Renee+Abramson's+grammar+materials

Renee Abramson [] //"Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all." ~// ** Walt Whitman **

My name is Renee Abramson and teach Grade 7 ESL at the Stacy Middle School. My English as a Second Language career began when, as a child, I was sent to an overseas boarding school. I had to acclimate to a new culture, new language and new school experience. I was a bit overwhelmed. When I finally returned to the United States I went to college where I pursued a double major: Bachelor of Science in Speech and Bachelor of Science in Education //.// At graduation, I returned to my life overseas that I loved, now as an immigrant, and taught English as a Foreign Language through the Ministry of Education in Upper Nazareth, northern Israel, in agricultural, village as well as city schools. What an enriching experience! I returned to the Middle East, this time to North Africa to teach English for a short time in Alexandria, Egypt. After nearly a decade in Israel all in all, once more, I returned back to the USA to live and pursue and earn Master of Education in Teacher of English as a Second Language. With dual citizenship, I am an American Israeli, proud of the blend of both my cultures.

I am a Mom to three sons and twin daughters; two born overseas and three, here in the USA. I am married to a Turkish English Language Learner who just became one of America's newest citizens. Our blended family expresses and embraces many cultures and rich traditions.

As a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) certified college instructor I have been teaching TOEFL Preparation as well as various other ESL courses to international college students since 2004. As an adjunct college professor I have developed course curriculum as well as had the privilege of teaching international students who have come to the United States to pursue their education.

I am also a Massachusetts Department of Education Category I Trainer of Trainer for Sheltered English Immersion. I have met all the criteria as a 'Highly Qualified' teacher by the //No Child Left Behind Act// and currently hold Professional Level MA Certification to teach ESL K-12 and English 5-12.

It is with love and compassion that I welcome our English Language Learners to Milford and help them navigate their way through their newly adopted country while helping them assimilate into a new culture, learning while sharing experiences that they have brought into my classroom.

I understand the very special needs of our English Language Learners. I, too, once stood in their shoes, as did my own children when I brought them to a new life in the USA. Being fluent in another language has been invaluable to me and has helped me understand the unique learning challenges of my English Language Learners. In capturing the imagination of my students, I hope to instill curiosity and bring laughter, excitement and love of learning.

I encourage all my students and their families to participate in learning. Please look through my class pages listed under "My Fusion Pages" in the tab above and you will get a wonderful opportunity to practice your English listening skills with my //English Learning Laboratory//, as well as test your skills in English with my //ESL Quizzes// that you will find under the ELD (English Language Development) Fusion page. Take the opportunity to work and learn together with your families.

Please look through my web pages and see all the exciting things we are learning in class. I have a page called STEP (Student and Teacher Exchange Program) where my ESL class has been collaborating with students from ESL classes across the oceans and seas in a global adventure in learning. I have added a page called //Translate/Dictionary//. It is devoted to more technical words that one would not find in their dictionaries and in a multitude of languages will be a great helper in order to widen your Math and Science vocabulary.

[] [|Main Verb Tenses] **[|Verb Groups] ** **[|Auxiliary Verbs] ** **[|Verb Tense "to be"] ** **[|Verb Tense "to be" Chart] ** **[|Future Verb Tenses] ** **[|The Difference between ESL and EFL] ** **[|Modal Verbs] ** **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,Georgia,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">[|Modal Verb Rules] ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 30px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,Georgia,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">[|Verb Tense "Can"] ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 30px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,Georgia,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">[|Verb Tense "Could"] ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 30px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,Georgia,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">[|Verb Tense "Could" Structure] ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 30px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,Georgia,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">[|"Wishes" & Verb Tenses] ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 30px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,Georgia,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">[|Verb Tense "Have"] ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 30px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,Georgia,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">[|Present Verb Tenses] ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 30px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,Georgia,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">[|Past Verb Tenses] ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; line-height: 30px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 0px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,Georgia,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">[|Adjectives] **
 * Grammar materials from Renee **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em;">**More** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,Georgia,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.8em; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 10px;">[|Adjectives*] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.8em; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 10px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin-left: 30px;">[|Adverbs] ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.8em; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 10px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin-left: 30px;">[|Nouns] ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.8em; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 10px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin-left: 30px;">[|Determiners] ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.8em; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 10px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin-left: 30px;">[|Prepositions] ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.8em; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 10px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin-left: 30px;">[|Past Tense] ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.8em; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 10px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin-left: 30px;">[|Present Tense] ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.8em; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 10px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin-left: 30px;">[|Future Tense] ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.8em; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 10px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin-left: 30px;">[|Verbs] **

