2014-11-24 Structure: test and tense review

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 190
part A
1 it was
2 had finished
3 if she was
4 to be sure
5 not to
6 if he would
7 she would come by
8 could
"she would come by" = words
She said words.
She said that words.
part B
1 if he would
2 told (or: He said to Marta that he would be late.)
3 , "I don't feel well." / she didn't feel well
4 needed
5 if he had ever
6 have seen
7 not to
8 "We didn't." (or: The students said that they hadn't.)
part C
1 D - .
2 A - told
3 C - what does 'insipid' mean
4 A - said
5 C - if she could
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TEST
(These conversations happened in the past in a different place, so all the tenses, pronouns, and locations need to be changed.)
1 Rob said there was a show at 8 that he had been waiting to see for a long time.
2 Cho asked what it was.
3 Rob said it was a documentary on green sea turtles.
4 Cho asked why he wanted to see that.
5 Rob said he was writing an article about sea turtles and he thought he would get good information from that documentary.
6 Maria said, "I am drawing a picture."
7 John said, "It looks very difficult."
8 Maria told him, "I have been working on it for three hours."
9 John asked, "Do you draw many pictures?"
10 Maria answered, "I sometimes do art in my free time."
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No school Thursday or Friday (Thanksgiving)
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Present, Past, Future		3
Progressive, Not Progressive	2
Perfect, Not Perfect		2
				= 12
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2008 - she starts writing
2010 - I meet her
2012 - she finishes her first book
2015 - she finishes her second book
2018 - she finishes her third book and then gets married
She started writing in 2008.
When I met her, she was writing her first book.
When she finished her first book, I'd known her for 2 years.
At that time, she had been writing for 4 years. (2012)

She writes books. I know her. We are friends.
She is writing her second book now.
She has written one book. I have known her for 4 years.
She has been writing for 6 years.

She will get married in 2018. (prediction)
	She's going to get married in 2018. (plan)
	She's getting married. (arranged plan)
	She gets married (e.g. next week). (scheduled plan)
She will be writing her third book in 2017.
She will have written 3 books by the time she gets married.
At that time, she will have been writing for 10 years.
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I have been thinking about what to do for Christmas.
- emphasizes that I started thinking some time in the past

I am thinking about what to do for Christmas.
- no information about when I started thinking
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I had one cup of coffee this morning.
- and coffee for the morning is finished

I've had one cup of coffee this morning.
- and I may have more coffee before the morning is done

I didn't go swimming at all this year.
(the time for swimming this year has finished)

I haven't gone skiing at all this year.
(but there is still time to ski before the year is done)
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I will meet with him tomorrow.
= I am making this decision right now.

I am going to meet with him tomorrow.
= I decided before. This is a prior plan (at least in my mind).

I am meeting with him tomorrow.
= I decided before and I have arranged it with him.

I meet with him tomorrow.
= This is a scheduled event (possibly a repeated event).
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perfect = [have] + past participle (verb 3)

progressive = [be] + verb(ing) (present participle)

passive = [be] + past participle
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I always have trouble with spelling in English. (noun)
Spelling new words is difficult. (gerund)
She is spelling this word slowly. (participle, progressive)