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- Jan 12, 2013
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- UK
- Current Location
- UK
For each of the following five sentences:
(i) Identify the verb phrase.
(ii) Name the structure.
(iii) Label the parts of the structure.
(iv) Describe the functional meaning conveyed by the verb in the sentence.
Examples:
I start work at seven every morning.
(i) start
(ii) present simple
(iii) base form
(iv) a routine
I was living in Peru at the time.
(i) was living
(ii) past continuous
(iii) auxiliary 'be' (past tense) + present participle
(iv) an activity in progress at a specified time in the past
Question:
i) I went to Thailand last year to teach.
1. Went to
2.Simple past
3.?
4. A completed action at a specific time in the past.
ii) She can speak Mandarin.
1. can speak
2. Present Simple
3. ?
4. Information about a persons ability or skill
iii) I'm seeing the director tomorrow.
1.
2.
3.
4.
iiii) He's been a teacher for ten years.
1.
2.
3.
4.
iiii) The school was founded in 2002.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Please help i am really stuck
(i) Identify the verb phrase.
(ii) Name the structure.
(iii) Label the parts of the structure.
(iv) Describe the functional meaning conveyed by the verb in the sentence.
Examples:
I start work at seven every morning.
(i) start
(ii) present simple
(iii) base form
(iv) a routine
I was living in Peru at the time.
(i) was living
(ii) past continuous
(iii) auxiliary 'be' (past tense) + present participle
(iv) an activity in progress at a specified time in the past
Question:
i) I went to Thailand last year to teach.
1. Went to
2.Simple past
3.?
4. A completed action at a specific time in the past.
ii) She can speak Mandarin.
1. can speak
2. Present Simple
3. ?
4. Information about a persons ability or skill
iii) I'm seeing the director tomorrow.
1.
2.
3.
4.
iiii) He's been a teacher for ten years.
1.
2.
3.
4.
iiii) The school was founded in 2002.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Please help i am really stuck