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English Grammar Tenses- Help would be very much appreciated

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talk72000
 
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Reply Wed 2 Jun, 2010 07:04 pm
@JTT,
Then I have no comment. PQ asked for help on ESL in another thread. There was no reply. Maybe you could help her. No, I don't live in Hong Kong.
http://able2know.org/topic/144410-1.
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JTT
 
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Reply Wed 2 Jun, 2010 09:45 pm
@The Pentacle Queen,
Quote:
... match these phrases to the tenses


A. future continuous
B. future simple
C. present perfect simple
D. past simple
E. past perfect
F. past continuous
G. present simple
H. present perfect continuous

These, above, are mostly not tenses, PQ. The old traditional system was a mishmash of confusion. English only has two tenses, present and past, and it doesn't have a future tense.

Are you taking a TEFL/CELTA course right now?

The Pentacle Queen
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jun, 2010 03:17 am
@JTT,
No I'm not, but I shall be in August. I had to do the above exercises to get granted an interview with the company I want to do it with.
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SCHAN
 
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Reply Wed 11 May, 2011 09:37 am
PLEASE HELP
I eat Octopus every day. = present continuous
I will order mousaka from the taverna. = present continuous
I have swum in the Aegean Sea. = past simple

I had taken a TEFL course before I applied for the job in China.
= past perfect
I am flying to India tomorrow evening. = future continuous
The plane leaves at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. = future simple
I ate octopus when I was travelling in Greece. = past simple
I will be flying to Greece this time tomorrow. = future continuous
talk72000
 
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Reply Wed 11 May, 2011 12:28 pm
@SCHAN,
Quote:
I eat Octopus every day. = present continuous
I will order mousaka from the taverna. = present continuous
I have swum in the Aegean Sea. = past simple

I had taken a TEFL course before I applied for the job in China.
= past perfect
I am flying to India tomorrow evening. = future continuous
The plane leaves at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. = future simple
I ate octopus when I was travelling in Greece. = past simple
I will be flying to Greece this time tomorrow. = future continuous


I eat Octopus every day. Present
I will order mousaka from the taverna. Future
I have swum in the Aegean Sea. Past perfect
I had taken a TEFL course before I applied for the job in China.
= past perfect o.k.

Not sure about the others. There are spoken that way but may not follow rules.
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