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Study Guide G06 ~ English Home Language
Activity 2: Listen for information and give a summary
Vocabulary in context prejudice: a feeling of like or dislike for someone or something especially when it is not reasonable or logical blog: frequently updated diary on a website intended for public viewing bizarre: amusingly odd platitude: an empty, pointless comment or statement made as though it were important or helpful boisterous: noisy, energetic and rowdy, often wild assumption: something taken for granted; something believed to be true without proof abandoned: (in this context) given up; stopped using Let’s revise tenses and subject-verb agreement. Tenses There are three main tenses: present tense, past tense and future tense.
Present tense: the action is happening now or it happens regularly. We add -s or -es depending on whether the subject is singular or plural. For example: Naledi goes to town. He watches the television news broadcast. The sun sets in the west. Past tense: the action took place in the past. To change a verb to the simple past add -ed to the verb or change the verb form. For example: Naledi went to town. He watched the television news broadcast. The sun set in the west. Future tense: the action will take place in the future. We use shall or will for the future tense. We use shall for I/we (first person) and will for the other persons (you, he, she, they). In modern use, however, will is used more than shall. Shall is used mainly with I and we to make an offer or suggestion, or to ask for advice. For example: I will watch the television news broadcast. I shall tell you what we want you to do. She will go to town. They will go to town. First person is the person speaking. Second person is the person spoken to. Third person is the person spoken about.
Now give one sentence in each of the three tenses. © Optimi
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