TRANSLATION COURSE
TRANSLATING ENGLISH TENSES:
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
PAST (Unit 6/7 My Grammar Lab - p. 89)
PRESENT (Unit 5 My Grammar Lab I - p. 75)
FUTURE (Unit 8 My Grammar Lab - p. 121)
COMMON PROBLEMS
SUBJECT
è una brava studentessa
STRUCTURE
le piace il calcio
vogliono che resti a casa
l'ho vista cadere
TENSES
SIMPLE PRESENT
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
adverbs of frequency
historical present
an action happening now
a future program
PRESENT PERFECT
SIMPLE PAST
INDEFINITE TIME
FREQUENCIES OR ADVERBS
PAST ACTION WITH PRESENT EFFECT
DEFINITE TIME
COMPLETED ACTION
FOR/SINCE
they have been married since 2010
PAST PROGRESSIVE
AN ACTION HAPPENING IN THE PAST WHILE A SHORTER ONE
WAS TAKING PLACE
I was sleeping when the phone rang
PAST PERFECT
When they arrived, she had already eaten
USED TO / WOULD + INFINITIVE
she used to eat alone /
he would wear sunglasses
verb table
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE FUTURE
GOING TO FUTURE
SIMPLE PRESENT FUTURE
WILL FUTURE
trains/university/airports
What do we eat tonight?
plans
family/friends/scheduled event
intentions
action which is not scheduled
consequence of a sudden action
forecast/option (perhaps-maybe-probably)
promise/threats/offers
immediate decisions
future actions
Verb table
WILL BE +ING
forecast in the future
WILL HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
past action in a future time
request
conditionals
Translation: Dear Jennifer
Translation: James Cook (p. 26+5)
She's a good student
She likes football
They want you to stay at home
I saw her falling
hopes