Verb tenses for Academic Speaking and Writing

​Simple Present Tense

​References to state of current knowledge and generalisations

​The English do not enjoy travelling to cold countries for vacation.

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Most Americans have 9-5 jobs

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Phobias are treated by special​ized physicians

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Open Ended

Daniel Pink _____________ (to describe) Glucksberg's candle experiment in order to show how motivation ____________ (not always) increase productivity.

Use the correct tense for the verbs in brackets

​Simple Past

References to single past studies or events or research/ projects that have a specific timeframe

S

Review your reading notes for this class.​

Open Ended

Look at your notes from Reading #2 "Do Results Only Workplaces Work"

Find a sentence that references a past study or event.

Write the sentence here.

​Present Perfect

• ​Past research that is not the result of individual researchers

• Research that does not have a specific time frame

• Research that documents a range of time ​

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​Present Perfect

• ​Several authors have discussed the various problems with R.O.W.E.

• Over the past years, researchers have documented evidence to support the theory that financial rewards are not the biggest motivator for work performance.

• The importance of family time for employees has been wid​ely investigated by companies.

Subject | Subject

References to the state of future knowledge, implications and predictions.

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Teleworking will continue to change what workers require in their jobs

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​Simple Future

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Open Ended

Look at your assigned reading, A or B on the 4 day work week.

Look through the text and find a sentence written in the future tense that states future knowledge, implications and predictions.

Write that sentence here.

Multiple Choice

In the ROWE, people ____(not to have) set schedules. The only requirement ____ (to be) is to get their work done. This has worked for most people so far.

• did not / was

• don't have/ is

• have not/ is

• has not / was

Poll

Bonus question.

What is most important to you in a workplace?

• A low salary BUT benefits such as health coverage, child care and paid vacation

• A high salary BUT with No health insurance, and other benefits