Teaching Tenses | Rosemary Aitken Pdf

I hope you find a clean copy. But more importantly, I hope you use it. Don't just hoard the file. Print the worksheets. Draw the timelines. Watch your students finally say, "Oh! Now I understand," when you explain the difference between "I did" and "I have done."

Most grammar books tell you what a tense is. Aitken tells you how to teach it. teaching tenses rosemary aitken pdf

For ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers, few hurdles are as persistent or as frustrating as the English tense system. Students may memorize the rules for the Present Perfect one week, only to slip back into the Simple Past the next. They understand the Present Continuous in theory but freeze up when trying to order food at a restaurant. I hope you find a clean copy

Generally, no. Pearson Education holds the copyright. While you might find user-uploaded copies on archive.org, academia.edu, or various teacher file-sharing sites (Google Drive links in Facebook groups), these are almost always copyright infringements unless the user has explicit permission. Print the worksheets