STUDY

STUDY

A girl goes to school,
She carries her books, melancholy
She doesn't listen to her teachers,
She doesn't put up her hand to participate on the lesson,
She even sleeps behind her book, which she has put on her desk,

Suddenly the teacher says to separate the tables,
The girl doesn't understand why it is so noisy now,
Why she can't sleep quietly?
Aahh, ok, they are writing a maths exam now,
She didn't study for it,
Why should she study for it?
She doesn't need good marks to live,

The girl watches the test paper doubtful,
She doesn't understand anything,
She isn't interested in,
She scrawls some notes on it,
She hands over the examination,
And sleeps behind the books again,

After school she goes home,
She doesn't do her homework,
Does she even have homework?
She is not interested in,
She is going to the disco now,
That is more important than school,

On next day she goes to school,
She is late,
But she is not interested in,
Why should she come punctual?
She is tired, because she went late to home,
She decides to sleep,
Again behind her book

The teacher gives the tests back,
But she is sleeping,
It's noisy,
It's really outrageous,
She can't sleep well,
She gets her test,
She is not interested in,
She only sees red lines and rings,
What does it mean?
She is not interested in,
She fells asleep,

Later on,
She doesn't have a job,
Why should she work?
She is not interested in,

Suddenly,

The girl has a thought,
She is 40 years old now,
She regrets something,

Why she didn't concentrate well on her studies?
Why she didn't pay attention on the lessons?
Why she didn't apply for jobs?

She made a big mistake,
She missed many things in her life,
She didn't find the seriousness in her life,

She says now,
Concentrate well on your studies,
It's not only to get good marks for your teacher or parents,
It's for your whole life

Studying is the key to understand the world,
Studying is the basic thing to build up your opinion,
Studying is a special quality in the mind of humans.

The girl becomes an authoress then,
She wants that nobody do the same error like her.

© Ramiya Duraiappah

Ten Thinking and Dreaming Exercises for Creativity and Innovation

• Read with pen and notebook in hand; jot down any idea that comes into your consciousness.
  
  
  
• Keep a notebook in which you can keep track of ideas, by your bed and in your car.
  
  
  
• Write one idea down on a piece of paper and brainstorm any thought that comes from it: how to accomplish the idea, what to do about the idea, where to use the idea, who can help you implement the idea, and any other thought that enters your mind.
  
  
  
• Read a non-fiction book every week. Read magazines, journals, online articles, all-the-time.
  
  
  
• Clip articles and place them in a folder of related articles or ideas. Periodically, glance through the folder.
  
  
  
• Create “idea files” in most folders in your computer. Create an idea or to-do file in your email program. Add ideas as they come to you.
  
  
  
• Take time to stare out your window (if your setting deserves attention), play with a desk toy, take a quiet walk. Do any rote activity that allows thoughts to swirl through your mind.
  
  
  
• Encourage your staff and coworkers to do all of the above and share ideas with each other at “think” or brainstorm sessions. Schedule annual retreats or off-site meetings to plan and generate ideas.
  
  
  
• Develop an employee suggestion process.
  
  
  
• Schedule think weeks, think days, or think hours for yourself or your work group.

Thinking time and learning time are both critical to creativity and innovation. The old adage: “stop to smell the roses” is true for both your current work and your career. Take time to plant and harvest the ideas that fuel your progress and success.

Adapted from: http://humanresources.about.com/od/motivationsucces3/a/learn_read.htm

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN A NUTSHELL

All the words in the English language are divided into nine great classes. These classes are called the Parts of Speech. They are Article, Noun, Adjective, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction and Interjection.

Of these, the Noun is the most important, as all the others are more or less dependent upon it. A Noun signifies the name of any person, place or thing, in fact, anything of which we can have either thought or idea.

There are two kinds of Nouns, Proper and Common. Common Nouns are names which belong in common to a race or class, as man, city. Proper Nouns distinguish individual members of a race or class as John, Philadelphia. In the former case man is a name which belongs in common to the whole race of mankind, and city is also a name which is common to all large centres of population, but John signifies a particular individual of the race, while Philadelphia denotes a particular one from among the cities of the world.

Nouns are varied by Person, Number, Gender, and Case. Person is that relation existing between the speaker, those addressed and the subject under consideration, whether by discourse or correspondence. The Persons are First, Second and Third and they represent respectively the speaker, the person addressed and the person or thing mentioned or under consideration.

Number is the distinction of one from more than one. There are two numbers, singular and plural; the singular denotes one, the plural two or more. The plural is generally formed from the singular by the addition of s or es.

