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marinaangelaa
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Can anyone help me with it?
TASK:
Verb Tense and time
The concept of
verb tense and time involves the consideration of form and function. Although
there is variation in the way this is taught and learned in English-speaking
countries, applied linguists maintain that there are only two verb tenses in
English.
1. What are the
two tenses?
2.
Why is this a useful way to look at verb tense and time?
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5 Jul 2010
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almaz
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Marina,
I reckon you �re talking about the �markers � rather than tenses as such. There are basically only two separate tense forms for the verb �play �, for example: plays (present) played (past) The suffix -ing doesn �t really indicate tense, but we can use it along with auxiliaries or specific expressions to further indicate the relationship of time to a given utterance.
As for the second part of your post, it can, for example, be applied to teaching English tenses to a speaker of another language where the tenses are more marked/inflected. Actually, there are many different applications and I �m sure there are plenty of people here who can give you more examples.
Hope this helps,
Alex
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5 Jul 2010
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marinaangelaa
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thanks dudes... Always helpful as usual :) |
5 Jul 2010
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