Rules For Past Simple Tense

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hangzhou-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This was easier for me than the present tense unit Past tense in English language is used to indicate a completed action in the past, the action that has started before and has been continuing, an action that started prior to completed action This unit has cover past tenses, which was...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Laozhuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hanzhong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching Multiple Tenses The tense system of English is probably one of the most daunting areas for many speakers of other languages. Multiple tenses should be taught through explaining strict grammar rules while allowing the students to practice proper structure, as well as evaluating themselves with quizzes and examples. There are three different tenses in...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In English, varying tense forms will change the structure of a sentence and verb conjugation. When studying English grammar, learning different tenses can present a great challenge to learners as well as teachers. English language learners may have to adjust to a greater number of tenses in English than in their native tongue. According to ITTT course materials, experts will state there are twelve tenses in the English language. The changes informing English verbs which mark past, present and future tenses are a key concept for learners to grasp to communicate effectively. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Corey B. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Within the three...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nayun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Pu'er Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Most of the rules that apply to the present tense do apply for the past. The breakdown of the tenses is similar for both the present and the past tense i.e simple, perfect, continuous, perfect continuous. As a native speaker, you take for granted the rules that build up the English language. One key thing that I noted was that most common verbs in have an irregular...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenshan-zhuangzu-miaozu-zizhizh? Are you interested in teaching English in Wenshan-zhuangzu-miaozu-zizhizh? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit was beneficial to help me understand past tenses as it is something I have always battled with and is easy to make mistakes This unit was beneficial to help me understand past tenses as it is something I have always battled with and is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaya Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Past tenses deal with past time periods. They speak of actions that have already taken place in some way. Past tenses follow the same rules as present tenses in the sense that there are four different aspects: past simple, past cotinuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. The system and strcuture remain the same except for the verb which is now in the past...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences The tense system of English is probably one of the most daunting areas for many speakers of other languages. Multiple tenses should be taught through explaining strict grammar rules while allowing the students to practice proper structure, as well as evaluating themselves with quizzes and examples. There are three different tenses in English: the past, the present and the future. Each of these tenses has four aspects: simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Zhong B. The past tense expresses or indicates a time that is in the past. For instance, if we want to say that an event occurred or something was the case at a particular time in the past, we use the past simple tense which is the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hangzhou-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Tenses are always tricky, the chapter dealt with them in a simple concise manner and rules such as the verb form of "to be" and "ing always being characteristic of continuous forms are very useful Tenses are always tricky, the chapter dealt with them in a simple concise manner and rules...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhaotong-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhaotong-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| It was really great for me to learn more about tense in the English language I found this section to be a lot more difficult than the present tense Unit 6 was another grammatical lesson focused on the past tenses and sample ideas of how to teach them The past tenses systems and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangcunqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit covered the past tenses including past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. There are many irregular verb forms for the past tense, which likely is very difficult for students to learn because there are no real rules to follow other than memorization. Knowing the correct usages for each tense is critical for the students...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Kashi-diqu-kashgar-kaxgar? Are you interested in teaching English in Kashi-diqu-kashgar-kaxgar? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| From my perspective, Unit 4 was not very difficult for me In this unit you will look at the four present tenses, the present simple tense, present continuous , present perfect and present perfect continuous This unit deals with a brief overview of verb tenses...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in QiandaohuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Past tenses are important in daily life because people sometimes need to retell stories to others. Therefore, knowing past tenses can enhance a student's English skills. Past tenses include past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. We use past simple to talk about actions that were completed at a definite time in the past. Past...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenping Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhaotong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I've learnt about there are the rules of learning tenses with very clear usages.Usages show learners how is each tense formed.Before moving to the forming tense, regular and irregular verbs should have practised very well.Then, learners will be required to understand the usage of each tense so that the application is correct.For example, past simple is for the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hangzhou-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit is to identify the types of past tenses, Past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous This unit was about the past tense The Tenses units I continue to find very challenging Alike other tenses the last tense also has different tipes for completed...