GIC Work Sample: Before

12.1 Verb TensesUses

Simple Present
Examples
Kids need powerful learning
experiences.
Irving always tries to help
students.
He has a lot of experience as a
pilot.
He loves to help kids.
If you give kids inspiring
activities, they will want to learn.

Explanation
With general truths, regular
activity, or repeated action
With nonaction verbs
In a future time or if clause

Present Continuous
Examples
Those kids are building a car.

Explanation
With actions that are happening
now
The kids are gaining confidence. With actions that are happening
Irving is trying to inspire kids.
in a present time period
Future
Examples
Irving is going to share his
knowledge about the world.
Hell send information to his
students.
If you build an airplane, Ill fly it.
Simple Past
Examples
Irving flew around the world in
2007.
Be
Examples
Barrington Irving is a pilot.
He is interested in helping
students.

Explanation
With plans and predictions (use
will or be going to)
With promises (use will)
Explanation
With actions.

Explanation
With classification of the subject.

There are many ways to teach

children.

With there

Irving was born in Jamaica.

With born

Modals
Examples
Kids can do great things.
People should follow their

Explanation
Modals add more meaning to the
main verb. The modals are can,

dreams.
Kids have to gain confidence.

could, should, may, might, and

must. After a modal, we use the
base form.
The phrasal modals are have to,
be able to, be allowed to.

GIC Work Sample: After

12.1 Verb TensesReviewUses
The Simple Present
Examples
Kids need powerful learning
experiences.
Irving always tries to help
students.
Irving comes from Florida.
He has a lot of experience as a
pilot.
He loves to help kids.
If you give kids inspiring
activities, they will want to learn.

Explanation
We use the simple present with
general truths or customs,
regular activitiesy or repeated
actions, andor repeated
actionplaces of origin.
We use the simple present with
non-action verbs.
We use the simple present iIn a
future time orclauses and if
clauses.

The Present Continuous

Examples
Those kids are building a car.

Explanation
We use the present continuous
with actions that are happening
now.
[[insert example]]
We use the present continuous
with the non-action verbs sit,
stand, wear, and sleep to
describe a state or condition that
we can observe now.
The kids are gaining confidence. We use the present continuous
Irving is trying to inspire kids.
with longer actions that are
happening in a present time
periodin progress but may not be
happening at this exact moment.
The Future
Examples
Irving will fly around the world
again.
[[insert example]]
Irving is going to share his
knowledge about the world.
Hell send information to his
students.
If you build an airplane, Ill fly it.

Explanation
We use will or be going to with
simple facts about the future.
We use will or be going to with
plans and predictions (use will or
be going to).
We use will with promises. (use

[[insert example]]
The Simple Past
Examples
Irving flew around the world in
2007.
He practiced flying skills on a
flight simulator video game.
Irving lived in Miami.

will)
We use be going to when there is
a previous plan to do something.
Explanation
We use the simple past with
single and repeated short past
actions.
We use the simple past with
longer actions that began and
ended in the past.

Be
Examples
Barrington Irving is a pilot.
He is interested in helping
students.

Explanation
We use be with descriptions,
classifications, and definitions of
the subject.

His parents store was in Miami.

Irving was 15 when he decided to
become a pilot.
[[insert example]]
There are many ways to teach
children.

We use be with the location,

place of origin, and age of the
subject.
With theree use be with the
subject pronouns this, that,
these, those, and there.

[[insert example]]
Irving was born in Jamaica.

With borne use be to talk about

weather and time. The subject is
it.

Modals
Examples
Kids can do great things.
People should follow their
dreams.

Kids have to gain confidence.

[[suggest second example]]

Explanation
We use mModals to add more
meaning to the main verb. The
modals are can (ability,
possibility, permission), could,
should (advice), may (future
possibility), might (future
possibility), and must (necessity,
sense of urgency). After a
modal, we use the base form.
The phrasal modals are have to
(necessity), be able to (ability),
and be allowed to (permission).
After phrasal modals, we use the
base form.