Ece Past Simple
Pre-Intermediate A2-B1 level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of past simple in the context of contagious diseases
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide detailed in the context of contagious diseases
Procedure (51-65 minutes)
Joe___it to his wife. Ask Ss to think of as many PS verbs that will fit in there and say what 'it' is in each case Give possible 'it''s to jig the imagination. Jo lent it to his wife (his motorbike) Jo delivered it to his wife (the bad news) Jo recommended it to his wife (the film) Jo sent/emailed it to his wife (the YouTube clip) Jo passed it to his wife (the salt) Jo threw it to his wife (the rugby ball) Jo stuck it to his wife (the chewing gum) Jo sang it to his wife (the love song) Jo showed it to his wife (the rash on his bottom) Jo mentioned it to his wife (the fact that they needed a holiday) Jo returned it to his wife (his wife’s dress) Jo suggested it to his wife (a holiday to France) Jo explained it to his wife (the plot)
Say you have a puzzle, Read it out at normal speed and have S take notes, Ask do they know what ''it'' is. Ask if they want to hear it again. (probably yes) Read it slightly slower this time. Tell them to take down as much information as they can. Show the flow diagram to the S (not for very long) Tell them to recreate the text they heard through a diagram Make sure S knows it's an illustration of the text Put diagram out of sight. When finished- Let S check own work. Ask. any idea about what it is. Play the video 0:30 to the end Take away the text and ask S to reconstruct the flow chart from memory Let S check own work by by playing the video
Ask S to pick out all the PS verbs. Ask whether regular or irregular.- All irregular Ask why? What is a regular verb? And how is it formed? (Return to verbs from brainstorm in stage 1) Ask S to write the Correct together Ps of 'be'
Focus S on the pronunciation of the PS verbs ''called''(/d/) ''looked'' (/t/) ''ended'' (/ıd/) Have S listen to the pronunciation of these pairs of words and mark 'S' if same and 'D' if their different. (a) worked watched S (b) opened invented D (c) asked stopped S (d) travelled started D (e) lived closed S (f) walked wanted D (g) laughed arrived D /ıd/ -regular verbs that end in 't' (lasted) or 'd' (ended) Easier to hear because it's an extra syllable *Activity* Play small ball game- Say infinitive and S answers with the PS and vice versa.
*Activity* Have S and you write one sentence about each of the following: 3 statements should be true and 2 should be false *something you did last year *a place you went last year *something you bought last week/month *something you liked when you were a child *something you ate yesterday read the sentences out loud and decide which sentences are true and which are false Give fb and correct if necessary
Make in to the negative ''The weather is good today''-------"The weather isn't good today" ın the PS------"The weather was good last week"--------''The weather wasn't good last week" "I'm tired"------"I'm not tired" "I was tired yesterday"------"I wasn't tired yesterday" "was/were not" "wasn't " "weren't" I+ was not (wasn't)..... Subject + were not (weren't)..... Questions of PS "be" (The traffic was bad) What's the question? Why were you late this morning? (No, it was easy) What's the question? Was your exam difficult? Was+ subject...? Were+ subject...? Negative PS regular verbs Put this sentence in the negative. ''I watch television often" = "I don't watch television often" ''I watched television yesterday." = "I didn't watch television yesterday" Subject + did not (didn't)+ verb infinitive *'did' for all persons EXCEPT for 'be' Question PS verbs "Did I watch television yesterday?" "Did you buy that scarf you liked?" Did + Subject + verb infinitive Do we use the PS verb? Did I watched the television yesterday? *main verb remains in the infinitive without 'to' *contraction 'didn't' *negative 'be'- Was/were not and their contractions Have S write... *something you didn't do last year *something you didn't like when you were a child
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