If you go to school or university, you are faced with a number of exams. Basically, these exams are supposed to test your knowledge and skills. Also, they may motivate you to study harder.
In my opinion, it is really the case that exams motivate students to study harder. Firstly, exams are often a pass to a higher level of education. If you get good marks in examinations, you are admitted to further education. If you fail, you do not get the admittion. So, you make every effort to keep the right to study further. Secondly, exams are a good way to assess your learning efficiency and detect possible gaps in your knowledge. Bad marks mean that your knowledge is flawed and you need to be more disciplined and work harder to do away with the flaws.
But there are people who believe that examinations do not give real motivation to a student. They say that being a good student with excellent marks does not guarantee future prosperity.
Nevertheless, I cannot assent to the foregoing opinion, because being a good student is the beginning of being a good employee or worker who can earn a good living. Highly qualified professionals are always in great demand in any business sector.
In conclusion, exams play an important part in our life, although any exam is a kind of pain. But the saying is: no pain, no gain!
Past Perfect
We had played before she came back. Мы играли, прежде чем она вернулась.
3 She had finished the letter before I found my phone. Она закончила письмо, прежде чем я нашел свой телефон.
4 I had told her the story by the time my parents called. Я рассказал ей историю, к тому времени как мои родители позвонили.
5 The book had been written by 1890. Книга была написана к 1890
Past peefect continious
1.She had been running for two hours before she saw a village. – Она бежала два часа, пока не увидела какое-то село.
2.John had been speaking all morning, so he lost his voice. Джон разговаривал всё утро, так что потерял голос.
3.They had been sitting here since last evening before they bought the tickets. Они сидели здесь с вечера, пока не купили билеты.
4.She hadn’t been driving a car for an hour before she came to the gas station.Она не вела машину час, до того как приехала на заправку.
5.
We had not been searching for a room for two hours before we found a free one.
