1st challenge
Hi!
Wow! How many comments! I read all the messages and I´ll reply later. Now I have to do my homework. In her post last friday (January 2, 2009),Teacher Hellen proposed a challenge. She asked us how many different tenses she used in that post and what they were. I´ll try to answer now and I suggest you do the same before continue to read.
So, let´s start...
The first tense she used was the present simple to say: "I can't wait to get acquainted with you". Then she asked using the past simple: "how did you spend your Christmas and new year?".
When she asks "How long have you been blogging?" she used the present perfect continuous. She used the present continuous to say "Here is a picture of her on Christmas day eating a traditional Sri Lankan breakfast of kiribath", and the past continuous when she said "It was really exciting this year as she could actually tear open the presents with very little assistance from us".
The present continuous is used to say "My father is coming to stay with us for 3 weeks..." and the future simple in "I will bring him into our virtual classroom to chat with you".
In my opinion, she used 6 tenses in her text last friday. Am I right?
About Helen's last post (January 5, 2009), I think she is right. She thinks I don't explain well my sentences because I'm affraid... I agree with her. I will try to write more and explain better my ideas.
Thank you, Helen!
See you soon!
Comments
Hello again Marcos. This post is very interesting and you are writing about an important topic. I have noted that in conversations and in informal writing English, there aren´t used many verb tenses.
Hello Marcos, I agree with you when you called this homework a challenge. Verb tenses are always difficult. But I guess you did it very well. It's nice talking to you again. Best wishes, Mauricio.
Hi All, My name is varun and I am form India, This is very interesting blog which is telling us about the last blog in which there were some usage of tenses and really this is very good. I think that if I will read these blog on daily basis I can learn more english....... thank Marcos....for your wonderful comments...
Hi Marcos, this is really wonderful what you have written here and I do agree with you. Tenses are not easy to understand but in which way you explained its really too good Thank You again Marcos
Hi Marcos! How is the weather up there? Here is cloudy and cold. By the way, the challanges are very helpful to improve our writing, aren´t they? However, most of the time I find them quite difficult because I always have to crack my brain to figure out the most properly answer :-). See ya, Ana Paula.
Hi Marcos, as I said you, take a deep breath, relax and enjoy the experience. Our taiwanese friend, James, say a really good expresion; "no pain, no gain". I supposse that you can understand perfectly being the student blogger. See you, Toni.
Hello Marcos,in my opinion there is also an infinitive "can't wait TO GET ...", while I don't think "was exciting" is actually a past continuous, I'd rather say it's TO BE in the simple past + adjective. it was nice reading your work. best wishes
Wow Marcos, You have done your job great. Keep it up ! The sentences you have noticed and also the tense are correct in my opinion too.
Hello Marcos, I really think that your English is very good. I wonder, wether you use it a lot during your work and whether you are better at speaking or writing it?
Hello Marcos. Your English is superb. Congratulations. I'm Adriana. I was the September 07 student blogger and I participated in two open blogs. Unfortunatelly, the last time, I was very busy so that I even failed to write about three recipes from Brazil that I love: Pamonha, canjica and papa. I hope I'm lucky enough to read something about one of them as you are in Fortaleza. That's a big challenge but nothing impossible for one who deals with economics. Kisses from Brazil and gGood luck this month.
Hi Marco,It is great to meet you in this blog as a student blogger. This is a wonderful and steady platform to show our talent with any fear and hesitation. Your english is fabulous. Keep on writing without any fear. In next blog write about yourself and your country with more description.You will be a better learner than you have ever been with the help of the teacher Helen.Move forward with hope, determination and courage. Take care.
Hi everyone ! I am using this side first time. I always depressed about my level of english.My reading and listening are quite well but i am weak in speaking and writing.Could u please suggest me what i should do to improve my level? Thanks
Hello Marcos.Just I have read your home work. First Congratulation for your best try. Your english grammer is good and what teachers comments on it i dont know but i am sure that you are not wrong.I personally enjoy to learn english grammer. I dont know why? but i like it. I think it is going to be enjoying day by day. Be happy. By Deepak.
hi Marcos. Let me say you have a very developped listening aptitude.I'm a francophone who study english in university.Truly speaking i have never paid attention to tenses used by my lecturers while conversing.I should try to do the same thing as you next time because you inspire me to this exercise.a really challenge isn't it?
hi! Marcos. I readed your's blog is intereting. i know your country, i like it. hopefully, i will arrive your country... thanks Marcos. Goodlook to you!
Hello and hope to be fin you’re all Just about the tenses. Your explanation is good and in easy way but I prefer to explain more with example to better understanding the English language learner Thank you again for your good explanation
Hello my dear friend i hpe ur fin and healty. you done ur job very well the way you explain the teses is very simple and easy to understand and reading. best wishes from sadaat
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