Past Simple FORM [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs Examples: • You called Debbie. • Did you call Debbie? • You did not call Debbie. Complete List of Simple Past Forms USE 1 Completed Action in the Past [pic] Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes‚ the speaker may not actually mention the specific time‚ but they do have one specific time in mind. Examples: • I saw a movie yesterday.
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Religious figure‚ Buddha‚ once stated‚ “Do not dwell in the past‚ do not dream of the future‚ concentrate the mind on the present moment.” In Toni Morrison’s novel‚ Beloved‚ the past influences the present of characters lives in a number of ways. Throughout the novel‚ she had a hard time dealing with her painful past‚ leading to a difficulty in healing herself in the present. Sethe was excluded from the community‚ had painful memories about what she endured as a slave‚ and most importantly she is
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Can We Leave The Past Behind? Within this essay I will be looking at whether we can truly leave our pasts behind or whether they remain a part of us within our present and future. My own belief is that our past is what makes us who we are today. Our experiences from childhood through to adulthood make up our coping mechanisms for future situations and even if we have dealt with issues that may arise they will still remain in our conscious and unconscious minds. Looking at the theories of Melanie
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There are many advantages and challenges which both young people nowadays and that of their counterparts in the past must face to face. There are many relationships in a society. Young people both nowadays and in the past must be adaptation with all of them. We progressively expand the relationship with other classes in the society. A second way in which young people nowadays and in the past are similar is that they always find the fastest way to get the news and communicate together. Thirdly‚ every
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1950s people was closed minded‚ they discriminate people because of their color‚ sexual preferences or just because they do not approve what they do or like. At the present time this kind of discrimination is still happening‚ not as much as in the past but is still a problem of this days. In 2012 people is more tolerant to certain things but‚ as I said before some persons still discriminate and do not let woman work or be just themselves. Through the years these kinds of ideas have been changing
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The past and the present are two verb tenses that are very familiar and heavily used when describing something from our childhood‚ or our plans for when we grown up. The past is constant and the future is a variable. We can remember our past and dream about our futures. They are as different as water is to a cave‚ and yet they can be compared that they are both something of the unknown. The past is a verb tense that expresses something that happened or was done in the past. It is used to express
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Past‚ Present and Future There is a saying: yesterday is a history‚ tomorrow is a mystery‚ but today is a gift‚ that is way it’s called the present. This sounds quite reasonable for us: what has gone becomes history and what lies in the future is always a mystery; present days are for us to treasure. However‚ these become fantasies in George Orwell’s 1984 society‚ the society that is opposite to the one we are living in—where history is constant and future is altering. The history of 1984’s society
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Afghan Women’s Past‚ Present and Future The discussion over women’s empowerment in Afghanistan is usually linked to the past 12 years of Afghanistan’s new democratic practices and engagement. It is often forgotten that women have made some excellent contributions since 1919. Today’s Afghan women are not the first ones engaged in various socio- economic‚ political and civil issues. Since 1919‚ there were efforts by the King’s own wife and sister for women’s education‚ political participation and
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1. This poem is a confessional one‚ involving the recollection of past times of happiness and present times of memory and sadness. The concluding image‚ of the wood waiting somewhere to be burnt‚ is especially strong and jarring‚ for it shows a note of bitterness amidst the speaker’s sadness. The visual imagery of the poem combines the manufactured (the two different sets of steps‚ the wood of the first) and the natural (dew‚ quiet‚ the absence of birds‚ crickets‚ falling leaves‚ a breeze). A tactile
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Celta Pre-Course Task Task 1 1. In a part time multilingual group with mixed abilities. 2. I would like to teach closed monolingual groups with little formal education. Task 2 3. Each adult learner brings their own characteristics to the table. Adult learners usually have developed literacy and thinking skills in comparison to children but they may also have productive or unproductive learning experiences previously‚ and so may have set patterns. Task 3 1. I would want to find out their
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