WRITING ESSAYS: A GUIDE

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ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY IN ENGLISH

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5 STEPS HOW TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES HAPPEN (INTERESTING READING)

You have probably heard about the law of attraction and the power of positive thinking. The concept is: if you have positive thoughts, you attract positive things in your life. There are thousands of books around this topic, motivational speakers praise this universal concept, but still, not everybody is happy, rich and successful. So why is that? Being positive on the surface is not enough to activate the law of attraction. Positive thinking is useless if you still have negative blockers in your subconsciousness. 

The subconsciousness is the engine that powers your life, not your conscious mind. To make positive changes occur on your subconscious level it takes conscious commitment. Our perception of reality, how we think about ourselves and the world around us, what we take to be true is determined by our beliefs. 

To create lasting change rescript the core set of your beliefs that forms how you think and perceive your reality. “Change your thought and it will change your world.” (Norman Vincent Peale). The following steps will help you to make positive changes happen:

1. Clear your mind. Get rid of all the negativity in your life. Don´t complain, don´t blame. Don´t watch TV and news (90% of it is negative). See reality as it is, accept it but don´t let negativity consume you. Like computer programmers use to say: garbage in and garbage out. Take responsibility for your life. You are not a victim of your circumstances, you are a product of your decisions.

2. Decide who you want to be. It is not about what you want to be but about who you want to be. You haven´t figured it out yet? Don´t worry. Take time to get to know yourself better and figure out what you want out of life. How do you see yourself in the future? Try to embody your future person in the here and now. If you want success, dress, talk, act, breath like success.

3. Have faith. Start to believe in yourself, your goals, your talents, skills and dreams. You deserve the life you have imagined. Expect positive things to happen. Expect to be lucky. Believe that it is possible.

4. Take actions to become who you want to be. Do what is required to reach your goals and stay focused. Be willing to make sacrifices to practice, enhance your skills and prepare for success. Work harder than anybody else. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don´t wish it were easier, wish you were  better.”

5. Be patient. Great things take time. Change takes time. Be patient. If you  go through tough times, always remember: pain is not here to last, pain is here to pass. Don´t give up, go through it. Remember why you have started and where you want to go to.

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HOW TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN A JOB INTERVIEW AND OTHER TIPS (VIDEO)

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OTHER TIPS TO SUCCEED IN A JOB INTERVIEW (WATCH THIS VIDEO):

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "DO" AND "MAKE"

MAKE is associated with creation (producing, constructing, creating or building something new, plans and decisions). We use Make with food, drink, meals.

Examples:

• I've just made a cake.
• Can you tell me how much ten and ten make?
• The dress you are wearing seems to be made for you.

DO is associated with completion (about work, jobs, tasks, activities in general without being specific). They do not produce any physical object. We sometimes use DO to replace a verb when the meaning is clear or obvious. This is more common in informal spoken English.

Examples:

• I must do the shopping.
• You must do your exercise again.
• My boss is fond of doing business.

List of standard expressions that take the verb 'do' and 'make':

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SOME INTERESTING LINKS TO TRAIN YOUR SPEAKING

http://www.englishspeak.com/english-lessons.cfm (you can find a list of topics)

http://blogpara-aprenderingles.blogspot.com.es/p/dialogos-en-ingles.html (examples of dialogues within different situations / Spanish website)

http://www.talkenglish.com/

DIFERENTES USOS DE "HAVE" EN INGLÉS

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WRITING A LETTER OR EMAIL (FORMAL AND INFORMAL)

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SATURDAY KARAOKE: 10 EASY SONGS FOR ENGLISH LEARNING

THE PASSIVE VOICE IN ENGLISH

Transitive verbs have both active and passive forms:

active		passive
The hunter killed the lion.	>>	The lion was killed by the hunter.
Someone has cleaned the windows	>>	The windows have been cleaned

The passive forms are made up of the verb be with a past participle:

	be	past participle
English	is	spoken	all over the world
The windows	have been	cleaned
Lunch	was being	served
The work	will be	finished	soon
They	might have been	invited	to the party

We sometimes use the verb get to form the passive:

Be careful with the glass. It might get broken.
Peter got hurt in a crash.

If we want to show the person or thing doing the action we use by:

She was attacked by a dangerous dog.
The money was stolen by her husband.

We can use the indirect object as the subject of a passive verb:

active		passive
I gave him a book for his birthday	>>	He was given a book for his birthday.
Someone sent her a cheque for a thousand euros	>>	She was sent a cheque for a thousand euros.

We can use phrasal verbs in the passive:

active		passive
They called off the meeting.	>>	The meeting was called off.
His grandmother looked after him.	>>	He was looked after by his grandmother.
They will send him away to school.	>>	He will be sent away to school.

Some verbs very frequently used in the passive are followed by the to-infinitive:

be supposed to	be expected to	be asked to
be scheduled to	be allowed to	be told to

John has been asked to make a speech at the meeting.
You are supposed to wear a uniform.
The meeting is scheduled to start at seven.

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