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Conditional III Paco had dreamt of this journey before. If he hadn’t won the lottery, he would have travelled anyway to the U.S.A. He had travelled along some European countries and now Paco expected to find a different way of life and discover lots of new adventures, people and culture. Paco was afraid of not being able to travel to the USA because the Airport Authorities had cancelled some flights and others were delayed because of bad weather conditions. But, at last, his flight bound to New York took off and he was really happy when the plane was in the air.

American and British English Differences between American English and British English include pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary (lexis), spelling, punctuation, idioms, formatting of dates and numbers, and so on, although the differences in written and most spoken grammar structure tend to be much more minor than those of other aspects of the language in terms of mutual intelligibility. A small number of words have completely different meanings between the two dialects or are even unknown or not used in one of the dialects. One particular contribution towards formalizing these differences came from Noah Webster, who wrote the first American dictionary (published 1828) with the intention of showing that people in the United States spoke a different dialect from Britain, much like a regional accent. While there are certainly many more varieties of English, American and British English are the two varieties that are taught in most English as a Secondary Language programs. Generally, it is agreed that no one version is correct. However, there are certainly preferences in use.

The Passive Voice  The passive voice in English is composed of two elements: the correct form of the verb 'to be' + the past participle of the verb in question : We can use the passive in any tense. To make different tenses we change the verb to be: Present simple: The information is sent to our main office Present continuous: The house is being painted Past simple: My bike was stolen Past continuous: I felt as if I was being followed Present Perfect: Three people have been robbed Past perfect: I knew why I had been chosen Future simple: You'll be told in advance Going-to future: Who's going to be invited? Modal verbs: The house should be cleaned You might have been hurt  We use the passive voice: - When the person who performed the action is unknown or irrelevant - You want to be vague about who is responsible - You want to emphasize the person or thing that receive the action

The Mass Media: The Press Newspapers are usually divided into two main categories: quality press and popular press. Quality press is also known as broadsheet papers, which are large format newspapers that report news in depth, often with serious tone and higher level language. News is dominated by national and international events, politics, business, with less emphasis on celebrities and gossip. A very simple definition of tabloids (popular press) came from the British journalist John Ryan, who said that a tabloid is a journalistic product that primarily deals with three S’s: scandal, sex and sports

An opinion essay An opinion essay is a formal piece of essay writing which presents the author's point of view on a particular subject supported by reasons and examples. The writer tries to convince the readers that his/her point of view is correct. A successful opinion essay should have: ♦ The introduction (a topic sentence) where the topic and the author's opinion are stated clearly. ♦ The main body where viewpoints supported by reasons are presented in several paragraphs. ♦ The conclusion where the main points of the essay are summarized and the author's opinion is restated in other words. It can offer a solution or recommendation.