Task 1
Analyze the different ways in which tenses are formed and used in English grammar.
(To pass this assignment you must remember to 'analyses' the ways tenses are formed and
used. So, not just say how they are formed, but also a deeper answer, for example, why we use
tenses and/or what it would be like if we didn't have tenses and their different forms).
Maximum 150 words
● There are three main tenses (past, present, future) describing when events
happen in time. All have four aspects (simple, perfect,
progressive/continuous, perfect progressive) showing how events happen in
time
● It’s important to understand and use tenses as improper usage can lead to
confusion. If we did not have tenses and their different forms, sentences
and communication may suffer and lose their meaning and clarity.
● Focusing on present simple, this is formed by using a verb in root form (i.e.
I/they play). However the form can change when using present simple for
third personal singular by adding ‘s’ at the end, i.e. he/she plays. Some
verbs that end in ‘y’ change this verb ending to ‘ies’ (i.e. I/they cry vs
he/she cries) as well as other verbs that require ‘es’ adding provided the
verb originally ends in o/s/z/ch/x/sh (i.e. I/they go vs he/she goes).
Task 2
Explain the use of Standard English Punctuation in formal and informal writing. You must
cover a minimum of seven Standard English punctuation from the following list:
Full stop;
comma;
apostrophe;
quotation marks;
question mark;
Exclamation
mark; brackets;
parenthesis;
dash;
Hyphen;
ellipsis;
colon;
semicolon.
Maximum 100 words
Formal writing tends to be identified by its serious and impersonal tone (for
example essays), whereas informal writing is more casual and “chatty” (for example
text messages). The form of writing can be highly dependent on the punctuation
, used - formal writing tends to follow
Analyze the different ways in which tenses are formed and used in English grammar.
(To pass this assignment you must remember to 'analyses' the ways tenses are formed and
used. So, not just say how they are formed, but also a deeper answer, for example, why we use
tenses and/or what it would be like if we didn't have tenses and their different forms).
Maximum 150 words
● There are three main tenses (past, present, future) describing when events
happen in time. All have four aspects (simple, perfect,
progressive/continuous, perfect progressive) showing how events happen in
time
● It’s important to understand and use tenses as improper usage can lead to
confusion. If we did not have tenses and their different forms, sentences
and communication may suffer and lose their meaning and clarity.
● Focusing on present simple, this is formed by using a verb in root form (i.e.
I/they play). However the form can change when using present simple for
third personal singular by adding ‘s’ at the end, i.e. he/she plays. Some
verbs that end in ‘y’ change this verb ending to ‘ies’ (i.e. I/they cry vs
he/she cries) as well as other verbs that require ‘es’ adding provided the
verb originally ends in o/s/z/ch/x/sh (i.e. I/they go vs he/she goes).
Task 2
Explain the use of Standard English Punctuation in formal and informal writing. You must
cover a minimum of seven Standard English punctuation from the following list:
Full stop;
comma;
apostrophe;
quotation marks;
question mark;
Exclamation
mark; brackets;
parenthesis;
dash;
Hyphen;
ellipsis;
colon;
semicolon.
Maximum 100 words
Formal writing tends to be identified by its serious and impersonal tone (for
example essays), whereas informal writing is more casual and “chatty” (for example
text messages). The form of writing can be highly dependent on the punctuation
, used - formal writing tends to follow
