1 - Grammar - Present Perfect and Iregular Verbs

You can learn a lot in one year of English course, even If you're already familiar with the language.
Of everything that we did, there was a particular class that helped me with something that I'd never fully understand. The infamous Present Perfect. I really liked the teacher approach. Ana Antonia is always super calm and patient and she likes to present new ways of learning for us. To teach that verb tense she used the Student's book but also used really nice youtube videos. Then she made us form sentences and talk to the class. I felt like I really understood how to use Present Perfect for the first time. Until today, I have good thoughts from this.


Another activity that made me think about my knowledge was a test on Irregular Verbs.
I had to study hard to do it because I have bad memory. After the test I was able to remember every rule that I've learnt so many years ago and had forgot.

I did the test on last October and all the things that I relearnt I had to use this year with my students. So I am grateful for the opportunity.

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