english communication lesson 3: grammar & writing part i

English Communication Lesson 3: Grammar & writing part I

Simple present vs. Present continuous

A membership costs $25,000 per year. /A membership is costing $25,000 per year.


Our gym offers yoga lessons for the elderly (permanent situation)


The Mountain Brook Fitness Center is a thriving business-person's club but is also one of the only family-focused clubs in the Monroe area. Fifty percent of our members are under the age of 45 and have young children. Currently, the center has 900 members. A center membership is $800 a year. The Mountain Brook Fitness Center wants to add an additional 300 members with families over the next three years.


We are working on a marketing campaign (activity)

Simple Past vs. Present Perfect

We added a hot spring spa last year/We have added a hot spring spa last year


We worked on it for 48 hours straight/We have worked on it for 48 hours straight

Simple Past vs. Present PerfectSimple past (p.27)

Completed action or series of actions in the past Nobody complained when we presented the plan. I bought a new car last year.

Duration in the past, completed He lived in Berlin for two years (and then moved away). We walked for forty minutes.

Past habits or facts I think he played the guitar when he was younger. She never went to school.

Simple Past vs. Present PerfectPresent perfect (p.48)

Action happened recently in the past and still has relevance now or is new information

I have just bought a new car.

Action started in the past is still continuing I have lived in Berlin for two years (and am still living there). We’ve been walking for 40 minutes now. I’m tired.

Event happened at an unspecific time I have seen that movie already. It is terrible.

Accomplishments Scientists have mapped the human genome. She has learned to speak Russian.


Tip:

Specific time, for example: yesterday/ last week, month, year/ specific day, month, year/ etc = always simple past

- In 2011 I moved to The Hague.- Last month I got my driver’s license

just/ since/ yet/ = present perfect- I have been playing football since I was young.- I have not yet seen Iron Man 3.


The club has increased the size of its fitness center and added more equipment, but many members would be unable to use the center if they didn't have a service to watch their children while they exercised. In fact, the service has become so popular that the clubhouse has outgrown its existing childcare facilities. Offering childcare has kept many members coming to the club. The lack of current space for a larger childcare area has even kept some prospective members from joining.

Grammar: rules a/ an

a/ an lettera/ an applea/ an hotela/ an houra/ an honest persona/ an universitya/ an URL (Uniform Resource Locator)a/ an LAN-Partya/ an FPS (First Person Shooter)


a/ an lettera/ an applea/ an hotela/ an houra/ an honest persona/ an university (you-niversity)a/ an URL (Uniform Resource Locator)a/ an LAN-Partya/ an FPS (First Person Shooter)


a/ an lettera/ an applea/ an hotela/ an houra/ an honest persona/ an university (you-niversity)a/ an URL (Uniform Resource Locator)a/ an LAN-Partya/ an FPS (First Person Shooter)

ef-pee-es

(but a First Person Shooter)

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english communication lesson 3: grammar & writing part i

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