English Lessons
“We are working day and night to restore power to all the areas that have experienced outages.”
There's been a hurricane. It caused the electrical power system to go down in a lot of homes in your region. A representative from the electrical company is giving a press conference to talk about how they are going to fix it. He says this to reas...
“I went to a doctor and got some antibiotics, but she said that it would take a few days for them to kick in.”
You're feeling sick with a sinus infection. You went to a doctor and got some medicine, but you don't feel better yet. You were supposed to meet a friend for dinner tomorrow evening, but you don't think you're going to feel better by then. This is...
“See here? I patched up that spot where the drywall was starting to crack.”
One of the walls in your house had a crack in it, but you fixed it this weekend. You told your wife that you fixed the wall, and now you say this as you show it to her.
“It's imperative that you keep up with the reading.”
You're a college professor. You're talking to a new class during the first week of school. You want to make sure that the students understand how important it is to do the reading assignments you give them, so you say this.
“He claims to have been abducted by aliens.”
You're chatting with a coworker about your uncle, who's a pretty strange guy. He's told you that aliens from outer space kidnapped him. You tell this to your coworker.
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