Tenses
Teaching approaches
Grammar surprise
100

Name the tense:

He goes to school every day.

Present Simple

100

What does PPP stand for?

Presentation - Practice - Production

100

The student asks you:

Why do we write cities but not plais (plays)?

Sound alteration rule

200

Name 3 markers of Past Simple

Possible answers:

esterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday, etc.

200

What are the 2 approaches of grammar teaching?

Deductive & Inductive

200

Look at Picture 1. What grammar rule is this?

Plural form of nouns

300

Name 3 formes of any tenses.

E.g. will have been + verb in -ing form - Future Perfect Continuous

Any correct answer

300

What do you start with when you decide to use deductive approach at your grammar lesson?

With the rule

300

What should you review if your student continues making a mistake like this?

At the moment he working and she cooking the dinner.

How to form Present Continuous tense

400

Name 3 classic tense vs. tense pairs that we teach our students

Present Simple - Present Continuous

Past Simple - Past Continuous

Past Simple - Present Perfect

400
Give an example of Presentation task when you use the inductive approach at your grammar lesson?

Listening or Reading exercise

400

What will you do if your student keep confusing he-his-him/she-her-her, etc.?

Dedicate more time for drilling.

500

There are 5 tenses that we usually teach our students from the very start.

Name them in the correct order.

1 Present Simple

2 Present Continuous

3 Past Simple

4 Past Continuous

5 Present Perfect

500

What should you consider while choosing a grammar approach for your class?

  • student’s age

  • the level

  • grammar topic

  • student’s learning style

  • learner’s needs and interests

500

The student asks you:

Why when we say He speaks English there is an 's', but we can't say He doesn't speaks English?

Be creative