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Ch16. Tense and Aspect - Coggle Diagram

- - - - activity verbs
      - achievement verbs
      - accomplishment verbs
- - - - instantaneous present
      - conversational historical present
      - narrative present
      - stage play and screenplay directions
      - with communication verbs
  - - - reported speech
      - unreal conditionals
      - polite requests and questions
- - - - habitual actions
      - stative progressives
        
        giving statements more emotional strength and intensity
        
        focusing on behavior as a change from the norm
        
        focusing on evolving change
        
        providing an informal, polite tone
        
        hedging or softening a definitive opinion