VERB TENSE REVIEW

Review verb tenses with these charts.
http://www.past-simple.com/

Test yourself with these interactive verb review quizzes.
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz29bms.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9807/cg-verbchoice.html
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz64fck.htmhttp://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz63fck.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz62fck.htm
http://www2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/whatanif.htm http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/140.htmlhttp://www.english-zone.com/verbs/pstperf1.html http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blpastorperfect1.htm http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/StudyZone/410/grammar/pastpf2.htmhttp://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz29bms.htm http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/intermediate/a_grammar/unit03/hwy_int_unit03_2/

Imitation Journal

(due every Thursday)

For every grammar point we study, you will find 3 examples from native speaker reading material. You may use a textbook for your credit class, a novel you are reading or any of the sources below. You will then write an original sentence using the very same grammar as your example.

Sources:
The Seattle Times (daily newspaper)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/index.html
CNN (news)
http://www.cnn.com/
New York Times (news)
http://www.nytimes.com/
The New Yorker Magazine (check out Fiction and Poetry if you want a change from the news! These stories are written by major English language writers)
http://www.newyorker.com/
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction

Example Journal Entry:

Grammar point: Past Perfect Tense

Copied sentence: “By the time the Bainbridge arrived five hours later, the pirates had left..” The Seattle Times, May 14, 2009

Your own sentence: By the time the teacher walked into the room 15 minutes later, the students had left.

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