Reviewing Tenses
Level: Any Level
Preparation:
Print out three sentences (negative, positive, and question) of the tense you want to review.
Cut each sentence into words.
The Activity:
Students work in groups.
Give each group of students words of a sentence and ask them to make the sentence.
Draw a table on the board and ask students to tick sentences at suitable positiions, positive, negative, or question.
Ask students to make rules of the tense.
Example:
Three Sentences:
I am a student.
I am not a student.
Are you a student?
The Rules:
TO BE at the present simple
I am a student.
Positive: S + am/is/are + O.
I am not a student.
Negative: S + am/is/are + not + O.
Are you a student?
Question: (Ques words) + am/ is /are + S + O?