By Patricia Galienhttp://pjgalien.wordpress.com

With PowerPoint you can have items on a slide enter and exit. This is really useful for teaching certain grammar points. Click to the next slide for an example.

Noun ModifiersA noun is sometimes used to describe another noun. For example:

shopcoffeebookdonut

NounModifier

• A noun modifier is never plural.

Noun

• The second noun is more general than the first.

a roses garden

To make this kind of slide, first insert your text boxes and images onto the slide.

donutbook

coffee shop

Add the entrances and the exits.

donutbook

coffee shop

Go to custom animation.On the right, you will see the Custom Animation Box.

donutbook

coffee shop

Select the first text or image you want to animate.Click on Add Effect.Choose the type of effect you like.

donutbook

coffee shop

Do this for all of the items.If you want two items toappear at the same time, select the second item andClick Start With Previous.

donutbook

coffee shop

Notice the list of items in the Custom Animation box.The mouse means the effect startson the click of the mouse. The green star means it’s an entrance.

donutbook

coffee shop

You can easily change, remove, orreorder animations.

donutbook

coffee shop

For this lesson, we need to add some exits. When book enters, coffee must exit and when donut enters, book must exit.

(The orange star means exit.)

Finally, put the items where you want them.

Noun ModifiersA noun is sometimes used to describe another noun. For example:

shopcoffeebookdonut

NounModifier

• A noun modifier is never plural.

Noun

• The second noun is more general than the first.

a roses garden

Viola!