Understanding the Passive Voice and Relative Clauses
The passive:
| TENSE | ACTIVE | PASSIVE |
| Present Simple | Tourists visit the castle | The castle is visited by tourists |
| Past Simple | Tourists visited the castle | The castle was visited by tourists |
| Future Simple | Tourists will visit the castle | The castle will be visited by tourists |
| Present Continuous | Tourists are visiting the castle | The castle is being visited by tourists |
| Past Continuous | Tourists were visiting the castle | The castle was being visited by tourists |
| Present Perfect Simple | Tourists have visited the castle | The castle has |
Business Terms, Conditionals, and Grammar Exercises
Business and Finance Terminology
Back office / any department or office, as a private office or a department of record keeping that is not usually seen by customers/depart adm
Business process / any activity that is essential for a firm to conduct its business / proceso de neg
Database / a collection of related data, in electronic form that can be gathered, analyzed, or retrieved by a computer/ base de datos
Downsize / to make in a smaller size /reducir
Knowledge work / work that involves using knowledge
Read MoreDiego Alatriste: A Historical Fiction Summary
Diego Alatriste, a soldier wounded in Flanders (present-day Netherlands), abandons the war. He faces imprisonment for tax evasion.
Upon his release, Lieutenant Martín Saldaña informs Alatriste of an offer for his services, promising a substantial reward. Alatriste accepts, joining forces with Walter Malatesta to attack two Englishmen arriving from Madrid.
Fray Emilio Bocanegra, the president of the Inquisition, offers them more money to kill the Englishmen. They are ambushed at night, but Alatriste
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The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes
In this first treaty, we are introduced to Lazarus, a boy of low and shameful extraction, named after the river Tormes, where he was born. His father was a thief, and he lived with his mother in Salamanca. She married a Black man and had a son. One day, Lazarus, being older, finds his mother in the service of a blind beggar, beginning his first adventure. Like others, he has to look for food to satisfy his hunger and survive. The blind man was very greedy, and Lazarus
Read MoreEnglish Grammar: Comparisons, Pronouns, and More
UNIT 5: Comparatives and Superlatives
COMPARATIVE (2 things) | SUPERLATIVE (All others in the same group) | |
One syllable | Short adjectives | |
cute –> cuter than nice –> nicer than | clean –> the cleanest cute –> the cutest | |
Ending with 1 Vowel + 1 Consonant | ||
Friendly –> friendlier than Scary –> scarier than | Friendly –> the friendliest Scary –> the scariest | |
2 or more syllables | Expensive –> more/less expensive than Intelligent –> more/less intelligent than | Expensive –> the most expensive Intelligent |
Ethan Frome: Character Definitions and Plot Summary
Vocabulary Definitions
Anger: The feeling when you are angry.
Apart: Not together.
Beauty: Being beautiful.
Bitter: Angry and unhappy about something that has happened.
Buggy: A small, open car with four wheels, pulled by a horse.
Coasting: Riding down a snow-covered hill on a sled.
Complain: To say that you are not happy about something.
Cousin: The son or daughter of your aunt or uncle.
Despair: The feeling when you have lost all hope.
Difference: Being different.
Discontented: Not happy, not pleased.
Dish:
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