LESSON PLANNING

OBJECTIVE: DO A REVIEW ABOUT VERB TO BE

TOPIC: VERB TO BE PRESENT IN PAST

Am, IS, ARE PRESENT

Was, were PAST

EXAMPLES VERB TO BE:
1. I AM IN THE PARK
2. I WAS ON THE BEACH
3. THEY ARE AT THE HOSPITAL
4. THEY WERE IN THE CLASSROOM
5. SHE IS IN THE PARTY
6. SHE WAS IN THE SUPERMARKET

EXERCISE: Exercise 1: Put ‘is, am, are, was,

were’ in the blank. 

1. He__________  at home today.                    

2. I _______________  a student now.            

3. My mother________  in the kitchen two hours

ago.

4. Sarah __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  tired
now.                                   

5. We--------------- in New York last year.

6. You------------ a football player in 2004.

7. Mr. Jones-------- at the market today.           

8. Anna and----------------------- I busy today.            

9. The boxes----------  behind the cupboard

now.           

10. Ron------------- thirsty last night.

 

Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.

1. You------------ at class yesterday.

2. Tina ____________________ seven years old now.

3. That --------------car mine now.

4. Billy Jones____ a famous singer now.

5. Many people_______ in my shop this morning.

6. I_____ a teacher in Spain in 2007.

7. ____ your son fine today?

8. The fishermen______ on the ship last night.

9. It______ a nice day today.

10. My parents_____ on holiday last month.

EXERCISE: WITH THE FOLLOWING VOCABULARY WRITE SENTENCES
IN PRESENT AND PAST.
CAR- COMPUTER- NEWSPAPER- MAGAZINE – SHIP – SKIRT- BALL- TABLE -
PUZZLE - CUCUMBER

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ACTIVITY: The students are going to present a dialogue about the
grammar studied 20%

LESSON PLANNING
OBJECTIVE: IDENTIFY PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND SIMPLE PAST
TOPIC: PRESENT CONTINUOS

The present continuous verb tense indicates that an action or condition is

happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future.

Example: HE IS WRITING
WE ARE PLAYING
STRUCTURE
EXAMPLES: AFFIRMATIVE
 She is crying.
 He is talking to his friend.
 The baby is sleeping in his crib.
 We are visiting the museum in the afternoon.

NEGATIVE

She isn't watching TV at the moment

I'm not working this weekend.
She isn't looking for a job now.

RULES TO ADD ING

EXERCISES 1: Add SIT __________

ING to the following

verbs
STUDY __________
FLY__________
WORK ____________
RAIN _____________

GO________
DO __________
WRITE __________
LIVE __________

TIE__________
LIE __________
RUN __________

EXERCISES 2: Write down the correct form of the verb

given in the bracket to make a sentence into the Present
Continuous tense.

 I __________a horse. (Ride)
 You _________ with us right now. (Come)
 She ________ on the floor. (Not/dance)
 Yes, Ram is _______ today’s event. (Host)
 The Chief Minister is _______ the flag. (Hoist)
 ____ they _______ in the drama? (act)
 He is ______ his new business. (Start)
 She _______ them the value of education. (Realize)
 Am I ________ you right now? (trouble)
 He is _______ the workshop. (Open)
 She is ________ her limits. (Cross)
 ____ they ______ from the top of the mountain? (jump)
 He is _______ everyone who come in front of him.(not/kill)
 You are ________ us for the trip. (join)
 The teacher ________ all the students from his lecture. (annoy)

TOPIC: PAST TENSE

. 

-The simple past tense shows that

you are talking about something
that has already happened.

- Explain something that

happened more than once in
the past

 STRUCTURE:

+
I went to school.

You worked very hard.

-
She did not go with me.

We did not work yesterday.

?
Did you go to London?

Did they work at home?

CONJUGATING REGULAR VERBS:

you just have to add ‘-ed’ to the end of the regular verb and ‘-d’ to the end of a regular
verb which ends with an ‘e’.

