Presentation about learning English Tenses

1. «Learn English Tenses
with Pleasure»
National Technical University
«Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute»
Social Technologies and Humanities Faculty
Intelligent Computer Systems Department
P R E S E N T
Kharkiv – 2017
(DISTANCE COURSE)

2. The authors and tutors of this distance course are:
Tatyana Bratus
PhD in Philology, Intelligent Computer
Systems Department
Sergey Nikonorov
Senior lecturer, Intelligent Computer
Systems Department

3. COURSE GOALS
Learn English Tenses with Pleasure is a course that has been created for students
of English as a foreign or second language, who already have basic knowledge
of English.
THE AIM OF THE COURSE is to make learning tenses effective and
entertaining.
AFTER COMPLETING THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL
learn the grammar
structures of
the English tenses
within a short time
solidify the grammar rules
working with the audio,
video and text materials
use the gain knowledge
in written and
oral communication

4. COURSE STRUCTURE 1
Lesson 1. Present Simple. In this lesson you will learn how to express every
day routines and repeated actions, describe laws of nature, timetables,
tell stories, do reviews in present.
Lesson 3. Present Perfect. In this lesson you will learn how to describe
an action how to describe an action which has recently finished and whose
result you can see in the present.
Lesson 4. Present Perfect Continuous. In this lesson you will learn
how to describe a long action which started in the past and continues up to
the present.
Lesson 2. Present Continuous. In this lesson you will learn how to describe
actions at the moment of speech, describe temporary actions, express
irritation, describe actions that we have already agreed to do in the near
future, describe changing or developing situations.

5. COURSE STRUCTURE 2
Lesson 5. Past Simple. In this lesson you will learn how to describe an
action which happened at a definite time in the past.
Lesson 6. Past Continuous. In this lesson you will learn how to describe
an action which was in progress at a stated time in the past; you will also
learn how to describe the atmosphere in the introduction to a story before
you describe the main events.
Lesson 7. Past Perfect. In this lesson you will learn how to learn how to
describe an action which happened before another past action or before a
stated time in the past and whose result was visible in the past.
Lesson 8. Past Perfect Continuous. In this lesson you will learn how to
emphasize the duration of an action which started and finished in the past
before another past action; how to describe an action which lasted for some time
in the past and whose result was visible in the past.
.

6. COURSE
STRUCTURE 3
Lesson 9. Future Simple. In this lesson you will learn how to express
predictions, promises, threats, warnings, hopes and requests, on-the-spot
decisions and offers.
Lesson 10. Future Continuous. In this lesson you will learn how to
express an action which will be in progress at a stated future time; how to
ask politely about someone’s plans for the near future.
Lesson 11. Future Perfect. In this lesson you will learn how to describe an
action which will be finished before a stated future time.
Lesson 12. Future Perfect Continuous. In this lesson you will learn how
to emphasize the duration of an action up to a certain time in the future

7. Recommendations for working with
the distance learning course
When you first log in a distance course it is recommended to
enter your email address (e-mail). You do this to have a chance to
get notifications of all events you are interested in and to
communicate with the teacher and students. To master the
working plan for a week, for example Week 2 (you should take
one lesson per week), you are recommended to go through the
procedures according to the working plan for a week.
FORUM Every lesson has got a Forum. You can discuss the
problems you have, while doing the lesson and get the tutor’s
answers to your questions. Best students’ works are going to be
upload in the Forum.
YOUR RATING Your maximum points is 100 for each lesson and
1200 for the whole course.

8. Recommendations for working with the distance
learning course

9. Working plan for week 2
Day Tasks What you do Maximum
points
Day 1 Study the grammar rules and listen
to the audio of the lesson.
Put the verbs into the correct form. 10
Day 2 Watch the video of the lesson. Write out the Present Continuous
forms and send us in the PDF
format.
10
Day 3, 4, 5 Learn the grammar and do the
exercises.
Do 2.1 Present Continuous Exercise
Do 2.2 Present Continuous Exercise
Do 2.3 Present Continuous Exercise
Do 2.4 Present Continuous Exercise
Do 2.5 Present Continuous Exercise
Do 2.6 Present Continuous Exercise
Do 2.7 Present Continuous Exercise
50
Day 6 Look at the diary and correct the
sentences. Write about your plans
for the coming week.
Do 2.1 Present Continuous Creative
Writing
10
Day 7 Listen to 2.1 Present Continuous
Song
Do 2.1 Present Continuous Song
Exercise
10
Any Taking part in the Forum. Write a report about your work this
week
10

10. STUDENTS’ WORK IN THE
COURSE
Studying the theory of
the lesson
Listening to the audio
materials
Watching the video
materials
Doing various exercises of
different level of complexity
Doing creative
assignments

11. TYPES OF ASSIGNMENTS 1
Here you can see the example of Grammar Section:

12. Here you can see Present Continuous Exercises

13. To make our course more
entertaining, we suggest that
you work with audio and
video materials:

14. Evaluation Table
Assignments Maximum points
Studying the grammar rules and listening
to the audio of the lesson
10
Watching the video of the lesson 10
Doing the exercises 50
Doing Creative Writing Exercise 10
Listening to the Song and doing the Song
Exercise
10
Taking part in the Forum. 10
Total for one week 100
Total for the course 100x12 1200

15. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
OUR COURSE REFERENCE:
http://dl.khpi.edu.ua/course/view.php?id=154