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    If I had studied in school, I would have gone to university. (a grandparent telling his grandchildren his regrets and how his life could have been different) A.STRUCTURE: Type 3 conditional. FORM: If clause conditional clause. If + past perfect simple + would + have + past participle. Function and meaning: A grandparent is talking about the past situation that could have happened but with regrets he mentions about his dream that did not come true. It talks about a dream but with no

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    this, or my), not applying this rule could be confusing to an L2 learner expecting an article. 2. perfective: In English, there are two aspects (see next entry for a definition of “aspect”)—perfect (also called perfective) and continuous (also termed progressive). The perfect aspect establishes a connection between two periods of time while the continuous aspect typically connotes that an activity still is occurring, is seen from a specific juncture in time, and the verbs employed are those typically

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    this, or my), not applying this rule could be confusing to an L2 learner expecting an article. 2. perfective: In English, there are two aspects (see next entry for a definition of “aspect”)—perfect (also called perfective) and continuous (also termed progressive). The perfect aspect establishes a connection between two periods of time while the continuous aspect typically connotes that an activity still is occurring, is seen from a specific juncture in time, and the verbs employed are those typically

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    Structure of Sentence (Tense Part -3) Structure of Sentence of Present Indefinite Tense: Definition of Tense, Kinds of Tense and Kinds of sub classes Tense (Tense Part -1) Definition & Structure of Sub Classes Tense (Tense Part -2) Structure of Sentence (Tense Part -3) Affirmative: 1. I write 2. He speaks in English 3. The sun rises in the east. Negative: 1. Rahim doesn’t go to school 2. You don’t love me. 3. They don’t like it Interrogative: 1. Is he a doctor? 2. Does Sumon write a letter? 3.

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    Simple And Perfect Tense

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    in your sentences. In this lesson, you will be presented the simple and perfect tenses. The lesson will help you identify the verb in a sentence and express the various tenses of verbs correctly. At the end of the lesson, you are expected to: • identify verb in a sentence • distinguish simple past, simple present from simple future tenses • distinguish present, past,and future perfect tenses • use the simple tenses and perfect tenses correctly Reviewing Verbs In an earlier lesson, you were

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    Celta Assignment 1

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    after the reading he enjoys it more and starts concentrate. Generally speaking with Corrado we have to consider that he’s an elementary student and he makes many mistakes because he tries to use complicated structures for his level such as present perfect and relative clauses. I think the best thing about Corrado is that he’s very enthusiastic and he’s a natural leader in the group so when he likes an activity (which most of the times he does exept maybe for reading) he’s able to draw the whole class

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    1. Introduction 1.1 What is Aspect? Aspect refers to how an event or action is to be viewed with respect to time, rather than to its actual location in time. We can illustrate this using the following examples: [1] Venkat fell in love on his eighteenth birthday [2] Venkat has fallen in love [3] Venkat is falling in love In [1], the verb fell tells us that Venkat fell in love in the past, and specifically on his eighteenth birthday. This is a simple past tense verb. In [2] also, the

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    1. Introduction 1.1 What is Aspect? Aspect refers to how an event or action is to be viewed with respect to time, rather than to its actual location in time. We can illustrate this using the following examples: [1] John fell in love on his eighteenth birthday [2] John has fallen in love [3] John is falling in love In [1], the verb fell tells us that John fell in love in the past, and specifically on his eighteenth birthday. This is a simple past tense verb. In [2] also, the action

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    Analyzing English tense and aspect is presented with the idea that it has temporal relations within a sentence. The reference points are used by the terminal and initial points of real time events. There is also “two hypothetical times:” (Dalrymple pg. 68): the perfect time (that is pertaining to the perfect aspect) and the progressive (which is during time). When continuing analysis of tense and aspect, it requires to identify if the relationships will or will not substantiate among time and events

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    According to ELT and Greebaum’s The Oxford English Grammar (1996) English verb forms can be systematized under two huge categories, each of them includes sub-categories of forms. 1.Inflected forms: 1.1. Base Form of verbs: In English grammar a regular English verb has only on principal part, from which all following verb forms can be derived. This form is available in dictionary and is called base form. For example, base form is paint, the inflected forms are: paint, paints, painted, painting. Hence

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