1 GRAMMAR: The Simple Present and Present Progressive Tenses: Present Simple: a. We can use the simple present to talk about actions or states in the future. (Ex: 5) b. We use the simple present to talk about states‚ habitual‚ actions‚ facts‚ and things that are generally considered to be true. (Ex: 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4) c. We use the simple present with adverbs of frequency to talk about how often states and actions occur تحدث . (Ex: 6) Present Progressive:
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PRESENT SIMPLE 1-When do we use it? -When we are talking about a habit; -When we are talking about a schedule; -When we are stating a fact; -When we say something that is generally true; -When we give instructions or directions. 2-TIME EXPRESSIONS for things that happen regularly are: -Every.... -Once a.... -Twice a.... -On Tuesdays..... -In winters.... OR -Always‚ Frequently‚ Often‚ Usually‚ Regularly‚ Generally‚ Sometimes‚ Seldom‚ Rarely‚ Never. * Time Expressions
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Fill in the gaps with the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets. 1. _________________________ (you / watch) TV last night? – Yes‚ I __________________ (see) a very interesting film about endangered animals. It _________________ (be) great! 2. On Sundays Sally usually ________________ (go) to church with her parents. After that‚ they ___________________ (have) lunch in a nice restaurant by the sea. 3. I _____________________ (still / think) about the story. 4. How long _________________________________
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Verb Tense Final Test Cumulative Verb Tense Review Correct! Well done. Your score is 97%. ------------------------------------------------- Inizio modulo 1. When Carol (call) called last night‚ I (watch) was watching my favorite show on television. 2. I (work) have been working for this company for more than thirty years‚ and I intend to stay here until I retire! 3. Sharon (love) loves to travel. She (go) goes abroad almost every summer. Next year‚ she plans to go to Peru. 4. Thomas
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Introduction The theme of the present paper is “The Present Perfect”. The main goal of the work is to identify the main features of the Present Perfect and to present the cases of its use‚ basing on the theoretical and scientific works of Russian‚ English linguists. The objectives of the work‚ in their turn‚ represent ascending steps to the main goal of the project: 1. to give the definition to the present perfect; 2. to present the ways of formation of the present perfect tense; 3. to investigate cases
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COMPLEJO EDUCATIVO REPARTO VALLE NUEVO SIMPLE PRESENT AND SIMPLE PAST TENSE Subject: English Students: Andrade Ramos‚ Maria Emeli Argueta Morán‚ Leslie Evelyn Cerón Escobar‚ Maura Elena Escobar Cáceres‚ Marjorie Naydine Romero Regalado‚ Leticia Yamileth Grade:11th Assignment due to: Tuesday‚ April 9th‚ 2013 Simple Present Tense Grammatical Structures: Subject + Auxiliary verb + main verb (do) (base) There are three important exceptions:
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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE The autumn has already arrived How do you know? LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES: I have seen that movie twenty times. I think I have met him once before. There have been many earthquakes in California. We haven’t cleaned the house yet. Recently‚ we have argued a lot. Have you talked to him lately? I have already finished my homework. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE FORM: have / has + past participle Affirmative: I have seen the film before. She has seen the film before. Interrogative:
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J.A SUMMARY TENSE AND ASPECT Overview Some basic meaning distinctions between different tense forms are offered in terms of the REMOTE (or not) and FACTUAL (or not) status of perceived situations including notes on the future‚ time expressions‚ and the HISTORICAL PRESENT. A distinction is made between LEXICAL ASPECT‚ concerned with inherent properties of verb meaning such as STATIVE‚ DYNAMIC‚ PUNCTUAL‚ and DURATIVE‚ and GRAMMATICAL ASPECT‚ concerned with an internal versus an external perspective
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THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TENSES OF ENGLISH AND THOSE OF ARABIC I. INTRODUCTION A. The Background Of The Problem We have known that there are very much variations of language in The world. Those variations can be found in the real event of the communication. Ronald Wardaugh in Introduction to linguistic‚1977:3 states as follows: “Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication”. For those definition above we can conclude that language consists of the symbols that
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Chapter 2 Thank You‚ Ma’m L a n g s to n H u g h e s A P re - R e a d i n g 1. Think Before You Read Read the first paragraph of the story once and think of it as describing the opening scene of a play. Then answer the following questions: 1. Who are the characters in this scene? 2. What is happening? 3. Where and when is the action taking place? 4. Why does the action take place? 5. Do you think a chance encounter between people can sometimes change their lives? Think about
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