Direct And Indirect Questions

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Mexico Ciudad Lopez Mateos and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Conditionals are sentences containing qualifiers such as “if” or “when”. A zero conditional uses the qualifier, and present tense and present tense. First conditional uses a qualifier + present simple + will. Second conditional uses qualifier + past simple + modal verb. Third conditional uses qualifier + past perfect + modal verb + “have” + past participle. Mixed conditional combines first and second conditional clauses. These can be confusing for...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Huixian China and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Overall this unit discussed the various conditionals as well as the reporting of direct speech. Both of these subjects are rather nuanced which makes the understanding of them rely on minute details, thereby making the explanation of how to properly use them rather difficult. I found this particularly difficult overall so this lesson's guidance was very useful. This section discusses the zero, first, second, third and mixed conditionals. As well, it details how to properly change verb tenses when...  [Read more]