Class
- Discussion: Music, books, film and digital technology. using these resources for improving your English.
- Grammar - Verb Structure: stop to do or stop doing? See the notes on verb structure here: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/25080022/Verb%20Structure Look at the following examples how are they different? (1) Stop biting your nails, it's a disgusting habit. (2) He was working all day and only stopped to have lunch. (3) I stopped going to the cinema when my daughter was born. (4) I stopped to buy groceries on the way home.
- Pronunciation: The importance of voiced and unvoiced consonants - How to pronounce the ed endings of regular past tense verbs.
Vocabulary
to cherry-pick (tracks off an album)
trendy (adjective)
Corrections
1:30 pm Level C1/C2
Class
The importance of aspect in choosing tenses in English. See notes and examples here: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442655/The%20English%20Tense%20System
SIMPLE - complete, finished, permanent, emphasises amount, neutral, formal
CONTINUOUS – duration, in progress, temporary, changing situation or trend, personal feeling (e.g. surprise, irritation, criticism), informal
PERFECT – an action completed before another time or an action producing a result relevant to a later situation. Shows the relationship between different times.
e.g. I've read the book.
action result
reading knowledge
past present
Each of these aspects adds another layer of meaning to the verb.
Choosing the right tenses depends on many factors not a set of grammatical rules.
