Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Simple
Exercises and Tests Form See also explanations on Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple Use In British English, the use of Simple Past and Present Perfect is quite strict. Note that the following explanations and exercises refer to British English only. Certain time in the past or just / already / yet? Do you want to express that an action happened at a certain time in the past (even if it was just a few seconds ago) or that an action has just / already / not yet happened? Certain event in the past or how often so far? Do you want to express when a certain action took place or whether / how often an action has happened till now? Emphasis on action or result? Do you just want to express what happened in the past? Signal Words Exercises on Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple Tests on Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple
How to Write a Summary
A "stand-alone" summary is a summary produced to show a teacher that you have read and understood something. It is common in many 100 and 200 level classes to get assignments that ask you to read a certain number of articles and summarize them. This is also a very common type of writing assignment in graduate school. How to produce a summary: 1.Read the article to be summarized and be sure you understand it. 2.Outline the article. 3.Write a first draft of the summary without looking at the article. 4.Always use paraphrase when writing a summary. 5.Target your first draft for approximately 1/4 the length of the original. The features of a summary: 1.Start your summary with a clear identification of the type of work, title, author, and main point in the present tense. Example: In the feature article "Four Kinds of Reading," the author, Donald Hall, explains his opinion about different types of reading. 3.Never put any of your own ideas, opinions, or interpretations into the summary. 4.
How to Write a Summary: 9 Steps
Steps Part 1 Reviewing <img alt="Image titled Write a Summary Step 1.jpeg" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">1Skim the piece. <img alt="Image titled Write a Summary Step 3.jpeg" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">3Outline the article. Part 2 Writing <img alt="Image titled Write a Summary Step 4.jpeg" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">1Start with a clear identification of the work. Part 3 Revising Community Q&A Add New Question How should I begin a summary? Unanswered Questions Can I use beginning, middle, end too? Ask a Question Can you answer these readers' questions? Please use 700 characters or less. Tips Article Info
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How One Clear Verb Can Take Your Presentations From Blah To Amazing
We can learn a lot from actors. Take a look at the work of two of my favorites, Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. I suggest Susan Sarandon in The Client and Sean Penn in Milk. And I suggest Sarandon and Penn together in Dead Man Walking. All four are Oscar-nominated performances, deservedly so. Sarandon won for Dead Man, Penn for Milk. Penn and Sarandon are smart actors. Here’s one thing every actor learns at some point in acting class: You take a scene in a script and you break it into beats. 1.The objective needs to be an action verb. 2.It needs to describe the impact I seek to have on another person. 3.It needs to be visceral for me. Action verbs matter because they unleash forward-moving velocity. So--let’s take this very simple notion and apply it to our everyday relating. Creating Intent in Formal Presentations Not every moment in a professional relationship needs to produce Oscar-worthy fireworks. Three principles will help you to select an intent that works for you.
Past Progressive, Past Continuous - Diagram
Past Progressive/Continuous Summary Use Signal words Form of affirmative, negative sentences and questions Spelling Special verbs Diagram Long forms and short forms Exercises - Past Progressive We use the Past Progressive when we talk about something which was happening around a period of time in the past. We use the Past Progressive (blue) together with the Simple Past (pink). Two actions which were in progress in the past do not influence each other.
Plotting Short Fiction
Last month at MRA, I listened to Jacqueline Woodson speak about her writing process. It wasn’t the first time I heard her speak and I hope it won’t be my last. She is one of the writers I consider as my personal mentor. Not to be over-dramatic, but listening to her last month changed my writing life. She said, “Plot happens.” Basically you toss some characters together, get them moving, figure out where they are hanging out, throw in conflict, and *voila* you have a plot. One thing I’ve learned about writing fiction is the importance of allowing the characters’ to have free will. Kim Jones invited me into her fourth grade class to lead a fiction unit. Still, as a teacher of young fiction writers, it’s necessary to teach what works for me and what might work for other writers. Yesterday I introduced the story mountain to the fourth grade fiction writers. Then I gave them this planning sheet (click the link for a PDF). A few notes: Enemy Pie by D. Like this: Like Loading...
25 Things You Should Know About Plot
Previous iterations of the “25 Things” series: 25 Things Every Writer Should Know 25 Things You Should Know About Storytelling 25 Things You Should Know About Character And now… 1. A plot is the sequence of narrative events as witnessed by the audience. 2. Some folks will ask, incorrectly, “What’s the plot?” 3. A plot functions like a skeleton: it is both structural and supportive. 4. The biggest plot crime of them all is a plot that doesn’t make a lick of goddamn sense. 5. The simplest motherfucker of a plot is this: things get worse until they get better. 6. Fiction is driven by characters in conflict, or, put differently, the flame of fiction grows brighter through friction. 7. Of course, the essence of the essential conflict — the one below all that Wo/Man versus stuff — is a character’s wants versus a character’s fears. 8. A plot grows within the story you’re telling. 9. 10. Plot offers the promise of Chekov and his gun, of Hitchcock and his bomb under the table. 11. 12. 13. 13. 14.
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Best free software for writing: 10 programs to unleash your creativity
Writers tend to make a very big deal of their tools, whether those tools are delicate pens or ancient typewriters. Increasingly, though, they'll talk about their software. Even the most genteel literary event can soon devolve into a fist-fight between fans of Scrivener and Ulysses (both of which cost around £27, US$40, AU$50). Microsoft Word is the default tool for many writers, but a subscription to Office 365 costs £59.99, US$69.99, AU$89 per year for one user – pretty steep if you only need the word processing element. There's often a better option for those of us starving in garrets: free software. 1. Keep your mind on your work with the best free app for writers Blocks all distractions Timers and alarms Auto-save function Not suitable for editing Available for Linux, Windows and macOS, FocusWriter is designed to eliminate distractions so you can actually get on with the job of writing. 2. A text editor that cuts down on distractions, not features Distraction-free interface Supports markup
