Mastering Past Tenses: Past Simple vs. Past Perfect

Mastering Past Tenses: Past Simple vs. Past Perfect
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Mastering Past Tenses: Past Simple vs. Past Perfect

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Learning Objective
Understand the difference between past simple and past perfect tenses.

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What do you already know about the past simple and past perfect?

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Slide 1: Introduction to Past Tenses
Past simple is used to describe completed actions in the past, while past perfect is used to indicate an action that happened before another action in the past.

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Slide 2: Forming Past Simple Tense
Past simple tense is formed by using the base form of the verb with 'ed' for regular verbs or irregular forms for irregular verbs.

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Slide 3: Forming Past Perfect Tense
Past perfect tense is formed by using 'had' followed by the past participle of the verb.

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Slide 4: Using Past Simple Tense
Past simple tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past at a specific time.

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Slide 5: Using Past Perfect Tense
Past perfect tense is used to indicate an action that happened before another action in the past.

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Slide 6: Practice Exercise 1
Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: She (finish/finished) her homework before going to bed.

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Slide 7: Practice Exercise 2
Which sentence uses the past perfect tense? A) He had gone to the store before it closed. B) He went to the store before it closes.

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Slide 8: Review and Recap
Summarize the key differences between past simple and past perfect tenses and provide additional examples.

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Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Slide 12 - Open question

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.
Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

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Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.
Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

Slide 14 - Open question

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.