Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Hey ESL people! Pauz, pause, paws, how original, how cute, huh?

'Take a pauz (pause)' we say it over and over.  And why? Because a pause is sometimes all many ESL teachers can take.  Some schools and universities have strict schedules on what's to be done each day.  So... take a Pauz and use one of the games as a quick review.  It only takes a few minutes and prepositions, questions, auxiliaries, phrasal verbs, original sentences, all of these can be part of whatever the daily class includes.  And, it's fun!

Question formulas on the board and JUMP IN! 2

OK, let's move on to ALL the other verbs and those indispensible auxiliaries; gotta love 'em 'cause, baby, they're not going away.

Present tense:  Question word + Auxiliary + Subject + Complement

Do - I, you, we, you, they

Does - he, she, it

Give examples!!!!  OK then, moving on...

Past tense:  Question word + Auxiliary + Subject + Complement

Did - for everything!! yippee

Question formulas on the board and JUMP IN!

That's right! Write those formulas, beginning with the present, present continuous and past tenses, on the board and make sure all your students have them handy in a notebook.  As 'to be' is the exception, start with it.  It's so easy to invert the subject & verb!  Move on to ALL the other verbs.

Yes/no answers to questions - Verb 'to be' + Subject + Complement

Information questions, come on, let's admit it, we're nosy.

Question word + Verb 'to be' + Subject + Complement

USUALLY: o como pararse en seco

Las reglas gramaticales:!  Dios Mio!, me digo al empezar a temblar.  La causa: usually.  Ahí está la regla y ahí está 'usually'.  Dame unos ejemplos de 'usually', pero oh no, tenemos que esperar que aparezca el ejemplo y aparecerá.  Por eso, el temblor.  Nuestro juego, Jump In, fue creado para darles a los estudiantes de ESL una oportunidad de afinar su capacidad de hacer preguntas; yes/no respuestas y preguntas de información (information questions). 'Who' viene con USUALLY.

USUALLY: A grammar showstopper

Grammar rules, good grief, say I as I start to shiver and shake.  The cause: usually.  There's the rule and there's usually.  So, please, some examples of usually, but oh no, we have to wait for the example to appear and appear it will.  Hence, the shivering and shaking.  Our game, Jump In, was created to give students the opportunity to ask questions; yes/no and information questions.  'Who' comes with USUALLY.