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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

"is having" vs "is taking"

heya, celta learner here...I'm trying to learn how to explain the difference, if any, between "is having" and "is taking" to my students and the more I say it in my head, the less difference I can discern. Are they, as I suspect, just different ways of expressing the present continuous (aka the future simple) or is there a distinct grammatical difference? Thanks in advance, Tim
  

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Anonymous I'm trying to learn how to explain the difference, if any, between "is having" and "is taking" In what sentence?! The verbs are usually unrelated. Anonymous the present continuous (aka the future simple) I hope you are not teaching that; it is dead wrong.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous I'm trying to learn how to explain the difference, if any, between "is having" and "is taking" In what sentence?!
  • The verbs are usually unrelated.
  • Anonymous the present continuous (aka the future simple) I hope you are not teaching that; it is dead wrong.
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AnonymousI'm trying to learn how to explain the difference, if any, between "is having" and "is taking"
In what sentence?! The verbs are usually unrelated.
Anonymous the present continuous (aka the future simple)
I hope you are not teaching that; it is dead wrong.
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It is not clear what your problem is, except that the present continuous is not also known as the future simple..

HAVE and TAKE are two different verbs. Occasionally, for example in the context of taking/having a bath. there is not a great deal of difference in meaning, but they are very rarely interchangeable.
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I'm the one that posted the original question - registration was a lot quicker than I thought it would be Emotion: smile

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Catweaselis having his driving test on Wednesdayis taking his driving test on Wednesday
In both sentences the present continuous is used for a future situation that has been arranged. It is more normal to take than have a driving test in BrE. If we use HAVE fpr a driving test, we normally use it in a stative sense - we would be more likely to sa
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I stand very corrected on the tense correction Emotion: smile Ta.
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many thanks Fivejedjon.
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Good luck with the CELTA. You'll be driven nearly to distraction by the correct labelling and use of tense at the beginning, but you'll get there in time.
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