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ELT Journal 1988 42(4):288-293; doi:10.1093/elt/42.4.288
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Action and condition in the Post-elementary classroom

Sherill Howard Pociecha

Sherill Pociecha is an EFL instructor at the English Institute of the University of Worclaw, Poland, and has also taught in the USA and Japan. She holds an RSA TEFL Certificate and is now working on her second textbook.

This article proposes that a distinction between ‘action verbs’ and ‘condition verbs’ can be very useful to post-elementary learners who have trouble choosing correct verb forms. By facilitating a more functional approach to the tense system, the distinction can contribute to a better understanding of the appropriateness of target structures. The article out lines the differences between the two types of verb, suggests a presentation of the distinction suitable for post-elementary learners, and touches on some of the implications that the action/condition concept has for the presentation of tenses.


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