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Hi everybody…this is Misterduncan in England!
How are you today? Are you OK? I hope so!
Are you happy? I hope so!
In this lesson we’re going to spend some time…talking all
about…Time!
The easiest way to describe time would be to say that it
runs in the form of a straight line. That is the reason why we often describe
time as being “Linear”. There are some pretty strict rules when it comes to our
understanding of time. For example, time can only go forwards. Time cannot be
slowed down. And time cannot…be stopped.
Luckily for us we have a neat little system called
“Stressing Tense”. This allows us to use words to show when something has
happened that it’s happening now or when it will happen.
But how does this relate to learning English? I will tell
you.
In English Grammar. We need to know when an event is
happening and we need to be able to show it clearly by what we say. Sorry..It
may seem a little strange to be linking the subject of time with learning
English but in fact there is a very strong connection between the use of
English and it’s relation to time. Needless to say everything happens at a
certain time. So it is important for us to be able to say when a certain event
happened. We have three basic points to consider when talking about placing an
event at a particular moment. We have the past…we have the present…and of
course we have the future. It is also worth remembering that the only part of
this that is moving forward is the present. The future always lies ahead. And
the past is constantly trailing behind. However, the present is also constantly
changing. It is a little bit like sitting in a moving car. The car represents
now…and the road is time itself. So when speaking English…you will need to
know, how to express words to clearly show the point of time to which it
relates. A very simple example would be…did…doing..do.
- I did in the past. à past
- I have done it already. à past
- I’m doing it in the present. à present
- I’m doing it now. à present
- I will do it in the future. à future
- I will do it later. à future
- I did my homework.
- I did my homework in the past. à past
- I’ve done it already.
- I’m doing my homework. à present
- That means it is being done now.
- I will do my homework. à
- Means it will be done later…in the future.
- I went for a run. à past
- I’m running. à present
- I will go for a run. à future
- I carried my shopping home. à past
- I’m carrying my shopping home. à present
- I will carry my shopping home. à future
If I used the word “Walked” in a sentence would I be talking
about something I did already in the past? Or would I be talking about
something I will do later in the future? If you say it was something I did
already…then you would be right…well done! Time is a very complicated thing to
understand. It took humans thousands of years to discover the relation between
when and what. But we finally did manage to work it out…when a Scientist named
Albert Einstein scratched his head one day and said…”it is all relative”. It
was at that precise moment…when the “Theory of Relativity” was born. It is much
easier nowadays to explain…when and what but there is still one question we
cannot answer…and that question is…why?
There are some Idioms and proverbs which relate to time. For
example…
- ”Time waits for no man”
- “No time like the present”
- “All in the fullness of time”
- “just in the nick of time”
- “A stitch in time…saves…nine”
- “Time marches on”
- “The sands of time”.
Well, it seems as if I have run out of time. I only have a
few moments left. So..i will wrap up here. This is Misterduncan in England
saying..thanks for your time and for watching…see you later…next
time..hopefully soon. Bye-bye for now.
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