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How do you want to be remembered? Write one sentence in the past tense about how you want people to remember you.

For example: "She was a generous neighbour who was always there to lend a hand."

This challenge may change the way you live your life!

Share your sentence with us in one of the following ways:

3 Options For Joining the MyEC One Sentence Challenge

• Take a video of yourself holding up a sign with your sentence. Read the sentence out loud. (just a few seconds please)
• Take a picture of yourself

Tenses

When we report  things that people said in the past, we do not usually use the same tenses as they said. This is because the times are different.

Compare

   Original Words                      Reported Speech

   'I don't like the party.'                Bill said he didn't like the party.

                                                          (NOT Bill said he doesn't like the party.) 

   'Will you marry me?'                 I asked him if he would marry me.

Love is in the air 

It can  help many people to  go on living

It's a treasure in our hearts but sometimes we forget about it.We think that we can abuse  people we love.Is it the right thing to do?

    My name is Sewar, and it means bracelet or wristlet in English.

     What about you my friends?

Hello

That is my pen.

Do you like writting, too?

Then why don't you add the image of your pen here?

Please share the photo of your pen here or here, I am so interested to see your pens :)

Thanks

conjunctions

clause +. conjunction .+ clause

conjunction + clause, + clause

1. A conjunction joins two clauses.

   - I'm tired and I want to go to bed.

    - I tried hard but I couldn't understand.

    - His father died, so he had to stop his studies.

    - I know that you don't like her.

    - I'll sell it to you cheap because you're a friend of mine.

    - She married him although she didn't love him.

    - We'll start at eight o'clock so that we can finish early.

    - I'd tell you if I knew.

And, but,

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So many of us face personal challenges in day to day life. Whether it's politics, traffic during the daily commute, family and relationships issues, or just that annoying insect that keeps landing on your arm while trying to write a humorous and intelligent comment in the main room as you wait for your best friend to show up that's ten time zones away from your region. The sun always rises in the East for all of us. Humanity never stops for anyone. I'll post you a song that really isn't gender s

Next week is Persian New Year, NOWRUZ :)

Persian start their new year when nature is born again in spring, and they celebrate it with nature.

Nowruz has many traditional customs just like starting new year everywhere.

Last year, I asked my friends in  BEST Group to write a blog about Nowruz and below was its result.

Let's read their words together:

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** Adlet said about  name and countries:

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How did you learn Vowels (A,E,I,O,U)?

Our teacher taught us by a cute face like this:

Its face is O, eyes are A and E, nose is I and lip is U :)

What about you?

:)

Dear friends, 

I wish you all a very happy women's day. Though I know there are still much things to do to improve women's life conditions in many countries, I wish you all  to have reasons to smile and to feel love around.

Big big hug to each one of you.

Manuela

For those who have commented on my photo of "Bath time but for who ?".   Thank you taking the time to view my photo.
The elephants at this reserve were very well looked after, no poking with the hook and the mahout was soft spoken and kind.
The elephants rested twice during the ride of 2 hours and each time the chair was removed.
The track for the elephant to walk was good, quiet, no steep or slippery slopes, as can be found elsewhere ( e.g. Ankor ).
I have visited other reserves and rehabilitation

Hi there,

I do not know much about computers. Before completing this blog, my finger mistakenly hit a button and what I had written was gone. but I will try to remember what I wrote. Ok, I was just saying I wanted to write something, but I did not know what to write about. Of course, it reminds me of, going to a certain place and you do not know the right way. That is the problem facing most of us nowadays. Basically, the present is built upon the past to form a future. In other words, we are bec

Reported Speech: Questions

1. In reported question, the subject comes before the verb.

          He asked where I was going.

          (NOT... He asked where was I going.)

          I asked where the President and his wife were staying.

          (NOT... I asked where were the Presidnent and his wife staying.)

Auxiliary do is not used.

          I wondered how they felt.

          (NOT... I wondered how did they feel.)

Question marks are not used.

          We asked where the money was.

          (NOT...

It has been a while since I write anything. Reading my friends' blogs made me wonder how do people keeps on having an idea what to write. Simple thing such an adventure in the kitchen (Mickey's Adventure in the Kitchen) and old tree (Mickey's Sentimental Old Tree) can be turned into interesting blogs. An orange (Viviana's Orange in the Brain - short poem)and an ice cream (Adlet's Ice Cream Tragedy) can be turned into poems. I like writing my travelling experiences. It was easier, putting my expe

I, Gabriel Sowrian, take great pleasure in presenting this plaque to our very

First Winner of the "Reading Homographs" Challenge!

Galina!

If you have heard not about the challenge or would like to participate, please check it out HERE.

This is your opportunity not only to win a beautiful plaque but also lear

A few years ago, I adopted two freshly weaned puppies from the same litter. The particular breed of dog is known as a Labrador Retriever. In the US, we just call them Labs. They come in a variety of colors and are one of the most friendly, intelligent, interesting, and loyal K-9 companions (in my opinion) that a dog owner could ever have the pleasure of spending time with. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador_Retriever . I'll allow the link to give further explanation of the breed. While at the

Ali is 55^th year old man, he is working as achieve and a manager in his own eating place, in a small town eastern Sudan. He never minds to marry although he is from a Sanctifies married life community, he should marry before 30 years as he said.

All single men who are taking meals in his eating place have good relationship and he became their Godfather in the small town, suddenly he married two ladies in a week, this event became the city talk, the central questions are why Ali was waiting this l

Did your classroom ever speak with a classroom in another country? 

Some teachers here in Saudi Arabia have tried this with English classes using Skype or similar video broadcasting services.  Geography or Social Studies students in the UK, Australia, South Africa or North America may like to Skype with your English class. We all can benefit from learning about other cultures.  Wars usually happen between strangers, not between friends.  As we meet people across the world, our friendships help to

Infinitive after who, what, how etc

1. In reported speech, we can use an infinitive after the question-words who, what, where etc (but not why) to talk about questions and the answers to questions.

verb + question-word + infinitive

                            - I wonder who to invite.

                            - Show me what to do.

                            - Can you tell me how to get to the station?

                            - I don't know where to park the car.

                            - Te