By Tenses, Past simple

.Oh, I can always find something else (but I may have messed up your formatted columns):Lesson PlanPreparation Level : Elementary Lesson Length: 45 minutes Objective: To be able to use the Past Simple question forms and short answers. Target Language: did + subject + base form of verb ( Did...

Hello again,Here is a cleaned-up version of my lesson plan. I'm an insecure wreck, therefore I dare ask for another look at my work...Thanks again for the earlier help.MZL Lesson PlanPreparation Level : Elementary Lesson Length: 45 minutes Objective: To be able to use the Past Simple...

. Overall, it should work fine, MZL. A few corrections and fewer comments:Objective: To be able to use the Past Simple question forms and short answers. Target Language: did + subject + base (or 'dictionary') form of verb ( Did your mother call you? ) -- It is best to save the term...

Would anybody be kind enough to tell me what they think of this lesson plan I've made for my TEFL module ? Any suggestions ??Thanks so much .MZL Lesson PlanPreparation Level : Elementary Lesson Length: 45 minutes Objective: To be able to use the Past simple question forms and shot...

Hello Goodman. «- I presume the "they" you refered to is the chefs, am I right?» Right, and I wondered what _you_ referred to with the "they" in your sentence... Now I see it were the take-outs! «2. But eating from a "box" an hour after it has been cooked is not...

«To me, No. 1's use of past perfect sets the action to the time before some event» This is actually an example of the standard "No sooner" phrase. See, for example: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_questionanswer/page61.shtml «2's use of...

Can you provide some sentences wherein you're not sure which tense to use? As a general rule, use Past Simple when referring to the present and future simple — to the future. But since the former extends naturally into the latter, these tenses are sometimes interchaneable. "Lock the...

There's some truth in that article. My parents, for instance, used to speak in Sardinian (not a dialect, but recognised as an endangered language by the UNESCO) when talking to each other or to their relatives, but they would only speak Italian with my brother and me. I grew up monolingual,...

Can you please help me with what tenses these sentences are? eg. Past simple, perfect, continuous/progressive, etc. I know they are past tense (although the first could possibly also be present?), but unsure if they are simple, perfect, continous, etc. 1. At 9 o’clock the supermarket opened.2....

Mister Micawber, I would like to thank you for the explanation.However, I have found one example of the present perfect tense which used the word "now" in the British council grammar...