Celta - Language Related Task
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Language Related Task - CELTA
|Marker Sentence: |Marker Sentence: |
|Since then, the intrepid traveller has cycled through 37 countries. |... two of them were stolen ... |
|Concept: |Concept: |
|Since a certain time which was highlighted in the previous text (ie. 8 years |Two items have been taken illegally. We don’t know what has been stolen but |
|ago), a keen explorer and brave person (Keiichi) has made a very long journey |it implies that there must still be at least one (in fact we know that Keiichi |
|on a bicycle which has taken him through 37 countries – so far. The intrepid |has had 5 bikes). The ACT of theft happened in the past – this is indicated by|
|traveller is the subject, the ‘doer’ and therefore this is active. |the auxiliary ‘were’. And we know that the action is finished because they are|
| |not being stolen now. They were stolen – complete action. |
| |The passive form is being used. The thieves are doing the action of stealing |
| |on the bikes. (We know that ‘them’ refers to the bikes). |
| |The bicycles are the recipient subject of some action (they were stolen BY |
| |somebody). If it were active, it would be “The thieves stole two of them”. We|
|...
|Marker Sentence: |Marker Sentence: |
|Since then, the intrepid traveller has cycled through 37 countries. |... two of them were stolen ... |
|Concept: |Concept: |
|Since a certain time which was highlighted in the previous text (ie. 8 years |Two items have been taken illegally. We don’t know what has been stolen but |
|ago), a keen explorer and brave person (Keiichi) has made a very long journey |it implies that there must still be at least one (in fact we know that Keiichi |
|on a bicycle which has taken him through 37 countries – so far. The intrepid |has had 5 bikes). The ACT of theft happened in the past – this is indicated by|
|traveller is the subject, the ‘doer’ and therefore this is active. |the auxiliary ‘were’. And we know that the action is finished because they are|
| |not being stolen now. They were stolen – complete action. |
| |The passive form is being used. The thieves are doing the action of stealing |
| |on the bikes. (We know that ‘them’ refers to the bikes). |
| |The bicycles are the recipient subject of some action (they were stolen BY |
| |somebody). If it were active, it would be “The thieves stole two of them”. We|
|...