Verb Patterns

  As mentioned earlier, our example sentence has used a regular verb 'to play'. With the regular verbs we simply add '-ed'. This spelling pattern changes for words that end with a consonant and a Y: 'cry' goes to 'cried', 'try' to 'tried'. Another spelling pattern we have to be aware of is our consonant plus vowel plus consonant. In these instances, we double the consonant used: 'shop' needs the double P; 'ship' needs the double P. With these spelling patterns, and most spelling patterns in general for the English language, there are always exceptions to the rules. So we have to be aware of those exceptions. We also have to impart those exceptions on to our students. We can do so through various exercises and various activities to end our class. To form the negative sentence here,...  [Read more]

  Here we have a set of five words, which all share one sound: the ?oh? sound, as in ?go?, ?show?, ?dough?, ?note? and ?boat?. They?re five different spelling patterns to tell our students so they can identify when to make the ?oh? sound. We can have a simple letter ?o?, ?ow?, ?ough?, ?o? with the magic ?e? which turns our vowel into what we knew as long sounds and the ?oa? as in ?boat?. Now, for a non-native learner, perhaps they can handle something like this. They remember that these spelling combinations help to produce the ?oh? sound and they can go about their business looking at the words and memorizing this knowing that these spelling patterns will produce the sound ?oh?. Now that?s okay until we get to a situation where we can also have words like ?to?, ?cow? and also...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas As a new teacher, grammar was initially very difficult for me to teach. It was difficult to demonstrate grammar patterns succinctly. Luckily, the school that I work for has provided help by having an established curriculum. The key to teaching grammar, however, has been teaching variable inputs in otherwise unchanging structures as part of student-centered games. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Stephen W. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. If I were to teach the pattern, “What does Billy like?/ He likes _____”, then I would have several options. I could read the pattern and have the students listen. This would be ineffective because the students are only practicing...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Free State? Are you interested in teaching English in Memel, Free State? Check out our opportunities in Memel, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net 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. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit is about the different parts of speech that are: articles, nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, gerunds, prepositions and conjunctions. Each part of speech has a specific usage and might have different...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Gwangju and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: M.K. – Philippines said: As a native speaker of english, I have never really thought about tenses, parts of a sentence, roles of a teacher, different kinds of students and teaching english as a foreign language. I have realized that teaching foreigners english using the ESA pattern is a lot more effective than when I grew up learning english in school. english class was rarely or never fun. I see teaching english, or any other subject for that matter, as a new challenge to make that subject exciting so that people will want to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Telangana? Are you interested in teaching English in Bodhan, Telangana? Check out our opportunities in Bodhan, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net 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. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! It is important to understand the parts of speech in English in order to accurately convey them to the learner. The teacher will need to be able to help the student understand the meaning of each part of speech, how to...  [Read more]

