6. GRAMMAR: Past and future tenses
Welcome everyone to our first post related to GRAMMAR!
In additon to show you our class projects, we would like to help you to learn more about different tools or ways to both teach and lear english grammar. Today is the perfect day to meet past simple, past continuous and simple future tenses.
Let's go!
PAST SIMPLE
The "Past simple" describes an action that has already ended.
- When I was young I lived in Madrid (now I live in Barcelona)
Click on the following links to discover some videos about the Past Simple that can help your students a lot:
PAST CONTINOUS
The "Past continuous" indicates an accion that was taking place in the past that has not ended.
- When the mother came home her husband was playing with the kids.
WATCH OUT! Sometimes, two acions that took place at the same time in the past are described in the sentence. In this case, the "Past simple" is used for the action that ended in the past and the "Past continuous" for the one that was taking place at that time.
- Yesterday evening when you called me I was having a shower.
- When my parents arrived home the children were watching TV.
Click on the following link to discover a video about the Past Contuous that can help your students a lot:
SIMPLE FUTURE
This tense describes actions that will take place in the future.
- Oh! it is very late, I will go back home.
- It is very hot, I won't close the window.
- When will you buy a new car?
Click on the following link to discover a video about the Simple Future that can help your students a lot:
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Finally, we leave you the link to "Mundo Primaria". In this website, you will find several games for children to practice grammar.
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