LANGUAGE ANALYSIS TASK answer sheet
LANGUAGE ANALYSIS TASK – CELTA HELEN MORFYDD YOUNG 10/4/15
1. NAMING THE PARTS OF SPEECH
a. Adjective
b. Preposition
c. Verb
d. Adverb
e. Noun
f. Conjunction
g. Pronoun
h. Modal auxiliary verb
2. STRUCTURE AND MEANING
2.1
a. Go, present simple
b. Are saving, present progressive
c. Have been, present perfect simple
d. Have been going, present perfect progressive
e. Had spent, past perfect
f. had been sleeping, past perfect progressive and turned, simple past
g. have been awarded, present perfect passive
2.2
a. ‘I read the report this morning’ is in the past simple tense, describing a completed action, something which is over, whereas ‘I’ve read the report this morning’ is in the present perfect tense, indicating that the action is not necessarily complete and so the sentence might continue ‘...but I need to look at it again this afternoon.’
b. The difference in meaning between these two sentences is dependent on the word ‘might.’ In the first example might could be substituted with ‘should’ or ‘ought’ whereas in the second example the ‘might’ expresses more of a possibility and could be substituted with ‘may’.
c. The first example is in the past tense followed by would and implies that the tickets have not been booked yet. The second example is in the past perfect tense followed by would have and implies that they have booked their tickets already.
d. ‘I remember locking the door’ is an example of the present simple tense followed by a present participle. The meaning focuses on the remembering. ‘I remembered to lock the door’ is an example of the past simple tense followed by the infinitive. The meaning focuses on locking the door although the meaning between these two sentences is closer than the previous examples.
3. LANGUAGE FUNTIONS
1. You couldn’t pass me the paper, could you?
2. Could you pass the paper?
3. Would you pass the paper, please?
Additional factors to consider when deciding which form to use are:
How formal or informal is the
1. NAMING THE PARTS OF SPEECH
a. Adjective
b. Preposition
c. Verb
d. Adverb
e. Noun
f. Conjunction
g. Pronoun
h. Modal auxiliary verb
2. STRUCTURE AND MEANING
2.1
a. Go, present simple
b. Are saving, present progressive
c. Have been, present perfect simple
d. Have been going, present perfect progressive
e. Had spent, past perfect
f. had been sleeping, past perfect progressive and turned, simple past
g. have been awarded, present perfect passive
2.2
a. ‘I read the report this morning’ is in the past simple tense, describing a completed action, something which is over, whereas ‘I’ve read the report this morning’ is in the present perfect tense, indicating that the action is not necessarily complete and so the sentence might continue ‘...but I need to look at it again this afternoon.’
b. The difference in meaning between these two sentences is dependent on the word ‘might.’ In the first example might could be substituted with ‘should’ or ‘ought’ whereas in the second example the ‘might’ expresses more of a possibility and could be substituted with ‘may’.
c. The first example is in the past tense followed by would and implies that the tickets have not been booked yet. The second example is in the past perfect tense followed by would have and implies that they have booked their tickets already.
d. ‘I remember locking the door’ is an example of the present simple tense followed by a present participle. The meaning focuses on the remembering. ‘I remembered to lock the door’ is an example of the past simple tense followed by the infinitive. The meaning focuses on locking the door although the meaning between these two sentences is closer than the previous examples.
3. LANGUAGE FUNTIONS
1. You couldn’t pass me the paper, could you?
2. Could you pass the paper?
3. Would you pass the paper, please?
Additional factors to consider when deciding which form to use are:
How formal or informal is the