easy English grammar | verb tenses | Past Simple | questions: auxiliary DID | ESL & ELT

Simple Past Questions:  auxiliary DID + verb infinitive

 

 

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easy English grammar | verb tenses | Past Simple | regular & irregular verbs | ESL & ELT

Simple Past:  Regular Verbs = verb + ed

Simple Past:  Irregular Verbs 

 

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easy English grammar | verb tenses | Present Continuous (progressive) more vocabulary (verbs) | ESL & ELT

Present ContinuousVocabulary: verbs

What are you doing ?

Learn the present continuous tense in English for kids through an easy compilation of actions, including verbs and a sample sentence that answers the question “What are you doing?”, in first and third person.

 

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easy English grammar | verb tenses | Present Continuous (progressive) vocabulary (verbs) | ESL & ELT

Present Continuous vocabulary on actions (verbs)

Part of this Mr. Bean animated film has been used to demonstrate how the present continuous works. 

The film has been used for educational purposes.

Look at what the Pink Panther is doing to learn or revise some more verbs.

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What is an adverb ? | parts of speech: adverbs | adverb types: indefinite & definite frequency | word order | how often | ELT & ESL

ASKING ABOUT FREQUENCY: 

HOW OFTEN … ?

SIMPLE PRESENT

ADVERBS are one of the 9 parts of speech.

There are DEFINITE & INDEFINITE ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY that you can use to describe and indicate the number of repetition of your routines and habits, generally when using the simple present tense.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU … ?

We normally use adverbs of frequency to do answer to this question:

Indefinite adverbs of frequency:  always, usually, frequently, often, sometimes, rarely, occasionally, hardly ever, never

Definite adverbs of frequency:  once a week, four times a year, every two days, monthly, etc

These definite adverbs of frequency include:

Number + Times + A + Time Period = three times a month.

Remember to use: ONCE (not one time) and TWICE (not two times).

Every + Time Period  =  every day, every week.

Time adverbs that end in -LY:  weekly = every week, monthly = every month

Every + a number + Time Period  =   every two days, every three weeks.

Finally there is a practice section where we ask question that contain “How often…?” which the viewer should answer according to their own life.

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What is an adverb ? | parts of speech: adverbs | adverb types: indefinite frequency | word order | ELT & ESL

Adverbs:  indefinite frequency  

Simple Present:  routines & habits

 

Position of adverbs of indefinite frequency & the verb to be:

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What is an adverb ? | parts of speech: adverbs | adverb types: indefinite frequency| simple present routines | ELT & ESL

Adverbs of Indefinite Frequency 

Simple Present to describe Routines & Habits

 

Order of words in sentences:  where to place the adverbs of frequency

 I am always busy in the mornings =  S  +  verb to be  +  adv of frequency

I always drink a cup of tea in the mornings = S + adv of frequency + verb

*with the verb to be we change the order, the adverb of frequency comes after the verb to be =  S +  Verb to be + adverb of frequency

*with the rest of the verbs, the adverb comes first, before the verb =  S + adv of frequency + verb to be

Vocabulary on Routines

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easy English grammar & vocabulary | verb tenses| Present Simple | ESL & ELT routines & habits – frequency adverbs

Routines & Habits:  Simple Present

Vocabulary on routines and habits, the time, and adverbs of frequency.

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easy English grammar | verb tenses| Present Simple | ESL & ELT story activity

Read & Listen !

This great repetitive story teaches simple present tense. At the beginning you see some simple examples.

Then you can watch a story uses a lot of simple present structure. It is about a girl’s visit for her grandfather.

It is a sweet and warm story. It will catch and you can find something about you. Another nice feature of this video distinctive rule of the simple present tense are shown in a different colour.

REVISION

Mar 29, 2020

ELT & ESL Tasks:

1- Write five sentences about your school/university/work/club activities and 5 about a friend or family member (brother, cousin, sister, aunt, uncle, etc) using the simple present.

2- Write five examples of daily routines & habits about you and five about a friend or family member using the simple present.

3- Dialogue. Prepare 10 questions about personal information (include likes, hobbies, occupation, place of living, age, studies, job, family, etc) and give answers to these questions using the simple present for the 2nd person singular “you”.

Do the same using the simple present for the 3rd person singular “she” or “he”.

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