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When do I use the subjunctive?

The subjunctive is not strictly a tense, but a mood that is often used in French to express a particular feeling such as uncertainty, fear, desire, hope in relation to an action. Some examples of this are: I...
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Answered by Ellie J. • French tutor
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What was the purpose of Augustus' building programme?

Firstly, it is clear that Augustus' building programme addressed the practical issue of a lack of public space. The Forum Augusti, for example, provided a public space open to everyone to go about their dail...
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How can I make sense of the sentences of Thucydides and Euripides?

Summary: These tasks are called "unseen", but if you read plenty of Thucydides and Euripides the style of the passages in the exam will feel familiar! Thucydides ' prose can, for example in the spe...
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How would you sketch the curve of a graph?

A frequent question the comes up in the early parts of core maths is; how would you sketch the graph of a function f(x)? Sketching just means that you would have to find some key points on a graph - which ar...
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Answered by Kieran W. • Maths tutor
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What is the Spanish present tense, when and how do you use it?

In Spanish, there are three categories of verbs. The category is determined by the last two letters of the infinitive: -ar verbs (like hablar) -er verbs (like comer) -ir verbs (like vivir) The infinitive is ...
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Answered by Priya M. • Spanish tutor
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