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Which is an example of simple present tense?
They use postage stamps on both post-cards and letters.
In an ideal world, when students ask a question about grammar, the best thing is to ________.
help them figure out the grammatical pattern
Which of these four verb tenses is used for an action that began in the past and continues now?
present perfect
What verb tense is FELT?
simle past
Of /s/ and /z/, which is voiced?
/z/
In which sentence is the verb BE used as a main verb?
In spite of the rain, the game was a lot of fun for everyone.
Which one is NOT possible? I handed it in. I handed in my paper. I handed my paper in. I handed in it.
I handed in it.
An ELL says, "My uncle has much money." This sentence sounds strange to us because
MUCH is not common in affirmative statements
"Prepositions translate well from one language to another." For example, the English word IN overlaps very well with EN in Spanish or DANS in French or NI in Japanese.
false
Russian and Chinese have phrasal verbs.
false
Spanish and French also have phrasal verbs.
false
What does SEPARABILITY refer to with phrasal verbs? pronunciation consonants and vowels spelling word order
word order
has been eating = present perfect
wrong
"If you study more, your grades will improve." What is the main clause?
your grades will improve
ELLs make many mistakes with negating. Which of these is an example of this?
The soup doesn't smells good.
Every country in South America speaks Spanish except
Brazil
Students are studying present perfect tense (have gone, have lived, have been). A teacher puts the students in pairs and has them do mock interviews of each other using this target tense: "How long have you worked at Boeing Airlines?" "Oh, I've been there for seven years." Why would a teacher do this last step?
to connect grammar to the real world
According to this site, a characteristic of a really bad English class is
too much teacher talk
Which of these is an example of a preposition of direction?
towards the west
Phrasal verbs in English are difficult for speakers of many different languages.
true
Every day we add in math class, so yesterday we added in math class: What sound is added to the verb ADD to make it past tense?
/?d/
Which of these is the partner sound for /s/?
/z/
About how many prepositions are there in English?
150
In "According to the report, five people were injured," how many prepositions are there?
1: according to
How many phrases can THEY'D stand for?
2
In "In addition to John's number, you may call Sue's number in case of an emergency," how many prepositions are there?
2: in addition to, in case of
Which continent has the most countries on it?
Africa
Which one is correct? As soon as you have filled out those forms that I gave you this morning, could you please help me with another job? As soon as you have filled out them forms that I gave you this morning, could you please help me with another job?
As soon as you have filled out those forms that I gave you this morning, could you please help me with another job?
Which is an example of present perfect tense? He is traveling to Memphis tomorrow. People have been paying their bills with checks for years. They use postage stamps on both post-cards and letters. At the present, we have invited only ten people for an interview.
At the present, we have invited only ten people for an interview.
OK: I'm playing, I'm lookingNOT USUALLY OK: I'm needing, I'm seeming Why are these last two examples not usual (but the first two are)?
Because they are not true actions.
When two verbs occur together in English, we don't allow the verbs to go back to back. We usually use an infinitive for the second verb. For example, we say I WANT TO GO, not I WANT GO. ELLs study this and learn this pattern so well that they transfer this learned pattern to modals and produce a mistake such as
Brandon should to catch the number 4 bus to go downtown.
Which of these is the largest country in South America?
Brazil
For ELLs, one difficult with modals is that any modal can have multiple meanings. Which example shows this?
By your accent, you must be from France. - He said you must obtain a passport.
Which of these is the well-known Cambridge certificate for teaching English to nonnative speakers?
CELTA
Shanghai and Beijing are in
China
Which sentence has a verb that is in PRESENT TENSE?
Every day she takes the bus to work.
When teaching a new rule for the first time, it's important to explain all or most of the exceptions, too.
False
If you want a job in South America, which of these organizations/programs should you contact?
Fulbright
"If I was you, I wouldn't do that" and "If I were you, I wouldn't do that." We hear both of these in current US English. Which of these would you expect to hear from a person with whom you do not have an informal friendly relationship?
If I were you...
Which of these sentences has a verb in present perfect tense? It might rain, but we could still go if it's not raining too hard. In the past seven years, she has lived in three different cities. Though the concept is difficult to grasp, most people are able to figure it out. Most of the students have an exam on Friday, don't they?
In the past seven years, she has lived in three different cities.
If a verb tense has HAVE, HAS, or HAD plus a PAST PARTICIPLE, what can we say about the tense?
It's PERFECT.
Osaka, Kobe, and Hokkaido are in
Japan
Which one is correct? Of course she failed the test! Daniela didn't hardly ever open a book. Of course she failed the test! Daniela hardly ever opened a book.
Of course she failed the test! Daniela hardly ever opened a book.
Which one is right? Only a few people can lay down and take a power nap almost anywhere. Only a few people can lie down and take a power nap almost anywhere.
Only a few people can lie down and take a power nap almost anywhere
Mecca, Medina, and Riyadh are in
Saudi Arabia
Taipei is in
Taiwan
If a teacher has written these examples on the board, what is he or she probably teaching? YES: Back then, I'd go to the beach every day. YES: Back then, I would go to the beach every day. (both ok) YES: I'd gone to the beach before the storm hit. YES: I had gone to the beach before the storm hit. (both ok)
The formation of contractions with 'd.
Some teachers, especially beginning teachers, have not developed good "wait time." What does this mean?
The teacher does not allow enough time between their question and a student's answer.
Which one is NOT possible?
The word is missing the 2nd vowel. You left out it.
For he/she/it in simple present tense, you add the letter -s, so we say I SUBTRACT but HE SUBTRACTS and then I ADD but SHE ADDS. What can we say about the pronunciation of this added -s for all English verbs?
