Title: Unit 7: Tutoring the Simple Present Tense : Theory - Form
Course: STEP DEV > Section: Tutoring The Simple Present Tense

OBJECTIVES

- Recognize the tutor's role during STEP 2A: Theory - form.

- Identify  the tutoring correction techniques and the order in which they should be used when helping tutees with the form of a verb tense.

- Adapt the STEP 2-form activity according to what the tutee mentioned during the assessment.

INTRODUCTION

Forming the Simple Present Tense

 Covering how to conjugate a verb tense is the first sub-step in STEP 2 for verb tenses, which will prepare the tutee to be able to complete their homework or other exercises.  The content covered during this sub-step will depend on what the tutee mentioned during the assessment.

Important: Review the form of a verb tense as quickly as possible by focusing only on what the tutee is having difficulty with.

PRE-ACTIVITY

1.  How do you think you could help your tutee discover how to form the simple present tense?

ACTIVITY

The following incomplete verb chart (found in STEP 2 of every verb tense lesson) provides a well-structured template to aid the tutee with learning how to form the target verb tense.

 The tutor must adapt what is done with this incomplete verb chart according to the needs of the tutee.

  For example, a tutor might ask their tutee to conjugate the verb "work" orally only with the subject "he" in the affirmative, negative, interrogative and short answers to quickly confirm their  knowledge of the verb form.

  On the other hand, if a tutee is struggling, the tutor should instruct the tutee to write the conjugations for all the subjects.  In fact, if a tutee is having  a lot of difficulty  forming the affirmative, it would be better to do the interrogative later or during another session.

  IMPORTANT:  If your tutee has homework on a verb tense, always use this incomplete verb tense chart before helping them with their own exercises.  This chart will prepare the tutee to later be able to complete their homework by themself.

Click on the video and watch STEP 2A:  Theory - form  (simple present tense) being covered. The tutor will use the incomplete verb chart above for this step.

POST-ACTIVITY

Click on the button and take the post-activity quiz.