A region is so arid because of little rainfall that it
supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all.
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren
wilderness.
Dessert- [dɪˋzɝt]
The food such as cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream,
etc., which are served as the final course of a meal.
A tandem bike
A bike for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
the same …… as
In an identical or similar way:
I see the same through your glasses as I do through mine.
Reported speech:
Reported Speech (also referred to as 'indirect speech') refers to a sentence reporting what someone has said. If the reporting verb (i.e. said) is in the past, the reported clause is in a past form. This form is usually one step back into the past from the original.(called back tensing)
In indirect speech certain grammatical categories are
changed relative to the words of the original sentence. When a sentence
involves words or forms whose referents depend on these circumstances, they are
liable to change when the sentence is put into indirect speech. The tense of
verbs is often changed.
Examples
‧It israining
hard.
She says that it is raining hard. (no change)
She said that it was raining hard.
(change of tense when the main verb is past tense)She says that it is raining hard. (no change)
She said that it was raining hard.
‧I will come to your party tomorrow.
I said that I would come to hisparty the next day.
(change of tense, personand time expression)
‧How do people manage to live in this city?
I asked him how people managed to live in that city.
(change of tense and question syntax, and of demonstrative)
‧Please leave the room.
I asked them to leave the room. (use of infinitive phrase)
The tense changes illustrated above, which occur because the main verb ("said", "asked") is in the past tense, are not obligatory when the situation described is still valid:
‧Ed isa bore.
She said that Ed was/is a bore. (optional change of tense)
‧I am coming over to watch television.
Benjamin said that heis/was coming over to watch television.
(change of person, optional change of tense)
In these sentences the original tense can be used provided that it remains equally valid at the time of the reporting of the statement (Ed is still considered a bore; Benjamin is still expected to come over).
Two-lane road/ Two- lane Highway
 |
to pass the car
the driver accelerated to get ahead of the other car
space line/dotted line----------------------
Forbidden to pass: solid yellow line
A head-on collision
What is the difference between the word 'everyone' and 'anyone'?
For example: It could/can happen to everyone.
'everyone' means all together.
Eg. Everyone knows it.
'anyone' means any one of us, it's could be you but not me.
Eg. Is anyone there?
Synonymous: anyone=anybody
someone=somebody
everyone=everybody
no one=nobody
Time flies when you are having fun.
By Sandra & Yawen
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