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