1. Tenses 02/16/14

2. Identifying tenses Creating sentences with different forms of tenses

3.  List examples or anything you know about adverbs of frequency

4. Used to talk about finished actions or events To give news in reports, letters, and conversations Used to talk about past events Used to talk about actions that started in the past and have continued up to this moment Used to talk about actions that started in the past and have just finished

5. Is often used with ever, never, yet, already, just, so far, since, and for Example:  two trains have crashed this morning  I have bought a new pair of slippers  Sam has been to Paris twice  We have met the President and talked to him

6.  Yet and already are often used with present perfect tense  Compete 1&2 exercise 1  Compete 2&3 exercise 2

7.  Pg- 16-17  Exercise 3, #1&2  Exercise 4. #1&2  Exercise 5. #1&2

8.  Used to talk about things which happen repeatedly, every day, all the time, or any time  Used in commentaries on sports games  Used to talking about what someone is doing and in step by stem instructions  Used to express a fact  Adverbs of frequency are usually used with the simple present tense ( before the main verb o after a form of verb be)  Always, usually, regularly, normally, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, and never  EX: he usually comes late or he is never late

9.  The teachers have a meeting once a week  Tom rides his bicycle to school  The moon is nearer to the earth than the sun Negative form  The teachers DO NOT have a meeting once a week  Tom DOES NOT ride his bicycle to school  The sun IS NOT nearer to the earth than the moon

10.  Often, usually, sometimes and occasionally can go at the beginning of the sentence  Ex: sometimes I go swimming. or Often we surf the internet. Sometimes these adverbs are placed at the end of the sentence ex: we read books occasionally. (note: the adverbs hardly, scarcely never, rarely, and seldom are not used with negative verbs. EX: he has never eaten chocolate. NOT, he has not ever…)

11.  Take a a couple minutes and read the chart on page 22

12.  Exercise 3 pg-23, complete 1 & 2  Exercise 4 pg-24, complete 3&4 Homework:  Pg-25, grammar writing

13.  Used to talk about actions and situations that are already going on at the moment of speaking (EX: Ben is playing chess.)  Used to talk about future happenings (Ex: I’m leaving soon.)  Used to talk about changing situations (Ex: It’s getting better everyday.)  Always, constantly, and forever are used to talk about things that often happen unexpectedly or annoyingly ( Ex: She is always making noises.)  Verbs such as, like, believe contain, remember, know, weigh, etc. are not normally used in the continuous tense (Ex: He likes his work. The teacher knows the answers)

14.  Pg-27 Exercise 1. # 1,2,3  Pg-27. Exercise 2, # 1,2,3  Pg-28. Exercise 3, #1,2,3