2017-06-20 Grammar: time frames and headlines

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: finish the exercises on p. 6
	(Optional: complete the table of irregular verbs)
4 past time frame
  a was
  b was believed (passive voice)
  c was playing
  d was burning / burned
5 present time frame
  a are
  b is changing
  c believe
  d has resulted
  e are burned (passive voice)
  f increases
  g causes
  h is
  i has begun (“has already begun” is more common than “already has begun”)
  j have discovered
  k has risen (“the average temperature” is the subject)
6 future time frame
  a is going to leave
  b will be staying
  c will find (“will probably find” is more common)
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https://books.google.com/ngrams/ - Check how common a word or phrase is in English books.
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In those paragraphs, the time frame was the same for the whole paragraph. Sometimes, we change time frame when we shift focus from one time to another or from general facts (in the simple present) to specific events (in the past or future).
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p. 7-8 exercises 5 and 6 - With your partner, first identify when the time frame changes in passages 2 and 3, and then discuss why the author changes time frames in all three of the passages.
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p. 10 activity 4 - Translate these headlines into proper written English.
BABY FOUND IN BUS STATION = A baby has been found in the/a bus station.
STOCK MARKET CRASHES = The stock market has crashed.
U.S. POPULATION MOVING WEST = The US population is moving (to the) west.
NEW BUDGET TERMED “DISASTER”
U.S. TO PROTEST NUCLEAR TESTING = The US is going to protest nuclear testing.
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Homework: finish translating the headlines