Gammar in present and past tense
Upper intermediare level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To introduce and practice present and past habits, repeated actions and states.
Subsidiary Aims
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provide speaking fluency in the context of present and past habits
Procedure (43-50 minutes)
- T. shows slide 1. T. elicit what the actions are, good or bad habits. - T. shows slide 2. Ss. work in pairs and discuss the quote. - Ss work in BR and discuss - T conducts OCFB and nominates 3 students to list their answers
- T shows slide 3. - Instructions: We are quickly going to listen to an audio of Guy and Jasmine to get a general idea. Decide: Is the audio about habits or routines? - ICQs: Do we listening for specific information or the general idea? (general idea) - T. plays audio (2.25 min) - T conduct OCFB
- T. shows slide 4 Meaning: Guided discovery: T elicits answers from the ss. Answers: 1. Present simple, 2. Present Continuous, 3. Will + infinitive. - T. shows slide 5. guided practice, ss put the sentences in the right column. - T. highlights stress and practice pronunciation. Present simple : subject + Base form I think I’m pretty healthy and I just eat what I like. Most of the time I’m pretty careful about what I eat Present continuous + always: Subject + is/am/are + verb -ing form. We’re always hearing stuff about eating organic food I’m always telling my mom to stop cooking with butter My mom’s always complaining about my diet. - Will + infinitive Most mornings I’ll have toast and a lot of peanut butter and jam Sometimes I’ll eat junk food when I’m with friends - T. shows slide 6. cover forms and CCQs: Present simple. Is it in the past, present or future? (present) Is it a habit? (yes) Does it happens on certain days or occasions? (yes) How often does it happens? (usually, often, regularly, occasionally, sometimes) Present continuous + always Is it in the past, present or future? (present) is it a habit? (yes) Does it happens more than usual? (yes) does it annoy us? (yes) Will + infinitive Is it in the present? (yes) Is it typical behaviour? (yes) does it happens more than once? (yes, repeated) - T. shows slide 7. Meaning: Guided discovery: T elicits answers from the ss. Answers: 1. Simple past / used to + infinitive, 2. Would + infinitive. - T. shows slide 8. guided practice, ss put the sentences in the right column. T. highlights stress and practice pronunciation Past simple I hardly ever did any exercise. Used to + infinitive Eggs used to be good for you I used to be so unfit and I used to eat burgers and fries all the time. I used to see him out running every morning. - Would + infinitive I’d get an ice cream or something on the way home from school every day. - T. shows slide 9 cover forms and CCQs: Past simple (subject + past simple -ed) AND Used to + infinitive Is it in past, present of future? Past. Is it an action or state that is repeated? (yes) Is it a habit? (yes) Would + infinitive in what tense is this action? (past) Is it a habit? (yes) Does the action happens just once or is it repeated? (repeated)
- T shows activity on Google Forms. Demos the first question - Students have 3 minutes to answer the questions individually. - Send ss to BR to discuss their answers in pairs. (3 min) - OCFB
- Ss talk about how their life now is different than 5 years ago. - T gives example. - Send ss in BR (6 minutes)
- T conducts OCFB following up on the freer practice. - T writes on the screen samples of learners’ production and elicits from ss to identify the correct and incorrect sentences and correct the latter ones. - T conducts OCFB