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Old Wed 20-Feb-08, 06:41 PM   #6 (permalink)
Raphael
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Talking Re: Tenses

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1. We've got the next lesson in the language laboratory.
2. I am to give a speech at the conference next week.
3. I wish I had more time to finish this exercise (I chose simple present).

mmm...I'd say that number 1. on a purely mechanics of language level looks like an obvious present perfect tense, as in "we've hit the jackpot" or, "we've run out of time" and it refers to something that is about to take place in the near future

with the same logic as above, 2. has a present simple form, albeit used to express a future action

finally 3. is a past simple tense in a conditional hypothetical present.
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