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Grammar Form, Aspect & Meaning

The document focuses on the concepts of grammar, specifically verb forms, tense, aspect, and meaning. It includes learning outcomes, quizzes to assess understanding, and explanations of the distinctions between tense and time, as well as verb forms and their meanings. The content aims to enhance knowledge of how verb forms correspond to different meanings and aspects in English.

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Grammar Form, Aspect & Meaning

The document focuses on the concepts of grammar, specifically verb forms, tense, aspect, and meaning. It includes learning outcomes, quizzes to assess understanding, and explanations of the distinctions between tense and time, as well as verb forms and their meanings. The content aims to enhance knowledge of how verb forms correspond to different meanings and aspects in English.

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Grammar:

Form, Aspect and Meaning

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Learning Outcomes

1. Check general knowledge about verb forms in a


fun way
2. Differentiate between tense & time
3. Distinguish between aspect and meaning
4. Explore correspondences between verb form and
meaning

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Quiz 1
1. How many tenses are there in English?
2. In the question Where do you live? what is do?
3. In the question Where have you been? what is
been?
4. Which is the odd one out in this group? Why?
Went, done, came, began

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Quiz
5 Which of the following time expressions is
unlikely with this sentence, and why? She's seeing
Peter.
a. Now b. always
c. Tomorrow d. yesterday

6 Which of the following time expressions is


unlikely with this sentence, and why?
I've been to Guatemala.
a. Never b. last year
c. Once d. many times
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Quiz answers

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Quiz 2

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Quiz 2 answers

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Time and Tense
Time is an element of our experience of reality. Tense is a
purely grammatical idea. Tense and time do not correspond
directly.
Examples
1. I speak quite good French.
2. We leave at 4 o’clock tomorrow.
3. Would you mind if I opened the window?
4. Have you ever been there before?

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One tense, different times
Identify the time referred to in each of the following
1. The bus departs tomorrow morning at 8 o’ clock from
Lake Como
2. They come from Japan.
3. I get up every morning at six.
4. I get up from the table and suddenly my head starts
spinning.

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Comments

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One aspect, different meanings
Which of the concepts below explain the use of the
progressive in the following examples?
a. Repetition b. Duration
c. Synchronicity d. Being temporary
1. I am staying at Alison’s place until I move into my new
flat.
2. She was walking across the room when I came in.
3. I’ve been working on my assignment this afternoon.
4. Stop making all that noise – I am watching the news!
5. Whenever I see him, he’s always standing outside and
smoking a cigarette.

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Verb Form and Meaning

What is the difference in meaning between these pairs of


different verb forms
1. a Jo Thomley runs her own plumbing business.
b Jo Thomley ran her own plumbing business.
2. a I was a French teacher.
b I am a French teacher.
3. a Jo Thornley runs her own plumbing business.
b Jo Thomley is running her own plumbing business.
4. a Their heating isn't working.
b Their heating doesn't work.

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What is the difference in meaning/ concept
between these pairs of different verb forms
5. a I'm very proud of what I achieve.
b I'm very proud of what I've achieved.
6. a I've taken on an apprentice.
b I took on an apprentice.
7. a I trained as a plumber.
b I was training as a plumber.
8. a I'd become very unhappy.
b I became very unhappy.

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Key

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Key

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