Blog 2

ACTIVITY

DRAW CONCLUSIONS 

Answer the questions, based on the Reading. Explain the reasoning behind each of your answers.

1. How old do you estimate Mrs. Hartley is today?

Mrs. Eugenia is between 82and 85 years old by the way she expresses herself and talks about her habits when she was young.  

2. Does Mrs. Hartley prefer the culture of the past or the culture of the present?

Mrs. Hartley clearly prefers the culture of yesteryear, she was raised under that regime and culture that nothing will make her see life differently anymore. 

3. What is Mrs. Hartley's opinion of the changing role of mothers?

She believes that mothers are only focused on other things and do not pay much attention to their children and how to educate them.

4. Does Mrs. Hartley approve of the differences that have taken place in the behavior of children and adolescents?

Mrs. Eugenia believes that children and adolescents have changed a lot and customs are very different; she does not agree with this behavior that is currently seen in the culture and that in many families the old culture no longer exists.  

ACTIVITY

Anwers

B. It's now 7:00 P.M. Read Meg's to-do list and complete the statements, using the past perfect, already, and yet.

1. At 8:30 Meg had already dropped off her laundry, but she hadn't yet taken the cat to her mom's house.

2. By 10:45 she had already taken the cat to her mom's house, but she hadn't yet packed for the meeting.

3. By 12:15 she had already picked up the sales binders at Office Solutions, but she hadn't yet had/eaten lunch with Adam.

4. At 1: 30 she had already had/eaten lunch with Adam, but she hadn't yet returned the DVDs to

FilmPix.

5. By 2:15 she had already returned the DVDs to FilmPix, but she hadn't yet seen the dentist.

6. At 5:55 she had already seen the dentist, but she hadn't yet gotten a manicure.