Tense consolidation - Future time

... Advanced Language Practice Unit 2 Tense consolidation: future time Basic contrasts: will, going to, present continuous 1 Will is normally known as the predictive future, and describes known facts, ... Practice Future perfect Other ways of referring to the future 1 This has both simple and continuous forms, and refers to time which we look back at from a future point. In two ye...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 17:20

... 4 Contrasts with present perfect tenses See Unit 4 for contrasts between past simple and present perfect tenses. Past tenses are also used to express unreal time. See Units 8 and 9. Unfulfilled ... day. 1 Past perfect tenses in general refer to: An event in the past which happens before another event in the past, where there is no time expression to make this clear. By the time I got to...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 17:20

... of time up to the present I've been jogging every morning for the last month. 2 Contrasts with past simple Past simple is used with time expressions which refer to definite times. The time ... present perfect tenses is associated with certain time expressions. Contrast with past simple may depend on the choice of time expression. Past simple: referring to a specific time yest...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 17:20

... Is your friend going to visit England next Sunday? - Yes, he is / No, he isn’t. EXERCISES ON TENSES Use the right form of the simple future tense: 1. My classmates (be) here in ten minutes. 2. ... accident? ~ - He (not say) much but he (not, lend) me the car again. Use the near future 1. My close friend (move) to England next year. 2. They (work) in the same office next time. 3....

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2013, 01:26

... lunch with my boss a. prediction in the future b. spontaneous (on-the-spot) decision c. intention in the future d. warning e. carefully thought plan in the future f. polite form of “want” g. evidence ... another i. planned action, information isn’t new j. fixed arrangements in the future Task 2. Underline the best future form 1. I think it (will cost/is going to cost) about $ 3. 000...

Ngày tải lên: 31/08/2013, 01:10

...  -1 -  -2 - FROMTO -3 -  - 4 -  -5 - -6 - -7 - -8 -  -9 - -1 0- -1 1- -1 2- -1 3- -1 4- -1 5- MATCH THE VERBS TO THE PICTURES. Write the number next

Ngày tải lên: 31/08/2013, 01:10

... pay now past time present time future time The present tense shows clearly that in English, tense is not the same as time. The present tense is not usually used to describe present time. Instead, ... present tense is the tense for description, definition, and statements of general truth. As the time line shows, the present tense extends from past time, through the pre...

Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2013, 08:15

... in the future? Time Markers Another future tense in English is formed with the verb be + going to + verb. It has the same time picture as the future tense with will + verb, and the same time markers ... a month). Notice that the tense in the when-clause does not agree with the time; although we mean future time, we use the present tense. One other tense picture for...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 21:15

... anchor-event(subordinate-clause))) (= (end anchor-event(main-clause)) (end anchor-event(subordinate-clause))) (= (begin main-event(main-clause)) (begin main-event(subordinate-clause))) (= (end main-event(main-clause)) ... anchor-event(subordinate-clause)) (begin anchor-event(main-clause))) (< (end main-event (subordinate-clause)) (end main-event (main-clause)))) Else (< (end a...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 19:21