LESSON PLAN

LESSON:
Grammar: Past Simple and Present Perfect
CLASS:
III-2
LEVEL:
Pre- Intermediate
DATE:
21 April 2011
TIME:
13.50-14.35
LESSON AIMS:
Students will be able to understand the main differences between Past
Simple and Present Perfect (form and usage); to use their knowledge on
these tenses in oral and written language.
MATERIALS NEEDED: Snapshot Pre- Intermediate Students book; Workbook; handouts
STAGE TIME ACTIVITY PROCEDURE
BEGINNING 5 WARM-UP

- T writes the title on the board and few sentences
showing Present Perfect and Past Simple tense.
- T asks Ss to think about the differences and to notice
some main points in form and usage of the tenses.
PRACTICE 15 WRITING
SPEAKING
- Ss will open p.45 in their Students books and take a look
at grammar section.
- T will read the sentences and note what they should
remember.
- T writes the forms of both tenses with negative and
question forms and explains.
- Ss copy
- Ss do the task; make a rule about usage of Past Simple
and Present Perfect.
PRACTICE 10 WRITING
SPEAKING
- Ss do the task; 11 Practice in their Students books, p.45,
complete the conversation putting the verb in brackets
in the correct tense.
- Whole class check
- T explains that time adverbials can help us to distinguish
between these two tenses.


PRACTICE 10 SPEAKING

- Ss do the task, p.45, 12 Over to you. Ss will work in pairs
and ask each other questions such as Have you seen (the
new Nicole Kidman film?) answering with Yes, I have or
No, I havent.
- (read all Harry Potter books; travelled in a ship; visited
any foreign country, etc.)


ENDING 5 SPEAKING
- T asks if there are any questions regarding this lesson.
- HOMEWORK: Ss will do exercise 7 in their Workbooks,
p.30, Past Simple and Present Perfect





BOARD
Past Simple & Present Perfect

Ive worn this shirt every day this week.
She spent all of her money in shopping yesterday.

PAST SIMPLE
S+ V-ed (2
nd
column of irregular verbs)
DID + S+ V?
S + DID + NOT + V

PRESENT PERFECT
S+ HAVE/HAS + V (past participle or 3
rd
column of irregular verbs)
HAVE/HAS + S + V (past participle or 3
rd
column of irregular verbs)?
S+ HAVE/HAS + NOT + V (past participle or 3
rd
column of irregular verbs)

- HW: Do the exercise 7 in Workbooks, p.30, Past Simple and Present Perfect




Teacher:
Mirela Alibegovi