New lesson plan: 'Used to' to talk about past habits

Mehdi ABASSI

'Used to' to talk about past habits - B1 level

'Used to' to talk about past habits
B1 level

Description

In this lesson, students learn about and practise 'used to' for past habits in the context of personal life experience.

Materials

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Main Aims

To provide practice of 'used to' in the context of personal experience.

Subsidiary Aims

To provide accuracy and fluency speaking practice in a dialogue in the context of personal experience.

Procedure (30-30 minutes)

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

Elicit target structure from students through situation.

Clarification (7-7 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

-Ask students these questions to check the meaning. *Do I play sports now? (no) * Did I play sports in the past? ( yes) * Is it one single action or repeated action in the past? (repeated) - Ask students these questions to check the form. * What do we use for things that happened in the past but not true in the present? (used to) * What comes after 'used to' ? - Drill 'used to' individually and chorally. -Ask students to work in pairs and give the instructions for activity 1 to check the meaning again. - Ask students to guess the negative form of 'used to' -Ask students to guess the question form of 'used to' - Clarify the negative and question forms of the 'used to'

Controlled Practice (10-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Ask Ss to do a gap-filler, ask them to check with neighbor, hand them corrected copy.

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

Ask students to work in groups of 3 - Ask Ss to complete a timeline with things they used to do earlier in their lives, Ss ask other members of the group about their old habits, finally, Ss report to whole class.