The ESL Teacher Kenn Podcast

so we're going to switch the word that is instructed

and we're going to change anything in the structure

that also needs to change between present or past

I will go ahead and say the sentence

say the word that you should change

give you a moment

so that you can produce the complete sentence

and after that

I will say the complete sentence too

so that you can go ahead and check your answer

and make any corrections

remember that you can repeat this as

many times as you need

at least the first two times

I recommend you to take a look at the book

or look at the video on YouTube

so you can follow what is written on the screen

and on the book

the ultimate goal

after constant repetition

for internalization of the structure

is that you are able to just listen to the word

and produce the complete

correct sentence without looking

but in order for that to happen

you first have to do it with the book open

and repeat it and correct it as many times necessary

if you have any questions

leave me a message in the comments

or send me a message over WhatsApp

I'm more than happy to help

let's go from the example and it says

we should return the books tomorrow

yesterday

we should have returned the books yesterday

could have

we could have returned the books yesterday repeat

very good tomorrow

we could return the books tomorrow repeat

play tennis

we could play tennis tomorrow Ricky

so before we continue with the exercise

remember if we are speaking in past

we have to use have and the action in past participle

if we are speaking about present or future

we use the action without any changes

so we could play tennis tomorrow

what's the sentence with yesterday

we could have played tennis yesterday repeat

you must have

you must have played tennis yesterday

they

they must have played tennis yesterday

might have

they might have played tennis yesterday

tomorrow

they might play tennis tomorrow repeat

go to the bank

they might go to the bank tomorrow

should

they should go to the bank tomorrow

yesterday

they should have gone to the bank yesterday

must have

they must have gone to the bank yesterday

heard the news

they must have heard the news yesterday

might have

they might have heard the news yesterday

gone to Chicago

they might have gone to Chicago yesterday

tomorrow

they might go to Chicago tomorrow

okay

help us

they might help us tomorrow

might not

they might not help us tomorrow

return the books

they might not return the books tomorrow

yesterday

they might not have returned the books yesterday

we

we might not have returned the books yesterday

should have

we should have returned the books yesterday