Teaching the tenses in English is something inevitable for all teachers. Moreover, the ability of the teacher to simplify his/her lesson, determines his/her proficiency in their career. Here we have a number of steps that would lead you to the best way to teach the tenses:
1. Provide the examples first.
The traditional technique of giving the rule then the examples is so much boring and ineffective because it makes the students' role so passive. But by giving the examples first, you give the students a chance to deduce the rule by themselves and have a contribution in the lesson. Here, the students interact and have an active role.
2. Let them infer the rule by themselves. After having given them the examples, let them infer the rule and then provide more examples by themselves.
3. Teach them the usage of the tense. Students must know appropriately when to use each tense so that they differentiate between them and use them aptly.
4. Give them the keywords. Keywords make it easy for students to determine the tense and use it properly.Examples of keywords are: soon, now, ago, since, already, usually, etc.
5. Teach them the negative and interrogative forms of the tense. They ought to be able to negate and interrogate the sentences as they speak.
6. Let them give examples about their own lives. This helps them make grammatically correct sentences about realistic things they experience in their daily life.
7. As a task, write some statements and let them determine what are the tenses then change them into the negative and interrogative forms.
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