Download Instructional strategies – Listening Listening for past – present – future

Instructional strategies – Listening
Listening for past – present – future
Simple past
Simple Present
Simple future
I played soccer yesterday.
I play soccer every day.
I will play soccer tomorrow.
Past progressive
Present progressive
Future progressive
I was playing soccer.
I am playing soccer.
I will be playing soccer.
Past perfect
Present perfect
Future perfect
I had played soccer.
I have played soccer.
I will have played soccer.
Past perfect progressive Present perfect progressive Future perfect progressive
I had been playing soccer.
I have been playing soccer.
I will have been playing soccer.
Begin the development of listening skills for verb tense by listening for ‘rightness’. Do we say,
‘I are here.’ or ‘I am here.’? Which one sounds right? Although it is understood that In some areas of the US
saying, “I be here.” is heard and accepted, for the purpose of listening as a pathway to reading and writing,
these activities will focus on grammatically accurate expression. By developing the ‘sounds right’ awareness, a
young listener will readily use this understanding to predict for comprehension while reading and for
expression of thoughts in writing.
Instructional strategies
1. Present pictures and make grammatically correct and incorrect statements. The child indicates the
‘rightness’ of the statement by pointing to the correct picture or the ‘not’ symbol.
For example: The boy is riding. (picture #1) 2. The boys are riding. ( #2) The boy are ride. (#3)
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By structuring this task according to different features such as plural nouns, tense, or the use of ‘to be’, a
pattern of error responses will indicate specific areas of grammar in need of further instruction.
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2. Make the association of tense with time, by using a three section calendar to indicate past, present, and
future along with the carrying phrases of: “Last _____” “This ____” or “Next ______” to indicate verb tense.
Last month, I __________.
This month, I ______________
Next month, I __________
**** Notice that the present tense is in the middle of the choices. This mimics a timeline with past being to
the left and future being to the right.
3. www.englishforeveryone.org has an entire series of fill in the blank worksheets developing verb tense that
although designed to be copied and written on, can be used orally for listening practice.
4. Using Verb Tenses for Clarity
The various verb tenses allow a speaker or writer to be very specific, not just about when an action occurs, but
about whether that action occurs regularly, comes before another action, just keeps going on, or happens
once and not again. Verb tenses allow verbs to be very powerful. But even when students need to know and
understand the verb tenses list, it still takes practice using verb tense exercises before the correct formation
and use of these tenses comes naturally to students. Try making your own list of past, present, and future
verbs to help your students learn the verb tenses!
This verb tenses list summarizes all the tenses for regular verbs:
1. Past Tense
o Simple (merely happened at some indefinite time in the past) - I talked.
o Perfect (action that started and finished in the past) - I had talked.
o Progressive (ongoing action that happened sometime in the past) - I was talking.
o Perfect Progressive (ongoing action that started, continued, and finally stopped in the past) - I had
been talking.
2. Present Tense
o Simple (considered to be happening right now, or which happens regularly) -I talk.
o Perfect (a finished action, viewed from right now) - I have talked.
o Progressive (action continuing at this moment, or which starts and goes on for a while, on a regular
basis) - I am talking.
o Perfect Progressive (ongoing action that has recently finished) - I have been talking.
3. Future Tense
o Simple (will happen in the future) - I will talk.
o Perfect (will start and finish in the future, before a second action takes place) - I will have talked.
o Progressive (will start and continue in the future) - I will be talking.
o Perfect Progressive (will start and continue in the future, before a specific time) - I will have been
talking.
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