Time and message Online version Every sentence communicates a time and a type of message related to that time or to the words used to form the verb. Check your understanding. by Atenas Leticia García Gámez 1 The plane leaves in ten minutes. 2 Tom is leaving in two weeks. 3 Khan Academy has become popular with today's students. 4 The government has been conducting a census every ten years. 5 This must be her house. I can see her car in the garage. 6 It can't have been easy for him, looking after three kids on his own. 7 If the weather is nice, we'll go swimming. 8 I would buy a big house if I won the lottery. 9 The hormone used in the contraceptive pill was synthesized by a Mexican. 10 The mail is sorted in the office by hand. Future Timetable Arrangements Future plans Present with reference to past Emphasis on result in present Present with continuity from past Emphasis on prolongation of action Present Deduction of certainty (I'm sure it is) Deduction of certainty (I'm sure it was not) Past Present-Future Real Possibility Unreal Present Hypothetical situation Past discovery Emphasis on receiver of action Present process Emphasis on recepient of action
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