LESSON PLANS

LESSON PLANS

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE EL SALVADOR

TEACHER : MILDRED CORVERA     LEVEL: BASIC          TOPIC:    PAST TENSE  USING NEGATIVE FORM.

WARM UP: (10 minutes) start the class introducing ourselves,after that make a brief review of their last class, they already study some verbs in past, and each student have to tell you 3 regular verbs in past and 3 irregular verbs in past. 

PRESENTATION: 

• BRING A CHART. (20 minutes) in this chart you have to include some rules of the past tense 

The Simple Past Tense, often just called the Past Tense, is easy to use in English.

If you already know how to use the Present Tense, then the Past Tense will be easy.

In general, the Past Tense is used to talk about something that started and finished at a definite time in the past.

Past Tense Regular Verbs

To change a regular verb into its past tense form, we normally add –ED to the end of the verb.

• play – played
• cook – cooked
• rain – rained
• wait – waited

Examples of sentences using regular verbs in the past tense

• Last night I played my guitar loudly and the neighbors complained.
• She kissed me on the cheek.
• It rained yesterday.
• Angela watched TV all night.
• John wanted to go to the museum..

Negative sentences in the Past Tense

We use didn’t (did not) to make a negative sentence in the past tense.
This is for regular AND irregular verbs in English.
(Exception is To Be and Modal Verbs such as Can)

Compare the following:

Present: They don’t live in Canada.
Past: They didn’t live in Canada.

Both don’t and doesn’t in the present tense become didn’t in the past tense.

Compare the negative sentences in the examples below:

Present: You don’t need a mechanic.

Examples of negative sentences in the Past Tense

• I didn’t want to go to the dentist.
• She didn’t have time.
• You didn’t close the door.
• He didn’t come to my party.
• They didn’t study so they didn’t pass the test.
• We didn’t sleep well last night.

http://www.grammar.cl/english/past-tense.hm

PRACTICE 10 minutes 

ACTIVITIES

CONTROLLED appendix 1

semi controlled : appendix 2

free practice:Guess my life

Students can also do something similar with actions that they did outside the classroom. In one version, students say an action they did yesterday or this morning and the other students try to make true sentences including the time, e.g. “You brushed your teeth at 7:30”. The person whose action it is gives hints like “No, much later” until their partners get it exactly right. You can also do it the other way round by one student giving the time and the others trying to guess what they did at that time. You can also do similar things with months and years, e.g. “You lived in England in 2000”.

Another possibility is to tell the story of someone’s day or life in order. In groups of three or four, one person has his or her story told and corrects the other people if they say something which isn’t true. One person says “You got up” and the next person continues with anything that happened soon (but not necessarily just) after that, e.g. “You made a cup of coffee”. They can continue that way through the whole day or stop whenever someone makes a mistake and switch roles.

Appendix 1

1. He (walk) to school yesterday.

He  to school yesterday.

2. They (do) their homework last night.

They  their homework last night.

3. You (are) lazy last week.

You  lazy week.

4. That woman (buy) a new book this morning.

That woman  a new book this morning.


5. The janitor (clean) the blackboard yesterday.

The janitor  the blackboard yesterday.


6. My mother (cook) food yesterday.

My mother  food yesterday.


7. This morning my teacher (teach) English.

This morning my teacher  English.

8. I (am) hungry yesterday.

I  hungry yesterday.

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Irregular Verb Past Tense Word Search     appendix 2

					Write the past tense next to each of the verbs below. Then, find the past tense of the verb in the grid to the lift.
become		hide		sell
bite		hit		shut
break		hold		speak
choose		keep		spend
drive		leave		stand
fall		lose		teach
feel		mean		tell
fight		pay		think
find		put		wear
fly		quit		win

     

wrap up: finish the class doing a review, ask some specific questions about the rules studied in class.

          LESSON PLAN 2

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE EL SALVADOR

TEACHER : MILDRED CORVERA     LEVEL: BASIC          TOPIC: COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES.

WARM UP: 8 minutes"hang man"  students have to guess ssome verbs in past, bring a list of the verbs studied in the last class, and give them some clues, write the number of the letter that the verb has and they have to guess each letter before the man gets  hung out to dry.

PRESENTATION: 

22 minutes

1. Forming comparatives and superlatives

How these forms are created depends on how many syllables there are in the adjective. Syllables are like “sound beats”. For instance, “sing” contains one syllable, but “singing” contains two — sing and ing. Here are the rules:

Adjective form	Comparative	Superlative
Only one syllable, ending in E. Examples: wide, fine, cute	Add -r: wider, finer, cuter	Add -st: widest, finest, cutest
Only one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end. Examples: hot, big, fat	Double the consonant, and add -er: hotter, bigger, fatter	Double the consonant, and add -est: hottest, biggest, fattest
Only one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end. Examples: light, neat, fast	Add -er: lighter, neater, faster	Add -est: lightest, neatest, fastest
Two syllables, ending in Y. Examples: happy, silly, lonely	Change y to i, then add -er: happier, sillier, lonelier	Change y to i, then add -est: happiest, silliest, loneliest
Two syllables or more, not ending in Y. Examples: modern, interesting, beautiful	Use “more” before the adjective: more modern, more interesting, more beautiful	Use “most” before the adjective: most modern, most interesting, most beautiful

2. How to use comparatives and superlatives

Comparatives	Comparatives are used to compare two things. You can use sentences with “than”, or you can use a conjunction like “but”. Jiro is taller than Yukio. Yukio is tall, but Jiro is taller.
Superlatives	Superlatives are used to compare more than two things. Superlative sentences usually use “the”, because there is only one superlative. Masami is the tallest in the class. Yukio is tall, and Jiro is taller, but Masami is the tallest.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom.htm

PRACTICE: 15minutes

COMPARATIVE - SUPERLATIVE

Fill in the gaps with the comparative form of the adjectives given.

1.  A rock is  than a leaf. (heavy)

2. Our house is than yours. (big)

3. The princess is than the witch. (beautiful)

4. Tom is a student than Mary. (good)

5. Bicycles are than motorbikes. (safe)

6. July is than January. (hot)

7. A lion is than a cat. (dangerous)

8. Helen is than Mary. (happy)

9. Computers are than telephones. (expensive)

10. I think golf is than football. (boring)

 

Fill in the gaps with the superlative form of the adjectives given.

 

1. It is the shop in town. (large)

2. Monday is the day of the week. (bad)

3. Ben was the person in his family. (noisy)

4. Sam is the in the class. (popular)

5. Which is the subject at school? (difficult)

6. Jim is the player in the football team. (good)

7. Elephants are the animals. (heavy)

8. Let's pick the apple of the tree. (big)

9. Mary is the girl in the class. (thin)

10. That is the sofa in our house. (comfortable)

 

Fill in the gaps with the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives given.

 

1. This armchair is than the old one. (comfortable)

2. Trains are than aeroplanes. (slow)

3. I bought the souvenir I could afford. (expensive)

4. In this classroom there are girls than boys. (many)

5. Ann is the child in the family. (young)

6. That TV set is the  of all. (cheap)

7. You are here than there. (safe)

8. Fifi is than Kate. (pretty)

9. This is the film i have ever seen. (exciting)

10. Tim is  than Peter. (talented)

wrap up 5 minutes.

make a brief review of the class.