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 * Practice for English grammar and using correct tenses**:

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 * Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs**


 * [|**Ask**] [|(9)]
 * [|**Back**] [|(10)]
 * [|**Bail**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Bang**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Be**] [|(33)]
 * [|**Bear**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Block**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Blow**] [|(14)]
 * [|**Boil**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Book**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Break**] [|(17)]
 * [|**Bring**] [|(25)]
 * [|**Burn**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Buy**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Call**] [|(21)]
 * [|**Carry**] [|(11)]
 * [|**Catch**] [|(16)]
 * [|**Chase**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Check**] [|(11)]
 * [|**Chew**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Chuck**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Clear**] [|(9)]
 * [|**Close**] [|(14)]
 * [|**Come**] [|(55)]
 * [|**Crack**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Creep**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Cut**] [|(27)]
 * [|**Die**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Do**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Draw**] [|(13)]
 * [|**Drive**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Drop**] [|(15)]
 * [|**Eat**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Fall**] [|(16)]
 * [|**Fasten**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Feed**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Fight**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Fill**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Fire**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Fit**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Fly**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Fob**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Follow**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Freeze**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Front**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Get**] [|(167)]
 * [|**Give**] [|(57)]
 * [|**Go**] [|(139)]
 * [|**Grind**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Grow**] [|(23)]
 * [|**Hand**] [|(8)]
 * [|**Hang**] [|(17)]
 * [|**Have**] [|(19)]
 * [|**Head**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Hit**] [|(11)]
 * [|**Hold**] [|(27)]
 * [|**Keep**] [|(17)]
 * [|**Kick**] [|(15)]
 * [|**Knock**] [|(19)]
 * [|**Lash**] [|(10)]
 * [|**Lay**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Let**] [|(8)]
 * [|**Live**] [|(17)]
 * [|**Lock**] [|(12)]
 * [|**Log**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Look**] [|(19)]
 * [|**Make**] [|(26)]
 * [|**Mark**] [|(8)]
 * [|**Measure**] [|(10)]
 * [|**Mess**] [|(14)]
 * [|**Move**] [|(17)]
 * [|**Pack**] [|(11)]
 * [|**Pass**] [|(19)]
 * [|**Pay**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Peg**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Pick**] [|(17)]
 * [|**Play**] [|(22)]
 * [|**Plough**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Plow**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Pop**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Press**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Pull**] [|(32)]
 * [|**Put**] [|(25)]
 * [|**Reach**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Reel**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Roll**] [|(9)]
 * [|**Root**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Rub**] [|(8)]
 * [|**Run**] [|(35)]
 * [|**Scout**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Scrape**] [|(7)]
 * [|**See**] [|(8)]
 * [|**Sell**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Send**] [|(10)]
 * [|**Set**] [|(14)]
 * [|**Settle**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Shoot**] [|(8)]
 * [|**Show**] [|(12)]
 * [|**Shut**] [|(11)]
 * [|**Sign**] [|(22)]
 * [|**Sit**] [|(18)]
 * [|**Sleep**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Spin**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Spring**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Square**] [|(8)]
 * [|**Stack**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Stand**] [|(18)]
 * [|**Start**] [|(17)]
 * [|**Stay**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Steal**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Step**] [|(11)]
 * [|**Stick**] [|(22)]
 * [|**Stop**] [|(11)]
 * [|**Straighten**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Strike**] [|(14)]
 * [|**String**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Swing**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Take**] [|(34)]
 * [|**Talk**] [|(8)]
 * [|**Tap**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Tear**] [|(13)]
 * [|**Tee**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Throw**] [|(17)]
 * [|**Tick**] [|(8)]
 * [|**Tie**] [|(11)]
 * [|**Touch**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Toy**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Trade**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Try**] [|(8)]
 * [|**Tuck**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Tune**] [|(5)]
 * [|**Turn**] [|(18)]
 * [|**Wait**] [|(13)]
 * [|**Walk**] [|(13)]
 * [|**Wash**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Whip**] [|(7)]
 * [|**Wind**] [|(6)]
 * [|**Write**] [|(5)]