often you would not notice whether a verb is used in subjunctive or indicative mood. The only indicator for subjunctive is that no ‘s’ is added in 3rd person singular and that the verb ‘be’ remains ‘be’ for all forms in present tense and becomes ‘were’ for all forms in past tense. Use Subjunctive is used in some fixed phrases (formulaic subjunctive). * God save the Queen! * Long live the King! * Thy will be done. * Be that as it may. Certain verbs (e.g. demand‚ insist‚ recommend‚ suggest)
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Dove and Ant Once upon a time there was a man who liked hunting very much. He often went to the forest to hunt any animal he met. One day he went hunting into the forest. He intended to shoot any animal he saw. He brought his gun with him. When he was searching for his pre‚ suddenly he saw a bird perching on a branch of a tree. It was a dove. When he was aiming his gun at the dove‚ suddenly an ant came and bit his foot. He was so startled that he didn’t shoot the dove. It was safe and then flew
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Present tense expresses an unchanging‚ repeated‚ or reoccurring action or situation that exists only now. It can also represent a widespread truth. Past tense expresses an action or situation that was started and finished in the past. Most past tense verbs end in -ed. Future tense expresses an action or situation that will occur in the future. This tense is formed by using will/shall with the simple form of the verb. The future tense can also be expressed by using am‚ is‚ or are with going to
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Grammatical categories The grammatical categories which are realised by the described types of forms organised in functional paradigmatic oppositions‚ can either be innate for a given class of words‚ or only be expressed on the surface of it‚ serving as a sign of correlation with some other class. For instance‚ the category of number is organically connected with the functional nature of the noun; it directly exposes the number of the referent substance‚ e.g. one ship — several ships. The category
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Level: I Lesson: Present Continuous Tense Lesson Aims: - to highlight some of the uses of Present Continuous. - to contrast Present Simple and Present Continuous. - to give students practice in using Present Continuous Tense. - to develop Ss’ speaking competences. Skills involved: listening‚ speaking‚ reading‚ writing. Aids: blackboard‚ textbook‚ work-sheet‚ images‚ video sequences. Warm-up General competence: to interact in spoken communication (complete date‚ recall the activities done
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Fill in the gaps with the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets. 1. _________________________ (you / watch) TV last night? – Yes‚ I __________________ (see) a very interesting film about endangered animals. It _________________ (be) great! 2. On Sundays Sally usually ________________ (go) to church with her parents. After that‚ they ___________________ (have) lunch in a nice restaurant by the sea. 3. I _____________________ (still / think) about the story. 4. How long _________________________________
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http://www.learnenglish.de/englishtestspage.html Table of English Tenses Tense Simple Present Affirmative/Negative/Question A: He speaks. N: He does not speak. Q: Does he speak? Use action in the present taking place once‚ never or several times facts actions taking place one after another action set by a timetable or schedule Present Progressive A: He is speaking. N: He is not speaking. Q: Is he speaking? action taking place in the moment of speaking action taking place only for a limited
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Verb Tenses in Academic Writing By the Walden University Writing Center Staff Common Verb Tenses Verb tenses place actions in time‚ expressing whether the actions already took place (past)‚ are currently taking place (present)‚ or will be taking place (future). In scholarly writing‚ the most common verb tenses we use are the following: Use the simple presentto describe a general truth‚ an action that is happening now‚ or an action that occurs on a regular basis: This study addresses the shortage
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DEFINITION Past future perfect tense is a verb form to discuss activities that would have been done in the past. This form is commonly used in the main clause of a conditional sentence type 3 Past future perfect tense is formed with the auxiliary verb and would or should have‚ and the past participle (verb-3). Have used both for singular and plural subjects. While past participle can be either regular or irregular verb. Types of sentences Formula Example Positive ( + ) S + would/should
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Write in Literary Present Tense? Literary works‚ paintings‚ films‚ and other artistic creations are assumed to exist in an eternal present. Therefore‚ when you write about writers or artists as they express themselves in their work‚ use the present tense. The Basic Rule: You should use the past tense when discussing historical events‚ and you should use the literary present when discussing fictional events. 1. When commenting on what a writer says‚ use the present tense. Example: Dunn begins his
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