Posted by: istosnet on: 11/24/2009
Posted by: istosnet on: 11/18/2009
Ο Past Simple, ο Απλός Αόριστος στα Ελληνικά, είναι ο πρώτος παρελθοντικός χρόνος που θα μάθουμε.
Αυτός ο χρόνος χρησιμοποιείται:
Ο Past Simple είναι ιδιόμορφος σε σχέση με τον αντίστοιχο παροντικό του χρόνο˙ άλλοτε σχηματίζεται ομαλά και άλλοτε ανώμαλα. Ας δούμε και τις 2 περιπτώσεις αναλυτικά. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: istosnet on: 10/21/2009
Posted by: istosnet on: 10/19/2009
Posted by: istosnet on: 10/14/2009
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Simple Past |
Past Progressive |
| irregular verbs: see 2nd column of irregular verbs
I spoke regular verbs: verb + ed I worked |
past form of ‘be’ + ing form of verb
I was speaking |
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Exceptions |
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Exceptions when adding ‘ed’ :
Example: love – loved
Example: admit – admitted
Example: travel – travelled
Example: worry – he worried |
Exceptions when adding ‘ing’ :
Example: come – coming
Example: sit – sitting
Example: travel – travelling
Example: lie – lying |
See also explanations on Simple Past and Past Progressive Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: istosnet on: 10/11/2009
The Narrative Tenses – by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)
Narrative tenses are the grammatical structures that you use when telling a story, or talking about situations and activities which happened at a defined past time.
When narrating past events, DO NOT mix past and present tenses (avoid using the present perfect and present simple), as these will confuse the reader/listener about when things really happened.
Here are the most common narrative tenses and how they are used: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: istosnet on: 10/11/2009
(Taken from Nicholas @ http://strictly4myteacherz.wordpress.com)
In a previous post concerning using the story of the Titanic to teach past continuous, I mentioned an activity at the end that used cards and pictures of little stickmen doing various activities and actions and things.
The idea was to provide visual input for students to develop sentences and mini-stories and in so doing so practice the past continuous / past simple distinction: by giving them one hand pictures showing actions which can clearly be done over a period of time, and on the other hand actions or events that clearly happen in an instantaneous fashion, students will practice and to some degree begin to internalize the distinction. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by: istosnet on: 10/10/2009
There is or There are?
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RULES: |
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| 1. Use there IS for singular nouns (one item). 2. Use there IS for non-count items(group nouns). 3. Use there ARE for many items (plural nouns). |
There is a spider on the wall. There is milk on the floor. There are pencils on my desk. |
Posted by: istosnet on: 10/10/2009
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