Gender has the same relation to nouns that sex has to individuals, but while there are only two sexes, there are four genders, viz., masculine, feminine, neuter and common. The masculine gender denotes all those of the male kind, the feminine gender all those of the female kind, the neuter gender denotes inanimate things or whatever is without life, and common gender is applied to animate beings, the sex of which for the time being is indeterminable, such as fish, mouse, bird, etc. Sometimes things which are without life as we conceive it and which, properly speaking, belong to the neuter gender, are, by a figure of speech called Personification, changed into either the masculine or feminine gender, as, for instance, we say of the sun, He is rising; of the moon, She is setting.

Case is the relation one noun bears to another or to a verb or to a preposition. There are three cases, the Nominative, the Possessive and the Objective. The nominative is the subject of which we are speaking or the agent which directs the action of the verb; the possessive case denotes possession, while the objective indicates the person or thing which is affected by the action of the verb.

An Article is a word placed before a noun to show whether the latter is used in a particular or general sense. There are but two articles, a or an and the.

An Adjective is a word which qualifies a noun, that is, which shows some distinguishing mark or characteristic belonging to the noun.

DEFINITIONS

A Pronoun is a word used for or instead of a noun to keep us from repeating the same noun too often. Pronouns, like nouns, have case, number, gender and person. There are three kinds of pronouns, personal, relative and adjective.

A verb is a word which signifies action or the doing of something. A verb is inflected by tense and mood and by number and person, though the latter two belong strictly to the subject of the verb.

An adverb is a word which modifies a verb, an adjective and sometimes another adverb.

A preposition serves to connect words and to show the relation between the objects which the words express.

A conjunction is a word which joins words, phrases, clauses and sentences together.

An interjection is a word which expresses surprise or some sudden emotion of the mind.

Adapted from: http://www.lousywriter.com/introduction_english_grammar.php

Comparative and Superlative degree of Adjectives and Adverbs

A - Comparison with -er/-est

clean - cleaner - (the) cleanest

We use -er/-est with the following adjectives:

1) adjectives with one syllable

clean	cleaner	cleanest
new	newer	newest
cheap	cheaper	cheapest

2) adjectives with two syllables and the following endings:

2 - 1) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y

dirty	dirtier	dirtiest
easy	easier	easiest
happy	happier	happiest
pretty	prettier	prettiest

2 - 2) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -er

clever

cleverer

cleverest

2 - 3) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -le

simple

simpler

simplest

2 - 4) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -ow

narrow

narrower

narrowest

 

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Spelling of the adjectives using the endings -er/-est

large	larger	largest	leave out the silent -e
big	bigger	biggest	Double the consonant after short vowel
sad	sadder	saddest
dirty	dirtier	dirtiest	Change -y to -i (consonant before -y)
shy	shyer	shyest	Here -y is not changed to -i. (although consonant before -y)

 

 

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B - Comparison with more - most

difficult - more difficult - (the) most difficult

All adjectives with more than one syllable (except some adjectives with two syllables - see  2 - 1 to 2 - 4)

 

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C - Irregular adjectives

good	better	best
bad	worse	worst
much	more	most	uncountable nouns
many	more	most	countable nouns
little	less	least
little	smaller	smallest

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D - Special adjectives

Some ajdectives have two possible forms of comparison.

 

common	commoner / more common	commonest / most common
likely	likelier / more likely	likeliest / most likely
pleasant	pleasanter / more pleasant	pleasantest / most pleasant
polite	politer / more polite	politest / most polite
simple	simpler / more simple	simplest / most simple
stupid	stupider / more stupid	stupidest / most stupid
subtle	subtler / more subtle	subtlest
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The secret of your name

Discover the secret of your name:

Everybody has got a name. I would like to tell you what secret your name is. Let's start with my name: LUCAS

L = Love is something I deeply believe in.
U = I feel like I have to equal up to people's standards.
C = I definitely have a partier side in mine, an advice for me is that don't be shy to show it.
A = I can be very quiet when I have something on my mind.
S = I am very broad-minded.


Now, try yourself with your name or your friend name. Use the index below:


A = You can be very quiet when you have something on your mind.
B = You are always cautious when it comes to meeting newpeople.
C = You definitely have a partier side in you, don't be shy to show it.
D = You have trouble trusting people.
E = You are a very exciting person.
F = Everyone loves you.
G = You have excellent ways of viewing people.
H = You are not judgmental.
I = You are always smiling and making others smile.
J = Jealously
K = You like to try new things.
L = Love is something you deeply believe in.
M = Success comes easily to you.
N = You like to work, but you always want a break.
O = You are very open-minded.
P = You are very friendly and understanding.
Q = You are a hypocrite.
R = You are a social butterfly.
S = You are very broad-minded.
T = You have an attitude, a big one.
U = You feel like you have to equal up to people's standards.
V = You have a very good physique and looks.
W = You like your privacy.
X = You never let people tell you what to do.
Y = You cause a lot of trouble.
Z = You're always fighting with someone.


Hope you have a nice day!