Rephrasing with tenses

REPHRASING EXERCISES (REVIEW).- TENSES 1. She read the book first and then she saw the film. After… 2. Steve started learning the violin a month ago. Steve´s… 3. I haven´t been to an Indian restaurant for ages. It´s ages… 4. The last time Nancy came here was in 1986. Nancy hasn´t… 5. This is my first visit to Japan. This is the first… 6. How long have Helen and Robert been married? When… 7. She has never been to the club before. It´s… 8. She has never heard such a funny story. It´s… 9. It´s the worst headache she´s ever had. She´s… 10. It´s months since I saw Jane. I haven´t… 11. When did she come back? Since… 12. I haven´t spoken to him for a week. The last… 13. How long is it since he moved here? When… 14. The last time I went to Brussels was two years ago. I haven´t… 15. I´ve never heard such a silly story. It´s… 16. When did you last go to London? When was… 17. I haven´t finished my homework yet. I´m still… 18. I have never tasted muesli before. It´s…

Relative clauses

Relative clauses from Pedro José Ortiz Villamor

Exercises for revision Unit 8

Add a relative pronoun and rearrange the words to form sentences.

      

       1. her son / the day / was born / she’ll never forget / .

                                                                                                                                                    

       2.  I used to play / has been closed / Hyde Park / .

                                                                                                                                                    

       3.  Mr Smith / is 80 years old / lives across the road / .

                                                                                                                                                    

       4.  had been delayed / the train / eventually arrived / .

                                                                                                                                                    

.      5.  the haircut / he gave me / too long / is / ?

                                                           

Why is Shakespeare so famous? Shakespeare in Love

Shakespeare's reputation as the greatest English-language writer stems from at least five dimensions of his collective work. The first of these is the sheer scope of his achievement. Over some thirty-eight plays, Shakespeare addressed virtually every aspect of human experience. His plays include comedies, tragedies, histories, romances, and problem plays: it is difficult to think of a dramatic situation, a human dilemma, or a major theme that his works do not touch upon. That being so, although he wrote for a specific audience of a particular historical era, Shakespeare's works are timeless. In fact, many of his works have been updated to our own time. Depth is a third facet of the Shakespeare canon. His works recognize the complexity of our experience and often yield contradictory interpretations of their meaning. Working in the meter of natural or conversational English, his plays were and remain accessible. Granted, Shakespeare texts do include some words and phrases that require definition. Nevertheless, with the aid of a few explanatory footnotes, they can be easily understood. Lastly, creative innovation is a hallmark of Shakespeare's writing. Although he utilized dramatic, poetic, fictional, and historical sources and models, the Bard of Avon invariably put his own stamp upon these materials. Several of his works were experimental when they were first staged.

What do we know about his life?

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