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Old 20-Mar-2008, 19:35
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Default Re: Presenting the past simple auxiliary to students

The problem seems to be that they haven't understood that the auxiliary expresses the past and not the main verb. So why not try an error correction exercise. Give them twenty incorrect sentences. Elict why they are wrong and then get them to correct them while working in pairs.
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