Auxiliary Verbs / Helping Verbs
Do you use ‘has’, ‘had’ or ‘have’? “Is’ or ‘was’, ‘will’ or ‘would have’, ‘should’ or ‘could’ or ‘may’? English ‘helping verbs’ are the most misunderstood as well as the most bewildering, baffling and confusing aspect to those using English as an additional language. Models upon models that explain the helping verbs, dividing them into all kinds of tables and diagrams and timelines etc. as a means to teach verbs are numerous on the internet. Teaching English verbs, or rather helping verbs, is no easy task when you work on models, diagrams, timelines, examples of tenses in English sentences etc. The angles from which these aspects are taught are more confusing than they do help, and there is not one model that I’ve seen that can rather easily be recalled and copied within a test setting and adhered to as a basis from which to think in order to use the helping verbs correctly. I propose that helping verbs should be divided into two groups: The ‘Stable helping verbs’ and the ‘Unstable helping verbs’. With that the T4E model is absolutely unique, practical and hands-on in the way it separates and allocates the helping verbs. You should have a look…
In the e-book T4E, you will find a solution to an age-old problem: teaching or studying tenses effectively. Tenses do not only comprise of the names of the tenses past, perfect and future - it entail how to change a sentence into a question or negative; which question tag to add to a sentence; to change a sentence into a passive and active voice; how to report what someone else had said - reported speech; finally how to express the probability for something to happen - 'if sentences'.
A master of tenses will correctly combine the verbs, auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) and time words, thus providing the needed context.
T4E
In the e-book T4E, you will find a solution to an age-old problem: teaching or studying tenses effectively. Tenses do not only comprise of the names of the tenses - past, perfect and future - it entail how to change a sentence into a question or negative; which question tag to add to a sentence; to change a sentence into a passive and active voice; how to report what someone else had said - reported speech; finally how to express the probability for something to happen - 'if sentences'.
A master of tenses will correctly combine the verbs, auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) and time words, thus providing and conveying the needed context. Eventually, this is what tenses are all about: conveying and providing relevant context.
In this book, you will find supplements which go beyond the scope of tenses. He touches on the Articulation of specific difficult sounds in English. Singulars and Plurals are dealt with in another supplement, and then he shares 5 steps to follow for the effective analysis of any poem.
Jan can be contacted for training conferences in which he deals with the teaching of English tenses according to the T4E model he has developed.
Printed book on T4E
Besides the e-book, a printed version of T4E will also be available soon. Contact us for orders.