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The farmers split the cacao pods open and scoop out the cacao beans. 3. The machine stretches and twists the wires. 4. The workers dry the fish in the sun. 5. Years ago, people churned butter by hand. 6. The roller mill crushed the grains. 7. The machine sealed the bottle with a bottle cap. 8. The robot is fixing the tyres to the body of the car. 9. The technique turns acetylsalicyclic acid into powder form. 10. The machine cuts the adhesive bandage into the correct sizes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Who did the job ? Can you break the door ? Will she sing a song ? Is he speaking English ? Are you eating a banana ? Why are you washing the car ? When will he give the money ? Where will he meet you ? How do you make a cake ? Whom did you tell the story ? He was truck by lightning.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. I was quite shocked by the language that he used. We were both filled with horror by the sight of that event. I was much hurt by is voice and manner. Should I be found at home by him he would not be received by me. They were welcomed back by the city on their return. He was punished by the master for speaking in class. Many objections were raised by us to the plan that was proposed by him. Will he not be persuaded to work harder by a sense of duty ? I was called upon by the meeting to give my reasons. He was known by me by his voice, when I was spoken to by him in the dark. His return was not expected by us.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. 3. 5. 7. 9. 11. 13. 15. He is catching fish. They are drinking water. They buy fish every day. He wrote me a letter. Do you know the answer ? I see her every day ? Do this at once. I have nothing say. 2. 4. 6. 8. 10. 12. 14. She was cooking vegetables. We have seen the accident. She gave us the news. She made us some tea. Can you speak Japanese ? Ask him to leave. Bring it to me this instant.

Someone broke into the National Gallery late last night. The thieves had broken the alarm system before they climbed through a window. They stole some priceless works of art. They used a gateway car to escape. The police have questioned some suspects. They have not the thieves yet. A few days ago, somebody stole keith Dunn`s motor bike. Keith had left his motorbike outside his house. Keith reported the theft to the police. The police told him they would try to find his motorbike. This morning, the police called Keith and asked him to go to the police station. They had found his motorbike. The thieves had painted it and then sold it to somebone else. The new owner had parked the morobike outside the police station. The police arrested the thieves.

Yesterday afternoon, a volcanic eruption destroyed an entire village. Mount Sirius, which experts thought was dormant, erupted at 3 pm. Tourists had seen smoke rising from the mouth of the volcano two days before. The police moved the villagers away from the area for their own safety. Tons of lava and rock came out of the volcano and wrecked houses, roads and trees. Although the blas physically injured only a few people, doctors are treating many for shock. The authroities are keeping the area surrounding Mount Sirius clear in case of further activity. I made this omelette with onions and cheese. This omelette was made with onion and cheese. Everyone considers her to be the best students in the class Mary wants someone to hlpe her when she paints the house. They will have built the new bridge by the end of the year. People ask Eve questions about her job all the time. The detective had collected all the information before he handed in his report. Do people expect Jane to get a promotion this year? Frank doesn`t like people telling him what to do. They washed the car with soapy water. Who will make the speech tomorrow? What did they decorate the streets with?

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Men that Dont Fit In: By Robert W. Service by southernmusings Every now and then I read a poem that I love. Sometimes I read poems that bore me. Sometimes I read poems that are so incredibly lousy it makes me wish that I couldnt understand English. But other times I read poems that totally resonate. This is one of them. The Men That Dont Fit In, by Robert W. Service is a stellar portrait of that wayfaring soul that Ive always related too. Its full of a sense of mad abandon in a mans quest for the next big thing. But what really struck me about this poem lies in the final lines of the last stanza. Hes a rolling stone, and its bred in the bone; Hes a man who wont fit in. Hes a rolling stone! I have done a little research regarding this popular phrase. According to Wikipedia, The conventional English translation appeared in John Heywoods collection of Proverbs in 1546. Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable also credits Erasmus, and relates it to other Latin proverbs, Planta quae saepius transfertus non coalescit, or Saepius plantata arbor fructum profert exiguum, which mean that a frequently replanted plant or tree (respectively) yields little fruit. It appears that the original intent of the proverb saw the growth of moss as desirable, and that the intent was to condemn mobility as unprofitable. The contemporary interpretation of equating moss to undesirable stagnation has turned the traditional understanding on its head: Erasmuss proverb gave the name rolling stone to people who are agile

(mobile) and never get rusty due to constant motion. In music we have heard it over and over again from James Brown to Don McLean; Muddy Waters to Hank Williams, and obviously, THE Rolling Stones! This might be an overlooked first use of the term in American History as relating it to a wandering, gypsy-hearted man. Ive always attributed its first use to the Muddy Waters reference in the tune, Rollin Stone. But you know, I guess he had to get it from somewhere. Also according to Wikipedia, the earliest recorded reference in American Culture is: The union activist Joe Hills last will, written in the form of a song in 1915 states: My kin dont need to fuss and moan, Moss does not cling to rolling stone. But I cant find any other references attributing the term a rolling stone to a person. For example, HE is a rolling stone. So buried in the final lines of this trite little poem, a phrase and an attributed meaning that may well have influenced the entire soul of American Music, from Blues to Country to Folk to Rock and Roll. See, poets ARE cool! Heck, they may be the great grand-daddy of cool. Enjoy.

Robert W. Service 1874 - 1958

Born in England to Scottish parents, Robert William Service held down a variety of jobs before emigrating to North America in 1894. He drifted from job to job for several years before finding employment in 1903 with the Canadian Bank of Commerce. In 1905 the bank transferred him to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. In less than five years, Service had gained worldwide fame as the storyteller of the Klondike gold rush. He wrote and published his first book of verse, "Songs of a Sourdough," in 1907 to almost instant acclaim. "Ballads of a Cheechacko" was published in 1909, shortly after the bank transferred him from Whitehorse to Dawson City. During this time he also began work on his novel, "The Trail of Ninety-Eight." Although he left the Bank in 1909 to devote full time to his writing, he never again published a book about "The Land that God Forgot." He left the Yukon in 1912 to become a war correspondent and Red Cross worker. He married a French woman, settled in France after the end of World War I, and over a long and productive life published two memoirs, six novels, and more than 45 collections of verse. He died in 1958. http://www.filecrop.com/ielts-practice-tests-plus-2-audio.html