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Mohaned TP7 - Intermediate level

Mohaned TP7
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson will practise the past perfect.

Materials

Gap-fill handouts.

Hand-outs

powerpoint

Projector

Gap-fill handouts.

Hand-outs

powerpoint

Projector

Main Aims

To provide clarification and practise the past perfect.

Subsidiary Aims

Writing: To write sentences using the past perfect in the context of talking about ss' activities during the weekend or summer holidays

Procedure (32-45 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Show ss some sentences on the board. show them some pictures of events . CCQs; Which event happened first? What are the tenses in these sentences?

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

give ss a short text. HO1 underline the verbs in the text. Which event happened first? What are the tenses used in the text? give them task 1.HO2 ss have to put the verbs in the right tense. SS have to check and compare their answers with their friends. Give them answers and then feedback.

Highlighting and Clarification (10-15 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

Meaning: Are we talking about the present? No after eliciting the answers from the ss tell them that the bsic meaning past perfect is an "earlier past". it is used for an action that had already finished when another action happened write on the board this sentence: They had sold everything before they moved to Glasgow. ask ss which event happened first? CCQs Are we talking about the present, past or future? what are the two tenses in this sentence? Meaning: after eliciting some answers from ss clarify the meaning of the past perfect. Tell ss that the past perfect is used in the same way as the present perfect, but it refers to a time in the past, not the present. show ss the difference between the past perfect and the present perfect. Form: Had+ past participle. How can we make the past participle? Elicit answers from ss . Ask them about the past participle of regular and irregular verbs. Pronunciation: They had sold everything before they moved to Glasgow Show ss the intonation and sentence stress. Appropriacy: I'd is I had here not I would. Register: informal (i'd) and formal (i had)

Controlled Practice (3-5 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

put the verbs in the right tense past perfect or past simple). explain to ss how to do the task. remind them that the first event in the past must be put in the past perfect and the second event in the past has to be put in the past simple.

Free Practice: writing (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

Tell ss to write short paragraphs or sentences using the past perfect to talk about their weekends or summer holidays. Provide them with an example. While ss are writing monitor them and write down some msitakes or nice expressions or ideas. Pay attention to their use of the past perfect.