I'm working on a Powerpoint presentation on verb tenses!

[Pale Blue Dot]

Whatever you're doing, it can't be half as much fun.

So what are you doing? Or what did you do? Or what will you be doing? Or what have you been doing? Or what had you been doing? Or what will you have been doing after the night is over?

:woohoo:

[TZ]

1. You use powerpoint for teaching students?

Oy I thought only us corporate schmucks had to deal with that. Not looking forward to my time in the near future where I have to do one for my department.
But don't let me stop you, I think I will go scoop the cat box now...that might be slightly more entertaining than what you are doing....:rofl:

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. I try to have a sense of humor about it.

Yesterday I had one on subject/verb agreement, and most of my example sentences either had to do with giant ducks trampling people or with the endlessness of Powerpoint presentations. Common question from students: "Mr. Finnfan, what is your obsession with giant ducks?" :rofl:

I don't actually do that many Powerpoints, but I think it works pretty well for grammar lessons.

In your honor, perhaps I'll make some example sentences about how vaccinations caused the duck to grow to enormous sizes....:D

[rug]

2. I'm trying to seduce my wife using only the subjunctive mood.

[Pale Blue Dot]

5. Mood is too hot a topic for 7th graders.

Are you trying to get me fired?

[Canuckistanian]

8. I personally find it better than the imperative

Especially when I'm in the genitive mood.

[ZombieNixon]

3. I'm VERBing over an ADJECTIVE NOUN. EXCLAMATION!

[Pale Blue Dot]

6. A+

Would you like to teach my class tomorrow?

[triguy46]

7. Here's one better: A speed test for who can say all 23 helping verbs the fastest...

We did this with our kids (wife is an English teacher) when they were so young as to not know a verb.

Am
is
was
were
be
being
been
do
does
did
have
has
had
can
could
shall
should
will
would
may
might
must

[mtnester]

9. is am are was were be being been has have had do does did shall will should would may might

must can could


we had to learn this in 6th grade...by rote...like everything else us phonix readers learned


still remember it some 36 years later

[triguy46]

10. Good! Sad to say, a nephew's girlfriend we met last year was going to...

a community college to be an 'English' teacher, so I asked her the 23 helping verbs. She had no clue what I was talking about. "We haven't gotten to that yet." ARGGGGHHHHH.

With wife as our family grammarian, both kids aced the English and reading parts of the ACT. Yippee for the old ways of doing things!

[Pale Blue Dot]

11. I couldn't name them all.

:blush:

[triguy46]

12. But you can with practice...

and nagging parents like we were! Hang in there :hi: