Great class everyone! You worked very hard today and we were able to cover a lot of material. Well done!
Irregular Verb Forms
As requested by a student in class today, I have found some information to help you with your irregular verb forms, especially the irregular past participles. Memorizing these past participles is absolutely vital for you to become fluent in English. As I said in class, you will need to master this grammar point because you will use past participles for all of your perfect tenses.
Irregular Verb Forms. I like this chart because it tries to group the verbs and participles based upon which follow the standard form and which don't. If you have had trouble memorizing this chart before, see if this one makes it easier for you.
Here is an exercise to test if you can recognize the infinitive, simple past, or past participles of a verb. If you like this exercise, then you will love this one and this one.
This is a very nice exercise testing your irregular verb forms with instant answers.
Do you like games? Here is a fun online game where you type in the past participle as fast as you can.
In this game you need to protect your cities from being attacked by evil alien irregular verb space cats. (Seriously. I am not making this one up!) You protect your cities by clicking on the correct past participle.
Perhaps a crossword puzzle testing the simple present, simple past, and past participles would interest you.
How this Course Works
I teach to each and every student. You all have different goals and dreams and I work with what you want to do with your life. While you must complete the minimum of what is on the syllabus to pass the course, for those of you who want to be pushed, who want the bar raised, then please see me for additional coursework. Take your weakest skill and work on it. I can find you materials on any topic that you need additional help with! Please don't be shy! The more time you spend learning English, the more fluent you will become in a shorter period of time.
Homework for Wednesday, January 26, 2011
- Writing Journal: My Best Vacation (Hint: write using the simple past and the past perfect!); Due: Friday, February, 11.
- Re-write your essay on My Winter Break; Due: Friday, January 28, 2011
- Re-take Diagnostic Test B1. Due: Friday, January 28, 2011
- Review the Simple Past and the Present Perfect
- If you need additional grammar help, work on the grammar worksheets, Part 1: Simple Present
- Unit 1: Lesson B Workbook handouts: Due Monday, January 31, 2011
- Reading: Please begin to work on your handout on the Japanese poet, Basho
- Still need more work? IF you have time (only IF), please work on your How to Use a Dictionary handouts.
~Happy Studying!~
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