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CELTA Language related assignment
I was going to phone you yesterday, but I forgot.
1.Generative ContexYesterday, I arrived home late. I got your message about Friday's party.I wanted to talk to you to decide which dress to wear and what to buy as a birthday gift for Linda,but I was so hungry that I decided to first eat something and then call you. But I ordered a pizza and watched a movie and after that I went to bed. |
2.MeaningYou use this form when you intended to do something but you didn’t do it.(English Grammar in use by Raymond Murphy, Cambridge university press,p.126)An intention to do something in the past that still hasn’t been completed. |
3. Form (subject) + was/were + going to + bare infinitive |
4.Phonemic transcription, including marking the main stressed syllablesI was going to phone you yesterday, but I forgot./ aɪ wəz ˈgəʊ.ɪŋ tə fəʊn jʊ ˈjes.tə.deɪ , bʌt aɪ fə.ˈgɒt/The sentence stress is on "phone" and " forget" and the special attention must be paid to the weak form of "was" and also there is a linking between "going" and "to" |
5.Concept checking questions( with answers), and, where appropriate, time lines, diagrams, pictures,etcCCQ:Am I talking about past or future? PastDid I call you? NoDid I want to call you? YesDid I decide to call you? Yes |
She must have gone home by now
1.Generative ContexIt is 8 o'clock now.I went to Maria's office at 6 o'clock.She was packing her stuff to go home and told me that her husband is waiting for her downstairs to take her home. |
2.MeaningIt is used to explain a certainty about the past( Practical English usage by Michea swan,third edition ,oxfor university press, p.324) |
3. Form ( subject) + must have+ Past Participle |
4.Phonemic transcription, including marking the main stressed syllablesShe must have gone home by now/ ʃiː məst hæv gɒn həʊm baɪ naʊ/Particular attention needs to be paid to the weak form of "must" and "have". Also the linking between "must" and...
I was going to phone you yesterday, but I forgot.
1.Generative ContexYesterday, I arrived home late. I got your message about Friday's party.I wanted to talk to you to decide which dress to wear and what to buy as a birthday gift for Linda,but I was so hungry that I decided to first eat something and then call you. But I ordered a pizza and watched a movie and after that I went to bed. |
2.MeaningYou use this form when you intended to do something but you didn’t do it.(English Grammar in use by Raymond Murphy, Cambridge university press,p.126)An intention to do something in the past that still hasn’t been completed. |
3. Form (subject) + was/were + going to + bare infinitive |
4.Phonemic transcription, including marking the main stressed syllablesI was going to phone you yesterday, but I forgot./ aɪ wəz ˈgəʊ.ɪŋ tə fəʊn jʊ ˈjes.tə.deɪ , bʌt aɪ fə.ˈgɒt/The sentence stress is on "phone" and " forget" and the special attention must be paid to the weak form of "was" and also there is a linking between "going" and "to" |
5.Concept checking questions( with answers), and, where appropriate, time lines, diagrams, pictures,etcCCQ:Am I talking about past or future? PastDid I call you? NoDid I want to call you? YesDid I decide to call you? Yes |
She must have gone home by now
1.Generative ContexIt is 8 o'clock now.I went to Maria's office at 6 o'clock.She was packing her stuff to go home and told me that her husband is waiting for her downstairs to take her home. |
2.MeaningIt is used to explain a certainty about the past( Practical English usage by Michea swan,third edition ,oxfor university press, p.324) |
3. Form ( subject) + must have+ Past Participle |
4.Phonemic transcription, including marking the main stressed syllablesShe must have gone home by now/ ʃiː məst hæv gɒn həʊm baɪ naʊ/Particular attention needs to be paid to the weak form of "must" and "have". Also the linking between "must" and...