This lesson contains 15 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 50 min
Items in this lesson
Mastering the Past Tenses
Final practise
Slide 1 - Slide
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Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson you will be able to recognize and apply the differences between past continuous, past perfect and past simple.
Slide 2 - Slide
Introduce the learning objective and explain the importance of mastering these tenses.
What do you already know about past tenses?
Slide 3 - Mind map
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Past Simple
The past simple is used to describe a completed action in the past. It's formed by adding -ed to the verb or using the second form of the verb.
Slide 4 - Slide
Provide examples of past simple verbs and ask the students to identify them in a sentence.
Past Continuous
The past continuous is used to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. It's formed by using 'was/were' + 'verb'-ing.
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Provide examples of past continuous verbs and ask the students to identify them in a sentence.
Past Perfect
The past perfect is used to describe an action that was completed before another past action. It's formed by using 'had' + past participle of the verb.
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Provide examples of past perfect verbs and ask the students to identify them in a sentence.
Usage of Past Tenses
Use past simple for completed actions in the past, past continuous for actions in progress in the past, and past perfect for actions completed before another past action.
Slide 7 - Slide
Explain the usage of each past tense and provide examples for each.
Recognizing Past Tenses
John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.
I had finished the work.
You were working yesterday.
Slide 8 - Slide
Give the students sentences with different past tenses to identify and discuss the reasons behind their choices.
By the time we arrived at the cinema, the movie __________. (start)
Slide 9 - Open question
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Sarah ___________ the house when I called her. (clean)
Slide 10 - Open question
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I ___________ my breakfast at 7 am yesterday. (eat)
Slide 11 - Open question
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Irregular Verbs in Past Tenses
Some verbs have irregular past tense forms, and these must be memorized. Examples include 'go-went', 'eat-ate', and 'see-saw'.
Slide 12 - Slide
Explain the concept of irregular verbs and provide examples of common verbs with irregular past tenses.
Signal words
Past Simple: yesterday, last week/month/year, ago, in 1990, once, twice, three times, etc.
Past Continuous: while, when, as, at (time), during
Past Perfect: already, yet, just, before, after, by the time, until