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We -1- for our exams now. Our exams -2- in May. I -3- forward to them, but I -4- no choice. I
think that the exams will be -5- than all the tests we -6- so far. Usually the tests -7- once a
month, but as the exams are -8- and -9- we -10- tests every other week. Last week a test on
Passive voice -11-, before that we -12- the grammar topic, but still I do not like the mark I
got. I -13- so many silly mistakes that I felt very upset. -14- Monday we -15- a test on
comparatives. It was a little bit -16- and the mark which I got is also a little bit -17-. My
father -18- me -19- the beginning of the school year that he -20- me a computer if I had good
marks. Now I -21- for the test on reported speech. I -22- three exercises already, but I still 23- everything. I -24- -25- -26- mark in the whole form. I -27- I will manage. The test -28- in
three days, so I -29- some time left. Our teacher said that -30- February we -31- start -32gerunds. I -33- gerunds in general because I -34- -35- them. I hope that I will pass my exams
well. I -36- a New Years resolution -37- New Years Eve. I will get up early -38- the morning
and practice for an hour before school every day. -39- last year I -40- such thoughts.
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C are waiting
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I would like to tell you about the school where I study. The school is in Latvia.
I am in 9th form. I have been learned English for six years already. I find it very
difficult but I like it. There are twenty students in the my form. Ten girls and ten
boys. Girls are more diligent than boys but the boys are more smarter than the
girls. We are all have our exams this year and we are all worried. We have started to revising and it takes very much time. Now we can see that there are so
many gaps that have to be filled that of course we have feel worried. Our teacher
gives us many new words to be study and we try to learn them by heart. I even
have a my special notebook where I write out all the words that I have learned.
The thing is that it is more easier to learn nouns and verbs but it is much more
difficult to learn adverbs and adjectives, I dont not know why. My best friend has
always tells that swotting helps, but I do not agree with her because I consider to
swotting absolutely useless. One can remember the swotted words only for a while and after he or she learns new words he or she will forget the old ones. In my
opinion we need to use the new words what we have learned and then we will remember them without any difficulties. In last week for example I learned 20 new
words. Yesterday I have revised them and found out that I forgot 7 out of 20. I
think that it is not the best result in the world but it could be the worse, so I am
rather satisfied with myself. I revised them and I think that now I remember all of
them. So as soon as exams will come I will be ready for them.

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Last week we had 1.. test. We wrote an essay,2.. . It 3. rather difficult, but
it was easier 4.. the previous one. I made some mistakes because I 5. forgotten
6.. revise the grammar 7 home. My desk mate had a 8 .. mark than I did
and she 9 very happy about that. 10 Tuesday I will go and try to write this test
again. I hope that I 11 get a better mark this time. I 12 decided 13
become one of the best students 14.. our form.

Swotting (advantages and disadvantages) 180 words

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C are waiting
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I would like to tell you about the school where I study. The school is in Latvia.
I am in 9th form. I have been learned English for six years already. I find it very
difficult but I like it. There are twenty students in the my form. Ten girls and ten
boys. Girls are more diligent than boys but the boys are more smarter than the
girls. We are all have our exams this year and we are all worried. We have started to revising and it takes very much time. Now we can see that there are so
many gaps that have to be filled that of course we have feel worried. Our teacher
gives us many new words to be study and we try to learn them by heart. I even
have a my special notebook where I write out all the words that I have learned.
The thing is that it is more easier to learn nouns and verbs but it is much more
difficult to learn adverbs and adjectives, I dont not know why. My best friend has
always tells that swotting helps, but I do not agree with her because I consider to
swotting absolutely useless. One can remember the swotted words only for a while and after he or she learns new words he or she will forget the old ones. In my
opinion we need to use the new words what we have learned and then we will remember them without any difficulties. In last week for example I learned 20 new
words. Yesterday I have revised them and found out that I forgot 7 out of 20. I
think that it is not the best result in the world but it could be the worse, so I am
rather satisfied with myself. I revised them and I think that now I remember all of
them. So as soon as exams will come I will be ready for them.

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