1 Complete the sentences with the Simple Past or Present

Find the main idea. A useful summary distills the source material down to its most important point to inform the reader. ...
Keep it brief. A summary is not a rewrite—it's a short summation of the original piece
Write without judgment
Make sure it flows

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2 years ago

Convierta las siguientes preguntas directas en indirectas. Did Diana go out last night? Where did Augusto meet with his brother?

kaheart [24]

Answer:

1. Do you know if Diana went out last night?

2. Can you tell me where Augusto met with his brother?

3. Can you tell me how the movie was?

4. Do you know what the problem was?

5. Do you know why Teresa was so early?

6. Can you tell me where you live?

7. Can you tell me when your birthday is?

8. Do you know who she is?

Explanation:

En inglés, preguntas indirectas normalmente empiezan por una pregunta extra que no es realmente necesaria. Es usada simplemente para hacer la frase más educada, cortés. Las preguntas más comunes son "Do you know" y "Can you tell me".

Si la pregunta original tiene una question word (who, what, where, when, etc.), debemos añadir la pregunta extra y eliminar los verbos auxiliares o cambiar su sitio en la frase si es necesario:

Who is there? - Do you know who is there?

Who did you see? - Can you tell me who you saw?

Who was she? - Do you know who she was?

Pero si la pregunta original no tiene question word y empieza por un verbo auxiliar, debemos eliminarlo y añadir "if":

Did you call me? - Can you tell me if you called me?

Do you like apples? - Can you tell me if you like apples?

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3 years ago

Match the themes from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" with the excerpts they represent.

Tasya [4]

1. The fact had gone all abroad that the foreign crank who carried million-pound bills in his vest pocket was the patron saint of [Harris' eating-house]. That was enough. From being a poor, struggling, little hand-to-mouth enterprise, it had become celebrated, and overcrowded with customers. - Answer: Rags to riches. The excerpt refers to an enterprise that was once poor and struggling and has now become popular and flowing with costumers, refering it went form poor to rich or from rags to riches.

2. When the crash should come, he might somehow be able to save me from total destruction; I didn't know how, but he might think of a way, maybe. - Answer: Impending doom. The author states that a crash will come and affect him, thus representing a feeling of impending doom.

3. Deep in debt, not a cent in the world, a lovely girl's happiness or woe in my hands, and nothing in front of me but a salary which might never--oh, would never--materialize! - Answer: Wealth worship. The author refers to his poor economic situation as he is deep in debt and has now money ("Not a cent in the world "). He further claims his salary would never materialize, implying he would like to be wealthy.

4. Why, it isn't six months since you were clerking away for Blake Hopkins in Frisco on a salary, and sitting up nights on an extra allowance, helping me arrange and verify the Gould and Curry Extension papers and statistics. The idea of your being in London, and a vast millionaire, and a colossal celebrity! - Answer: Rags to riches. The author writes about how the person he refers to was once working on only a salary, going through night shifts to earn an extra allowance and now has become a "vast millionare" in London.

5. Please get those things off, sir, and throw them in the fire. Do me the favor to put on this shirt and this suit; it's just the thing, the very thing--plain, rich, modest, and just ducally nobby. - Answer: Wealth worship. The author is asking of a person to throw his clothing into the fire and wear apparel that would likely make him look wealthy.

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3 years ago

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