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Grammar Past Simple: be
Elementary A1/A2 level

Description

In this lesson, students will focus on the meaning and use of the past forms of to be in controlled practice activities. They will listen for gist and details in the context of Margaret’s Thirteenth Birthday Party. In the freer spoken practice of the TL, students will ask and answer the questions about their parners.

Materials

Abc Margaret's BD Listening HO
Abc Listening Script
Abc Talking about you HO
Abc Mistake Correction HO
?size=16&default=html Were you good at school HO
Abc How much was it before Speaking HO

Main Aims

  • • To introduce and give practice in the use of the past forms of to be through the context of Margaret’s Thirteenth Birthday Party

Subsidiary Aims

  • • To provide students with listening for gist and specific information tasks through the context of Margaret’s Thirteenth Birthday Party

Procedure

Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To generate the students' interest and focus on TL

T asks questions and elicits the topic of the lesson and writes it on the board.

Clarification/Guided Discovery (6-8 minutes) • To draw Ss’ attention to the meaning and use of the target language

Ss get strips of paper with was/were sentences on them. Some of the sentences are wrong. Ss divide them into right and wrong sentences. Ss correct the wrong ones on the wb and explain what was wrong with them . T asks CCQs

Controlled Practice (6-8 minutes) • To practise the answers to the question Were you good at school?

One of the sentences at the previous stage was Were you good at school? T asks Ss to answer this question. Then Ss watch a short video where real people in the street answer the same question in many different ways. Ss differentiate the answers as very good, good, ok and not good. Ss ask and answer the question in pairs

Controlled Speaking Practice (6-8 minutes) • To practise the TL in the context of How much was it before?

Ss look at the sale prices of different items, listen to an example and make up their conversations asking How much was it before? T monitors and helps if necessary

Listening for Gist (5-6 minutes) • To provide Ss with less challenging gist listening task

Ss listen to Rebecca and her grandmother and decide in pairs why or why not her thirteenth birthday party was good.

Listening for Specific Information (7-9 minutes) • To provide Ss with more challenging specific information listening task

Ss listen again and answer the questions about the birthday party. Ss compare their answers in pairs Ss listen again and check their answers against the listening script

Freer Speaking (4-5 minutes) • To practise TL by asking and answering the questions about themselves.

Ss in threes ask and answer the questions about themselves T asks Ss which answers they found most interesting or surprising.

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