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Present vs present progressive
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PRESENT VS PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
As a result, I asked them to choose between present and present progressive tenses and explore the subtle variations between them. I gave my pupils something to speak about by using the present progressive to explain an action that is currently taking place. I acted out verbs for them, and they acted out verbs for each other, as well as using pictures of in-progress acts and video clips. When I made behavior visible and meaningful for learners, it became easier for them to describe what was going on when they used progressive tenses.
I asked them to explain the behavior of their peers in the classroom, such as writing, sharpening a pencil, or taking notes. Different verbs that I had included in the current vocabulary unit were acted out by the pupils. Then we did a full-class role play in which the pupils pretended to be at a party and took turns explaining what each person was doing. As a result, I realized that those exercises would help my pupils understand that progressive tenses are active and happening now.
Finish My Story is a sentence- building game which I used in my most lessons. It's better to play by going around in a circle or tossing a ball or beanbag to the next guy. I started with a sentence fragment (for example, " Yesterday I... " ) and asked the pupils to add one more word each. It enables pupils to construct longer sentences and improve their speaking abilities. The sentence can take an unexpected turn or become extremely long, and it is often very amusing by the end.
To teach past tense I used a game: TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
This basic get-to-know-you game requires no special training or equipment. Each person writes three things about himself on a piece of paper. Two of the points would be actions he has taken. Anything he hasn't done would be one of his statements (a lie). Pupils should compose their sentences in any suitable past tense. Each student reads his statements to the rest of the class one at a time. Their mission is to figure out which of the claims is false. This icebreaker will undoubtedly reveal some fascinating information about the pupils and will keep everyone amused.
For teaching future simple: THE LOTTERY
This icebreaker begins with some good news for each of the participants. They've all hit the jackpot! What will they do with the $1 million they've won? Use the simple future to have each person write three to five sentences about how they will spend their money. They divided the pupils into groups of three or four to discuss their plans. Following each person's presentation, the rest of the community should feel free to ask questions about their choices.
Irregular verbs: MATCHING PICTURES
This basic matching game greatly aided my pupils in remembering which verbs are irregular. I chose a picture pair that corresponds to the theme of my current unit. I duplicated the image pair multiple times. Then, on the main subjects, write the present tense of some verbs (both regular and irregular) and on the other objects, write the past tense and past participle forms that go with these verbs. On additional cutouts, I included some bogus past and past participle forms. One student took the pieces apart and compared the present verb forms to the past and past participle forms. They reviewed the given answer sheet to see if they were right after they thought they had correctly matched all of the photos. They shuffled all the photos back into the folder and it was ready to the nest pupil.
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Irregular verbs: BAG WRITERS
When teaching young children who are learning to write in English, this activity is especially useful. We'll need a gallon size zip top freezer plastic bag for each student, as well as some conditioner, hair gel, finger paint, liquid soap, or some other colored gel-like stuff. Then fill the bag with enough gel that when it's on its side, the bottom is full but not bulky and still smooth, then seal it and set it on the table. Using the eraser side of each student's pencil as a writing tool. Enable pupils to practice writing irregular verbs in various ways in the paint or gel in the plastic bag. The gel will slip out of place when they write, leaving the word imprinted on the gel. After they've completed one set of verbs, make them squish the gel back into place and begin with the next set.
Asking questions: BANANAS
I chose one person in class to be " it" in this silly get to know you game. The rest of the class will interrogate the individual for details (those starting with who, what, where, when, why, and how). That person can respond without smiling or laughing, but no matter what the question is, the only response they can give is " bananas. " What is the name of your mother, for example? Bananas. Banana is a fruit that grows on trees. If " it" can't answer without laughing, he's out, and " it" is now the person who asked the winning question. I attempted to prepare some really silly questions, which elicited a lot of laughter.
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