  It also helps us form our tenses. Many of the tenses will use these auxiliary verbs; particularly we have our continuous tense and our perfect tense. There are additional tenses that use auxiliary verbs. We'll get into that when we talk about our individual tenses. Another important aspect of our verbs is that they generally tell us what tense the sentence has been formed in. Take for instance the verb "to live." We could use it as live, lives, living or lived. "I live" or "she lives in Bangkok," meaning the present. "I am living in Bangkok," still the present or "I lived in Bangkok," meaning the past. Another difference with our verbs has to do with whether or not the verb is regular or irregular. With the regular verbs, in order to conjugate the verb into the past, we simply...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Joao Pessoa and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J.D. - U.S.A. said: Since you permit writing an article based on my own experiences, I will in fact talk about my experiences as a learner of other languages under different methodologies. No matter what methodology is used, there is immense value to the student in repetition and in pattern sentences. Even though I first began studying Mandarin in 1964, and can barely read my own chinese handwriting anymore, one thing I do remember. What I remember is some of the pattern sentences that our Mandarin teacher had us repeat, as...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Chapman Nebraska and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Since you permit writing an article based on my own experiences, I will in fact talk about my experiences as a learner of other languages under different methodologies. No matter what methodology is used, there is immense value to the student in repetition and in pattern sentences. Even though I first began studying Mandarin in 1964, and can barely read my own chinese handwriting anymore, one thing I do remember. What I remember is some of the pattern sentences that our Mandarin teacher had us repeat, as well as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Mpumalanga? Are you interested in teaching English in Perdekop, Mpumalanga? Check out our opportunities in Perdekop, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net 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. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! As a native speaker of english, I have never really thought about tenses, parts of a sentence, roles of a teacher, different kinds of students and teaching english as a foreign language. I have realized that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lianfeng 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...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Jobs Caguas Puerto Rico and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The past tense is used to talk about things or actions that happened in the past. The structure of the past tense is very similar to the present tense and follows most of the same patterns like swapping the subject and auxiliary verb for questions and adding not for negatives however it since it relates to things that happened before we change the base form of the verb to its past form. One issue that ouccrs is that many common verbs have irregular forms so adding 'ed' or 'ing' does not always work like for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yinjiang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ningbo 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. Vocabulary is very important to the students ,especially at the early stages when students are motivated to learn the basic words they need to get by in the language . In this unit I learnt that how easy of difficult vocabulary items is will largely depend on : similarity to students ‘own language ,similarity to English word already known, spelling and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xizhou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ningbo 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. . Vocabulary is very important to the students ,especially at the early stages when students are motivated to learn the basic words they need to get by in the language . In this unit I learnt that how easy of difficult vocabulary items is will largely depend on : similarity to students ‘own language ,similarity to English word already known, spelling and...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflonline.net This ITTT video is the second part of a lesson looking at the structure of the Present Perfect tense. It reviews an example of the structure with a regular verb -- played. I/you/we/they have played. She/He/It has played. The video then examines some of the spelling patterns that are used with irregular verbs. For example, verbs ending with a consonant + y. cry changes to cried, try changes to tried. Another spelling pattern with irregular verbs ending with a consonant + a vowel + a consonant Shop changes to shopped, ship changes to shipped. When teaching this particular point, as with other grammar points, it is important to explain to students that there are exceptions to most rules in the English language. Where specific patterns exist we need to...  [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]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In today’s world learning English is no longer a possibility, but an essential part of being a world citizen. However, we must face the fact- for some people- to learn English grammar is not so easy and fun, they hate grammar and even think it is the most boring part of learning a new language. On the other hand, others are extremely interested in learning grammar rules and practice it as much as they can. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Glaucia S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Whoever wants to become an effective language learner cannot run from grammar lessons; it is a crucial part of the learning process besides reading, writing, speaking, and hearing....  [Read more]

Anna Domiczek Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In the education world, the potential and value of using stories and storytelling techniques have always been known and recognized, especially in the context of teaching younger students. Recently, more and more EFL teachers of young learners are integrating carefully selected children’s literature stories to teach English. Children’s literature is such a significant part of English language literature - using it for teaching English can be a very motivating tool for young learners. Stories chosen from children’s literature provide an excellent resource to develop a variety of language and learning activities, and the carefully selected materials can be appealing not only linguistically but also cognitively, socially, and culturally....  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Birmingham Alabama and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: One big problem french-speakers have with many english sounds is the length of the sound: /i:/, /u:/, /æ/, /ai/ (as in I, eye), /eu/ (as in no), /au/ (as in now) are all longer than the similar french sound. This I feel would have to be taught and reinforce to allow students the time to learn the shorter sounds to be able to use the correct pronunciation of the sounds. Another problem facing french students is that french is not a "singing" language. This is partly because there are no stress marks on french...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangjinggou 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 lesson covered the parts of speech including nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions. The lesson covered how each is used in the English language. In this lesson I learned that there are patterns to the structures of regular verbs, including their base, past simple, past participle and present participle forms, but that...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Mignon Alabama and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: english presents many problems for learners from any country, but for native japanese speakers, it can be especially difficult due to the tremendous differences in writing systems, sentence structure, grammar, and syllables. The most obvious difference between japanese and english is in the writing systems. japanese writing uses a combination of Kanji (chinese characters) and Kana (paired syllables), rather than the Roman alphabet. Each character stands for a mora, or in the case of Kanji, one or more mora, which is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Maharashtra? Are you interested in teaching English in Narkhed, Maharashtra? Check out our opportunities in Narkhed, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net 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. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! I have learnt a lot regarding the different parts of speech in this unit. Some has been review regarding what I knew of superlatives, comparatives and their spelling, nouns (uncountable/countable) and their...  [Read more]

