Future with 'be about to' and the present progressive

 

- We use "be about to" to say that something will happen almost immediately.

Reading - A Labour of Love

Melissa remembers the day, back in 2004, when her father went missing while on a regular business trip to Vietnam. “He just never showed up when he was supposed to meet a client,” she recalls.
Repeated phone calls from their home in Singapore to his mobile phone in Vietnam went

GRE-Sample_Essay_1-part2

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Response 2: Conditional Acceptance

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The writer of the issue is of the view that it is beneficial for college and university students if they are required by their respective colleges to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country. Seeing the many benefits students can get from such experiences, I think schools should encourage most of them to study in a foreign country for a period of time, but not require everyone to do so.

GRE-Sample_Essay_1-part1

- Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester in a foreign country.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

GRE - Writing - Issue

- Structure of an essay in the GRE exam is in the following form:

• Writing a composition on an issue is like writing an essay on any other type of topics. That is, there should exist an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement at the end, some paragraphs in the body and finally a concluding paragraph.

 

• Introduction: To write the introductory paragraph