yatcb lesson plans beginner level verb forms revision

VERB FORMS REVISION Beginner Level Verb Forms Revision Preparation: T prepares the board layout with 5 tenses, e.g.. T elicits the form of each tense, e.g.. past simple uses 2nd form; t

VERB FORMS REVISION Beginner Level Verb Forms Revision

Preparation:

T prepares the board layout with 5 tenses, e.g

PRESENT SIMPLE – 1 st form

PRESENT CONTINUOUS – ing form

PAST SIMPLE – 2 nd form

PRESENT PERFECT – 3 rd form

FUTURE SIMPLE – infinitive

Method:

1 T elicits the form of each tense, e.g past simple uses 2nd form; then the auxiliary verb and the time in each tense, e.g in past simple the auxiliary verb is DID and the time is finished time in the past (yesterday, last , ago, etc.)

2 T asks for a sentence with a particular form, e.g present continuous GO SS have to write it down, or write it on the board T improvises a short question and answer dialogue which involves various SS T asks

a SS to read their sentence:

SS 1: I’m going for a walk

SS 1: Going for a walk

T: Are you going for a walk?

T: Is he going for a walk?

SS 2: Yes, he is

and so on T corrects SS and waits for them to say the sentence correctly

3 SS write 5 sentences – one for each tense – using the verbs given, or different verbs They could be about the lesson topic, e.g Transport, or Food and Drink, etc SS read their work aloud and T elicits corrections from peers

4 SS work in pairs and do the Q & A activity which the teacher has modelled One reads a sentence and the other asks questions with wh- question words and auxiliary verbs Then they swap roles T monitors, checks, and corrects

5 T chooses pairs that the whole class listen to SS should notice and point out errors if they occur

6 Variation: T elicits verb forms for 4 important verbs, e.g BE, DO, HAVE, and GO One SS completes the grid on the board (or one SS per line), with help from the others, e.g

PRESENT CONTINUOUS – ing form am, is, are being am, is, are doing am, is, are having am, is, are

going

and so on

Tips:

• Be clear why you are drilling these 5 tenses: they represent most of English For example, Past Simple is a very common tense in both spoken and written English, so it is worth drilling it often!

• You could do this activity with higher-level SS – just change the verb forms, e.g for intermediate level:

o present perfect continuous

o past perfect

o first conditional

o second conditional

o third conditional

and so on

• T writes one of these grids on the board SS practise word order with SVOPT1 by writing or improvising sentences then making Q & A dialogues:

S V O P T PRESENT SIMPLE – 1 st form

PRESENT CONTINUOUS – ing form

PAST SIMPLE – 2 nd form

PRESENT PERFECT – 3 rd form

FUTURE SIMPLE – infinitive

For example:

S V O P T PRESENT SIMPLE – 1 st form Jane reads the newspaper in the kitchen every morning

Or, for higher level SS, simply write the following on the board and ask them to practise in pairs:

S V O P T infinitive

1 st form

2 nd form

3 rd form

ing form

For example:

S V O P T

1 SVOPT (subject, verb, object, place, time) is a typical word order pattern in English For more details see: Purland, Matt You Are The Course Book – Syllabus Ostróda: English Banana.com, 2013 Hardback Available for free download: http://englishbanana.com/resources/free-books/teacher-training/you-are-the-course-book-syllabus/ p.76