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Yes, I'm going to talk about 'the passive of perfective verbs'. 

The passive or passive voice is formed with the different tenses of 'be' and the past particle of a verb, for example, we can say 'My bike was stolen'. You may wonder if you can say 'My bike is stolen'?

Good question! My answer is yes. If you use the past tense 'was', you're emphasizing the action - you mean your bike was stolen by someone, yesterday or any day in the past. When you say 'My bike is stolen', you just mean the 'result

Hi All, 

We are all leaving in a digital world. Whatever may be the advance in technology, the human thinking pattern remains same for centuries. Yes education made a lot of difference in thinking pattern. 

Even today, most of our lives are controlled by our own past. It will not help either present or future but it will diminish your present as well as future. Past is a experience, We need to take that experience positively to make our future better. 

You should change all your past into positive

                   Great storms, typhoon, and thunder and lightning are deliberately choreographed

                                                               Xuefeng

                                                          August 15, 2002

      The occurrence of the great storms, typhoon, and thunder and lightning is due to the existence of the moon.

      Without gales, the convection of hot and cold airs on earth will be impossible. The chilly and sweltering weathers will continue for longer

Before you react sarcastically, let me remind you that we are dealing with plants here. So have you killed your plants unintentionally but you felt guilty towards them? If your answer is yes, then you’re not alone.

Most gardeners especially the new ones have committed this crime plenty of times. Even expert horticulturists have admitted themselves feeling abashed by this dilemma. But the good news is that there are simple ways to prevent it from happening again in the future.

Firstly, the most com

It is based on a real incident.

In a Village, two friends lived. One named Raju, he is a carpenter another named Ramu, he is a car driver.  Raju and Ramu were friends for many years. They were happily lived in the village. 

Ramu, the driver, used to come home daily for lunch at afternoon. He drove car always in front of Raju's carpenter shop. The moment Raju sees Ramu's car, Raju will stand middle of the road. Ramu drive car very fast and apply sudden break. Same time Raju will jump from the middl

Yes, it's good news for those who have problems adding comments or new blog posts. 

I take my hat off to Josef and his technical team, who managed to find what was wrong with the adding and to solve the problem. 

Try adding a comment or a new blog post to see if it works for you too!

On 9th April, United Airlines, which is an American airline company, had to make four passengers get off an airplane because of overbooking, and they said they selected four passengers at random by a computer. However it was said that it might be racial discrimination because they were all Asian people. The airplane had planned to fly in the U.S, so there must have been many non-Asian people in the airplane.

The three passengers got off the airplane without protesting but one person didn't get

Dear all.

Today is a big holiday for Christians. But other religion enjoy this opportunity to go out of town or return to

their hometown.

I had period so I didn't pray. My sister and her husband had arrived here from Taiwan.

I didn't expect any souvenirs from them. They watched Coldplay there.Now it's easy to order their tshirt

online. 

Yesterday I was upset because I didn't have enough money to buy my fave cds.

I must save money for rainy days (urgent needs). I want this holiday to be over because I'm

My friends, you are really very helpful in all my researches and innovations! Thanks to your comments, I gave up the idea of inventing the pills preventing us from being ourselves. But I have come up with another invention that seems to be useful for the humanity in gereral and for each of us in particular.

My new invention is the medicine for bigotry.

Well, I don't mean our believes, persuasions, customs, traditions, etc. I mean fanatism, zealotry of any kind that makes people deaf, blind, narrow

This page should be attached to part 1

spoon race – In this game, participants have to run with a spoon in the mouth that is balancing a lime or lemon. The first person to reach the end without dropping the lime, he or she is the winner.

There is Gunny race even the spoon race. It should get into a sack and run.Also, the ‘Three-legged race’ is so funny one. Two persons, should couple with bind their 2 legs together. And they should run together to the aimed place.

Bicycle race - This is held for b

During the Sinhala and Tamil New Year festival season, people are participating so many traditional activities and games. The sounds of crackers, nila, swinging, beating the tambourine,(Rabana) and many things. Like all the age-old rituals connected with these games and activities make joyous laughter and more pleasure for one and all. People organising lots of New Year celebrations (Avurudu Uthsava)) held by various municipalities, villages, hotels, schools, and groups throughout during this pe

   How many words do you know in English that are related to the five senses? Look at the list below and then work with a partner to try to place them according to the sense they relate to. Then see if you can find one more example of your own for each category.

aroma,bitter,blind,book,breathe,deaf,feel,flavour,food,handle,hear,hold,listen to,look,music,nose,odour,perfume,pinch,press,rub,salty,scent,see,shout,sniff,sound,stroke,sweet,tastes like,tongue,view,vision,watch,whisper.

• SIGHT
• HEARING
• TASTE
• T

I think everybody should get good teacher in their college or school. I am the  lucky one got a good teacher in my college. 

What you mean by a "good teacher"? Who teaches the subject very well!, Absolutely No.

A teacher is having a very different role to play in once life. It is apart from teaching subject or language. 

We had a good teacher in our college. He used to tell various other useful things in life apart from his subject. 

I would like to share one of them here.

As per my teacher, Everybod

Everywhere is greenery. Trees have filled with fresh leaves. Flowers are blossoming. Birds are singing. Especially Koha’s sweet rhythm is spreading surrounding. Koha is, Asian kovul and it is a harbinger who brings the message of that the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. It is the most interesting and special festival in my country.

According to the Sinhala calendar, April is ‘Bak’ month. The name 'Bak' is derived from the Sanskrit word. Sinhala meaning of it 'bhagya' and in English ‘fortunate’. Then

David Allen said well;
“Your mind is for having ideas, not for holding them”
With respect to this quote, now you can read between the lines of sayings such as “prefer smart work over hard work, “be creative at work”, and so forth. I know what questions are running in your mind “How could it be possible to get done with 10-hour work within 6 hours” right?
On one side, professional experts’ advice to “work hard, and get accomplished with investing your time” so, onanother hand, your colleagues an

The most selfish are those who live for others Xuefeng (Translated by Treasure and Edited by Kaer) The world always sings praises for those who live for others, therefore the world is full of lies and deceit. Those who claim to live for others are selfish and hypocritical; they are “criminals”. Every thing and every life must maintain its individual character. This was the intention of the Greatest Creator when all was created. It is wrong for the peach tree to live for the grapevine instead of

Having abilities, money and unlimited possibilities is something, what each inventor needs. I have none of the above, just one cool idea but it counts too, nah? So ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you my last invention...

                                                    *********** a dream recorder **************

             Applause please :p Ehmm... thank you, thank you.. Let me tell you something about it...

As we all know, we can train our brains to remember the dreams well enough but