Lesson Planning of Simple Past Tense

 

Lesson Planning of Simple Past Tense

Subject English

Grade V

Students` Learning Out comes

• Illustrate the use of tenses, (simple present and continuous, simple past and continuous and simple future tense) previously learnt in their speech and writing.

Information for Teachers

• In this plan, only simple future tense is discussed. Other parts of this SLO are covered for formation of the simple future tense:

Subject +  2nd form of the verb +object
I, We
He, She, It, they, You+ SS, PS	Went to go school yesterday.

• This tense tells the intentions of people what they did in the past. We use the past tense when we want to talk about past actions and happenings.
• To clarify the concept of the past tense, add the previous time in the sentence. For example:
• ‘Yesterday, bygone, last day, foretime, not long ago, recently, previous day, previous week, previous month, previous year, ago, since, before, later, gone, back and earlier.
• The simple Past Tense of regular verbs is formed by the ending –d or –ed, as; I went to school yesterday. The speaker completed his/her action of going to school, so here, you use the verb ‘go’ in the simple past tense.

Material/ Resources

Writing board, chalk/marker, duster, textbook

Introduction

• Write the heading “Simple Past Tense” on the writing board and ask the students such questions: as;

1. What is past tense?
2. Which helping verbs are used in it?
3. Which form of verb is used in simple past tense?

• Write responses of the students on the writing board.
• Give students more examples of simple past tense.

1. I called her yesterday.
2. We met the previous week.
3. They went to the market.
4. He did this work.

• Tell the students the use of form of verb in past tense.

I, We	2nd form of verb
He, She, It, they, You+ SS, PS	2nd  form of verb

• Tell the students the use of negative and interrogative form in simple past by giving examples as;

1. ‘I did not waste my time’
2. ‘Ahmad did not fly to Karachi’

• The formation of negative sentences in the Simple Past Tense is; as;

Subject +  did (Auxiliary verb) +1st form of verb +Object

• Example: as;

1. Ahmad did not fly to Karachi.

• The formation of the interrogative sentences in the Simple Past Tense is: as;

Did (Auxiliary Verb) + Subject + 1st form of the verb + object?

• Example: as;

1. Did Ahmad fly to Karachi?

Development

Activity 1

• Divide the class into pairs.
• Each pair will write a paragraph with the following paragraph starter: as;

1. I went to Karachi previous month………

• Tell students to use the following phrases: as;

Pack my bag, iron my cloth, take shower, get ready, buy a ticket, attend a wedding in Karachi, and take a ride to the railway station.

• After students have finished their work, ask them to check their work by following the rules of simple past tense.
• Take the oral feedback of paragraphs from students and appreciate their effort.

Activity 2

• Ask students to write a paragraph (5-6 lines) about what they did when they got up early in the morning.
• Ask the students: as;

1. How did you spent your morning time ?
2. What did you study?
3. What kind of books did you read?
4. What kind of television programme did you watch?

Sum up/ Conclusion

• Repeat the usage of Auxiliary verb in past tense.

Assessment

• Change the following sentences into negative and interrogative sentences: as;

1. I went to school yesterday.
2. Ahmad ate the cake.
3. They came to the party.
4. You cooked the dinner.
5. We met at the park a long ago.

• Involve the students in solving the exercises given at the end of unit/chapter of the textbook.

Follow up

• Ask the students to write ten sentences about what they did at previous Sunday.