Glossary Of The Programmes Of Study For English At Key Stages 1 And 2 Page 14
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Tense is the choice between different verb forms that is
He studies. [present tense → present time]
normally used to indicate time (although tense and time
He studied yesterday. [past tense → past time]
do not always match up).
He studies tomorrow, or else! [present tense → future time]
Verbs in English (and other Germanic languages) have
two distinct tense forms:
present
and past. Verbs in
He may study tomorrow. [present tense + infinitive → future time]
languages like French, Spanish and Italian have three
He plans to study tomorrow. [present tense + infinitive → future time]
distinct tense forms: present, past and future.
If he studied tomorrow, he’d see the difference! [past tense → imagined future]
English uses a variety of verbs in the present tense to talk
about
future
time, such as may, will, intend, or plan.
Contrast three distinct tense forms in Spanish:
English also uses verbs in the past tense to talk about
Estudia. [present tense]
imagined situations in the past, present or future.
Estudió. [past tense]
Estudiará. [future tense]
trigraph
high
A type of
grapheme
where three letters represent one
phoneme.
pure
patch
hedge
unstressed
See stressed.
verb
The surest way to identify verbs is by the ways they can
He looked out of the school bus window. [present tense]
be used: they can usually have a tense, either
present
or
The teacher wrote a song for the class. [past tense]
past.
(See also future.)
We will go to the zoo soon! [present tense + infinitive]
Verbs are sometimes called “doing words” because many
verbs name an action that someone does; while this can
He likes chocolate. [present tense]
be a way of recognising verbs, it doesn’t distinguish verbs
from
nouns
(which can also name actions), and moreover
Not verbs: The walk to Harriet’s house will take an hour. [noun]
many verbs do not name actions.
Surfing makes Michelle so sleepy! [noun]
vowel
A vowel is a speech sound which is produced without any
closure or obstruction of the vocal tract.
Vowels can form
syllables
by themselves, or they may
combine with consonants.
In the English writing system, the letters a, e, i, o, u and y
can represent vowels.
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