Assignment 222
Assignment 222
Assignment 222
Meaning
Using two past tense verb action in one sentence, where one of them is a past
perfect tense and the other is past tense, indicates that the past perfect one
happens before the action.
Past Tense
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Now
Pronunciation
...the film had started.
Form
When I arrived
at
the
started
(past
perfect tense).
Ques.Word
S
Subject
aux.verb
past participle
(Ref.2)
past simple
preposition
article
had
noun
When we use the simple past tense with the past perfect tense, the clause order
is interchangeable;
The film had started when I arrived at the cinema (past simple V2 is at the end of
the sentence).
studied harder
should have
verb
studied
+
harder
Should and have are read like a one word. H is not being read.
Anticipated problems and solutions
1) Ss can make a mistake of confusing the meanings should and should
have. They may ask the question Wasnt should something like a
suggestion? But this time it refers to regret.
2) May be mistaken with Present Perfect Tense because of the structure
similarity.
I have been to Berlin twice / I should have been to Berlin twice
As we see, the only difference between these two sentences is should
modal verb. As for meaning, the sentences have quite different meanings.
Solutions
1) In practice sessions or HWs should have must be related with personal
regrets by Ss.
2) After the first solution above is achieved the second problem would be the
next to be solved.
PART 2: VOCABULARY
a) I went to our local library yesterday vs. I went to our local bookshop
yesterday.
Meaning
Library means that its a building where you can borrow books or you can find a
quiet place to read or study. Bookshop means that its a place that you can buy
books but usually there is no quiet place to read or study.
Concept Checking Questions (CCQs)
Can you borrow books from a bookshop? (No)
Where can you borrow books? (From the library)
Can you buy books from the library? (No)
Is it okay to speak loudly in the bookshop? (Yes)
Why is not OK to speak loudly in the library? (Because students or people trying
to concentrate for whatever they work on)
Teaching Contexts:
It is great to have a local library and a bookshop at the same time in your
neighbourhood.
Anticipated problems and solutions
1) Bookshop and library can be confused in the sentences which Ss make.
Solution: CCQs can clarify the meanings of the two words with visual examples
and overcomes any confusion before the topic begins.
2) Some students might have never been lived in a city which has a local library
and a bookshop
Solution: Teacher has to depict the big city atmosphere to the students more
detailed.
Pronunciation:
Library
/la.brr.i/
Bookshop
/bk.p/
(Ref.1)
b) He gave up smoking.
Meaning: To stop doing something before you have completed it, usually
because it is too difficult
Teaching contexts:
Anticipated Problems:
1) If the phrasal verb cannot be detected, a student may understand the
meaning as somebody exhaled the cigarette smoke to somewhere
outside.
2) Gerund may be mistaken with Present Participle.
Solutions
1)
2)
References
1) http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
2) http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/
3) http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/should've