UNIT 2 Culture


4. When deciding which verb form to use, we must decide how it happens. This is known as aspect.


There are four ways of expressing how something happens: • the continuous (unfinished activity) • the simple (unfinished activity, states and events) • the perfect (activity before a point in time) • the perfect continuous (unfinished activity before a point in time) 5. There are only five different forms of a verb in English.


In some languages, there are hundreds of different forms of a verb. In English, there are only ever five. Take, for example, the verbs look or eat. There are:


• the base form (look, eat) • the present simple 3rd


-person singular (looks, eats)


• the past simple form (looked, ate) • the past participle (looked, eaten) • the present participle (looking, eating)


Task 13: Complete the following table, which shows the five forms of the verb in English. Base form


Present simple, 3rd


-person singular look eats walks see helped


Task 14: The following sentences are from a ‘first draft’ of the text in Part 3. In each case, a verb mistake has been made. Correct the mistake, and identify the type of mistake that was made.


1. The second dimension concern ‘individualism’ and ‘collectivism’. 2. In feminine societies, men and women are sharing similar views and act in similar ways. 3. Geert Hofstede a well-known writer and thinker about culture.


4. While some people have criticized Hofstede’s theory, it will be still very influential nearly 50 years after it was developed.


walked went


looked eaten going looking Past simple Past participle Present participle


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