2019-03-12 Grammar: time frames

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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There are 12 combinations of English verb tenses:
Time Frame: past, present, or future
Aspect: simple, progressive, perfect, perfect progressive
	(progressive = continuous)
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progressive vs. perfect progressive

I’m thinking about a new apartment.
I’ve been thinking about a new apartment. - This emphasizes that I started thinking in the past.
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p. 3 exercise 1 - Identify the time frame of each paragraph. In number 2, identify the aspect of each verb.
1 past
2 present
  a simple present
  b simple present
  c present progressive
  d present perfect
  e simple present
  f present perfect progressive, simple present
  g present perfect
  h simple present
3 future
4 past
5 present
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p. 5 focus 2 - In general, we keep the time frame the same for several sentences in a row.
p. 5-6 exercise 4 - Identify the time frame and complete the paragraphs with the correct verb forms
1 a will be
  b will be
  c will have completed
2 a had
  b was walking
  c saw
  d had gone
3 a has
  b is driving
  c gets
  d lives
  e takes
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form and meaning don’t always match:
My vacation starts in three weeks.
	form = simple present
	meaning = simple future
I am going to France.
	form = present progressive
	meaning = simple future
When will you be grading our tests?
	form = future progressive
	meaning = simple future
I can’t decide where to go.
	form = modal expression
	meaning = simple present
I can’t help you tomorrow.
	form = modal expression
	meaning = simple future
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p. 7 focus 3 - Sometimes it’s necessary to change time frame within a passage.
Because I am a bad student, I didn’t study last night and I won’t study tonight.
- general statements in simple present, specific statements in past or future
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exercise 5 - in paragraphs 2 and 3, mark when the time frame changes.
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Homework: p. 6 - finish exercise 4 if you didn’t in class
	(Optional: complete the table of verb forms)