2015-10-20 Grammar: time frame & aspect

Greg Malivuk
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continuous = [be] + verb(ing)
perfect = [have] + past participle
perfect continuous = [have] + been + verb(ing)

Simple, continuous/progressive and perfect are aspects of the verb.
Past, present, and future are time frames.
The tenses are combinations of a time frame and an aspect.
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p. 3 (on the handout) exercise 1 - skim the passages and decide what the time frame of each one is (past, present, or future)
1 past
2 present
3 future
4 past
5 present
exercise 2 - With a partner, choose two of the passages, underline the complete verb (including auxiliaries), and name all the verb tenses
2 (b) My vacation starts in three weeks.
- Why can we use simple present to talk about the future in this sentence?
(It is a definite, certain, scheduled event in the future.)
If I can look at a calendar today to know about things in the future, I can use simple present to talk about them.
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p. 5 exercise 4 - decide on the time frame for each passage
1 future, because “next week” (and “by then” tells us it isn’t present)
  a will be
  b will be
  c will have completed

I will have completed my dance class by then. = I will complete it sometime before then.
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Homework: do 2, 3, and 4 in exercise 4 on the handout