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TED TALKS

TED TALKS ARE ALWAYS A SOURCE FOR LISTENING IN ENGLISH. GETTING NEW IDEAS IN THIS THIRD TERM SOME OF YOU WOULD BE DOING OR ARE DOING TED TALKS. THIS IS NOT A COMMON TED TALK, IT IS MORE AN INTERVIEW THAN A PROPER ONE BUT I HAVE FOUND IT INTERESTING I LEAVE THIS LINK ON HOW TO DEAL WITH OUR ANXIETY THESE DAYS  BY ELIZABETH GILBERT. https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_it_s_ok_to_feel_overwhelmed_here_s_what_to_do_next

WRITING A STORY

When you are writing a story you have to be very consistent using VERBAL TENSES.  They are often in the PAST ( Past simple or continuouous, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Modals in the PAST) You may introduce direct speech: Something someone said. And that would enrich your story and change the verbal tense. JUST BE CONSISTENT. REVISE EVERYTHING WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED YOUR WRITING I post an example with the mistakes in bold, can you correct it? Post corrections please! I am just posting one but could have posted many more! WE NEED TO LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES Barbara just couldn’t stop similing because in a few hours she was going to take a trip to France, Barbara ha ve always wanted to be a photographer and that’s why she was going to travel to France because there she could probably achieve her goal. When she was traveling to France she meet a famous photographer and Barbara decid e to show him her pictures, at first the famous photographer didn’t look impress i...

pay attention to part 2 speaking exams FCE

Pay attention to the statement. I don't want descriptions of the picture. Answer  to why they show people who have just done something special. Compare using both.... and say how  they are feeling about what they have done: