2nd lesson self-study

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The English Tense System

In this lesson we have learn that choosing the right tense, is not only a matter of grammatical rules. Talking about the Time aspect, we can see that present tense can also refer to a future situation, and past tense to a present or future situation.
We can look at some other aspect in the chart:














We must consider:

- THE NATURE OF THE ACTION OR EVENT
_Looking at the context, the duration of the action, if it's completed or not, usual, planned, relationship between the events inside the "story."

- HOW THE SPEAKER SEES THE EVENT
_For ex. if the speaker is neutral and just report the event we would probably choose a Simple form, while if he express feeling we should choose a Continuous form., if he takes an istant decision (simple) of if he's talking about something in program, organized (continuous).

- THE NATURE OF THE VERB
_Some verbs are used naturally in the simple form, like Stative verbs (to express states, possession, senses, mental activity, qualities). Dynamic verbs (that express activities, goings-on events, momentary, transitory) are used naturally in continuous form, also if some of them like the ones expressing habits (live, work) should be used in simple form. Others like the Punctual ones can't have duration (ex. to fire) so in continuous form they express repetition.