Setayesh Saleh Setayesh Saleh

past perfect
level 2 level

Description

In this lesson the students will learn the past perfect tense and will use it to complete tasks

Materials

Abc American English File Student's Book

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification of the past perfect tense

Subsidiary Aims

  • To differentiate between the past perfect and simple past tense

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (2-3 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

I will begin by saying that because I woke up later than usual,I had just eaten breakfast before I came to the class. Afterwards I will ask the students this question: What had you done before you came to the class.

Highlighting (1-2 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

I will write one of the students' answers on the board to draw their attention to the past perfect tense.

Clarification (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

meaning: I will ask the students to tell me which one of the sentences happened first and then I will add had to the sentence that they say. after that I will write the complete sentence on the board. I will say that we use the past perfect tense to talk about an action that happened before another in the past. I will also say that we use it when we are already talking about a past action and want to talk about an earlier past action. I will also draw a timeline on the board and mark the place that the part of the sentence without "had" happened and mark a place before that for the part of the sentence with "had". form: by pointing at different parts of the sentence, I will elicit the form from the students: subject+had+past participle and I will write the same for negative and question form. pronunciation:I will say and write on the board that had can also be written like 'd in sentences Then, I will write these two sentences on the board: I'd studied before I took the exam. If I studied, I'd pass the exam. I will ask which is had and which is would. and the students will answer and I will correct them If they are wrong.

Controlled Practice (4-5 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

The students will complete exercises A and B on page 149. i will give feedback if there are any mistakes.

Free Practice (4-5 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

The students will talk about this question in pairs: What are some of the things that you had learned before going to school? I will write their mistakes in my notes and write the correct forms on the board.

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