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Past continues
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will learn how to use past continues tense in English language.

Materials

Abc Book, pictures

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification and practice on past continues tense.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide clarification, review and practice on past continues and the way that they can use this tense in English.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (5-8 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

In this stage I will ask students to tell me about the time that they slept and things that they had done before our class started.

Exposure (4-6 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

I will tell them about the plan that I had yesterday. And I will use past continues tense in my sentences, and then I will ask them some questions .

Highlighting (5-6 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

In this stage I will show students a Time line, and start explaining the grammar. And also after my explanations I will show them some pictures which is related to our grammar.

Controlled Practice (5-7 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

In this stage I will ask my students to give some examples of the new grammar that they learn.

Semi-Controlled Practice (3-5 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

In this part I will give my students a practice which is about past continues. And then we will check their answers together.

Free Practice (2-4 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

In this stage I will ask students to give me an example about the grammar that I teach, which is past continues.

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