Celta Language Task
Language Related Assignment 1. The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow a) The form is present simple
Subject third person + verb present tense + time marker
b) A future arrangement – a ‘timetable future’ as the plane has a daily schedule and it will depart accordingly.
c) Students may be confused by the form of present simple when a future time is referred to.
They may confuse the meaning with present continuous ‘is leaving’ which means the event is happening now rather than in the future.
The pronunciation of ‘v’, may not be clear, as the stress is on the end with the ‘s’ leaves
d) Context - Planning a journey
Target models
The bus goes to Dewsbury from Leeds at 10.57.
It arrives in Dewsbury at 11.47
The bus stops at the dentists at 11.05
e) Has the journey taken place? No
Do you need to go anywhere? Yes to my dentist appointment
Have you planned your journey? Yes, for tomorrow
Do you know when you will go? Yes I looked at the bus timetable
2a. The students had left when the bell rang.
2b. The students left when the bell rang
2c.The students were leaving when the bell rang a) Form
2a. Past perfect subject third person + had + past participle + when + past participle
2b. Past simple subject third person + verb past tense form + when + verb past tense form
2c. Past Continuous subject + third person + were/was + verb -ing form + when + past participle b) Function
2a. is a past action completed in a sequence of events, while 2b is a past event, and 2c then describes an event which began in the past and continues up to a particular point which could still be in progress.
The difference between past perfect and past simple is that in the past perfect the students leave then hear the bell, for past simple the students left on hearing the bell ring, the past continuous is then used to say the students start to leave, the bell rings in the middle, and then the bell continues to ring and the
Subject third person + verb present tense + time marker
b) A future arrangement – a ‘timetable future’ as the plane has a daily schedule and it will depart accordingly.
c) Students may be confused by the form of present simple when a future time is referred to.
They may confuse the meaning with present continuous ‘is leaving’ which means the event is happening now rather than in the future.
The pronunciation of ‘v’, may not be clear, as the stress is on the end with the ‘s’ leaves
d) Context - Planning a journey
Target models
The bus goes to Dewsbury from Leeds at 10.57.
It arrives in Dewsbury at 11.47
The bus stops at the dentists at 11.05
e) Has the journey taken place? No
Do you need to go anywhere? Yes to my dentist appointment
Have you planned your journey? Yes, for tomorrow
Do you know when you will go? Yes I looked at the bus timetable
2a. The students had left when the bell rang.
2b. The students left when the bell rang
2c.The students were leaving when the bell rang a) Form
2a. Past perfect subject third person + had + past participle + when + past participle
2b. Past simple subject third person + verb past tense form + when + verb past tense form
2c. Past Continuous subject + third person + were/was + verb -ing form + when + past participle b) Function
2a. is a past action completed in a sequence of events, while 2b is a past event, and 2c then describes an event which began in the past and continues up to a particular point which could still be in progress.
The difference between past perfect and past simple is that in the past perfect the students leave then hear the bell, for past simple the students left on hearing the bell ring, the past continuous is then used to say the students start to leave, the bell rings in the middle, and then the bell continues to ring and the
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