Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
12 March 2021 A2 - Pre-intermediate 60 Minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
Present Perfect tense (Homework)
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
Students will be able to recognise, understand and use the Present Perfect By the end of the lesson, students will have…
tense (with just, already and yet) in order to discuss and have a Had roleplays (discussions with short questions, answers, and statements)
conversation in everyday life. in small groups about their homework; using pre-existing
vocabulary supported by the target tense.
Example sentence:
He hasn’t finished his homework yet.
He has just finished his homework.
He has already finished his homework.
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,Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Students might use the present perfect tense with an 1. Before the lesson I will draw a clearly constructed timeline
event/state that has finished (instead of the past simple on the board that illustrates the Present Perfect tense:
tense). Russian, French and Italian students struggle especially ✓ Connects past with present = link
with the understanding of the perfect and progressive tenses ✓ Event / state in the past that has a result in the present
as these two tenses uses auxiliary or helping verbs along with
the main verb to express more complex details or time and 2. Before the lesson I will copy a list of the most commonly used
mood in a sentence. (The Present Perfect tense is simply not found irregular verbs in their principle parts (base form, simple past,
in their languages). past participle) and hand it to the students during the lesson.
2. Students may mistakenly use the wrong verb form, or they 3. Must be a very energetic and fast paste lesson. I will utilize
might not know the past participles of the verbs as some different interacting activities and introduce a psychological
reward that will appeal to their extrinsic motivations e.g. 10 min ‘fun
follow a ‘regular’ pattern and others follow an ‘irregular’
time’ (I will allow them to talk about any subject that motivates them)
pattern.
3. Students might find the lesson too boring or get distracted
or demotivated.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this The Present Perfect Tense is used to talk about an event/state that happened in past and has a result in
language? (include a timeline if the present. Connects the past with the present. (Still true now)
appropriate)
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, PAST PRESENT
Now
Event / State Event / Time
Simple Past: Present Perfect:
He hasn’t finished his homework yet.
He finished his homework
He has just finished his homework.
He has already finished his
homework.
Fig 1.
2. In which context are you introducing Utilizing the Present Perfect tense and adverbs to describe the time frame / state of an action at present
the language? that started in the past. (Using the example of a student doing his homework).
E.g. He hasn’t finished yet, he has just finished, he has already finished.
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12 March 2021 A2 - Pre-intermediate 60 Minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
Present Perfect tense (Homework)
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
Students will be able to recognise, understand and use the Present Perfect By the end of the lesson, students will have…
tense (with just, already and yet) in order to discuss and have a Had roleplays (discussions with short questions, answers, and statements)
conversation in everyday life. in small groups about their homework; using pre-existing
vocabulary supported by the target tense.
Example sentence:
He hasn’t finished his homework yet.
He has just finished his homework.
He has already finished his homework.
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,Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Students might use the present perfect tense with an 1. Before the lesson I will draw a clearly constructed timeline
event/state that has finished (instead of the past simple on the board that illustrates the Present Perfect tense:
tense). Russian, French and Italian students struggle especially ✓ Connects past with present = link
with the understanding of the perfect and progressive tenses ✓ Event / state in the past that has a result in the present
as these two tenses uses auxiliary or helping verbs along with
the main verb to express more complex details or time and 2. Before the lesson I will copy a list of the most commonly used
mood in a sentence. (The Present Perfect tense is simply not found irregular verbs in their principle parts (base form, simple past,
in their languages). past participle) and hand it to the students during the lesson.
2. Students may mistakenly use the wrong verb form, or they 3. Must be a very energetic and fast paste lesson. I will utilize
might not know the past participles of the verbs as some different interacting activities and introduce a psychological
reward that will appeal to their extrinsic motivations e.g. 10 min ‘fun
follow a ‘regular’ pattern and others follow an ‘irregular’
time’ (I will allow them to talk about any subject that motivates them)
pattern.
3. Students might find the lesson too boring or get distracted
or demotivated.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this The Present Perfect Tense is used to talk about an event/state that happened in past and has a result in
language? (include a timeline if the present. Connects the past with the present. (Still true now)
appropriate)
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, PAST PRESENT
Now
Event / State Event / Time
Simple Past: Present Perfect:
He hasn’t finished his homework yet.
He finished his homework
He has just finished his homework.
He has already finished his
homework.
Fig 1.
2. In which context are you introducing Utilizing the Present Perfect tense and adverbs to describe the time frame / state of an action at present
the language? that started in the past. (Using the example of a student doing his homework).
E.g. He hasn’t finished yet, he has just finished, he has already finished.
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