ITALY CRISIS: MARIO MONTI APPOINTED NEW PM-DESIGNATE

13 November 2011 Last updated at 19:26 GMT


1 Technocrat Mario Monti has been asked to form a new Italian         2 government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Silvio       3 Berlusconi on Saturday.

4 Mr Monti, an ex-EU commissioner, said he was starting urgent talks on   5 his cabinet. His aim was to resume growth and heal Italy's finances. He   6 needs a working majority in parliament to implement an austerity plan.     7 Most parties back his nomination. Italy's borrowing costs spiked this       8 week, threatening the eurozone.

Mario Monti. Fuente: BBC

   

GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS

• REFERENTS 

REFERENT	LINE #	WHAT DOES IT REFER TO?	FUNCTION	GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES
His	5	Cabinet	Cataphoric	Possessive Adjetive
Most	7	Parties	Cataphoric	Indefinite Adjetive
This	7	Week	Cataphoric	Demostrative Adjetive

• GERUND FORMS

ING FORM	LINE #	FUNCTION	MEANING
Following	2	Gerund Phrase	Tras la/ seguido de
Starting	4	Past Progressive	Estuvo iniciando
Borrowing	7	Noun	Endeudamiento
Threatening	8	Present Participle Clause	Amenaza

• VERB TENSES

VERB	LINE #	MEANING	FUNCTION
Has been asked to form	1	Ha sido designado para formar	Present perfect in passive voice + verb in infinitive
Was to resume growth and heal	5	Era continuar creciendo y sanando	Past simple + verb in infinitive + verb in present simple
Spiked	7	Disparó	Past Simple
Needs	6	Necesita/requiere	Prensent simple in third person

Fuente del Artículo: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15713985