Teach Verb In Past

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]

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 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]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas While teaching a new language, we, as a teacher need to concentrate on some very important skills. such as writing, reading, speaking and listening. If we miss one of these skills, it will mean that we don't provide the needed knowledge for our students., and all these are equally important. Today I am going to speak about English grammar and my main point will be the modal auxiliary verbs and how to teach them as a grammar rule. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Edgar V. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. These verbs are used to show willingness, capability, necessity or possibility. And like other verbs, the modal verbs also show if the action happened in the past,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longsheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suining 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 2 covered parts of speech including nouns, adjectives, articles, verbs, adverbs, gerunds, pronouns, prepositions and conjunctions. A basic sentence includes a subject, a verb, an object. Nouns are people, manes, places, things, qualities, and states. The main types of nouns are common nouns, proper nouns, compound nouns, abstract nouns, and collective nouns....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chengjiazhuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luliang 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. Grammar is an area of English strikes both students and teachers. Many students think that grammar is important when we need to pass the exams. However, it’s not like that. Grammar is very important in every aspect of English, speaking, writing, listening and reading. Why is grammar so important for English learners? Here are the reasons. First, grammar is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Heqiao 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. What I had learned in this unit is the proper usage of past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. I had also understand that all continuous forms feature some of the verb " to be " plus -ing form of the verb. If the verb "to be" is in the present, it will be present continuous. If the verb "to be" is in the past, it will be past...  [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]

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 Yangguang 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. In this section we learn the difference between past tenses such as past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. There is a pattern seen with all continuous forms, all perfect forms, and all perfect continuous forms. For example, in the continuous form the use of the verb "to be" can be used in present, past or future tense with the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sailiketi Muchang? 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. I have learnt that tense means time, the past, the present and the future. Past tense is to talk about the past. Present tense is whats happening now or routinely. Future tense is an action that has not yet happened. Auxiliary verbs add grammatical meaning as to express or voice a tense and is usually placed in front of the main verb. They are called helping...  [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]

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 YiwuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hami Dìqu — Kumul? 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. Present simple tense uses do/does with a verb in a sentence. Present continuous using the for of be plus the verb ending in -ing, this is used for actions in progress. Present perfect uses have/has with the past verb, this is used for unfinished tasks or indefinite ending to an action or past event with present consequences. Present perfect continuous uses have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lianghe 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 system and structure or past and present tenses are similar. The past tenses relate to past time periods. Note: Irregular verbs differ from the +ed/d form that regular verbs have. Past tenses and forms: 1)Past simple (Affirmative: verb +ed/d) (Negative: did not / didn’t + verb) (Question: did + verb) 2) Past continuous (Affirmative: S + was/were + verb+ing)...  [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 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]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongchan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suining 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 2 introduces parts of speech ( definite article, adjective, noun, verb, preposition, indefinite article, adverb, gerund and pronoun)and teaches to recognize them in the sentence. I have learnt that nouns can be singular and plural, countable and uncountable. And there are 5 main types of nouns: common, proper, compound, abstract and collective. Adjectives...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Anren Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weinan 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 have had the pleasure of living and teaching in Brazil over the past 2 years and in my time in this country I have learned a great amount about the difficulties that are seemingly unique to native Portuguese speakers trying to learn English as a second or even third language. There seems to be deeply ingrained assumptions within the way Portuguese speakers’...  [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| In this unit I learnt about Past like - Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous - their forms, usages, student errors/mistakes, sample activate stage teaching ideas In this unit I learnt about Past like - Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Continuous, Past...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shicheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhi 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. Modal verbs are a subgroup of auxiliary verbs that, when paired with another verb, expresses ability, permission, possibility or obligation, hereby conveying the speaker's opinion about or attitude towards what is being expressed. Modal verbs include ‘could', ‘should', ‘might' and ‘may'. For example, the modal verb ‘must' can express a speaker's sense of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Langao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yantai 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 English, there are four present tenses: simple present, present continuous,present perfect and present perfect continuous. Simple Present Form: Use the base form of a verb, adding an /s/ to the end of the verb if the subject is singular. (Unless the verb is irregular, in which case other rules may apply.) Uses: Use 1: Actions that are habitual or routine EXAMPLES:...  [Read more]

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]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences I have had the pleasure of living and teaching in Brazil over the past 2 years and in my time in this country I have learned a great amount about the difficulties that are seemingly unique to native Portuguese speakers trying to learn English as a second or even third language. There seems to be deeply ingrained assumptions within the way Portuguese speakers approach both the pronunciation of words based on their spelling, and their understanding of grammatical structures and the usage of said structures. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Brian P. The first and foremost point to address with respect to what the typical Portuguese speaker has ingrained as an instinct with respect to the pronunciation of words as they see them in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Damogu 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. Knowing the development of irregular verbs is interesting, but it does not help to learn them. To study irregular verbs, we must first understand what regular verbs are. Regular verbs always follow the same pattern. They are equal in the past and easy to form. In general, all we have to do is add the letters -ed to the end of the word. Irregular verbs, on the other...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chengnan 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. In the unit are discussed the parts of the speech such as nouns, adjectives, articles, verbs, adverbs, gerunds, pronouns, prepositions and conjunctions. The nouns are classifies as common, proper, compound, abstract and collective. They could be countable and uncountable. The adjectives are used in order to describe the nouns. They could be used both as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dawangzhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaocheng 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 am modeling this approach after my experience of an advanced-level German class taken in Germany, in which all students had prior knowledge of modal verbs and their uses, and the lecture served as a comprehensive overview and comparison of all possible German modal verbs. I recall this lesson fondly as one of the most memorable language classes I have...  [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 Jiucun 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 content of this unit showed the 4 English past tenses and their proper usage. They are past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. In a nutshell, we learn the past simple is used to represent an action that occured in a definite time in the past, also to represent a forward sequence of actions in the past. After that, we see 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]