Universidad Nacional
Analysis of the article “Saving Wild Areas May Have Unexpected Results”
Xincya Ortiz, Lucia Chaves and María del Milagro Méndez Project: News Report and Verb Tenses Analysis
Tenses Simple present: -There new home is Pleistocene Park: Reading this sentence, we can assume that it is a general truth because it says that the park is the new home of some animals, and it is happening in the present. -The park is home to fewer than 200 animals: This sentence shows a fact about the park. -David Nogues is an ecologist with the University of Copenhagen: We can observe that in this sentence the article shows a fact known by people who can read it. -He studies relationships between living things and their environments: this sentence shows a kind of general truth of the ecologist because it says that he studies. -He says wolves keep elk away from the park: this is a fact because it shows something that is happening in the park. -He argues: This is showing an action that is in the present. Future continuous: In the whole article, we could not find any kind of future continuous sentence. Present perfect: - The park’s wolf population has increased five times: It is showing an event that occurred recently because it says that the population of wolves increased. - But the spread of the animals outside the park has angered local ranchers: this sentence is about an action that animals did, so because of that in the present the ranchers are angry.
-They say cattle losses have increased with the wolf population: In this sentence, we can observed that it is about an action that wolves committed and that is increasing and affecting in the present. - He has few choices: it shows something that is in the present and that stars in some time in the past. Present perfect continuous: In the whole article, we could not find any type of present perfect continuous sentence. Present Continuous or Progressive - Wildlife researchers are closely watching: this idea expresses how the action is happening at the moment of speaking; the action is in a process of doing a longer new habit which is in progress. - Wild horses, oxen and reindeer are returning: The action is taking place at the time of speaking or around the time of speaking; the action is temporary and might intend to continue in the future for a short period of time. Past perfect -In the whole article, we could not find this type of tense. Simple Future -...the animals will eat: This tense is used to suggest a voluntary action that will occur in the nearest future.
Future Perfect Continuous -In the whole article, we could not find this type of tense. Past Perfect continuous -In the whole article, we could not find this type of tense. Future Perfect: -In the whole article, we could not find this type of tense. Simple Past: -The park opened in 1889: Here the verb opened it refers to an action completed in the past. - ....an environment that disappeared long ago,...: Here the verb expresses something that stopped to exit at a moment in the past. - Russian scientist Sergey Zimov imagined wild horses... : Here the verb talks about an action that the subject did in the past. - Nogues helped to write a report that urges…: Here the verb expresses an action that the subject did in the past. - …. Dough Simth noted more than 10 years ago: Here the verb emphasizes about a mental action that the subject did in the past. Past Continuous: - New species that were not living in our ecosystem…: Here the verb is used to express that in this case some new species during a period of time were not living in our ecosystem.
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