Resources

10mins - Introduction: Cambridge Advanced Examination. Discuss lesson rules and expectations. Explain the process for online homework and when it’s due.

Speaking part 1: general conversation. Ask questions about daily life, interests or experiences. What are your hobbies? What do you enjoy studying?

10mins - Review: Simple and continuous tenses - make a diagram on the whiteboard to illustrate the use of each tense.

Present continuous - a temporary state, an action in progress

Present simple - a permanent state, a habit or regular event

Past continuous - an action in progress at a past point

Past simple - completed past action, past situation that doesn’t exist now, repeated past action.

Create an example sentence for each definition.

Ex: Present continuous: I’m working at home while our office is being renovated. (temporary state.) I’m phoning from the train. (action in progress)

10mins: Review: Past perfect tenses

Present perfect - a past situation relevant to the present, a recent action with consequences for the present, a situation continuing into the present.

Past perfect - Past event before another past event

Present perfect continuous -

(1.) an action in progress from the past, which is still in progress a. or has been recently finished b.

a. I’ve been working at home for the last five years.

b. Sorry I’m late, I’ve been trying to find a parking place.

(2.) How long an action has been in progress.

(I’ve been trying to phone you for the last hour.)

(3) a completed action or series of actions when we are interested in their result. (I’ve called the bus company a number of times to complain)

Past perfect continuous -

(1) to talk about an action in progress over a period up until a particular point. (I’d been waiting for over an hour when they announced the train had been cancelled) **please note the specific mention of time is necessary for this use.

(2) How many times something has happened in a period up to a particular past time. (I’d spoken to her only a couple of times before then.)

10mins - Worksheet: 01 past tenses

15mins - Test: 01 reading practice

05mins - Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time. Encourage students to do additional reading for vocabulary building outside of the lesson. News articles, short stories, and novels are all great suggestions.

00mins - Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.