  For statements in the negative form, what we have to do is add the auxiliary verb 'to do'. For subjects 'I', 'you', 'we' and 'they', we simply leave 'do' as 'do', use the word 'not', and keep the base form of the verb now for the negative statements. However, for 'he', 'she' and 'it', we have to conjugate our auxiliary verb into 'does'. We still use 'not' and we still keep the base form of the verb. The pattern performing questions is very very similar to the pattern performing negative statements. However, what we've done is invert our subject and our auxiliary verb so that the questions read the auxiliary verb first. Of course, again, we use 'do' for 'I', 'you', 'we' and 'they' and use 'does' for 'he', 'she' and 'it'. In both cases, we've left our verb form as the base form of...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Songs are used as a pedagogical tool for many reasons, especially with young children. This approach to teaching can empower young students and it recognizes differing abilities and skills. Activities are designed to support the goals of the curriculum and will accommodate multiple learning styles. Songs are universal and used all over the world to teach cultural information and they play an important role in a young child's learning and development. The use of songs is a teaching method that helps students comprehend the information taught. Songs encourage fluency, vocabulary, structures, patterns as well as speaking skills. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Deborah M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TESOL Certification Shahrud Iran and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: There are basic parts of speech which in english often follow regular patterns. Students coming from different language backgrounds will often have difficulty determining when to use articles and distinguishing the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. english has four basic verb forms. Some verbs are transitive (a direct object may be used) whereas others are not (no direct object may be used). Superlatives are formed by adding -est; comparatives are formed by adding -er. However There...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhegou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jining 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 first language (L1) is the mother tongue of a person, which is naturally acquired since birth; while the second language (L2) is a language an individual learns in order to communicate with a community that speaks the target language. L1 and L2 acquisition present certain similarities, which have valuable implications on the L2 learning and teaching process. In...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Byromville Georgia and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Phonology is the study of the sound patterns that occur within languages. Phonology is concerned with anatomy and physiology – the organs of speech and how we learn to use them. The root of phonology ‘phone' originates from the greek word phoneme which means sound. Phonology is also connected to socio-linguistics and this makes us think of how accent, intonation, rhythm and pronunciation affect social attitudes. Man is unique among primates in that he has the necessary apparatus to produce the sounds of...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiazhuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weihai 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. Native English speakers learn sentence structure through repetition before they learn the parts of speech and rules of grammar; this leads me to believe that a teaching approach that fosters an understanding of patterns in sentences would be valuable in the instruction of second language students of English in particular. Students will naturally recognize patterns...  [Read more]

  We'll begin our examination of all the tenses by first looking at the present tense. There are four present tenses and we'll begin with the present simple tense. It's the most common tense in the English language as it talks about things in general, general facts, routines, habits. Those are usages that we'll look at in a little while but first let's focus on the form of the tense. Here, we've got our subjects 'I', 'you', 'we', 'they' and the base form of the verb followed by the rest of our sentence. Here for the 'he', 'she' and 'it' subjects, we have to conjugate our verb and in this case we've added an '-es' for 'teaches' followed by the rest of our sentence. With subjects 'I', 'you', 'we' and 'they' the pattern stays the same throughout we use the base form of the verb....  [Read more]