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To be present exercises - pronouns and forms. Elementary and beginners level. Simple present

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Irregular Verbs Rap Song by Fluency MC with lyrics

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Crossword Puzzle: Countries (foreign language - english - countries)

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Learning Resources (Crossword Puzzle): Countries (foreign language - english - countries) - We 'll use it to improve our knowledge about countries

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Марина Булхараускене

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Gabriella Cilmi - On A Mission | Music Video, Song Lyrics and Karaoke

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Learn English in a fun way with the music video and the lyrics of the song "On A Mission" of Gabriella Cilmi

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"There's always room for a story that can
transport people to another place."
―J.K. Rowling

Let me distract you for a moment and tell you four short stories.

These are old stories - familiar stories. The people and the circumstances differ slightly for everyone who tells them, but the core lessons remain the same.

I hope the twist we've put on them here inspires you to think differently...

Story #1: All the Difference in The World

Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my home. There's a lake located in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the water's edge with a small metal cage sitting beside her.

This past Sunday my curiosity got the best of me, so I stopped jogging and walked over to her. As I got closer, I realized that the metal cage was in fact a small trap. There were three turtles, unharmed, slowly walking around the base of the trap. She had a fourth turtle in her lap that she was carefully scrubbing with a spongy brush.

"Hello," I said. "I see you here every Sunday morning. If you don't mind my nosiness, I'd love to know what you're doing with these turtles."

She smiled. "I'm cleaning off their shells," she replied. "Anything on a turtle's shell, like algae or scum, reduces the turtle's ability to absorb heat and impedes its ability to swim. It can also corrode and weaken the shell over time."

"Wow! That's really nice of you!" I exclaimed.

She went on: "I spend a couple of hours each Sunday morning, relaxing by this lake and helping these little guys out. It's my own strange way of making a difference."

"But don't most freshwater turtles live their whole lives with algae and scum hanging from their shells?" I asked.

"Yep, sadly, they do," she replied.

I scratched my head. "Well then, don't you think your time could be better spent? I mean, I think your efforts are kind and all, but there are fresh water turtles living in lakes all around the world. And 99% of these turtles don't have kind people like you to help them clean off their shells. So, no offense... but how exactly are your localized efforts here truly making a difference?"

The woman giggled aloud. She then looked down at the turtle in her lap, scrubbed off the last piece of algae from its shell, and said, "Sweetie, if this little guy could talk, he'd tell you I just made all the difference in the world."

The moral: You can change the world - maybe not all at once, but one person, one animal, and one good deed at a time. Wake up every morning and pretend like what you do makes a difference. It does. (Read 29 Gifts.)

Story #2: The Weight of the Glass

Once upon a time a psychology professor walked around on a stage while teaching stress management principles to an auditorium filled with students. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the typical "glass half empty or glass half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, the professor asked, "How heavy is this glass of water I'm holding?"

Students shouted out answers ranging from eight ounces to a couple pounds.

She replied, "From my perspective, the absolute weight of this glass doesn't matter. It all depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute or two, it's fairly light. If I hold it for an hour straight, its weight might make my arm ache a little. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely cramp up and feel completely numb and paralyzed, forcing me to drop the glass to the floor. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it feels to me."

As the class shook their heads in agreement, she continued, "Your stresses and worries in life are very much like this glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to ache a little. Think about them all day long, and you will feel completely numb and paralyzed - incapable of doing anything else until you drop them."

The moral: It's important to remember to let go of your stresses and worries. No matter what happens during the day, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the night and into the next day with you. If you still feel the weight of yesterday's stress, it's a strong sign that it's time to put the glass down. (Angel and I discuss this process of letting go in the Adversity and Self-Love chapters of 1,000 Little Things Happy, Successful People Do Differently.)

Story #3: Shark Bait

During a research experiment a marine biologist placed a shark into a large holding tank and then released several small bait fish into the tank.

As you would expect, the shark quickly swam around the tank, attacked and ate the smaller fish.

