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Keep a Masked Distance But Don’t Stop Laughing, Listening, Learning, & Linking

Keep a Masked Distance But Don’t Stop Laughing,...

Competency Puzzle “Listen & Speak with Understanding” E-00.01a & b: Get & Assert Meaning with Body Language Remember when we used to try to hear & be heard—coming closer &...

Keep a Masked Distance But Don’t Stop Laughing,...

Competency Puzzle “Listen & Speak with Understanding” E-00.01a & b: Get & Assert Meaning with Body Language Remember when we used to try to hear & be heard—coming closer &...

Active or Passive, Perfect Usage of Verb Tenses, Aspects, Voices, & Moods

Active or Passive, Perfect Usage of Verb Tenses...

Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-13.01 to D-14.04: (Present, Past, Future, & Modal) Perfect Verb Tenses & Aspects + the Passive Voice   01Have you noticed that up until now, we 02haven’t...

Active or Passive, Perfect Usage of Verb Tenses...

Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-13.01 to D-14.04: (Present, Past, Future, & Modal) Perfect Verb Tenses & Aspects + the Passive Voice   01Have you noticed that up until now, we 02haven’t...

Part with Verbal Tension by Handling  Other Parts of Speech: Possessives, Pronouns, Adjectives & Adverbs, & “Extra Ones”

Part with Verbal Tension by Handling Other Par...

Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-12.01 to D-12.14: Adverbs & Prepositional Phrases; (Adjective & Pronoun) Possessives; Kinds of Pronouns; Adjective / Adverb Positives, Comparatives, Superlatives, Clauses Long before lexical items...

Part with Verbal Tension by Handling Other Par...

Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-12.01 to D-12.14: Adverbs & Prepositional Phrases; (Adjective & Pronoun) Possessives; Kinds of Pronouns; Adjective / Adverb Positives, Comparatives, Superlatives, Clauses Long before lexical items...

Verb Tenses Making You Tense? How to ReVerberate with Verbiage on Other Aspects of Verbs & Verbals

Verb Tenses Making You Tense? How to ReVerberat...

[CLICK ON ANY BLUE UNDERLINED link to see all the grammar tools. Just scroll down to what you want.] So far, Verb Tenses (Past, Present, Future) & Aspects (Progressive / Continuous,...

Verb Tenses Making You Tense? How to ReVerberat...

[CLICK ON ANY BLUE UNDERLINED link to see all the grammar tools. Just scroll down to what you want.] So far, Verb Tenses (Past, Present, Future) & Aspects (Progressive / Continuous,...

How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Make Language Work: Covering Content in Context (Holiday Edition)

How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Mak...

Remember when we used to celebrate annual occasions in traditional ways—notably by getting together (physically) to commemorate, honor, relax, unwind, and connect? We may still associate with one another nowadays...

How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Mak...

Remember when we used to celebrate annual occasions in traditional ways—notably by getting together (physically) to commemorate, honor, relax, unwind, and connect? We may still associate with one another nowadays...

How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Make Language Work: Grammar Competencies Part 4

How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Mak...

Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-08 through D-09: Use the Simple Past; Relate to the Past Time Frame  At the Present time, it still feels “novel” (strange or odd) to...

How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Mak...

Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-08 through D-09: Use the Simple Past; Relate to the Past Time Frame  At the Present time, it still feels “novel” (strange or odd) to...