There are three possible pronunciations.
English has singular and plural of nouns: CAT, CATS. What do we know about Japanese nouns?
There is only one form for both singular and plural.
Where is Dubai?
United Arab Emirates
In English, we add an ending to the verb to indicate past time. An example is: playEd. How do some languages such as Arabic or Japanese indicate past time?
Verbs have a past tense.
In the sentence, "We were watching TV last night when lightning struck the house," what do we know about the two actions?
WERE WATCHING started first
Which sentence has a verb that is in PRESENT PERFECT TENSE?
We have studied unit 7 for a week.
What is the teacher most likely illustrating with these examples on the board?NO: I have lived here since two years.YES: I have lived here for two years.
We use FOR with an amount of time.
Which one is correct? We wish you all the best in your new job. However, if your new job doesn't work out well, you know you are always welcome to come back here to this position. We wish you all the best in your new job. However, if your new job don't work out well, you know you are always welcome to come back here to this position.
We wish you all the best in your new job. However, if your new job doesn't work out well, you know you are always welcome to come back here to this position.
Forming simple questions in English is not so simple. When trying to make a question with simple past tense, ELLs sometimes forget that DID is past, with the result being a question with two past tense markers. Which of these questions has a typical ELL mistake of putting two past tense markers?
Where did you learned Spanish?
Which one is correct? Where have you been buying your produce at? Where have you been buying your produce?
Where have you been buying your produce?
An ELL asks you the teacher: "In the sentence SHE WENT WINDOW-SHOPPING WITH HER FRIENDS, can I say SHE WENT TO WINDOW-SHOP... or SHE WENT WINDOW-SHOP... or SHE WENT FOR WINDOW-SHOP...?" Why is WINDOW-SHOPPING correct?
You usually use a gerund after GO with certain expressions
Phrasal verbs pose several problems for ELLs, including polysemy, which means ______
a word can have more than one meaning
The movie seemed extremely dense to me. What is the word EXTREMELY?
adverb of degree
Complete this sentence: His father's words deeply _____ him, and he decided from that point on that he would never again do anything that could disappoint his dad.
affected
A gerund is an -ing form that is used as
as a noun
For teaching AT, ON, and IN, a diagram of a pyramid is useful to show that the preposition depends on how specific (or general) the place or time is. In this visual, which of these three prepositions is at the TOP of the pyramid?
at
Which of these is an example of a preposition of place? under the weather toward the north at the bank before noon
at the bank
Which meat dish would be best to serve at a dinner for international students from many different areas of the world?
chicken
are withdrawing = present progressive
correct
had been saying = past progressive
correct
has been taking = present perfect progressive
correct
have been = present perfect
correct
have done = present perfect
correct
If question with simple past tense has the word DID, then ELLs must remember that the main verb
does not end in -ED
It _____ matter if you _____ have a pencil. doesn't, don't doesn't, doesn't don't, don't don't, doesn't
doesn't, don't
Which of these groups of irregular verbs would be best to teach FIRST?
eat-ate, find-found, put-put
In most books for ELLs, modals are presented in two ways. Modals are organized:
in a list one by one or by meaning
In a WH- QUESTION that has the verb TO BE, it is necessary to ________.
invert the subject and the verb
For an irregular verb, the past participle is usually longer than the past tense is usually shorter than the past tense is the same as the past tense is impossible to predict
is impossible to predict
We say "DO" THE DISHES. One general reason that we use DO is that DO
is often used for work
For a regular verb, the past participle
is the same as the past tense
A phrasal verb is POLYSEMOUS when
it has more than one potential meaning, such as "TAKE UP A TEST and TAKE UP YOUR PANTS"
Which of these modals - even though the meaning is easy - is rarely used by ELLs in natural output? (In other words, it's easy. We teach it. Surprisingly, ELLs hardly ever use the modal.)
might
"Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today." What part of speech is TOMORROW?
noun
Which is correct? occured occurred
occurred
Which is correct? openned opened
opened
Bring your IDs with you to the football game because they checked ____ at the last game. ____ is on the table, right? ours', Kevins' ours, Kevins' ours, Kevin's ours', Kevin's
ours, Kevin's
-ed, -en, -ne, and -n are common markers for past tense verbs present progressive tense helping or auxiliary verbs past participles
past participles
What verb tense is WERE CREATING?
past progressive
In a nutshell, grammar is really about figuring out the _____ of a language.
patterns
We use HOW MANY to ask questions involving
plural count nouns
Some people remember _____ as words that explain what a squirrel can do to a tree, an ant can be in relation to a bottle, or a bird can do to the bushes.
prepositions
What verb tense is in this sentence? "Hardly anyone KNOWS the true population of our state."
present
What verb tense is HAVE BEEN WORKING?
present perfect progressive
What kind of error is this? "Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and widely considered the most prestigious it has been held at the All England Club in the suburb of Wimbledon since 1877 it is the oldest of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments."
run-on
"Why DID you GO there yesterday?" What verb tense is illustrated here?
simple past
Which one is correct for a public restroom?
the ladies' room
Do you like _____ shirts? How many of _____ are you thinking of buying?
those, them
Which of group of examples uses BE in the same way (and would therefore be the easiest for an ELL to understand)?
we are from the US, you are from Canada, she is from France
For a two-syllable verb such as COMMIT or OPEN, one factor in determining whether to double the letter to COMMITTED and OPENNED or not (COMMITED and OPENED) is
which syllable is stressed
With _____ am I speaking? _____ should I talk to about some charges on my account?
whom; whom