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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