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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Questions ending in ing or ed
I'm trying to plan a lesson on asking a question but using the correct form of ing or ed.
Example - What's the most exciting thing you've ever done? but students want to write - What's the most excited thing you have ever done? or What has been your most frightening experience? and students want to write What has been your most frightened experience?
I understand the whole concept of feelings vs things but I am finding it difficult to teach.
Kind regards
Steve
Example - What's the most exciting thing you've ever done? but students want to write - What's the most excited thing you have ever done? or What has been your most frightening experience? and students want to write What has been your most frightened experience?
I understand the whole concept of feelings vs things but I am finding it difficult to teach.
Kind regards
Steve
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Hi Steve, I have pretty good luck teaching this point with a simple rhyming mnemonic: '-i-n-g' is the thing, and '-e-d' is me In other words, the person or recipient ('me') is excited, bored, tired, etc. And the movie, event, book, etc (the 'thing") is exciting, boring, tiring, etc. That concert was exciting.
- Hi Steve, I have pretty good luck teaching this point with a simple rhyming mnemonic: '-i-n-g' is the thing, and '-e-d' is me In other words, the person or recipient ('me') is excited, bored, tired, etc.
- And the movie, event, book, etc (the 'thing") is exciting, boring, tiring, etc.
- That concert was exciting.
- We were all excited.
- Of course, you must soon make it clear that sometimes a person can also be the 'thing': Madonna is exciting .
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Hi Steve,
I have pretty good luck teaching this point with a simple rhyming mnemonic:
'-i-n-g' is the thing, and '-e-d' is me
In other words, the person or recipient ('me') is excited, bored, tired, etc.
And the movie, event, book, etc (the 'thing") is exciting, boring, tiring, etc.
That concert was exciting.
We were all excited.
I have pretty good luck teaching this point with a simple rhyming mnemonic:
'-i-n-g' is the thing, and '-e-d' is me
In other words, the person or recipient ('me') is excited, bored, tired, etc.
And the movie, event, book, etc (the 'thing") is exciting, boring, tiring, etc.
That concert was exciting.
We were all excited.
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