Part of Speech

Tense and Aspect
Grammar and Vocabulary Ⅰ
May 20, 2011
Today’s Learning Points
 Vocabulary
(p.88)
 Tense and Aspect
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Vocabulary (p.88)

stroll

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incredible


Let’s stroll along the river.
I had an incredible dream last night.
forever

I will love you forever.
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stream


mighty

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There is a stream in front of my house.
The king was a mighty ruler.
stare

Don’t stare at strangers.
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material
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metal

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Explosive material like dynamite is
dangerous.
Gold is a precious metal.
steel

Steel is made from iron and carbon.
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coal

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climate


There are no more coal mines in
Japan.
Climate change is a serious matter.
fog

London was once famous for fog.
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flood

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volcano

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Too much rain may cause a flood.
There are many volcanoes in Japan.
storm

Storms with strong winds cause a lot
of damage.
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earthquake

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desert

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Earthquakes are natural disasters.
The Sahara is the largest desert on
earth.
continent

There are six continents on earth.
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channel

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horizon


The English Channel separates Britain
from continental Europe.
The sun has set below the horizon.
shadow

I saw shadows on the wall.
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environment

Global warming is threatening the
environment.
Tense and Aspect

Tense（時制）
Present Tense
 Past Tense
 Future Tense


Aspect（相）
Perfective
 Continuous / progressive

Tense and Aspect
Tense (3)
×
Perfective (2: Yes / No)
×
Progressive (2: Yes / No)
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12 patterns
Exercise 1
(1) I (
) nineteen years old last year.
⇒ was
(2) I (
) twenty years old now.
⇒ am
(3) I (
) twenty-one years old next
year.
⇒ will be
(4) Takeshi (
last year.
⇒ was
(5) Takeshi (
⇒ is
(6) Takeshi (
next year.
⇒ will be
) nineteen years old
) twenty years old now.
) twenty-one years old
(1) I wanted to be a doctor when I (be) a
boy.
⇒ was
(2) Mary (play) a piece by Bach on the
piano now; she (like) music very much.
⇒ is playing
⇒ likes
(3) The sun (rise) in the east and (set) in
the west.
⇒ rises
⇒ sets
(4) I (watch) TV when you called me.
⇒ was watching
Conversation Practice 1
Are You Going to Cook Spaghetti
This Week?
 Pay attention to tense
 In this practice, use “be going to” for
the future tense

A: Are you going to cook spaghetti this
week?
B: No, I’m not. I cooked spaghetti
LAST WEEK*, and I don’t like to
cook spaghetti very often.
*LAST WEEKのところは適当に過去の
時制に変えてみましょう（プリント参照）
Get well soon
Let’s work on a crossword puzzle
 How many words connected with
health and illness do you know?

課題
Exercise 2（pp.19-20）
 Exercise 3（p.20）
 Exercise 4 （p.21）
 次の授業までに解いておいてください

メモ：
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