Title: Unit 6: Verb Tense Tutor Quiz
Course: STEP DEV > Section: Tutoring Verb Tenses

OBJECTIVES

- Assess your knowledge of common verb tenses.

- Identify and be ready to explain the rules of the verb tense questions you had difficulty with.

INTRODUCTION

There are 12 different verb tenses in English.  On the STEP website you will find exercises for the following verb tenses.

- Simple Present
- Present Progressive  (aka Present Continuous)
- Simple Past
- Past Progressive
- Future
- Present Perfect

It is not important that you know all the rules of these verb tenses by heart, as the STEP methodology requires the tutee to explain the rule to you.  However, you should be familiar with the names of the tenses and have easy access to the rules.  Therefore, you should print the Verb Tense Charts ( 100  and 101 ) that cover these six common verb tenses and you can use them to help your tutees and to help you  with the quiz in the next section.

PRE-ACTIVITY

Verb Tenses

            Simple Present
            Present Progressive
            Simple Past
            Past Progressive
            Future
            Present Perfect

1. Are you able to form the verb tenses listed above?
2. Do you know when they are used?
3. Do you know the keywords that are commonly associated with them?

ACTIVITY

Click on the verb tense button and take the quiz.  When you finish, take note of your errors and find the rules using the appropriate Step by Step lesson.

POST-ACTIVITY

1.  Be prepared to explain your incorrect answers.