ASSIGNMENT 3 (30 Hour Intro): Teaching grammar can be
fun. (100)
Name: Fatima Mohamed
Date: 21 June 2023
In your own words explain the 12 tenses of English.
1) PRESENT TENSE
1. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Explanation: Example: Sentence:
It is used to express a I do. 1. The earth is round.
current action, habitual 2. The earth rotates
or customary acts, a around
daily event, or a the sun.
universal fact.
1. GAME: Who is who?
Aim: Guess the hidden identity attached to your back by asking yes/no
questions using the present simple tense.
Materials: Sticky notes or scraps of paper with an adhesive.
How to play:
1. Ask learners to each pick a famous person and write the person's name
on a sticky note.
2. Ask learners to keep their chosen celebrity hidden.
3. Ask learners to stand up and attach their sticky note to another
learner's back.
4. When you say 'start', learners mingle and walk around the class for ten
or 15 seconds.
5. After ten or 15 seconds of walking, they will choose the person nearest
to them and ask only yes/no questions to try to determine who they
are.
- Do I live in Europe?
- Do I work in a hospital?
, 6. Learners can keep asking questions until they guess incorrectly three
times. Then it is the other learner's turn to guess their identity.
2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Explanation: Example: Sentence:
It is used to express a Am, is, are I am learning grammar.
continued or ongoing Ben is learning grammar.
action at present. It Students are learning
expresses an action that grammar.
is in progress at the time
of speaking.
2. GAME: Present Continuous Pictionary
Aim: Try to guess which Present Continuous sentence someone is drawing
on the board.
Materials: Board and markers.
How to play:
- Similar to Mimes and Noises above, students try to guess which
Present Continuous sentence someone is drawing on the board, for
example a picture of “The man is throwing a javelin”. Students can
either race to draw an identifiable picture as quickly as possible, or
draw very slowly to make guessing more difficult.
fun. (100)
Name: Fatima Mohamed
Date: 21 June 2023
In your own words explain the 12 tenses of English.
1) PRESENT TENSE
1. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Explanation: Example: Sentence:
It is used to express a I do. 1. The earth is round.
current action, habitual 2. The earth rotates
or customary acts, a around
daily event, or a the sun.
universal fact.
1. GAME: Who is who?
Aim: Guess the hidden identity attached to your back by asking yes/no
questions using the present simple tense.
Materials: Sticky notes or scraps of paper with an adhesive.
How to play:
1. Ask learners to each pick a famous person and write the person's name
on a sticky note.
2. Ask learners to keep their chosen celebrity hidden.
3. Ask learners to stand up and attach their sticky note to another
learner's back.
4. When you say 'start', learners mingle and walk around the class for ten
or 15 seconds.
5. After ten or 15 seconds of walking, they will choose the person nearest
to them and ask only yes/no questions to try to determine who they
are.
- Do I live in Europe?
- Do I work in a hospital?
, 6. Learners can keep asking questions until they guess incorrectly three
times. Then it is the other learner's turn to guess their identity.
2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Explanation: Example: Sentence:
It is used to express a Am, is, are I am learning grammar.
continued or ongoing Ben is learning grammar.
action at present. It Students are learning
expresses an action that grammar.
is in progress at the time
of speaking.
2. GAME: Present Continuous Pictionary
Aim: Try to guess which Present Continuous sentence someone is drawing
on the board.
Materials: Board and markers.
How to play:
- Similar to Mimes and Noises above, students try to guess which
Present Continuous sentence someone is drawing on the board, for
example a picture of “The man is throwing a javelin”. Students can
either race to draw an identifiable picture as quickly as possible, or
draw very slowly to make guessing more difficult.
