Teach English in Nanca Zhen - Meizhou Shi

Tenses provide a big basis for the english language, especially the Present Tense. This was the basis for this Unit. Why I didn't understand, and now understand, was that present tense isn't just one tense but 4 subsections that each have 3 bisecting Positive, Negative, and Questioning forms of the tense. There are some patterns and resemblances to each other but the tenses require a lot of teaching and study for a second language speaker to fully comprehend and use these: the tenses we take for granted in our everyday conversation. It starts out with Present Simple. It is the most basic of present tense. Typical sentences follow the \"Subject + verb base\" form that we hear in very basic english stories. I eat the apple. Do you see Dot run? Next is probably the most confounding tense that has always messed me up: Present Continuous. I always assumed adding ING to a verb makes it some sort of future tense. And this tense provides the explanation that Present Continuous talks about a subject doing something and continuously doing something after that fact. I am learning. Present Perfect is a odd name for something I think should be called Present Past (Particle). The Tense provides that a subject has done something and is expressing that idea in the current time frame. \"I have eaten earlier.\" \"Sam has gotten ready.\" There are other usages explained but this type sticks out. And lastly, Present Perfect Continuous, a combination of the earlier two. It is used to stress that the past thing is currently going on and will continue after the fact. \"I have been flying all year.\" The use of Have Been is crucial to this tense. However, I'm unsure of just saying Have Been then the object falls in this category or Past Tense. That will be figured out in future readings I am sure.