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Is there an easy formula for creating compound tenses?

For your French GCSE you will be expected to be able to recognise and create two compound tenses: the perfect tense and the pluperfect tense. The perfect tense is used to describe a single completed action i...
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Answered by Georgina R. • French tutor
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Solve the simultaneous equations: y=5-x and y=x+1.

Since y is equal to both 5-x and to x+1, we know that 5-x is equal to x+1. We can write 5-x=x+1. Take 1 away from each side: 4-x=x. Then add x to each side: 4=2x. Divide both sides by 2: 2=x. Now we have x, ...
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Work out 51% of 400? (No calculator)

Finding 51% of 400 is the same as finding 50% of 400, and 1% of 400, and adding them together. Finding 50% of a number is the same as finding half of the number, since half of 100% is 50%. Half of 400 is 200...
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Answered by Charlotte W. • Maths tutor
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What is a reflex action?

A reflex action is the body's rapid, involuntary response to external stimuli, often used in order to protect it from immediate harm. First, a receptor detects a stimulus, such as a heat source which could b...
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Answered by Nat A. • Biology tutor
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How do you translate the conditional verbal mood?

Generally you can say that the conditional mood is translated by "would + infinitive" for the present and "would have + infinitive" for the past.
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Answered by Chiara D. • Italian tutor
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