2. American Headway 4: Unit 1
Contents
7 Getting along
8 People and places
9 Changing times
10 Dangerous living
11 In your dreams
12 It’s never too late
1 No place like home
2 Been there, done that!
3 What a story!
4 Nothing but the truth
5 An eye to the future
6 Making it big
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English tense usage
2 elements
time aspect
all time
now
future
past
simple
continuous
perfect
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time - usually obvious
all time: She has a new cell phone.
now: She’s texting her friends.
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time - usually obvious
all time: She has a new cell phone.
now: She’s texting her friends.
future: He will be walking soon.
past: They went to the movies.
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present tense form future
Present Continuous:
She’s going out tonight.
Present Simple (timetable):
The plane goes to Texas at 4:00 pm today.
Present Simple (subordinate clause):
When you go home, please water the plants.
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simple aspect
a habit or a complete action
She has a new cell phone.
When I’ve watched the DVD, I’ll return it.
They bought a new car.
She was always on time for class.
It snowed a lot during our ski trip.
We will be there at 9:00 every morning.
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continuous aspect
focuses on duration, in progress (not permanent)
I’m studying Portuguese while I am in Brazil.
They were dancing for hours and hours.
I’ve been studying English for years.
Come by at 8:00. We’ll be waiting for you.
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perfect aspect
action completed before another time
or the exact time is not important
Have you ever been to the U.S.?
When I arrived, Peter had left.
Have you seen my wallet anywhere?
I had met him in 1992 at college.
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I’m studying at a school in Sao Paulo.
Present Simple
Select the correct verb tense
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
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I will be working as a gardener next year.
Future Simple
Select the correct verb tense
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
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Have you ever been to a Japanese
garden?
Past Simple
Select the correct verb tense
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
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Present Continuous - refers to future
went
has beenisn’t
Present Simple - all time
Past Perfect - some time before now
did stay
did have
did
held
Does
does seem
are doing
Future Continuous - duration
are visiting
Past Simple - complete
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I’m doing
well, thank
you. How
are you?
Hello.
How are
you?
formal spoken language
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How’s it
going?
OK. You?colloquial language
missing words
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That is some awesome
dancing.
Find the colloquial language
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That is some awesome
dancing.
What does it mean?
Their dancing is really great.
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Those shades look way cool
on her.
Find the colloquial language
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What does it mean?
Those sunglasses look
really good on her.
Those shades look way cool
on her.
