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In-depth about GENERAL IELTS — English Forum

As informed in my last writing IELTS is the English Language Proficiency test which is conducted across the globe for those aspiring people who wants to enhance their career or academics in a Native English speaking country. IELTS has two categories namely General IELTS and Academic IELTS. General is for those aspirants who are looking […]

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IELTS Speaking Real Test 2018: Part 3 – Children — IELTS UNLOCKED

THINGS TO REMEMBER – (1) Part 3 is the most difficult part of the test. You need to speak about more academic/advanced topics, which you may not be familiar with (2) Therefore, you should focus on giving a well-organized answer. Try to organize your response like a paragraph in an essay (a clear main […]

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Roger Sanchez – Another chance – or Why you should always use the present perfect tense in relationships.

The other day I found this song from the 1990s which I haven´t  “watched” in a long time. Its a video-clip and is very telling about our experience of life  and how we perceive that experience.

Roger Sanchez – Another Chance

So a young lady is walking through the streets of  Los Angeles (or another US city) carrying a massive heart. No one wants her, she tries to get on a bus, get in a taxi, go to a cafe and she is refused because they cannot accommodate her heart and she gets a bit sad, lost and alone.  As a result, the heart starts to shrink and it gets so small that she finally carries it under her arm.

At this point she meets someone who asks her on a date and as they say goodbye, the heart starts to grow because her faith in human love is restored. The man looks back and sees the huge heart and is saddened because he does not want a commitment and is not ready to receive a person with such a big quantity of love (a large heart).

This is why you need to always use the present perfect tense – if she had said “my heart has been bigger in the past” or “it has gotten smaller” , “it has shrunk” it would let the man know that her heart can change sizes. Instead she tells him “It was bigger” which indicates that in one time and one place in the past it became smaller,  (which indicates she may have been hurt or it might be because of a specific event or events in a short time).

Note: Americans don´t often use the present perfect in the same way as British people.

My book on the perfect tenses is in the menu.  Its a  free PDF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The best reasons to learn English — Magic Translations

Spanish version: https://magicaltranslations.wordpress.com/2018/08/26/la-importancia-de-aprender-ingles/ In this new article, I want to share with you the reasons why it seems to me that learning a new language can be important for many aspects of everyday life. The reasons for studying English are many and varied. Here we would like to offer you the most important ones, apart […]

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Who’s in charge of the English language? — Scientist Sees Squirrel

Image: Oxford English Dictionary, Mrpolyonymous CC BY 2.0 via flickr.com. But no, the Oxford Dictionary is not in charge. Who’s in charge of the English language? Nobody, of course. You might think that would make our writing easier; but actually, it makes it considerably harder. Here’s something you see all the time: someone either asks […]

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How should Programmers learn English and 10 things you need to do to improve your English. | Learn To Code and Design Together

Hello friends, welcome back to my blog. As you can see, English is one of the most popular languages in the world. We can catch everyone using English everywhere. It helps a lot in our lives, it helps us to communicate, it helps us to exchange, it helps us understand each other or it helps […]

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Learn English Having Fun! — ENGUROO ONLINE ENGLISH SCHOOL

As a language learner, you must know that mastering English (as well as any other foreign language) is a long process. Nothing good comes overnight, they say, and of course it is true. But this lengthy learning process should be exciting too. Besides, only if you enjoy the ride, you can make great progress. The more interested you are, the more impressive the result is…

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