ENGLISH PROGRAM 2

Grammar: Present perfect vs Past simple  Usage:  An action began in the past  now.  Ex: I have learn English for 3 years.  An action that happened in the past at an unspecific time.  Ex: They have lost my key.  An action has just happened.  Ex: He has just gone out  Usage:  An action that happened and ended at a specific time in the past.  Ex: She learned English 3 years ago.  An action that happened over a period but ended in the past.  Ex: We skated for 15 years but now we stop.  Tell a story  Ex: One upon a time, there was a beautiful princess,…. Form  Present Perfect S + have/has + Ved/Vc3 + O  S + have/has – not + Ved/Vc3 + O  Have/has + S + Ved/Vc3 + O?  Simple past  S+ Ved/VC2 + O  S + didn’t + V + O.  Did + S + V + O? Time expression  Since, for,  Already, yet,  Ever, never,  Several times,  For ages,  For a while,  ago, last…, in 1991  When I was young. Present perfect vs Present perfect continuous  P.P emphasizes on result  P.P.C emphasizes on the continuity of time, duration of time. Both are used to describe an action that happened in the past now. Form  Present Perfect S + have/has + Ved/Vc3 + O  S + have/has – not + Ved/Vc3 + O  Have/has + S + Ved/Vc3 + O?  Time expression: many times, several times,  Present Perfect S + have/has + been _ Ving + O  S + have/has – not + been – Ving + O  Have/has + S + been _ Ving + O?  Time expression: “all day”, “for ages” Past continuous  Usage:  An action that happened at a point of time in the past:   I was teaching at this time yesterday.  An interrupted action   When he was watering the garden, it rained. Form:  S + was/were + V-ing + O  S + was/were _ not + V-ing + O  Were/was + S + V-ing + O?  Time expression: ago, last, yesterday, in 1992, ….(when, while) Past perfect  An action that had happened before another action that happened in the past. She had left before I came.   After I had had breakfast, I went to class.  After the teacher entered class, students stood up to say hello. About Future  Simple present  Events schedule or timetable (to be, open, close, begin, start, end, finish, arrive, come, leave, return,…)   The train leaves Sydney at 9.00 tomorrow.  Present continuous  A definite plan or an arrangement.  Mark is taking his CEA exam next week.  Be going to  When the speaker already has an intention or plan   We’re going to paint the house.  When making a prediction with evidence   She’s a good student. She is learning hard. She’s going to pass the exam.  Will  When the speaker decide to do sth. at the time of speaking   Perhaps, I’ll paint the house.  When making a prediction without evidence   You’ll pass the exam. Don’t worry. . Past simple  Usage:  An action began in the past  now.  Ex: I have learn English for 3 years.  An action that happened in the past at an unspecific. action that happened and ended at a specific time in the past.  Ex: She learned English 3 years ago.  An action that happened over a period but ended in the