Lesson Plan Nº 1

SIMPLE PAST TENSE (was/were)

SCHOOL TEACHER GRADE DATE TIME
Colegio Bilingüe Marta Rivera 3er Grade 4/25/2023 90 Minutes
Cuscatlán

ELEMENTARY LEVEL

OVERVIEW
In this lesson, the students will focus on the grammar structure of the verb "be" in past simple,
meaning/form/pronunciation. The students are going to drill was/were in different writing tasks such
as filling the gaps and choosing the correct form of the verb. They will listen to the text and analyze
the grammar structure. Students will write sentences using simple past tense and practice it by
speaking.

Subject English  unit: 2 Time

Content Explain to students that we use the past tense to talk about events
that happened in the past.

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

General
Use the simple past tense form of the verb “be” to show actions that
objective
happened a long time ago.

    At the end of the class, students will be able to:

Specific
 Know the sentence structures in each of the forms of
objectives
sentences.
 Construct sentences in the past tense in affirmative,
interrogative, and negative forms.

Materials Whiteboard, marker, student’s book, notebooks, audio-visual aids,

projector, laptop, worksheets.

Warm-up ● Teacher starts with a warm greeting. 3-5

minutes
Aim: To provide accuracy in the context of past simple for the verb "be"

• Brainstorming about using the verb "be" in different

contexts.
Affirmative, negative, questions.

The teacher introduces the past tense drawing a simple timeline on

 the board. In the middle of the timeline write ‘today’ and ask
Presentation 5
students what day it is today and write that day on the board. 
minutes
Using this simple timeline, demonstrate the meaning of “past” to
students and elicit other times in the past (last week, last year,
yesterday, etc.)
5
The teacher explains to the students how to use WAS/WERE minutes
according to each pronoun.

WAS WERE
I WE
HE YOU
SHE THEY
IT

10
Practice Each student passes to the whiteboard and identifies with a
minutes
circle the correct use of was/were /wasn’t /weren’t in a
sentence. When we use was/were get the students to say the
rule.

 Drilling exercises on filling the gaps.

 Give the instructions that they are going to fill the gaps.
 Ask instructions for checking questions.
10
minutes

Possible problem: Students may not use WAS/WERE correctly

for the third person.

Possible solution: The teacher provides feedback and

reinforces the correct use of WAS/WERE for the third person.

            Listening  10
 Using the projector, the teacher displays sentences in minutes
affirmative, and negative, and questions in the past tense.
Speaking 15
 In order, each student repeats a sentence or a question minutes
following instructions from the teacher.

Reading          15
minutes
 The teacher shares a reading comprehension worksheet
with a short story.

Production Writing     15
minutes

2
 Students think and write sentences and questions using
WAS/WERE.

The teacher verifies that they are doing well and provides
feedback if mistakes are detected.

Wrap-up
The teacher reinforces the new vocabulary learned and related to 5
simple past tense. minutes

Evaluation
Pronunciation                                                                          
• Students talk fluently and accurately by asking and answering
questions using was/were with the correct pronunciation.

Spelling                                                                                    
• Students write statements in the past form without spelling
mistakes.

Grammar
• Students check the short paragraph in the worksheet using
simple past structures with no or few grammatical mistakes.

Homework Have students record an audio reading text they wrote and upload 2
it to Google Classroom. minutes