2017-08-17 Grammar: perfect and p. progressive

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 18 exercise 4 - Decide if simple or progressive is correct for each sentence.
1 am studying
2 was reading
3 get, are marching/will be marching
4 doesn’t study
5 speaks / is speaking
6 was looking, discovered
7 reached, thought
8 ‘m trying / was trying
9 was studying, heard
10 be sleeping (He will probably have gone to sleep.)
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Columbus was looking for a shorter route to Asia when he “discovered” the New World.
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Perfect aspect - to show that the action happened before another time or action
Present perfect implies that the action could happen more in the same time frame.
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I haven’t eaten breakfast today. = I could still eat breakfast today.
I didn’t eat breakfast today. = The time for breakfast today is finished.
I didn’t eat breakfast yesterday. = The time for breakfast yesterday is finished.
	(For this reason, sentences about a specific past time can’t be present perfect.)
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p. 20 exercise 6 - Decide if simple or perfect should be used in each sentence (you also need to decide whether it’s past, present, or future).
1 had said
2 had conducted
3 has had
4 has visited
5 came, hadn’t been
6 have traveled
7 haven’t slept
8 had completed, realized, weren’t
9 have lived
10 has studied
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Perfect Progressive - An action started before another time, and continued to that time
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I am thinking about moving to a new apartment. = I’m thinking about it in this moment.
I have thought about moving to a new apartment. = I thought before, but I’m not thinking now.
I have been thinking about moving to a new apartment. = I’m thinking about it now, but I started in the past.
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In past and future time frames, perfect progressive almost always includes a quantity of time.
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p. 21 exercise 7 - Do the first 5 with your partner.
1 has been raining
2 had been working / had worked
3 (have) found
4 has found / has been finding
5 has been cooking
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p. 23 exercise 12 - Tell your partner true sentences about you.
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Homework (optional): exercises 8,9,10 - Rewrite the story in past, present, and future time frames