Past Simple
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of past simple in the context of holiday
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of holiday
Procedure (32-41 minutes)
The class will be started by a short talk about how I spent my last weekend and the things that happened to me. Then I will ask my students to tell me about their weekend.
I will write 3 of my students sentences in the correct past simple form on the board.
I will draw a timeline on the board and ask my students some CCQs: Are the sentences about the past, present, or future? Past. Are they completed/finished? Yes. Can I mention the time they happened? Yes. I will elicit the structure from the students by asking them about the role of the words and the way the verbs have changed. sub + verb (regular + ed) (irregular - they change in the past simple form). I will tell them about the pronunciation of the verbs when they are added ed: played /d/. asked /t/. created /Id/. I will drill the irregular verbs with a different pronunciation in the past like the verb "said".
Students are asked to go to page 120. They have 4 minutes to answer the questions in part 1a individually. They will have 2 minutes to compare their answers with a partner. Then the answers will be checked with the whole class.
Students are divided into groups of 4. They are going to talk about their best holiday ever. They will tell the class who they think had the best holiday in their group. They will be monitored and feedback will be given at the end if needed.
