Active / Passive Verb Forms Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore‚ tenses also have "active forms" and "passive forms." You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak English. Active Form In active sentences‚ the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active. Basic form: [Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action] Examples: - The professor teaches the students
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SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT LONG QUIZ Name:_____________________________ Section:____________________ Score:_________ DIRECTIONS: Read each sentences. Circle the correct verb so that subject agrees with it. Some of the items provide clues‚ use them to guide you in answering. 1: The rhythm of the pounding waves (is‚ are) calming. (Clue: Make the subject and verb agree when words intervene between them.) 2: All of the dogs in the neighbourhood (was‚ were)barking. (Clue: Make the subject
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Business Case Study Contest 2013 1. About Company Tallmart is one of the largest non-food retailers in USA with headquarters in San Francisco‚ California. It was established in 1990 and its first department store was launched in downtown San Francisco. The department store focused on giving the customer the latest in various product categories that it offered‚ at better prices than other retailers. Customers immensely liked the choice of products offered by Tallmart‚ and the store became #1
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Cheating Scandal “Cheating is a dress rehearsal for life”‚ one student said that ABC News Primetime was interviewing for a story called‚ ‘A Cheating Crisis in America’s Schools’. They found in a 2002 confidential survey that out of 12‚000 high school students‚ 74 percent admitted to cheating on an exam at least once during their academic experience. Those numbers show no signs of stopping anytime soon; and it’s not just high school students cheating‚ college students‚ even those privileged enough
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Communication Theories Match the communication theories with their descriptions by placing the letter of the description in the blank. 1. ____ Social penetration theory 2. ____ Communication accommodation theory 3. ____ Spiral of silence theory 4. ____ Relational dialectics theory 5. ____ Rhetoric/dramatism/narrative paradigm 6. ____ Muted group theory 7. _____ Communication privacy management theory 8. _____ Organizational culture theory 9. _____ Agenda-setting
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week 2 individual Outside My World Paulina Bain Comm/315 January 29‚ 2013 Dr. Aron Muse Stepping Outside My World Describe the activity they chose and why? The activity I chose was….. I braided my hair back in corn rolls like a “Black American” woman would braid her hair. I chose this because I wanted to see how people react in this day in age we are in. Growing up in California I grew up around Mexicans‚ so married to a Black
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Ashford 3: - Week 2 - Assignment Writing Exercise 1 – Motivation Last week‚ you read about contexts that motivate learning‚ through the experiences of Sara‚ Chris‚ Fred‚ and Jaime. Consider these students’ experiences as you complete this week’s written assignment. Write a paragraph‚ explaining what motivates you to learn (using the experiences of Sara‚ Chris‚ Fred‚ and Jaime as examples). Then‚ write a second paragraph that focuses on the particular context that you believe motivates your
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Q.1 Describe Any Situation In Your Experience Where The Communication Went Wrong. Analyze The Situation By Pointing Out The Type Of Barrier To Communication And Suggest How To Overcome This Barrier. [10 Marks]. Answer- Once I had gone to visit a friend in the next town which is along a major highway and stretched about 100km. He asked me to a light at the second bus stop in the town. When the bus I took got closer to the town‚ I informed the bus conductor where I will alight. He gave a node amidst
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Types of Business Correspondence The major types of Business Correspondence are: Business Letters Business Memos Business Faxes Business E-mails Subject And Verb Agreement Defining the organizational purpose is crucial. It is also more difficult than one might think. Peter Drucker emphasizes the point that an organization’s purpose should be examined and defined not only at the inception or during difficult times but also during successful periods. If the rail road companies
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Chapter 01 Introduction 1.1 Introduction In this modern era of business‚ success in achieving organizational and inter-organizational goals has become very much strategic. The business organizations are developing themselves very gradually‚ including their policies and communication techniques. So business firms over the world need to establish and maintain an effective communication network with the parties related to the business using modern technology. Modern technology as in electronic
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