The Past Tenses - Past Simple - Mill Drill Activity
This video is part of our series on the past tenses in English. We start off the series with the past simple tense. In this video, we show you how to execute a mill drill activity for this tense. Here, the teacher provides the students with a survey or questionnaire with statements in the past simple tense. The students then go around the classroom and ask other students about their past experiences.
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Conditional uses\" if\" or \"when\" and it's refer for present, future or pat possibilitie.
There are 4 conditionals (zero, first, second, third and mixed.
An example of an activate stage teaching ideas: First Conditional: It describes a real situation that is possible or probable in the future, once the condition has been accomplishe.
If it rains tomorrow, I?ll buy an umbrell.
Stick on the board pictures of different weathe.
Then ask students to tell their partner what they will do if it rains, hails, snows, or if it is cold, hot, et.
Encourage them to explain why and add additional informatio.
Third Conditional: It describes a hypothetical action in the past, and a hypothetical result or consequenc.
Ask students they want to become the president of a countr.
They have to convince the citizens to vote for the.
The have to describe what they would do if they were the presiden.
Students can talk about education,, health, economics, et.
Tell students about reincarnatio.
Tell them that they will reincarnate in an anima.
They have to choose an animal they would like to reincarnate i.
They must explain why, tell where they would live, what color they would be, et.
If I were the president of this country, I would give you a good health syste.
If I became the president, I would raise the salarie.
Mixed Conditional: It describes a hypothetical action in the pasta with a a hypothetical present consequence or resul.
Tell students imagine how their lives would have been if they had been born in another countr.
They can speak about the language they would speak, where they would live, how many brother or sisters they would have, et.
Direct and Indirect Speech: Present simple changes to Simple past Present continuous changes to Past continuous Present perfect changes to Past perfect Present perfect continuous changes to Past perfect continuous Past simple changes to Past perfect Past continuous changes to Past perfect continuous Will Would Past perfect changes to Past perfect Past perfect continuous changes to Past perfect continuous
