celta 1
1. The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow.
(a) the present simple + time marker subject + verb ‘to leave’ in the present simple tense + time marker
(b) Talking about a future event with an externally scheduled timeframe.
(c) Students may have some difficulty understanding the concept that the event being referred to is taking place in the future but the sentence is using the present tense. (F)
Students may confuse the verb form ‘leaves’ with ‘leaves’, the noun form meaning plural of ‘leaf’. (M)
Students may have difficulty pronouncing the weak form at the beginning of ‘tomorrow’. (Ph)
(d) A personal assistant informs his boss about travel arrangements for an important business meeting the following day.
(e) Has the plane left yet? (no). When does it leave? (10.00, in the future).
2. If I had a lot of money, I’d buy a boat.
(a) past and present tenses together with the 2nd conditional if + subject + past simple + noun + modal verb (would) + verb in the present + noun
(b) Talking about a hypothetical event that might take place in the present.
(c) Students may use an incorrect verb tense for ‘I’d buy’ (e.g. I’ll buy). (F)
Students may have difficulty understanding the hypothetical context. (M)
Students may not fully understand the concept of the 2nd conditional. (F)
Students may have difficulty pronouncing the contracted verb form ‘I’d’. (Ph)
Students may have problems pronouncing the weak forms of ‘I’, ‘a’, ‘of’. (Ph)
(d) Someone hypothesising what they would do if they were to win money.
(e) Did he buy a boat? (no). Does he have a lot of money? (no). if he had a lot of money would he buy a boat? (yes).
3. You should go to the doctor.
(a)
4. She’s a stranger / She’s a foreigner.
(a)
5. I’ve just had lunch.
(a)
6. I’m going to visit my aunt tomorrow.
(a)
(a) the present simple + time marker subject + verb ‘to leave’ in the present simple tense + time marker
(b) Talking about a future event with an externally scheduled timeframe.
(c) Students may have some difficulty understanding the concept that the event being referred to is taking place in the future but the sentence is using the present tense. (F)
Students may confuse the verb form ‘leaves’ with ‘leaves’, the noun form meaning plural of ‘leaf’. (M)
Students may have difficulty pronouncing the weak form at the beginning of ‘tomorrow’. (Ph)
(d) A personal assistant informs his boss about travel arrangements for an important business meeting the following day.
(e) Has the plane left yet? (no). When does it leave? (10.00, in the future).
2. If I had a lot of money, I’d buy a boat.
(a) past and present tenses together with the 2nd conditional if + subject + past simple + noun + modal verb (would) + verb in the present + noun
(b) Talking about a hypothetical event that might take place in the present.
(c) Students may use an incorrect verb tense for ‘I’d buy’ (e.g. I’ll buy). (F)
Students may have difficulty understanding the hypothetical context. (M)
Students may not fully understand the concept of the 2nd conditional. (F)
Students may have difficulty pronouncing the contracted verb form ‘I’d’. (Ph)
Students may have problems pronouncing the weak forms of ‘I’, ‘a’, ‘of’. (Ph)
(d) Someone hypothesising what they would do if they were to win money.
(e) Did he buy a boat? (no). Does he have a lot of money? (no). if he had a lot of money would he buy a boat? (yes).
3. You should go to the doctor.
(a)
4. She’s a stranger / She’s a foreigner.
(a)
5. I’ve just had lunch.
(a)
6. I’m going to visit my aunt tomorrow.
(a)