THE STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN USING SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: A CASE STUDY AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Tense in Simple Conditionals

The Simple Present Tense in Japanese and the Phonetically Empty Universal Quantifier*

In Japanese root clauses, most verbs must be paired with the morpheme -tei to form a complex predicate in order to denote a present state. However, in certain subordinate clauses including the relative clause, the presuppositional clause of a cleft sentence, and the comparative clause, this restriction is exempted. Semantic restrictions are also imposed on verbs, and the verbs which permit the ...

Tony Roberts Favour the present tense

I recommend the rule “if in doubt use the present tense”. Higham (1998), [1], §4.29 The present tense works well for scientific writing. The eternal truths we present in an article should all be in the present tense: instead of “experiments have shown that”, prefer “experiments show that”. The present tense helps make more active writing. Write derivations in the present tense: not the past ten...

The Efficacy of Audio Input Flooding Tasks on Learning Grammar: Uptake of Present Tense

This study sought to probe the role of input flooding through listening tasks on the uptake of simple present tense and the present progressive tense among pre - intermediate English a s Foreign Language ( EFL ) learners. To comply with the objective, an experimental design was adopted. 55 pre - intermediate learners participated in the study. They were randomly divided into one control group, ...

the effect of consciousness-raising activities on learning grammatical structures by iranian guidance school efl learners

abstract the first purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of consciousness-raising (c-r) activities on learning grammatical structures (simple present tense in this case) by iranian guidance school efl learners. the second one was to investigate the effect of gender on learning the simple present tense through c-r activities and tasks. finally, this study aimed to investigate the ...