Past Simple Rules

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Daibu 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. In this unit I learned a great deal about usage of the past tense verbs. I learned the difficulty for students learning English when confronted with irregular past simple verbs. They have no rules or pattern and must simply be memorized. I also learned a great deal of activities that can be utilized to help students with the irregular verb tenses. In this unit I...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shangyong 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 was a good unit.Past tense forms may be very confusing but with this explicit explanation given here, It is simply understood. The past simple form was discussed. This form is usually used for events that happened in the past at a particular time. It is formed by adding "ed" in at the end of a regular verb. It is important though to note...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BingtuannaomaohuNongchang? 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.       This unit focused on the present tense which has four aspects in total; the simple present, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous. It explained the forms, usages as well as activate stage activities that teachers could use when teaching this topic to learners, and most importantly gave...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching grammar is one of the most challenging things for a teacher of English. As a student, it is essential to learn grammar as this gives you accuracy both in writing and speaking. This applies to every language, not only to English. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Adrian D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. In many ways grammar can be compared to Mathematics; they both have a set of rules and exceptions that have to be known and practiced until you become so familiar with them that you don’t have to think about them when solving problems in everyday life (for example when you make a simple calculation like 7x8) or, respectively, in everyday communication. Also...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Luzhu 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. In this chapter, I had learned how to use and identify the rules and different forms of past tense like using past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. Secondly, I had learned that there are verbs that have an irregular past simple form which you cannot add ed in the end. In this chapter, I had learned how to use and identify the...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haidai 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. In Lesson 6, I learned the difference between the Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect and Past Continuous tenses. The content is very similar to Unit 4 in that it teaches about rules, usage and structure - but for Past Tenses, whereas lesson 4 covers present tenses. I see why irregular verbs can pose a challenge to both teach and learn since they do not follow...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Luobu 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 we have talked about past past simple past continuous past perfect past perfect continuous each one has its own rules lie simple past about actions happened in the past and done its a complete past verb past continuous its about something interrupted past actions about past perfect the past is equivalent to present perfect past perfect talks about...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinping 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. Unit 6 was focused solely on past tense of verbs. The four forms past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous were explained and examples were given as to the rules and formation of each of the different forms. Teaching exercises used to develop the rules and practice past tense are given and I believe much time will need to be spent with...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longgang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bazhong 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. People know that grammar is the thing that every English learner has to learn since the beginning. And learners of any language will continue to learn as well as review grammar as long as they still use that language. Learning grammar is a continues process that learners can never stop. In English, English learners need to learn grammar because grammar is the key...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuimo 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. Past tenses are not much different from present tenses except that past tenses obviously relate to the past.Many common verbs in English have an irregular simple past form.Unfortunately there are no rules to help learners know which are irregular,or how they are formed. Past tenses are not much different from present tenses except that past tenses obviously...  [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]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word inflammable. This word is used as an adjective and refers to something that is easily set on fire. The word originates from Latin inflammare. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. When it comes to revision of the Past tenses (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continuous Tenses) it is always a refreshment to go back to the basics and refresh the memory on the rules of...  [Read more]

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