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Ask for help > NATIVE SPEAKERS PLEASE : WILL-GOING TO---WHEN-WHILE
NATIVE SPEAKERS PLEASE : WILL-GOING TO---WHEN-WHILE
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ss73
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NATIVE SPEAKERS PLEASE : WILL-GOING TO---WHEN-WHILE
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I need the help of English and American native speakers, please... 1. What do you think about teaching the difference of WILL and GOING TO to students and to test this difference? Do you think it is realistic/common among native speakers of English? 2. What do you think about the uses of WHEN and WHILE? As far as I know there isn �t difference that is worth teaching it? Both can be possible with past and past continuous??!? thanks in advance and happy new year:))
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22 Dec 2012
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mirela.sorina
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going to - intention will - promise, very firm |
22 Dec 2012
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yanogator
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2. When is much more common with simple past, and while is much more common with the continuous tenses. However, they can both be used in both situations without sounding strange, so you don �t have to differentiate between them. The main difference is that "while" emphasizes the duration of the action, as do the continuous tenses. However, you don �t need to have both elements for the emphasis to be present. I found this picture while I was looking through an album I found this picture when I was looking through an album. Both sound very natural with only a slight difference in emphasis. Bruce |
22 Dec 2012
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Matthew@ELSP
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As Bruce (yanogator) said, but I would like to add:
If you don �t teach them, and so your students don �t learn them (from you), they might feel that they do not understand if spoken to by an English speaker. There is no harm in a short "English speakers also say..." addition to your lesson for 5 minutes.
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22 Dec 2012
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