Teach Past And Past Participle

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]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liancheng Zhen? 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. There are 4 past tenses: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous. Past simple states an action that has happened in the past and is finished with an –ed ending. And a definite time. I worked last night. Past continuous states an action that happened in the past with the verb “to be” (was were) plus the verb...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Simao 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. In this unit I learned that there are four past tenses - past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. Each past tense has a specific usage and grammar structure. Past simple (for regular verbs) is V+ed/d . Irregular verbs need to be memorized by students. Usage: past action at a specific time (when the time is given or not, but the action...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Simaogang 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. This was an interesting chapter for me regarding the past. past simple-used to express completed actions in the past (ed-d to base form) ( did/didnt before base form )(did + s before base form ) past cpntinuous - indicates that a certan action was in progress at a particular time in the past.(s+was/were+verb+ing)(s+was/were+not+verb+ing) (was/were +s+verb+ing) past...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mengyang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xishuangbanna Daizu Zizhizhou? 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 covers the past tenses ; past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. First, past simple is used to express completed actions in the past. The form of past simple is divided into regular verbs (cry->cried, work->worked) and irregular verbs (see-saw). To teach past simple, teachers can use curriculum...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenwu 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. This chapter centers on past tense ( with roles like the present tense). It's divided into Simple past tense with form as Affirmative (add "ed" or "d" to the base form) Negative (add "did not" before the base form) Question (did+subject +base form)mainly for regular verbs.irregular verbs are studied like that example see-saw,go-went. Usages include completing actions in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mabai Zhen? 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. In this unit we learn about the past tenses, their structure and usage. They are similar to the present tenses, except, of course, they are in the past. The four past tenses are Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous. We are also provided with a list of irregular verbs, both for the simple past form and past...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xindian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Neijiang 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 2 is about ''PARTS OF SPEECH''. It's a grammar lesson rreferring to the different words used to structure sentences in English. I have learnt that these parts have their sub categorisas follow: NOUNS(countable, uncountable, propre, common, plural or singular). Then, we have studied VERS(transitive, intransitive, base form, past participle, present...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xidi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changji Huizu Zizhizhou? 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. In this unit, the four present tenses were covered a great deal and were explained how to use them in the affirmative, negative and question forms. The present simple tense uses the base form of the verb plus e or es. In the negative form, we use the subject plus auxiliary verb do plus not plus base form and in the question form we use auxiliary verb do...  [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 Daicun 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. The past tense of English grammer is used to describe events at certain places in time. To form the past simple of the word "laugh" you would say "I laughed". There are many irregular verbs that must be explained also, such as the verb "buy" becomes "bought" which requires extra explanation for teaching and students must memorize these. To form the past continuous...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiangjiaba 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. In this unit i learned the system and structure of past tenses: PAST SIMPLE Form Affirmative: Add -ed or -d to the base form of the verb Negative-: Add did or didn't to the base form of the verb Question: Add did plus subject before the base form of the verb Usage 1.For a past action when the time is given 2.When the time is asked about 3.When the action clearly...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Leju 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. Just like unit 4 which elobarated English tenses ( preset tense ) , this Unit also gives an elaborate knowledge on another tense Past tense .The simple past tense form for regular verbs: (add -ed/-d the base form of the verb) for the affirmative form , ( add "did not" or "didn`t" before the base form ) for the negative form and ( add "did"plus subkect before the base...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhuilijie Zhen? 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. All continuous forms consist of some form of the verb ''to be'' plus the ''ing'' of the verb. If the verb ''to be'' is in the present, it will definitely be the present continuous. Same applies for the verb ''to be''in the past. It will become the past continuous. All perfect forms feature some form of the verb ''to have'' and the past...