Day 12 Communication: Verb Tense (Past tense and Present Perfect)

Verbe Tense Overview

The instructor will begin the lesson by explaining the different verb tenses and how they show us when something is happening. Students will complete a chart like the one below, and be given a handout of a time line.

Present Tense --- Past Tense --- Past Participle --- Present Participle

---- go -------------------- went --------------- gone ---------------- going

---sleep ------------------ slept --------------- slept --------------- sleeping

---drive ------------------ drove -------------- driven -------------- driving

Students then will be instructed to write two paragraphs in their journals describing what they did during the past week of school break. The instructor will will give them an example of the paragraphs on the whiteboard, and then they will have to recopy their journal entries onto a piece of paper to be handed in.