Modern authors often choose
the present tense to add edginess and immediacy to a story, but the more traditional use of past tense is generally better loved by big publishing companies, who are increasingly risk averse for financial reasons.Tales abound of authors instructed by commercial publishers to rewrite an entire book to change the tense from present to past, before thy'll consider publishing it.
One of the questions I'm asked most about how to write a book synopsis is whether to make
it present tense or past tense.
Unfortunately some readers reject books written in
the present tense, considering this style pretentious, irritating or exhausting to read.
They determine if learning has occurred, but they do not move learning forward; they determine what has been learned (past tense), not what needs to be taught (
present tense).
On this page, you will find 2 fun activities (Halloween Past and
Present Tense Verbs and Christmas Wreath of Fortune Verbs) that review verbs using engaging powerpoint presentations.
Students find
present tense verbs and change them into past tense verbs.
Your students will laugh out loud when they see their own names written in this funny Halloween powerpoint lesson that reviews past and
present tense verbs.
Review past and
present tense verbs in a fun and exciting way with your students using this set of Halloween powerpoint lesson plans!
For this unique English powerpoint lesson activity, students have to find
the present tense verb in a sentence and then change that verb into the past tense.
The big focus on this lesson is the use of the simple
present tense to speak about routines, habits and other daily tasks.
For example, they look at course readings and ask, Is the story written in
present tense?
Included are task cards that can be used in the present or past tense,
a present tense dice game, passé composé dice game and my favorite game of all, a French Taboo speaking game that students love!
Worksheet has 150 sentences with stem - changing verbs in
the present tense.
Worksheet has 20 questions with depuis quand and
the present tense.
Worksheet has 24 fill in the blank sentences with
the present tense of Spanish stem - changing verbs that follow the O to UE pattern.
1 - Capitalization 2 - Adjectives 3 - Punctuation 4 - Subject pronoun 5 - Articles 6 -
present tense 7 - verb Learn English grammar through game Who wants to be a millionaire style quiz questions and answers
Sudoku uses 9 forms of the verb vaincre in
the present tense.
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present tense French verbs.
Worksheet has 17 sentences in
present tense French with nouns as the subject.
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the present tense of Italian verbs.
This is a presentation on the weather in
the present tense in French which then moves on to activities to do in different types of weather.
This version is for practicing
the present tense conjugations of re...
Worksheet has 23 conjugated verbs in
the present tense.
23 subjects and verbs in
present tense French.
Worksheet has 20 questions in French with depuis quand and
the present tense.
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the present tense of Portuguese verbs.
Worksheet has 20 fill in the blank sentences for
the present tense of Spanish stem - changing verbs that follow the pattern E to IE.
Starting introducing the topic from cratch, usign JUGAR and HACER in full in
the present tense, HOBBIES as infinitives, the NEAR FUTURE in full, OPINIONS, REASONS and CONNECTIVES.
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the present tense of the French verb venir and the formation of the passé récent using venir de + infinitive.
Includes both spelling - change and irregular verbs in
the present tense.
This is a set of resources on the topic of free time in
the present tense geared towards GCSE students.
Rounds Questions with answers Who wants to be a millionaire style 1 - Capitalization 2 - Adjectives 3 - Adverbs 4 - Punctuation 5 - Subject pronoun 6 - Articles 7 - Simple past and
present tense 8 - Active Passive
Sudoku uses 9 forms of the verb conduire in
the present tense.
Worksheet has 24 fill in the blank sentences for apprendre, comprendre and prendre in
the present tense.
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the present tense of German verbs.
Could also be used as an introduction to
present tense verbs in first person singular.
The resource also includes: revision of ER and RE verbs in
the present tense modal verbs + infinitive au lieu de + infinitive the present participle adjectival agreement There are dozens of exercises to practise vocabulary and develop confidence in understanding and translating sentences and texts about global warming, pollution, public transport, water and energy saving, deforestation, flooding, drought etc..
Adjectives Verbs - past and
present tense regular and irregular bossy verbs Nouns - proper common pronouns
It mostly in
the present tense.
→ Toujours et jamais Grammar points covered across the ten texts: → regular ER verbs + ouvrir → futur proche + falloir → negation → regular IR verbs → dormir, sortir, partir → nationalities, languages → common adverbs → regular RE verbs → prendre, comprendre, apprendre → interrogative words + quel → demonstrative adjectives → vouloir, pouvoir, devoir in
present tense → passé composé with avoir and negation → voir, croire, boire → direct object pronouns → écrire, lire, dire → indirect object pronouns → direct and indirect object pronouns together Answer key and English translations of the texts are included.
I taught this alongside the Y6 topic on WWI - teaching daily routine in
the present tense and revising previously learned words and phrases.
This version is for practicing
the present tense conjugations of regular ER verbs.
This version is for practicing
the present tense conjugations of être - aller - avoir - faire - parler - finir - attendre.
This reading is in
the present tense and features a family from Colorado traveling back to France to visit extended family.
Starting with the very basic nous +
present tense expressions, I made a t...
Le jeu des 7 familles - Regular IR verbs
present tense card games Le jeu des sept familles - A classic card game is fun for students of all ages!
A simple introduction to
the present tense of avoir, être, and regular er, ir and re verbs.
Click dice and students have to form a suitable phrase in
the present tense.
They will practice parts of the face and body and in the process use
the present tense to write their own poems about body parts.
Fill in the blanks with either
the present tense or the infinitive form of the correct verb.