Self Study

Today our Teacher teaches us about the Tense and the difference between the Seminars and Lectures.

Tense

There are 3 types of Tense:

1) Present Tense

· Present Simple, for example, The sun rises in the east.
· Present Continuous, for example, Arkhan is working for examination.
· Present Perfect, for example, They have lived at this house five years.
· Present Perfect Continuous, for example, It has been raining since Monday last.

2) Past Tense

· Past Simple, for example, I used to get up early in the morning.
· Past Continuous, for example, I was reading a book while my sister was writing a letter.
· Past Perfect, for example, When he had told us the story, we listened to him carefully.
· Past Perfect Continuous, for example, I had been reading for two hours.

3) Future Tense

· Future Simple, for example, Unless the weather is good, we will not start our journey.
· Future Continuous, for example, In a few minutes time, the Chairman of the meeting will be arriving.
· Future Perfect, for example, You will have got the letter.
· Future Perfect Continuous, for example, You will have been waiting for more than two hours when plane finally arrives.

The difference between the Seminars and Lectures

Lecture is not a group work, but Seminar one kind of group work.

A lecture is a talk on a specific academic topic, and A seminar is a group discussion on a specific topic related to a lecture.

It is generally half to two hour, on the other hand Seminar depending on subject.

More formal, but Seminar is not more formal.