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Balidian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Having covered the present tense in unit four, this unit moves on to the past tense and its four forms, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. Each form was introduced with its grammatical structure, usage, example sentences, and ways in which these can be taught during the activate phase of an ESA lesson. The unit began with a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhaotong-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhaotong-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| I have learned the system and structure of past tenses in this unit This unit gave me a better understanding of the past in English, as well as the past in French My overview of the content of this unit is learning how to make your sentence grammarly correct when using the Past Tenses,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yousuo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yuxi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The structure of the past tense is not very different from the present tense. The past tense obviously refers to the past time. However some of the points can be difficult for a low-level student to understand and specify. For example he can confuse the difference in usage between the past simple and present perfect. For most non-native English speakers the crucial...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Kuangshan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Qujing Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit focuses on the four types of the Past tense as Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous. For each tense there are four areas that have been discussed. In the Form area are stated the grammatical construction and rules of the tense, its affirmative, negative and question form, and the formation of the regular and the irregular...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Kashi-diqu-kashgar-kaxgar? Are you interested in teaching English in Kashi-diqu-kashgar-kaxgar? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Being a native english speaker I takke for granted how hard these past present conotinious tenses are As a English teacher I have realized that 12Tenses is a big challenge for us Unit 4 has helped me get a much better understanding of the present simple,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhaotong-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhaotong-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Grammar is one of the hardest aspects of the English language Through this unit, I've learnt the system and structure of the past tenses which are Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous This course unit continues providing knowledge about tenses Past...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas The simple past is one of the most important tenses in the English language. As it describes past actions, it's quite an easy tense to teach using a variety of fun and interactive activities. Here are 7 activities for teaching the simple past for the ESL classroom. For more activities check out: 10 Exciting Activities for the Past Simple For this activity, the students think of significant accomplishments in their lives. After sharing with the class what they have accomplished, the students should describe what they did in order to achieve this goal, for example they graduated college, studied English, took classes, etc. It’s important that the students use the simple past to talk about these actions. Also read: 7 Activities for Teaching the Present...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Miaoergou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tacheng Diqu? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The English language is broken into tenses. While there are three times in the tense system (present , past and future)those times are divided into four different aspects: simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous. This unit dealt specifically with the present tenses of the English language. The present tenses of the English language are simple present,...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In the early lessons of the course, I was able to better understand the components of the sentence, and the knowledge about word types was expanded. It includes a definite article, adjective, noun, verb, preposition, adverb, conjunction, gerund, personal pronoun. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Phuong P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. In unit 4, we have started talking about tenses in English. I looked at the four present tenses; the present simple, present continuous (sometimes called the present progressive), present perfect and present perfect continuous. Summary, the tense system is probably the area of the English language that causes students (and often...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baijiazhuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Class level: High Beginner Room: 4 Expected number of students: 14 Time: 90 Language points: Simple Present Tense is the previous knowledge of the learners. Teaching aids: board and pens, projector, pictures, handouts, board game cards. Learner objectives: By the end of this lesson students will be able to: 1. recognize and write verbs using the past tense. 2....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenshan-zhuangzu-miaozu-zizhizh? Are you interested in teaching English in Wenshan-zhuangzu-miaozu-zizhizh? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| From this unit, I still can't remember the specific usage of past tense, but I know how to tell which sentence is past simple,which sentence is past continuous, which sentence is past perfect and which sentence is past perfect continous As far as I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhutian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Linyi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The English Language is complex and challenging in many ways. Its complexity emanates from the infinite numbers of tenses which may prove difficult to learn especially for non-native English speakers. As a teacher, whether you are teaching EFL or native English speakers, the essential thing to note is the strategies to simplify the whole process of learning and how to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hetian-diqu-hotan? Are you interested in teaching English in Hetian-diqu-hotan? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Present tenses can be confusing for learners as they present different forms depending a lot on time The tense system is the hardest part of the English language for most learners and proably causesthe most headaches for teachers This unit deals with the present tenses in four...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wuji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhaotong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The unit 6 draws parallels between system and structure of past and present tenses giving at the same time definite rules and examples of usage of 4 different past tenses. It also highlights the examples of the situations and sentences where students often confuse past tenses with present ones or one past tense with another e.g. Past simple and Present perfect tense /...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pu-er-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Pu-er-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| The chapter was somewhat similar to chapter 4, it was dealing with tense structure of the past tenses including past simple and past perfect I have to be honest I didn't learn anything new from this unit it's a straight forward grammar check I have to be honest I didn't learn anything new...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hangzhou-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou-shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| The simple past and the past continuous tenses are not too difficult to teach, but the past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses can be tricky The Unit 6 represents Past Tenses, forms( regular/irregualar verbs), usages, common mistakes student make, sample activate teaching ideas...  [Read more]