Friday, September 23, 2011

References

Woodward, R. (2011, June 14). Present vs. progressive tense. Retrieved from http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Present_vs_Progressive.htm

Graham, C., & Walsh, M. (2005, June 24). What are some major problems esl learners have with grammar?. Retrieved from http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/Teacher/sectionone/aboutlanguageq3.html

González, M. (Producer). (2008). English grammar lesson- verb forms and verb tenses. [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQy38-_rtL0

Check Your Comprehension

After seeing tutorial videos, reading relevant information and playing games about verb tenses, now is time to check your comprehension!!! Visit the following sites, practice and check your comprehension...

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm

http://www.verbs-online.com/english-verbs/english-verbs.htm

Let's Practice

Have fun while practicing what you learned!!! Visit the links below to play fun games while practicing verb tenses…


                http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Past_Irregular_Verbs.htm

                http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Present_vs_Progressive.htm
               
                http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/pasttense.htm

The Sequence of Verb Tenses

This handout explains and describes the sequence of verb tenses in English. Reading this handout will help you to clarify any doubts you may still have. Once you finish, select 5 verbs and express them in the six tenses emphasize in this page.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/01/

Lessons for each of the 12 basic tenses

In this link you will find lessons for each of the 12 basic tenses. Travel trough this web page dedicating more time to the tenses in which you still have doubts or the ones that are harder for you to work with. Once you are done, select 3 verbs. Then, write a sentence for each tense of the selected verbs.
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses.htm

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Learning Verb Tenses

     Next to nouns, one of the most relevant parts of speech is verbs.  Verbs are the action in the sentence, which tells what the subject is or does.  Have you noticed that they have the same definition in English and Spanish?  Yes, they have the same meaning and job than in English.  Most pupils do not have problems with regular and irregular verbs in present tense and often they are easy to learn.  However, when an irregular verb is put in the past and future tense, it might become problematic. 
    In the classroom, the teacher tells students that they have to memorize all irregular verb of common use.  This is partially true, but how can a pupil translate that knowledge to real life?  Besides texts and isolated exercises, we present a series of modules, videos, worksheets, and other instruments to practice this concept and make learning meaningful.

Check this YouTube tutorial to review the verbs.
Verbs: A Tutorial