Shay Koenig
Past simple/past perfect to narrate stories - Intermediate B1-B2 level
Past simple/past perfect to narrate stories
Intermediate B1-B2 level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of past simple and past perfect tenses in the context of narrating a personal story
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in talking about things you've dreamed of doing
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To provide clarification of using past simple and past continuous in the same sentence.
Procedure (40-47 minutes)
What is something you have always dreamed of doing? (Miro)
Read the story individually (5 min) Answer questions individually (1-2 min) Review in OCFB (1 min)
Elicit differences between the sentences and CCQs. (Miro) (1 min) Labeling the tenses. (Google Form) (2 min) Reviewing answers in OCFB (1 min)
Meaning: cline exercise (2 min) Form: 1) build a sentence (1-2 min) 2) label the parts of speech (1-2 min) 3) review the positive and negative forms (1-2 min) Pronunciation: 1) Elicit pronunciation of the contractions. (1 min)
1) Pick the past continuous form (2-3 min) 2) Fill in the blank with the past continuous (3-4 min) 3) Check with partners (2-3 min)
1) Narrate stories using past simple and past continuous that answer the prompt ("what is something you had always dreamed of doing and finally did?") (8-10 min) 2) Share 1-2 stories with the class (1-2 min) 3) DEC (2-3 min)
