Julia CO #2- Grammar Class with Prof. Flemming

Professor Flemming gave students fill in the blank sentence in which students have to fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb. Students went over 

- to be 

- action verbs 

Simple past, irregular verbs: go in the present, went in the past 

Past continuous 

Past continuous and simple past to tell a surprise story

Correct sentences that have unclear grammar in them. 


Professor Flemming spun a wheel, and a sentence was chosen that had unclear grammar, Professor Flemming had each student spin the wheel and receive a sentence and then fix the unclear grammar in the sentence. 

When a student made a mistake, Professor Flemming did not give them the answer tight away, but told them the sentence was incorrect and let them have another chance. 

This exercise was to prepare for error correction questions that would appear on the test. 


Mr. Ryan said he do it very occasionally --> Mr. Ryan says said he does it very occasionally. 

She fell down and I was laughing --> She fell down and I laughed. 

Is your secret person is bald? --> Is your secret person bald? 

You said no? --> Did you say no. 

She say couldn't stand up.  --> She said she couldn't stand up. 

Is your secret person has glasses--> Does your secret person have glasses. 

Does your secret person a man or a women --> Is your secret person a man or a woman. 

It was I am playing with my friend --> I was playing with my friend. 

Your monster is orange? Is your monster orange? 


Past Continous Practice: 

- When to use past continous and when to use simple past. 

EX.

What you do when the accident occurred, I tried to change a lightbulb that had gone out 


After i find the wallet full of money I go immediately to the police and turn it in 


After i found the wallet full of money, I went immediately to the police and turned it in. 


The doctors say that tom be too sick to go to work and that he need to stay home for a couple days 


After some fill in the blank practice, Professor Flemming had students write a short story in past continuous and simple past, a surprise story. 


Professor Flemming gives students 5 minutes to write and then shares his surprise story with students orally, while showing it visually on the screen. 



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