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Present Tense Diagnostic: a tool to help you identify specific points that need review

General Truth: occurrences in nature

Beg. ESL

• Fact v. Observation
• Present Adverbs
• Common Mistakes
• Word Order
• Sentence Diagramming
• Practice – multiple choice

GenTruth Practice: talking about weather

Beg. ESL

• "El Nino" Description
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – complete the paragraph

At the Moment:  temporary or ongoing activities

Beg. ESL

• Progressive v. Nonprogressive
• Adverbs
• Word Order
• Common Mistakes
• Grammar Notes – Diagrams
• Practice 1 – complete the paragraph
• Practice 2 – multiple choice

Habits & Customs: current activities – temporary vs. permanent

Beg. ESL

• Permanent v. Temporary Activities
• Adverbs of Frequency
• Negative Adv of Free.
• Word Order
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – multiple choice

Present Progressive: temporary habit or at the moment of speaking

Beg. ESL

• Present v. Progressive
• Adverbs
• Grammar diagramming
• Paragraph 1 – paragraph
• Paragraph 2 – paragraph
• Paragraph 3 – paragraph
• Paragraph 4 – paragraph
• Paragraph 5 – paragraph
• Paragraph 6 – paragraph
• Paragraph 7 – paragraph

Scheduled Events: planned activities and events

Beg. ESL

• Scheduled Events
• Observation & Prediction
• Adverbs
• Paragraph 1 – multiple choice
• Paragraph 2 – multiple choice
• Paragraph 3 – multiple choice

States of Being:  existence and changes in states

Beg.–Int. ESL

• Static v. Dynamic
• Ascriptive v. Specifying "be"
• Common Mistakes
• Practice 1 – complete paragraph
• Practice 2 – identify verb
• Practice 3 – edit paragraph

Sensory States:sensations and perceptions

Beg.–Int. ESL

• Static v. Dynamic Sensory Verbs – hear, see, sound
• Feel
• Taste
• Diagram
• Practice – multiple choice

Mental States: thinking, cognition and attitude

Beg.–Int. ESL

• States of Mind vs. Active Thinking
• Mental Processing
• Changing Usage
• Practice 1 – multiple choice

Possession States: possession or ownership

Beg.–Int. ESL

• "Having" Expressions
• "Have" Expressions
• "Have Got"
• Common Mistakes
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – multiple choice

Emotion States: reacting to experiences

Beg.–Int. ESL

• Emotional States v. Activities – surprise, impress, please, astonish, amaze
• Practice – multiple choice

Measurement States:  weight, distance, height and count

Beg.–Int. ESL

• Measurement – measure, reach, weigh, cost, owe, equal, consist of, include, contain
• Common Mistakes
• Practice – multiple choice

Time-Relative Events: the timing of two connected events

Int.–Adv. ESL

• Time-Related Clauses
• After v. Afterwards
• Punctuation
• Common Mistakes
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – multiple choice

Also see  After/ Before/ When

Narration: storytelling

Beg.–Int. ESL

• Narration Tenses
• Joke-telling Tense
• Practice – multiple choice

Transitive Verbs: verbs that take objects

Beg.–Int. ESL

• Intransitive v. Transitive
• Transitive
• Intransitive
• Transitive and Intransitive
• Copula & Static Verbs
• Common Mistakes
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1– multiple choice
• Practice 2 – transitive/ intransitive
• Practice 3 – edit paragraph

Verbs with Indirect Objects: receivers of actions  (dative verbs)

Beg.–Int. ESL

• Indirect Object "to"
• Pattern A & B
• Pattern A or B
• IO Placement Exceptions
• Indirect Object "for"
• Buy v. Thank
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – multiple choice
• Practice 3 – multiple choice

Third Person Agreement: singular or plural verb agreement

Beg.–Int. ESL

• Third Person Agreement
• Spelling Patterns
• Practice 1

Final -S Audio: listening for final "s"

Beg. ESL

• S sound / Z sound
• -ts,-ks,-ps
• -ds,-bs,-gs
• -s,-z,-sh,-ch,-ge
• Practice  complete sentences – (wav) and (mp3) files

Present Context: identifying present tense verbs

Int. ESL

• Article Context
• Practice

After/ Before/ When: indicating time-relative activities

Int. ESL, Native Speakers

• Present & Future Time Frames
• When vs. when
• Common Mistakes
• Past Time Frames
• Punctuation
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1 – correct/incorrect
• Practice 2 – multiple choice
• Practice 3 – edit sentence

When / While: indicating same-time activities

Int. ESL, Native Speaker

• Same-time Events
• Other Expressions
• Punctuation
• Common Mistake
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1– complete the sentence (MC)
• Practice 2 – correct/incorrect

By the time: indicating a future completion time

Int.– Adv. ESL, Native Speaker

• By the time v. When
• Future
• Present
• Past
• Common Mistake
• Future Perfect – Passive
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – correct / incorrect
• Practice 3 – read and edit

[adverbial clause, PP + clause]