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of today's podcast:
(an) example
(to) get along
old-fashioned
(the) fifth grade
(to) work out
married couples
(a) broken home
(to) harm
(to) realize
(to be) better off
(to) separate
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My Views on Divorce
An Audio Story
 Today's
date is March 22nd and this is the ESL Help Desk inviting you to
listen to today's podcast.
Today's podcast is following up a prior podcast that focused on
the present perfect verb tense. In addition,
we are also going to listen to an audio story from the Easy
Writer CD-ROM, to a story written by Tung Mei Ni, entitled
"My Views on Divorce".
After you listen to today's podcast, perhaps you would like to spend
some time in our Library, browsing our growing collection of grammar
lessons and audio stories.
We chose this story for today's podcast because Tung Mei effectively
uses the present perfect verb tense in her essay. Tung Mei wrote
this essay in her college ESL class. If you would like
to read the full essay while listening to the audio, please become
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Since they came to this country, their lives
have gone in different directions.
They made the difficult decision to seek a divorce and now they
have been divorced for more than five years.
Many married couples don't realize that their children would be
better off if the parents had separated than if
they had stayed together.
To listen to only the audio story, "My Views on Divorce",
click here!
Next week we hope to continue our discussion of the present perfect
tense and we hope you'll tune in!
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Directions
photo Copyright 2003-2007 image*after (www.imageafter.com);
Divorce Kit photo Copyright,
Christina Kennedy.
Answers to
Last
Week's Homework
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main verb |
I |
He |
They |
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break |
I have broken
I've broken |
he has broken
he's broken |
they have
broken
they've broken |
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give |
I have given
I've given |
he has given
he's given |
they have
given
they've given |
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see |
I have seen
I've seen |
he has seen
he's seen |
they have
seen
they've seen |
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