Conjugations and Contractions

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Conjugations and Contractions

• By Gerald H. Prosch ghprosch_at_svsu.edu
• November 13, 2003

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Lesson for Students

• Verb Conjugations Example for English as a Second
  Language
• -in Present tense
• -in Past tense
• with Subject Pronouns
• -Positive and Negative Sentences
• Positive and Negative Questions
• with contractions (conversational form)

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Lesson designed for

• Listening- to hear the correct verb form
• Speaking/ conversation- to speak correctly when
  using the verb forms.
• Reading- to read the correct verb form.
• Writing- to write the correct verb form
• Integrated skills- to use the correct verb forms
  in combination with the subject pronouns,
  positive and negative sentences and questions
  together with contractions organizes a more real
  use of the verb.

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Additional Information

• Beginner level
• Adult level
• Objective
  The lesson will show the
  students how to use the correct verb form in the
  present and past tense. The student will see how
  to use the correct subject pronoun with the verb
  in full and contracted form. Also, the ESL
  student will use the forms in the positive and
  negative with both sentences and questions.

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Additional Information continued

• Skills covered
• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking
  It will be necessary for a
  teacher to pronounce the lesson for the student
  to speak and listen to the assignment.

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Additional Information Continued

• Resources needed
• Computer
• Computer programs
• For Power Point and
• Hot Potatoes software
• List of links to be added to the TESOL 1 Website
• Contractions
• Positive Sentences
• Negative Sentences
• Positive Questions
• Negative Questions
• Subject Pronouns
• Present Tense
• Past Tense

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Additional Information Continued

• Five lessons
  This assignment is intended to
  cover at least five lessons and can be used at
  the teacher or students discretion.

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Sources

• The American Heritage English Second Language
  Dictionary
• Houghton Mifflin Company,1998 Boston
• English Grammar 3rd edition
• Betty Schrampfer Azar 2003 Longman, White Plains
  NY
• The Grammar book 2nd edition
• Marianne Celce-Murcia, Diane Laresen-Freeman
  1999 Heinle and Heinle, USA
• Power Point and Hot Potato software

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Definitions

• Verb Conjugation
• Action words set in order for grammar.
• Present Tense
• A verb used in present time.
• Past Tense
• A verb used in completed time.
• First person
• Word forms referring to the speaker or writer

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Definitions Continued

• Second Person
• Word forms referring to the person addressed
• Third Person
• Word forms referring to a person or they other
  than the speaker.
• Subject Pronoun
• Part of a sentence related to the verb./Pronoun
  replaces a noun.
• Full Form
• (F) Complete form

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Definitions Continued

• Contracted Form
• CF conversational / short form
• Singular
• One / Single
• Plural
• Two / or more

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To work/ Past Tense/ Subject Pronoun/ Positive
Sentence

• 1S
• I worked F
• 2S
• You worked F
• 3S
• He worked , She worked, It worked F

• 1P
• We worked F
• 2P
• You worked F
• 3P
• They worked F

Regular verb (-ed in past.)
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To work/ Past Tense/ Subject Pronoun/ Negative
Sentence

• 1S
• I did not work F
• I didnt work CF

• 1P
• We did not work F
• We didnt work CF

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To work/ Past Tense/ Subject Pronoun/ Negative
Sentence

• 2S
• You did not work F
• You didnt work CF

• 2P
• Your did not work F
• You didnt work CF

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To work/ Past Tense/ Subject Pronoun/ Negative
Sentence

• 3S
• He did not work F
• She did not work F
• It did not work F
• He didnt work CF
• She didnt work CF
• It didnt work CF

• 3P
• They did not work F
• They didnt work CF

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To work/ Past Tense/ Subject Pronoun/ Positive
Question

• 1S
• Did I work? F
• 2S
• Did you work? F
• 3S
• Did he work? F
• Did she work? F
• Did it work? F

• 1P
• Did we work? F
• 2P
• Did you work? F
• 3P
• Did they work? F

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To work Past Tense/ Subject Pronoun/ Negative
Question

• 1S
• Did I not work? F
• Didnt I work? CF

• 1P
• Did we not work? F
• Didnt you work? CF

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To work Past Tense/ Subject Pronoun/ Negative
Question

• 2S
• Did you not work? F
• Didnt you work?CF

• 2P
• Did we not work? F
• Didnt we work? CF

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To work Past Tense/ Subject Pronoun/ Negative
Question

• 3S
• Did he not work? F
• Did she not work? F
• Did it not work? F
• Didnt he work? CF
• Didnt she work? CF
• Didnt it work? CF

• 3P
• Did they not work? F
• Didnt they work CF