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Teaching the Simple Present Tense Using the Negative |
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Most students progress through the positive answers to questions without too much difficulty. The negative answers are more complex, however, because the pattern is different with the use of “to be” than with other verbs. Generally the structure of an answer to a question using “to be” is straightforward, as we can explain that “not” is placed after the verb. The problem arises when students need to form a negative sentence using a verb other than “to be”. Then they must use “to do + not” and put it in the correct tense while putting the main verb in it’s root form. The students find this very difficult and it’s been our experience that it isn’t clearly explained in the grammar books. As this must be taught within the first few lesson of a beginner’s program, it is difficult to explain it to them when their English is so limited. What are some ways that this structure can be presented? - if the teacher can speak the student’s first language it would be best, this one time, to explain the structure to them. (As a general rule we recommend that the teacher speak English only.) - An English only approach would be to give them a short exercise that requires negative answers. Tell them before they start that they’ll encounter a problem. Ask them to find the problem and solve it if they can. Have most of the questions use the verb “to be” but include several using another verb requiring the use of “to do” as an auxiliary. Allow the students to try answering all the questions before asking if they had a problem and then review all the answers with them. Some will have answered as they did using “to be” and they’ll be surprised. - Another approach is to divide the class into groups of three or four. Give them a set of questions with the answers written in small print in a box at the side. Tell them to try to find the change in structure. In this way they can check their answers as the work together. This approach will produce a number of questions about the difference in the structure. |
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