The marine biologist then inserted a strong piece of clear fiberglass into the tank, creating two separate partitions. She then put the shark on one side of the fiberglass and a new set of bait fish on the other.

Again, the shark quickly attacked. This time, however, the shark slammed into the fiberglass divider and bounced off. Undeterred, the shark kept repeating this behavior every few minutes to no avail. Meanwhile, the bait fish swam around unharmed in the second partition. Eventually, about an hour into the experiment, the shark gave up.

This experiment was repeated several dozen times over the next few weeks. Each time, the shark got less aggressive and made fewer attempts to attack the bait fish, until eventually the shark got tired of hitting the fiberglass divider and simply stopped attacking altogether.

The marine biologist then removed the fiberglass divider, but the shark didn't attack. The shark was trained to believe a barrier existed between it and the bait fish, so the bait fish swam wherever they wished, free from harm.

The moral: Many of us, after experiencing setbacks and failures, emotionally give up and stop trying. Like the shark in the story, we believe that because we were unsuccessful in the past, we will always be unsuccessful. In other words, we continue to see a barrier in our heads, even when no 'real' barrier exists between where we are and where we want to go. (Read The Road Less Traveled.)

Story #4: Being and Breathing

One warm evening many years ago...

After spending nearly every waking minute with Angel for eight straight days, I knew that I had to tell her just one thing. So late at night, just before she fell asleep, I whispered it in her ear. She smiled - the kind of smile that makes me smile back -and she said, "When I'm seventy-five and I think about my life and what it was like to be young, I hope that I can remember this very moment."

A few seconds later she closed her eyes and fell asleep. The room was peaceful - almost silent. All I could hear was the soft purr of her breathing. I stayed awake thinking about the time we'd spent together and all the choices in our lives that made this moment possible. And at some point, I realized that it didn't matter what we'd done or where we'd gone. Nor did the future hold any significance.

All that mattered was the serenity of the moment.

Just being with her and breathing with her.

The moral: We must not allow the clock, the calendar, and external pressures to rule our lives and blind us to the fact that each individual moment of our lives is a beautiful mystery and a miracle - especially those moments we spend in the presence of a loved one.

Your turn...

How do you think differently today than you once did? What life experience or realization brought on a significant change in your way of thinking? Please leave a comment below and share your story with us.

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4 Short Stories that Will Change the Way You Think

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"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place." ―J.K. Rowling Let me distract you for a moment and tell you four short stories. These are old stories - familiar stories. The people and the circumstances differ slightly for everyone who tells them, but the core lessons remain the same.

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Learn English through jokes. Build your English vocabulary by reading and listening to these jokes.

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Riddles and Brain Teasers for Kids | Top List on Web | Read-Aloud

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Dinner table or long car ride? Enjoy these funny riddles and wacky brain teasers for kids. The perfect read-aloud list for parents & kids, plus links to more!

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Idioms to make your English more natural.

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Present Perfect or Simple Past - Exercise

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Simple Past or Present Perfect - Online Exercise on English Tenses - Learning English

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Lots of English grammar exercises and quizzes both online and in PDF to help you practise your English

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http://blog.sproutenglish.com/teaching-the-present-perfect/

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When to use the present perfect or past simple tense in English.

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a/an or some in English sentences - Online Exercise

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a/an or some - Dropdown Exercise Learning English Online

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A and an can only be used with nouns in the singular if we don't mean a special thing or person. Some can only be used in the plural if we don't know the exact amount of something or if we use nous we can not count, e.g. liquids.

