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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all my classes
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- This week: overview of tense (time frame and aspect) in English
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- How many tenses are there in English?
- time frame: when a verb takes place (past, present, future)
- aspect: how the verb is related to that time (simple, perfect, progressive, perfect progressive)
- We can combine these into 12 combinations:
- simple past - I began to work here in January of 2013.
- past perfect - I had worked here for two years by the time Aaron started.
- past progressive - I was working at 10am this morning.
- past perfect progressive - I had been working here for two years by the time Aaron started.
- I didn’t eat anything at your party because I had eaten dinner before I arrived.
- simple present - I work at Stafford House.
- present perfect - I have worked here for three years and seven months.
- present progressive - I am working right now.
- present perfect progressive - I have been working since 9am.
- simple future - I will see the movie this afternoon.
- future perfect - I will have seen this movie twice before you see it for the first time.
- I will have eaten by the time you get here.
- future progressive - I will be working at 10am tomorrow.
- future perfect progressive - I will have been working here for 4 years in January.
- complex tenses: tenses that need multiple words
- future = will + base form
- perfect = [have] + past participle
- progressive = [be] + verb(ing)
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- Handout p. 3 exercise 1 - What is the time frame for each paragraph? (past, present, or future)
- 1 past
- 2 present (and some future)
- 3 future
- 4 past
- 5 present
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- What are the specific tenses in each sentence?
- 1 a simple past
- b simple past, past progressive
- c past perfect progressive
- d simple past
- e simple past, simple past
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- Homework: Do this with the sentences in paragraphs 3, 4, and 5
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