For example: Reach – reached, kick – kicked, walk – walked, confess – confessed,
work –
Worked - Like – liked, introduce – introduced, force – forced, announce – announced,
` notice – noticed

ANOTHER RULE : STUDY – STUDIED TRY - TRIED

IRREGULAR VERBS:
An irregular verb is defined as “a verb that does not follow the usual rules of grammar.

Group 1 – Irregular Verbs with the Same Spelling across All Forms

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE

FORM

Cut Cut Cut

Put Put Put

shut shut shut

Cast Cast Cast

Hurt Hurt Hurt

Set Set Set

Group 2 – Irregular Verbs with the Same Simple Past Form and
Past Participle Form

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE

FORM

Bend Bent Bent

Find Found Found

Buy Bought Bought

Catch Caught Caught

Lose Lost Lost

Make Made Made

Group 3 – Irregular Verbs with Completely Different Spellings for
Each Form

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE

FORM

See Saw Seen

Drink Drank Drunk

Know knew Known

Write Wrote Written

Take Took Taken

Bite Bit Bitten

Examples:
I PLAYED THE GUITAR

SHE DIDN’T WRITE A LETTER TO MY FRIEND

DID YOU TAKE THE BOOK?

1 Fill in the missing verbs. Use the simple past form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Yesterday I ______________ to school by bus. (go)

2 Last year we _______________ in Spain. (be)

3 Bob ________________ his friend a few minutes ago. (phone)

4 They ______________ very happy. (be)

5 I ___________ her yesterday. (see)

6 He ________________ her flowers. (bring)

7 Betty ___________ her homework in the evening. (do)

8 Last night Sita and Ben ______________ TV. (watch)

9 Yesterday my mum _______________ shopping. (go)

10 Last week I ______________ my bike. (Clean)

2 Find the negative form of the following sentences.

1 He played football. ________________________________________________

2 She went to school. _______________________________________________

3 I saw her yesterday. _______________________________________________

4 Sita did her homework. ____________________________________________

5 Ben cleaned his bike. _____________________________________________

6 Bob phoned his parents. ___________________________________________

7 The kids watched TV. ____________________________________________

8 We bought a lot of things. __________________________________________

9 They played chess. ______________________________________________

3 Find the question form.

1 Sita went shopping. _____________________________________________?

2 Ben saw Tom yesterday. ___________________________________________?

3 The children watched TV. ___________________________________________?

4 The kids did their homework. _________________________________________?

Fill in the missing verbs. Use the simple past form of the verbs in brackets.
Be careful: sometimes you need the negative form.
1. Last night I ________________ (go) to a dance club, but I ___________________ (not go) to
the cinema. 2. I ____________ (see) elephants when I ___________ (be) in Africa last year,
but

I____________________ (not see) any giraffes. 3. Peter _________________ (phone) his

parents a few minutes ago. 4. Last week Ben _______________ (want) to buy a new computer,
but he _______________________ (not find) any. 5. Yesterday Sita _________________
(play) chess with Bob. Sita _______________________ (not win), but Bob_______________
(win).
6. Yesterday Susan ___________________________ (not catch) her school bus, so she
_______________ (go) to school by bike. 7. Last year the Ahmed family _______________
the whole summer in Turkey. (spend) 8. Bob ________________ his friend a few minutes ago.
(phone)

9. They ______________ very happy. (be) 10. Last year the pupils
_______________________ (not learn) their words carefully, so there ________________ (be)
always a lot of mistakes in the vocabulary tests. 11. I ___________ her yesterday. (see) 12.He
________________ her flowers. (bring) 13. Betty ___________ her homework in the evening.
(do) 14. Last night Sita and Ben ______________ TV. (Watch) 15.Yesterday my mum
_______________ shopping. (go) 16. Last week I ______________ my bike. (Clean) 17. Mr
Soll ____________________________ (not find) many mistakes in the last English test, so he
_______________ (be) very happy. 18. When the Ahmed family _______________ (come) to
England, they ____________________ (not have) a job at the beginning. 19. And they
__________________ (not have) many friends either. 20. At first the people
__________________________ (not like) them, but later they ___________________
(accept) them.