Singular: a or an

Do you have a ball? - not a special ball
She doesn't have a sister. - not a special sister
Plural: some with countable nouns

Buy some tomatoes, please. - not a special amount
They have some children, haven't they? - we don't know how many Use some for things you can't count
Would you like some orange juice? - May I have some more honey?
We can't count juice or honey - only glasses, litre, tins, kilos, ...
EXERCISES
A, an or some Exercise 1 A, an or some Exercise 2 A, an or some Exercise 3 A, an or some Exercise 4 A, an or some Exercise 5 A, an or some Exercise 6 A, an or some - multiple choice exercise

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A, an or some - English grammar explanation with free online exercises

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We use either before the first of two alternatives specified. It means one or the other of two people or things. Neither means 'not one nor the other of two'.

Can you use either and neither correctly? Test your understanding with this grammar exercise.

Fill in the blanks.

Answers

1. I don't like either of my science teachers.
2. You don't like him, do you? I don't either.
3. Peter isn't here today. Martha isn't either.
4. I like neither of them.
5. I am neither a conservative nor a liberal.
6. He didn't remember and neither did I.
7. Neither of them invited me so I didn't go.
8. Neither of them seemed interested in the offer.
9. Mary didn't turn up and neither did Ruth.
10. John didn't pass the test, and Peter didn't either.
11. He neither smiled, spoke, nor looked at me.
12. Alice can't dance and neither can Stella / Stella can't either.

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We use either before the first of two alternatives specified. It means one or the other of two people or things. Neither means 'not one nor the other of two'. Can you use either and neither correctly? Test your understanding with this grammar exercise. Fill in the blanks. 1.

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'Either & Neither' - English Quiz & Worksheet - UsingEnglish.com

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Test yourself with our free English language quiz about 'Either & Neither'. This is a free beginner English grammar quiz and esl worksheet. No sign-up required.

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"I Am, You Are, He/She Is" Song -  Present Simple "To Be" Lesson - Rockin English (Grammar)

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Gerund or infinitive -multiple choice worksheet

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Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the teacher.

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You can set this page as a homework task for a group of students; doing so will give you a record of who has completed the task. Visit the teacher's section for more information.

In the teacher's section you can also alter the sets of content, so that only some of the images appear. Additionally, you can get embed code to add this game to a blog or web page and you can create direct links to the game with content pre-selected. As an example, the link below will start the game with the jobs content automatically loaded.

Alternatively, this link will start the game with the food content automatically selected and loaded.

Use the teacher's section to create more links or embed code.

This is a simple game for learning basic English vocabulary. Primarily, it is aimed at ESL (English as a second language) learners, but other learners may find it useful too. To play, just listen to the words and click on the matching images. The game gets faster as you progress and if you do not click quickly enough, then the game will end. You can choose which vocab to practice by clicking on a set in the content screen. There are about 30 sets of content that cover most of the basic vocabulary items. A list of all the vocab used in this game is available for download here.

At the first screen you can click on 'Fast' or 'Slow'. These both lead to the same game; the difference is that the 'slow' option does not have the countdown timer. You can also choose to review a set of content by clicking on the 'review' option. This screen simply displays the images and text while playing the audio. At the end of the game there is also a high scores screen which shows the best players for each set of content according to time period in which the game was completed.

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A game to practice simple English vocabulary. You listen to the words and then click on the matching pictures. You can use this to learn English online for free.

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Евгений Петров

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135_1- Speakout Upper-Intermediate Student's Book_2015, 2nd, 176p.pdf

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Евгений Петров

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135_5- Speakout Upper-Intermediate Teacher's Book_2016, 2nd, 208p.pdf

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Евгений Петров

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135_3- Speakout Upper-Intermediate Workbook (with key)_2015, 2nd, 96p.pdf

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English grammar exercises online. Free exercises on the use of possessive adjectives.

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Learning English Online | Elementary Level

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The tests and exercises for learning English online for the beginners. Elementary level.

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Free Online Dice allows you to flip a coin or roll virtual dice. You can flip coin for decision making or roll virtual dice for true random numbers.

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Евгений Петров

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131_1- Speakout Starter Student's Book_2015, 2nd, 160p.pdf

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Евгений Петров

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131_3- Speakout Starter Workbook (with key)_2016, 2nd, 88p.pdf