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Future continuous

  ______________________ooo___                                              Short period of time                                              In the future (Fut. Continuous)                                              This December                 ...

What Clause

  What we want is your opinion . What Jeny wants is chocolate . What Mario eats every day is banana . What Tanya cooks on Sundays is Juane. What my sisters buys is lots of shoes.                                                  (Noun)   What Raul does every Sabbath is interesting . What Tony cooks every Sabbath is delicious . What my mother does on Sabbath is great .                                                                ...

As you were

  Commuting vs Telecommuting In my opinión, we should understand that some jobs will continue to be done by Telecommuting. However, I think, some other jobs will need to present at the workplace, for example, construction work, food preparation, classes of laboratory. Would you prefer to work from home or at the workplace?     Topic: Commuting every day is hard. -          I guess people feel tired of commuting. They go to work and come home every day. And they spend around two or three hours as a result of that. As I was saying these people may not like to go to work every day. -          Like you said, it is tiring, however, it’s difficult to control workers when they just telecommute. -          In my personal opinion, employers want their employees to be better controled. As you were saying, it is hard to control, we should trust our ...

Despite

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In spite of    +  NOUN  (cooking, playing soccer, table, your father, extra class)  Despite   Although Though            +      CLAUSE   (Subject + verb) Even though ______ John eats a lot of food, he doesn’t get fat. 2.     ______ his great character , she didn’t accept him to get married. 3.     ______ her beautiful house and family , he decided not to visit her. 4.     ______ her family has properties in Lima, he wanted to accept other options. 1. We are traveling to Cuzco in order to   take  photos for my project. 2. We are traveling to Cuzco although  we don't have  enough money for the trip. 3. We are traveling to Cuzco in spite of  not having  enough money for the trip. Grammar Choose from Despite / In spite of / although / even though / though / despite the f...

Passive

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Present simple (passive)             am -is- are         +  past participle   My family is visited by Pastor Rodriguez on weekends. My house is usually repainted on July 28th. The garden is cleaned every Friday.   Present continuous (passive)      am - is - are       +   being   + past participle At the moment, my friend Daniel is being helped by his friend. In this moment, I am being visited by Pastor Gonzales. Carolina is being operated by Dr. Perez. Please, do not make noise.     Present perfect simple (passive)      have - has      +  been   +  past participle Potatoes have been exported since 2010 in big quantities. Students have been assessed just online since 2020. The new book has been stolen at the library. Daniel has been operated ...

Paragraph

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Paragraph: It has two parts. 1 1)     Topic (s) sentence 2 2)     Supporting sentence (s)      Topic sentence                           Supporting sentence (s)         (trunk)                                            (branch)   My classmate Jairo is from Piura and he visits the church and beach very often. He goes to preach for the brothers and sisters every Sabbath . Besides, on Sundays, he goes swimming to Mancora or Punta Sal . ­­My friend Lisbeth usually plays sports on weekends because she wants to live long and stay in shape . She thinks living a long life is perfect to her since she has a big ...

Tag question

Definition:  A tag question is  a small question that is attached , or "tagged", to the end of a sentence . You came by train,  didn’t you? It’s very windy today,  isn’t it? You can meet me at the station,  can’t you? You couldn’t give me a ride,  could you? You didn’t tell him,  did you? He never drinks alcohol,  does he? Nobody left a message,  did they? You told him,  didn’t you? Let’s invite the neighbours over for dinner on the weekend,  shall we? Let's study the lesson , shall we? Those are your sandals,  aren’t they? Everyone is here now,  aren’t they? Nobody has eaten yet,  have they? Wait here until I return,  will you? Wait here until I return,  would you? I’m on time,  aren’t I?   (correct) I’m on time,  am’t I?   (incorrect) Rising tone - asking for a favour You couldn't lend me some money, could you? Rising tone – asking for information You don't happen to know if the No. 50 ...

hypothetical

  Questions;   IF + had + Past participle WOULD   have + past participle   Would you have eaten the octopus Ceviche if you had known it was octopus? No.   Would he have eaten dog if he had known it was dog? Probably. What would you have eaten if you hadn’t had money when you were in Cuzco? I would have called my brother, he has money to help me.   What would Moses have done if God hadn’t opened the Red Sea? He would have been killed by Egyptians.   What would Roberto have studied if he had been a girl? He could have studied nursing.   What would Yeraldin have studied if she had been a boy? She would have studied medicine.   Where would Jairo have studied if he had been born in Michigan, U.S.? He would have studied at Andrews University.   What would you have done if you had been Francisco Pizarro? I would have invaded Brazil.   If you had visited Cuzco, you would have enjoyed...