Tony Foster, Martijn Lemmen, Dick Smakman, Aletta G. Dorst & Philomeen Dol - English Grammar through Dutch Eyes

7 And ... Action!? Introducing verbs

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7.1 Verbs and their meaning (is love a doing word?) 7.2 Verbs and the company they keep: verb complementation

7.2.1 Transitive and intransitive verbs

7.3 What verbs do

7.4 Properties of English auxiliaries: NICE 7.5 Finite and non-finite verbs

8 Time please, ladies and gentlemen! Tense

8.1 Tense

8.1.1 What is tense?

8.2 Choosing between o.v.t. and v.t.t. in Dutch 8.3 Dutch v.t.t. and o.v.t. in English 8.4 He said, she said: reported speech

8.4.1 Reporting finite verbs

8.4.2 Reporting promises, commands and questions 8.4.3 Reporting declarations 8.4.4 Reporting how something was said 8.4.5 Deictic expressions in reported speech

8.5 Just give me the pictures

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9 It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it! Aspect and perfect aspect

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9.1 English: both the when and the how are explicit 9.2 Dutch v.t.t. and English present perfect compared 9.2.1 Present perfect and v.t.t. look alike 9.2.2 Dutch v.t.t. and English present perfect don’t behave alike

9.3 Past perfect

9.3.1 How to form v.v.t. and past perfect 9.3.2 When do we use v.v.t. and past perfect?

10 It’s all happening here! Progressive aspect

10.1 How to make progressive aspect in Dutch and English 10.2 Can the progressive be used for all verbs? 10.2.1 Achievement verbs in progressive aspect: a case of grammatical hallucination 10.3 Using present progressive in letters and emails 10.4 How to use the progressive to complain 10.5 Combining perfect and progressive aspect

10.6 Summary