Tense and time shifts. Verb tenses презентация

Forms of Verb Tenses

Use correct tenses according to the context. Be sure about the meaning you would like to express first.
E.g. Did you go to China? (Context?)
Have you been to China? (Context?)
Uses of Verb Tenses

Use different verb tenses for different meanings but be consistent
E.g. The Singapore culture is a diverse one. Yet, the people in Singapore live in harmony despite the diversity.
Uses of Verb Tenses

Use tense shifts only when there is a need to do so. Think about meaning before you decide to make a tense shift.
e.g. The assignment workload for FOE students at NUS is extremely heavy. I still remember in the first semester I was here, I had to cope with three projects at the same time.
Uses of Verb Tenses

Simple Present
now

Simple Present
now
Formation
1. Base form of the verb.
2. Add -s or -es for third person singular.

Present Progressive

Present Progressive
Formation
am/ is/ are + present participle (-ing).
I am writing an academic essay for this module.
They are doing some research on nanotechnology.
He is preparing the lab set up for the next class.

Verbs not usually used in progressive tense
We usually use the following verbs with simple tenses only (not progressive tenses):
hate, like, love, need, prefer, want, wish
believe, imagine, know, mean, realize, recognize, remember, suppose, understand
belong, concern, consist, contain, depend, involve, matter, need, owe, own, possess
appear, arrive, resemble, seem,
hear, see

Simple Past
Formation:
Regular verbs: base form + d/-ed
now

Past Progressive
now
Formation
was/ were + present participle (-ing)

Present Perfect
now

Present Perfect
EG1471 AY 2008/09/10 JChan
now
Formation:
has/ have + past participle

Past Perfect
now
Formation:
had + past participle

Past Perfect Progressive
now
Formation:
had + been + present participle (-ing)

Future
now
Formation:
will + base form (no -s or -es)
Note:
Future time can also be expressed in
am/is/are + going to + base form
simple progressive or present progressive
See Lane and Lange (1999) p. 14 for examples.

Future Progressive
now
Formation:
will + be + present participle

Future Perfect
now
Formation:
will + have + past participle

Future Perfect Progressive
now
Formation:
will + have + present participle

Practice
(1) “I am writing these words in English because I am needing the practice. (2) At this moment I have been on an airplane over the Pacific ocean, en route to a year of study at New York University in the United States. I am looking forward to being there, but I am also a little afraid. (3) What will I find when I will get to America? Will the Americans be arrogant and violent? (4) Would I make friends? (5) Am I happy?”

(6) These had been the words I had written in my diary on the airplane last month. (7) When I arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport, I used to be timid and nervous. (8)I have heard a lot about crime before I left Japan, (9) so I am very scared when I arrived. (10) People in Japan had also told me that Americans will be rude, unfriendly, and unhelpful. For this reason, (11) I was very surprised when the taxi driver from the airport would carry my luggage and spoke kindly and slowly to me. (12) He even asked if there was anything else he can do. (13) And when I had been arriving at the college, everyone seemed concerned about me. I found that the majority of people here are friendly and are going out of their way to help you if you need it.

(14) On television, the news programs speak a lot about bad events like accidents, murders, diseases, and fights. But I don’t see as much violence in my life as I do on television. (15) I had not been mugged, and I don’t worry all the time about my safety.

(16) Two of the ideas I would have about the United States, however, seem to be true. One is that Americans don’t seem to pay much attention to rules. One of my best American friends says, in fact, “Rules are made to be broken.” The other idea I had that seems to be true is about the American family. In Japan, the family is very important, but some (17) Japanese people are thinking that the family (18) is meaning nothing in the United States. Anyway, I am going to have a chance to see a real American family. (19) I will have been going with my roommate, Susan, to spend Thanksgiving break with her family in Pennsylvania. (20)When I see her family, I will have understood more!

E-Learning
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses.htm
http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/ig/Tenses-Chart/?once=true&
http://esl.about.com/od/englishgrammar/a/tense_resource.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/tense_frames.htm