Revision of the tenses

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Revision of the tenses

1. Present perfect

goal: 

1. distinguish between the meaning of Simple Past & Present Perfect
2. establish use of present perfect with ever to talk about experiences

Give students a number 1,2,3, 4 at the start of the lesson

1. Have you ever climbed the Great Pyramid?
   
2. Did you ever climb the Great Pyramid?

Which sentence best fits situation A or B?

Justify your answers.

1 -> B

2 -> A

1. Have you ever climbed the Great Pyramid?
   
2. Did you ever climb the Great Pyramid?

2

1

Which sentence best fits situation a or B?

Have you ever climbed the Great Pyramid?

Did you ever climb the Great Pyramid?

verb form?

present perfect

verb form?

past simple

Have you ever climbed the Great Pyramid?

Did you ever climb the Great Pyramid?

Rule of thumb p.p.?

present perfect -> things have some connection to present

Rule of thumb p.s.?

past simple -> completely disconnected from present

Brian

explorer, turned 70 this year.

Amos

Explorer who lived in the 18th century.

Up to you:

• draw

Students need a blank sheet of paper

Listen and write down the following sentences...

Write them under the appropriate picture

Brian

 explorer, turned 70 this year.

==> we use present perfect

Amos

Explorer who lived in the 18th century.

==> We use past simple

• Brian is an explorer.
• He has been to many countries.
• He has been to the North Pole.
• He has never been to the South Pole.
• He has crossed the Gobi Desert.
• He has been to India twice.
• He has explored in six continents.

• Amos was an explorer.
• He went to many countries.
• He went to Japan.
• He crossed the Sahara Desert.
• He never explored in America.
• He went to China three times

When talking about travel...

Never use: "... has gone to ..."

But use: "... has been to ..."

Students need a blank sheet of paper

Group work

• Sit in groups of three (according to your number)
• Imagine you're interviewing Brian
• Come up with as many questions as you can, starting with "Have you ever ..."

Interviewing your peers

• Come up with four questions to ask your peers
  
• Walk around the classroom and ask your questions
• Use the stucture: "Have you ever ...?" - "Yes, I have/ No, I haven't"
• Note down your peers anwers & keep tally

• Report to the class (E.g. Nine students have eaten raw fish. No one has ever seen a ghost...)
• Use PRESENT PERFECT!

BEO/APDA: report to class 13/10

2. Past simple - Past continuous

goal: 

1. distinguish between the meaning of Simple Past & Present Perfect
2. establish use of present perfect with ever to talk about experiences

Give students a number 1,2,3, 4 at the start of the lesson

Unjumble the dialogue

• You bet
• How did it happen?
• Did it hurt?
• Are you feeling better now?

• I was skating and I fell.
• Yes, much better, thanks.
• What's happened to you? 
• I hurt my head.

The actual dialogue

1. What's happened to you?
2. I hurt my head. 
3. How did it happen?
4. I was skating and I fell.
5. Did it hurt?
6. You bet
7. Are you feeling better now?
8. Yes, much better, thanks.

Up to you...

Read the dialogue out loud

Past Simple? Past Continuous?

I was skating and I fell.

Past continuous provides a frame for the event expressed in the past simple.

Can you re-phrase using WHEN?

Highlight the use of p.s. and p.c. in the sentence I was skating and I fell.

Point out that pc provides a frame for ps

Re-phrase with When: I was skating when I fell.

Up to you...

Invent and practise similar dialogues:

• a person with a broken leg
• a person with a black eye
• a person with a bandaged finger
• a person with a bad back
• a person who has a stomach ache

Let's play charades

First an example ;-)

One person mimes the elements of a sentence. The others guess.

The sentences on slips of paper.

Who guesses -> next turn

! The student must say the complete sentence to win !

In the end: Students write down as many sentences as they remember, using the names of the pupils miming them. 

My example: I was watching football and I fell asleep.

Use

When...?

How...?

What...?

Who...?

Where...?

Why...?

Once, when I was ...-ing, I found/lost/saw ...

Once, when I was travelling in Egypt, I lost my passport

e.g.

Ask away...

Use

1. Create two sentences using the pattern.
2. Sit in groups of three.
3. Each read out your sentence + rest asks Wh-Qs.
4. Report to class.

When...?

How...?

What...?

Who...?

Where...?

Why...?

Once, when I was ...-ing, I found/lost/saw ...