The document describes a story told by a grandmother to her granddaughter. The grandmother boiled three pots, one with carrots, one with eggs, and one with coffee beans, to demonstrate how each reacts differently to adversity. The carrots softened, the eggs hardened, and the coffee beans changed the water. The grandmother asks the granddaughter which one she is - a carrot that wilts under pressure, an egg that hardens, or a coffee bean that elevates the situation. She encourages the granddaughter to reflect on how she responds when hardship knocks.

1. English Grammar part
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3. Grandmother says... Carrots, Eggs, or
Coffee; "Which are you?"
A young woman went to her
grandmother and told her about her
life and how things were so hard for
her. She did not know how she was
going to make it and wanted to give
up. She was tired of fighting and
struggling. It seemed as one problem
was solved a new one arose.

4. Her grandmother took her to the
kitchen. She filled three pots
with water. In the first, she
placed carrots, in the second
she placed eggs and
the last she placed ground
coffee beans. She let them sit
and boil without saying a word.

5. In about twenty minutes she
turned off the burners. She
fished the carrots out and
placed them in a bowl. She
pulled the eggs out and placed
them in a bowl. Then she ladled
the coffee out and placed it in a
bowl. Turning to her
granddaughter, she asked, "Tell

6. Carrots, eggs, and
coffee," she
replied.

7. She brought her closer
and asked her to feel
the carrots. She did
and noted that they
got soft. She then
asked her to take an
egg and break it.

8. After pulling off the shell, she
observed the hard-boiled egg.
Finally, she asked her to sip the
coffee. The granddaughter
smiled, as she tasted its rich
aroma. The granddaughter then
asked. "What's the point,
grandmother?"

9. Her grandmother
explained that each of
these objects had faced
the same adversity--
boiling water--but each
reacted differently.

10. The carrot went in strong, hard
and unrelenting. However after
being subjected to the boiling
water, it softened and became
weak. The egg had been fragile.
Its thin outer shell had protected
its liquid interior. But, after
sitting through the boiling water,
its inside became hardened.

11. The ground coffee beans were
unique, however. After they were
in the boiling water they had
changed the water.
"Which are you?" she asked her
granddaughter.

12. "When adversity knocks on
your door, how do you
respond? Are you a carrot,
an egg, or a coffee bean?"
Think of this: Which am I?

13. Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with
pain and adversity, do I wilt and become
soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable
heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have
a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a
financial hardship or some other trial, have I
become hardened and stiff?

14. Does my shell look
the same, but on the
inside am I bitter and
tough with a stiff spirit
and a hardened
heart?

15. Or am I like the coffee bean? The
bean actually changes the hot
water, the very circumstance that
brings the pain. When the water
gets hot, it releases the fragrance
and flavor. If you are like the bean,
when things are at their worst, you
get better and change the situation
around you.

16. When the hours are the
darkest and trials are their
greatest do you elevate to
another level?
---AUTHOR UNKNOWN
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17. Grammar
Grammar is the way in which words are put
together to form proper sentences.
In linguistics, grammar is the set of
structural rules governing the composition of
clauses, phrases, and words in any given
natural language. The term refers also to the
study of such rules, and this field includes
morphology, syntax, and phonology, often
complemented by phonetics, semantics, and
pragmatics.

20. Rules of
Grammar

21. Key Rules
1. Use Active Voice
Every human language starts an active sentence with the subject,
or the "doer." In English, the verb (what's being done) follows the
subject. If there is an object (the receiver of the action), it comes
after the verb. The formula looks like this:
S+V+O. This rule is the foundation of the English language.
Here are some examples:
•Mary walked the dog.
•The dog liked Mary.
•I did not like the dog.

22. 2. Link Ideas with a Conjunction
Sometimes you want to link two ideas
with a second S+V+O combination.
When you do, you need a coordinating
conjunction. The new formula looks like
this:
S+V+O, COORDINATING
CONJUNCTION+S+V+O

23. 3. Use a Comma to Connect Two
Ideas As One
FANBOYS are used when connecting
two ideas as one in a single sentence,
but don't forget the comma.
For example:
I do not walk Mary's dog, nor do I wash
him.
Mary fed her dog, and I drank tea.
Mary feeds and walks her dog every
day, but the dog is still hyperactive.

24. 4. Use the Simple Present Tense for
Habitual Actions
The simple present is the tense you use
for any habitual action. The things you
always do or do every Tuesday are
described with the simple present, which
just means you pick the first form of any
verb.
Mary likes dogs.
I don't walk Mary's dog.
Mary and I drink tea every Tuesday
together.

25. 5. Use the Present Progressive Tense for
Current Action
The present progressive tense is for
anything that is happening right now. All of
the progressive tenses are easy to spot
because their verbs always end with "-ing"
and get a helping verb. A helping verb is just
so we know who and when we're talking
about. In the present progressive, the
helping verbs are the present tense
conjugations of "to be."
I am drinking green tea.
The barking dogs outside are driving me

26. 6. Add "ed" to verbs for the Past Tense
When we talk about the past, we have to add
an "-ed" to regular verbs to make the second
form. Irregular verbs are tricky and have their
own sets of rules. Drink, for example, turns to
"drank." Most of the time, though, "-ed" will do.
I drank a lot of gree tea yesterday, but Mary
didn't.
The dogs stopped barking two seconds ago,
and I am feeling better.
Mary played fetch with her hyperactive dog.

27. infinitive simple past past participle
be was/were been
bear bore borne/born (AE)
beat beat beaten
become became become
begin began begun
bend bent bent
bet* bet bet
bid bid, bade bid, bidden
bind bound bound
bite bit bitten
bleed bled bled
blow blew blown
break broke broken
breed bred bred
bring brought brought
broadcast broadcast broadcast
build built built
burst* burst burst
bust* bust bust
Irregular verbs

28. buy bought bought
cast cast cast
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
cling clung clung
come came come
cost cost cost
creep crept crept
cut cut cut
deal dealt dealt
dig dug dug
dive dived/dove(AE) dived
do did done
draw drew drawn

29. cost cost cost
creep crept crept
cut cut cut
deal dealt dealt
dig dug dug
dive dived/dove(AE) dived
do did done
draw drew drawn
drink drank drunk
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
fall fell fallen
feed fed fed

30. Use
Perfect
Tenses

31. Use Present Perfect for the Unfinished Past
The present perfect can be confusing for some, but
it is one of the most important rules of grammar.
When people talk about things that have already
happened but consider the time in which they
occurred to be unfinished, they use the third form of
the verb with a helping verb. The helping verb for
the present perfect is the present tense conjugation
of "to have."
I have drunk three cups of green tea today.
Mary's hyperactive cur dog has bitten me three
times so far.
Mary has walked her hyperactive poodle 100 times
this week.

32. Use Present Perfect Progressive for
Unfinished Action and Past
When the action as well as the time is
considered unfinished, the verb loads up
on third form helping verbs ("to be" and "to
have") and changes to the progressive
form.
Western countries have been waging wars
in the Middle East for thousands of years.
I have been drinking tea all day.
Mary's dog has been barking like crazy

33. Use Past Perfect for the First of Two Past
Actions
When two things happen in the past, we have to
mark which one happened first. The one that
happened first changes to third form and gets
the helping verb, "had."
By the time I drank one cup of green tea, Mary's
dog had barked a million times.
I had not yet eaten breakfast when Mary walked
her dog.
Mary couldn't stop laughing; her dog had bitten
me again.