Grammar
Tenses
Present
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Past
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Future
Future Simple
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous
Parts Of Speech
Nouns
Countable and uncountable nouns
Verbal nouns
Singular and Plural nouns
Proper nouns
Nouns gender
Nouns definition
Concrete nouns
Abstract nouns
Common nouns
Collective nouns
Definition Of Nouns
Animate and Inanimate nouns
Nouns
Verbs
Stative and dynamic verbs
Finite and nonfinite verbs
To be verbs
Transitive and intransitive verbs
Auxiliary verbs
Modal verbs
Regular and irregular verbs
Action verbs
Verbs
Adverbs
Relative adverbs
Interrogative adverbs
Adverbs of time
Adverbs of place
Adverbs of reason
Adverbs of quantity
Adverbs of manner
Adverbs of frequency
Adverbs of affirmation
Adverbs
Adjectives
Quantitative adjective
Proper adjective
Possessive adjective
Numeral adjective
Interrogative adjective
Distributive adjective
Descriptive adjective
Demonstrative adjective
Pronouns
Subject pronoun
Relative pronoun
Reflexive pronoun
Reciprocal pronoun
Possessive pronoun
Personal pronoun
Interrogative pronoun
Indefinite pronoun
Emphatic pronoun
Distributive pronoun
Demonstrative pronoun
Pronouns
Pre Position
Preposition by function
Time preposition
Reason preposition
Possession preposition
Place preposition
Phrases preposition
Origin preposition
Measure preposition
Direction preposition
Contrast preposition
Agent preposition
Preposition by construction
Simple preposition
Phrase preposition
Double preposition
Compound preposition
prepositions
Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunction
Correlative conjunction
Coordinating conjunction
Conjunctive adverbs
conjunctions
Interjections
Express calling interjection
Phrases
Sentences
Grammar Rules
Passive and Active
Preference
Requests and offers
wishes
Be used to
Some and any
Could have done
Describing people
Giving advices
Possession
Comparative and superlative
Giving Reason
Making Suggestions
Apologizing
Forming questions
Since and for
Directions
Obligation
Adverbials
invitation
Articles
Imaginary condition
Zero conditional
First conditional
Second conditional
Third conditional
Reported speech
Demonstratives
Determiners
Linguistics
Phonetics
Phonology
Linguistics fields
Syntax
Morphology
Semantics
pragmatics
History
Writing
Grammar
Phonetics and Phonology
Semiotics
Reading Comprehension
Elementary
Intermediate
Advanced
Teaching Methods
Teaching Strategies
Assessment
Smarts get promoted
المؤلف:
L.A Hill
المصدر:
Advanced-Anecdotes in American English
الجزء والصفحة:
24-1
15/10/2022
2014
+
-
20
When George Jones finished college, he became a clerk in a big company, hoping to advance to higher positions as time went on. He did his work reasonably well, but he wasn't very smart, so when the older employees retired from higher positions, it was never Jones who was promoted.
After he had been with the company for fifteen years without ever being promoted, a smart young man, straight from college, came to work in the same department, and after a year, he was promoted above Jones.
Jones was angry that he hadn't been promoted instead of this young man, so he went to his manager and said, "I've had sixteen years' experience on this job, yet a new man has been promoted over my head after having been here only one year."
"I'm sorry, Jones," answered the manager patiently, "but you haven't had sixteen years' experience: you've had one year's experience sixteen times."
A Answer these questions:
- What job did George Jones get after leaving college?
- What was his ambition?
- Why didn't he get promoted?
- Who joined the same department fifteen years after him?
- What happened after a year?
- Why did Jones go to see the manager?
- What did Jones say to him?
- What did the manager answer?
B Write these sentences, choosing the correct word under each blank space.
1. The man (promoted) (promoting) _________ above Jones's head was very (interested) (interesting) _________in getting ahead in life.
2. The other people (worked) (working) _________ in Jones's department found him (interested) (interesting) _______to talk to.
3. Students (finished) (finishing) ________ college in the summer were usually (chosen) (choosing) __________ by the company in the autumn.
4. Clerks (chosen) (choosing) ________ to be (promoted) (promoting) _________ were usually young rather than old.
5. The manager (talked) (talking) ________ to Jones did not think Jones was very (experienced) (experiencing) ________.
C Draw lies from the words on the left to the correct words on the right. Then write out the five complete sentences.
1. Jones a. did not think Jones had a lot of experience.
2. Jones's experience b. retired from the company.
3. Older employees c. was angry because he was not promoted.
4. The manager d. was promoted after a year.
5. The new young man e. was the same each year.
الاكثر قراءة في Advanced
اخر الاخبار
اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة
الآخبار الصحية
قسم الشؤون الفكرية يصدر كتاباً يوثق تاريخ السدانة في العتبة العباسية المقدسة
"المهمة".. إصدار قصصي يوثّق القصص الفائزة في مسابقة فتوى الدفاع المقدسة للقصة القصيرة
(نوافذ).. إصدار أدبي يوثق القصص الفائزة في مسابقة الإمام العسكري (عليه السلام)
