, and what did he like about the place?
Daniel and Emily went to Byron because Emily lent him her car. The place had
C++ Code Examples: Basic Operations
C++ Code Examples
Generating Random Numbers
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int num, c, aleatorio;
srand(time(NULL));
for (c = 1; c <= 10; c++)
{
aleatorio = rand() % (11 - 1);
num = 1 + aleatorio;
//num = 1 + rand()%(11-1); // Alternative
cout << num << " ";
}
cin.get();
}
Calculating Area and Perimeter of a Circle
#include <iostream>
using Read More
Past Continuous Tense: Structure and Usage
Past Continuous Tense
Structure
The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, is formed as follows:
- Affirmative: Subject + was/were + verb (present participle -ing)
- Negative: Subject + wasn’t/weren’t + verb (present participle -ing)
- Interrogative: Was/Were + subject + verb (present participle -ing)
The choice between was and were depends on the subject:
- I was
- He was
- She was
- It was
- We were
- You were
- They were
Vocabulary
Here’s a list of useful vocabulary words, correctly spelled and translated:
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Commonly Confused English Verbs
Here’s a list of commonly confused verbs with examples:
- Wear (jewellery/clothes) vs. Carry (a bag/a baby)
- Win (a medal/a prize/a match) vs. Earn (a salary/money)
- Know (somebody well/something) vs. Meet (somebody for the first time/at 11 o’clock)
- Hope (that something good will happen/to do something) vs. Wait (for a bus/for a long time)
- Watch (TV/a match) vs. Look at (a photo/your watch)
- Look (happy/about 25 years old) vs. Look like (your mother/a model)
- Miss (the bus/a class)
Classroom Resources for Teaching English to Children
We must utilize the classroom language that has already been used to repeat structures and known vocabulary. Have the instructions prepared in English with some flashcards that indicate and remind us of the action: “fold…, cut…, glue…”. What we must not forget is that the activity itself is not the objective of the task, but rather the language that is being used while it is being carried out.
It is important to display the children’s work around the classroom and for them to take it home.
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