Topic 1-Why are there so many tenses in English?

【小测验】

1、What does the example “Is everyone here” try to tell us? 正确答案：D

A. Li Lei is a naughty boy. B.How to understand the meaning of “everyone”.

C.Li Lei always gets ill. D.How to understand the meaning of past tense.

2、In the example, the coach said “we didn’t play well today”. What is implied?

It means “                                                       .”

正确答案：We didn’t do well today, and the game was past. We will play well in the coming games

【Discussion】How does the policeman find out that the mother killed her daughter?

回复：The mother said,"My daughter was a nice girl", in this sentence she used the past tense to answer the police's question, which indicated that in the mother's subconscious she knew that her daughter was dead and couldn't come back.

Topic 2-The tenses often mean more than what we say.

[讨论】Discussion：How do you understand “Mike has been smoking 20 cigarettes a day since his wife died three years ago.”?

回复：1.Mike smokes a lot every day.

2.Mike didn't smoke so many cigarettes before his wife died.

3. Mike smokes so much because of his wife's death.

4. Mike felt depressed for his wife's death.

Topic 3-What tense should we use when we speak or write?

【小测验]

1、Which of the following is not implied in “I haven’t eaten breakfast”? ：A

A.I don’t want to eat. B.Can you get me something to eat?

C.I can’t go before I finish my breakfast. D.I didn’t eat breakfast.

2、What is the difference between “I didn’t eat breakfast” and “I haven’t eaten breakfast”?

正确答案：I didn’t eat breakfast是一般过去时，表示过去发生的动作。

I haven’t eaten breakfast是现在完成时态，表示过去发生或未发生某事且与对现在要做或不要做什么事情有影响的事有关联性。

Topic 4-How do we divide time into past, present, and future?

[小测验】

1、What is implied in “I am writing a book”? 正确答案：B

A.I am planning to write a book.

B.For the present period, writing a book is part of my work.

C.I am writing the book at the moment of talking.

D.I like writing.

2、Which of the following is grammatically correct but sounds strange? ：C

A.I often cut my finger. B.I cut my finger yesterday.

C.I am cutting my finger.   D.I have cut my finger.

Topic 5-Misunderstandings in the traditional explanations of passive voice

【小测验】“Michael broke the window.” is more about what Michael did, and “the window was broken by Michael.” is more about what happened to the window. 错

2、Suppose Michael broke a window of the classroom. The teacher was unhappy. She criticized Michael and left the classroom. Then Peter came in. He noticed the teacher was unhappy, but he didn’t know what had happened. He asked Mary: Why is the teacher so angry? How should Mary answer the question? Which of the following answers is better?     正确答案：A                

A. Because Michael broke a window.  B. Because a window was broken by Michael.

Topic 6-Differences between active voice and passive voice

【小测验】1、Which of the two sentences sounds more natural? 正确答案：B             

A. If you play football on the road, a car may hit you.

B. If you play football on the road, you may be hit by a car.

2、Suppose a female film star has won an Oscar award for Best Actress and she needs to tell someone this fact. Which of the two sentences sounds more appropriate?      正确答案：A     

A. I was awarded the Oscar for Best Actress.  B. I won the Oscar for Best Actress.

【讨论】Discussion：How does the meaning change for the active and passive voices of the sentence “Every student in this class made two mistakes.”?

Every student in this class made two mistakes.”

表示所有学生犯了两个错误，错误可能是不一样的。

"Two mistakes are made by every student in the class."

表示所有学生犯了两个相同的错误。

第六讲测验2本次得分为：7.50/10.00

1单选(2.5分)What is the major way to express tenses in English?

A.by using different verb forms2.50/2.50 B.by using auxiliary words

C.by using different word order        D.by using time adverbs

2判断(2.5分)The present tense does not only mean what is true now. It can also refer to events in the past and the future.  对了

3判断(2.5分)The meaning of a sentence remains the same when it is changed from the active voice to the passive voice.错

4填空(2.5分)Which of the two sentences sounds more natural? _____. 答案：B

A. You didn't receive the check? They must have delayed it in the mail.

B. You didn't receive the check? It must have been delayed in the mail.