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangjia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Neijiang 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 thought this unit was extremely helpful in establishing the basic principles of English grammar. While mostly this was review, I did learn a few things. For example, countable nouns will use the word "many" in a sentence, while uncountable nouns will use the word "much". Differentiating between transitive and intransitive verbs was helpful, although it would be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gucheng 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. As a teacher we should be careful and aware about our use of grammar specially dealing with events explaining the time of action. Whether it be event that occurred in the past, an event that occurred in the present or an event that will occur in the future. I learned that most of my errors or mistakes made in the past is the use of irregular verbs. I also used to have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longgang 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 Past tenses have almost the same structure but related to past time periods. Past tenses are four: past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. We form past simple: Regular verbs: Affirmative: subject + base form of the verb + d/ed Negative: subject + didn’t/did not + base form of the verb Question: did + subject + base...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wangjia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchong 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 is the most challenging part but i find it very useful because when we get to separate parts of sentences we analyse and master the governing rules and exceptions to master when using english. Hence grammar is very useful, it helps us on the diction of words. One will know the exact words to choose when you are speaking for example what to say when you are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Layisu Liangzhongchang? 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. When we talk of present tense we are talking about action that is currently going on or habitually performed, or a state that currently or generally exists. And so far I have learned that when forming the present continuous. The present continuous of any verb is composed of two parts - the present tense of the verb to be + the present participle...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changhua 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. Unit 6. Past Tenses, I have learnt evaluating this four Tenses which are Past simple tense expressed completed actions in the past. the second is Past Continuous tense indicates that a certain action was in progress at a particular time in past. Third, Past perfect tense first past action and the fourth, Past perfect tense which first continuous past action. We...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflcourse.net This video covers the structure and usage of the past continuous tense. This structure of this tense is: Positive: Subject + was/were + present participle. She was working last night. Negative: Subject + was/were + not + present participle. He was not teaching yesterday. Question: Was/were + subject + present participle Was she driving yesterday? The past continuous is used to talk about actions that were in progress at a time in the past. For example: I was watching television last night. One option that may not occur to most TEFL graduates is that of teaching English online. Not only can you earn your certificate online, but you can also earn your wages by teaching English online. ITTT has many different courses available suited to your needs. Whether...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflonline.net This video is the first of two that looks at the structure of the Present Perfect tense. Positive: subject +auxiliary verb have/has + past participle I have played. / She has played. Negative: subject + auxiliary verb have/has + not + past participle I have not played. / She has not played. Question: auxiliary verb have/has + subject + past participle Have I played? / Has she played? This verb tense requires the use of the past participle. With regular verbs the past participle is the verb plus ed, for example work - worked. However there are many irregular verbs that do not follow this pattern and have to be learnt from memory. For example, eat- eaten, drink-drunk, teach-taught. Most good grammar books will provide you with lists of irregular verbs. The...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflcourse.net The past perfect continuous is formed with two auxiliary verbs 'had' and 'been' along with the present participle. Positive: Subject + had + been + present participle I had been teaching... Negative: Subject + had + not + present participle I had not been teaching... Question: Had + subject + been + present participle? Had you been teaching...? Some of the highest paying TEFL jobs can be found in South Korea. In order to be successful in finding a well paid teaching position there you will need to get yourself a TEFL certificate. ITTT offers a number of different courses from 100% online courses to 100% in-class or even a combination of the two. Check out our website by following the link above for more information on the types of course ITTT offers as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lingjiu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchong 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. Unit two focuses on parts of speech, delving into these categories: nouns, adjectives, articles, verbs, adverbs, gerunds, pronouns, and prepositions/conjunctions. Nouns can be plural (America), countable (book), and uncountable (music). Adjectives are used for comparisons as comparatives (shorter than...) and superlatives (shortest). Indefinite articles (a, an) and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hongqiao 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. The past tense describes a past event or state of being and it's divided into four tenses; the past simple, past continuous, past perfect and the past perfect continuous. This lesson covers the structure of those tenses , usages, the errors/mistakes a student may make and the activities that can be included in the activate stage. First we have the simple past tense...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jingxing 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. In this unit, I have systematically acknowledged the past tense. It makes me dwell on how to teach this grammar and how to let learners practice. And also the how to help learners acquire the complex form of past form. Past tense which doesn’t exist in Chinese grammar is always ignored by Chinese learners. Therefore, if past tense can be taught with present and...  [Read more]