Tag Archives: teaching tenses

4 Activities to Practice Simple Past and Present Perfect

Posted on 18 March 2021 by A. C. Kemp
A. C. Kemp
A. C. Kemp

English has 12 tenses: the simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive forms of past, present, and future. Fortunately, the students in my intermediate speaking classes can communicate their ideas clearly with only seven: three simple, three progressive, and present perfect. … Continue reading →

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Student-Generated Grammar Rules

Posted on 18 July 2014 by Alexandra Lowe
Alexandra Lowe
Alexandra Lowe

As ESL instructors, we often learn at least as much from our students as they do from us. But that truism was borne out in an unexpected way recently in my beginners’ evening ESL class as we wrestled, in time-honored … Continue reading →

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