Teacher Guide
Have the students form each word and give examples for each word as they work, always emphasising that it's in the past by adding specific time expressions such as 'yesterday' and 'last year'.
Repeat the words out loud several times, to help them get familiar with the pronunciation. Especially 'walked' which many students mistakenly pronounce as "walk-ed" instead of "walkt".
Help them to write down their favourite example sentences then read them out loud.
Continue to use verbs in the past tense during lessons to reinforce their use in a natural setting. Such as '"esterday I ran to the shop because it was raining" "last year I saw a scary movie"...etc.
05mins - Introduction: Beginner questions: what's your name, age and favourite day of the week? Have you got any brothers or sisters? What's your favourite hobby? What day do you do this hobby?
10mins - Activity: Draw a house in the middle of the white board and get the kids to copy on their own piece of paper. Have the children draw items inside the house, based on verbal instructions. Practice the use of prepositions and understanding of 'house words'. Have the students colour the picture based on your instructions.
10mins - Game: Write scrambled words on the whiteboard: nnaaba, attomo, repa, naipleppe, grnoea, elonm - (mention that they are fruit). Ask the students to unscramble them.
05mins - Review: Act out simple verbs - have the students guess what you are doing.
10mins - Worksheet: 21 simple past
15mins - Practice Test: 21 listening practice - Part 4 - Review the answers.05mins - Warm down: goodbye see you next time, points
- went
- ate
- did
- ran
- walked
- read
- was
- played
(possible answers:)
- Yesterday I went to school.
- I did my homework last night.
- Last weekend I played with my friends.
- Yesterday I was sad.
- Last year I ran in a race.