Regular Verbs: Spelling the Past Tense

The program begins with an explanation about verbs and the suffices used to form their past tense. It introduces the concept of a junction at the point where the verb and suffix meet. Two types of junction are described: Plus Junctions and Change Junctions.  As there are three types of Change Junction, the rules for forming them are also described.

The program then gives the student the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained from the instructional text, by providing three exercises, two exercises where they have to identify junction types and one spelling exercise. For each set of data, any combination of the three exercises may be selected. A star rating scheme is used to measure the student's success and up to a maximum of five stars can be earned.

Two data sets are supplied, and the program Help file gives the tutor instructions for creating more.

Plus and Change Junctions

Change Junction Types

Spelling

The instructions for using the program are displayed on the screen and the sound effects are optional. The Help file contains the spelling rules, which may be printed out.

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