Rules For Past Simple Tense

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 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]

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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 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]

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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| 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]

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]

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]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Luoshui 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 focussed on different past tenses, the terminologies given to each type and the rules and usage of each type. Examples were given as well as a simple explaination which helped me to better grasp an easy way to explain all the different forms of past tense. The activities suggested for teaching each form of past tense were very helpful and allowed me to get...  [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 Shuitian 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.The past tense could be difficult to use in the right way if not understood correctly.Mistakes...  [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 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 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]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sanchahe 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 contains a lot of information about the past tenses, and the rules follow in a similar manner to the present tenses. I thought the video was quite helpful and detailed and provided several excellent "activate" suggestions for teaching the past tenses. Two of the examples for teaching the past simple tense was to have the students write a brief resume and...  [Read more]

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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]

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]

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 Lulianghuaqiao (Zhen) Guanliqu? 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 focussed on different past tenses, the terminologies given to each type and the rules and usage of each type. Examples were given as well as a simple explaination which helped me to better grasp an easy way to explain all the different forms of past tense. This unit focussed on different past tenses, the terminologies given to each type...  [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 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 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]