Verb tenses I

​The museum declined to disclose how much it paid for "The torment of Saint Anthony"

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​'This is one of the greatest rediscoveries in the history of art.'

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​The Kimbell Art Museum will soon be the only US museum to display a Michelangelo painting...

​They examined the painting.

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​SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT

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​I visit the Eiffel Tower today.

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These verbs express the action the subject practices -> action verbs

​These constructions are spetacular.

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​It was his earliest work.

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​Stative verbs - verbs that express states or conditions, possession, senses, emotions and mental states.

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​I have a car.

​It smells great in here.

​You look tired.

​He really appreciated my help.

​Identification:

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​People move into cities - present

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​They examined the painting - past

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​The challenges for urban planners will also grow - future

​PRESENT

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​People move into cities - present

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Urban planning deals with the physical, economic, and social development of cities.

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Today, urban populations are increasing rapidly.

​ (auxiliar + principal)

They employed a French planner and architect.

​He painted it when he was only 12 or 13 years old.

​They were able to see how the artist made certain brush strokes.

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​(auxiliar + principal)

​The painting was exhibited as late as 1874 in Paris.

​I was watching TV earlier.

​They had told the facts when the reporters arrived.

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​* Scientists have researched about this virus.

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1. ​What method do psychologists use to discover babies' abilities?

2. ​According to the study, how is the view of babies?

3. ​Using scanning in paragraph D, how do infants' visual attention differ from that of adults?

4. ​What is said in the text about the hearing of babies in the fourth month of life?

5. ​What is covered in the text about the taste of babies?

6. ​According to the text, how important is it that babies know how to distinguish different odors?