2019-03-13 Grammar: simple/progressive

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 6 - finish exercise 4 if you didn’t in class
	(Optional: complete the table of verb forms)
4 a was
  b was believed
  c was playing
  d burned
5 a are
  b is changing
  c believe
  d has resulted
  e are burned
  f increases
  g causes
  h is
  i has begun (should be: “has already begun”)
  j have discovered
  k has risen
6 a leaves / is leaving / will leave / is going to leave (future meaning, future or present form)
  b is staying / will be staying
  c will find (should be “will probably find”)
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The sun rises. The sun has risen.
We have raised the flag. The flag has been raised.
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Grammar In Use
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Look at the picture.
What has just happened?
- An earthquake has happened. / There has been an earthquake.
- Someone crashed into the shelves with a cart.
- There has been some drama in the supermarket.
- Someone robbed the store.
- A lot of food has fallen down.
What is happening now?
- The man is picking up the food.
- The man is trying to find something on the floor.
What else is true now?
- The boxes are scattered on the floor.
What is going to happen?
- The man is going to eat some free snacks from the floor.
- The market will be closed for two weeks.
- The man is going to arrange the items.
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Action / Non-action verbs
= Dynamic / Stative verbs
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Actions require some time to do. They can be repeated. They can be interrupted.
	(If I do one action and you do 1000, you need more time than I do.)
Non-actions don’t require time. They are simply true or not.
- We never use progressive forms for non-action verbs.
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p. 17 focus 3 - progressive (every progressive form must use an action verb)
[be] + verb(ing) (All progressive forms include this.)

Every time I see her, she smiles. = She smiles briefly and then stops.
Every time I see her, she is smiling. = At the time I see her, she is already smiling, and continues.
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p. 18 exercise 4 - Complete the sentences with simple or progressive. You also need to choose the time frame.
1 am studying (present progressive) / am going to study (future simple)
2 was reading
3 a) get
  b) marched / were marching / are marching / will march
4 doesn’t study / isn’t studying / won’t study
5 speaks / is speaking / was speaking
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Homework: finish exercise 4 (Remember some sentences have more than one correct answer.)