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Task 2 The text without time adverbials
“I used to live in Liverpool. In fact I spent there. I have a strong affinity with the city and I go back. I’ve seen lots of changes there, and the whole city has taken on a fresh identity. Being named as the European capital of culture was a huge boost for the local economy and for the city’s image. The riverside area and many of the docks have been regenerated. Who knows what the future holds for Liverpool? The city stands still and there are sure to be more changes. I’m going there again and I’m looking forward to it.”
Task 3 Some of them make sense, while others don’t.
Activity 2 Tenses
Time: 15 minutes
Materials: Handout 2
►Procedure:
 ☺☺☺ Ask participants to read the statements in Handout 2 and discuss those in small groups of three. Tell participants to read the statements and share their ideas whether they agree with them or not. Encourage them to provide reasons.
Suggested answers:
1. Present time is usually expressed by present tenses; present tense may, however, be used in combination with future time expressions, to express future time.
2. This is generally true; the pastness is signalled by the form of the verb and the time is specified when necessary, in an adverbial phrase.
3. Shall and will are comparatively rarely used with pure future meaning, which means that it could be very confusing to refer to them as the future tense. In most cases they are modal in
meaning, expressing an attitude to the future.
4. This is true. But, difficulties are caused for the foreign learner less because of conceptual problems than because different languages express time concepts in different ways. In English the future is expressed with time adverbials and adverbs, not by tense.
5. There are two tenses in English. Each tense has a number of aspects. Future tense does not exist in English; future is expressed with time adverbials and other verb forms. All our views
of the future are modal in nature, and we use modal verbs or adverbials to express our attitudes to future plans and events. For example, ‘might’ can express a degree of uncertainty about the future, while ‘will’ is often used to express more certainty. Adverbs and adverbials such as ‘perhaps’, ‘probably’ or ‘there’s a chance that ....’ also express a speaker’s or a writer’s attitude.
6. In strict grammatical terms, the statement is absolutely correct. Both are aspects of the present.
7. In general, it is true that all languages in the world have 3 basic time concepts: past, present, future.
8. Both verb and time adverbials can signal time (refer to the previous statements).