Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
… 05 January 2022 A2 - Pre-Intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar lesson – Test, Teach, Test
Gramma Point – Past Continuous – Parallel actions
Lesson Topic:
My perfect day
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
1. …identify and be familiar with the form and uses of past 1. …used the Past Continuous Tense in sentences with
continuous tense. confidence.
2. …increase active usage of the past continuous. 2. …known the rules and structure of Past Continuous Tense.
3. …use conjunctions (e.g., while, as and when) prepositions 3. …enough knowledge of the tense to communicate with ease.
(e.g., during) and adverbs (e.g., just) with the past simple and 4. …told the class what their perfect day looks like.
the past continuous.
4. …ask and answer questions in the past continuous tense
Example sentence: I was flying my kite while watching the birds.
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, Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Students can lose interest in the rules and form of the language 1. Alternate the ways you approach the students when presenting
taught. the rules and forms.
2. The learners are at a summer school to improve their English and 2. Give the learner a specific responsibility. Such as collecting
because they do not pay for their own studies they might not be worksheets. This will give the learner the idea of leadership and
encouraged to participate. This can lead to disruptive behaviour. ownership of the class.
3. The Russian students will have difficulty pronouncing the “w” in 3. Extra attention will be paid to these students while the others are
the words “were”, “while” etc. They might pronounce it as a “v”. busy with activities. Motivation is the answer.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this Past Continuous tense expresses action at a particular moment in the past. The action started before that
language? (include a timeline if moment but has not finished at that moment. The past continuous tense is formed by combining the past
appropriate) tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb’s present participle (-ing word). We often use Past Continuous
tense to “set the scene” in stories. We use it to describe the background situation at the moment when
the action happens.
(Parallel action) Now
Past future
2. In which context are you introducing My context will be about “My perfect day” using the past continuous tense. The emphasis is on the duration
the language? of the activity in the past. This lesson plan will take the students to a working knowledge of the positive
form, negative form (including contractions), question form (including question words) and various uses of
the tense. The teacher will introduce the form of the tenses and focus on using timelines to show its basic
time reference.
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… 05 January 2022 A2 - Pre-Intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar lesson – Test, Teach, Test
Gramma Point – Past Continuous – Parallel actions
Lesson Topic:
My perfect day
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
1. …identify and be familiar with the form and uses of past 1. …used the Past Continuous Tense in sentences with
continuous tense. confidence.
2. …increase active usage of the past continuous. 2. …known the rules and structure of Past Continuous Tense.
3. …use conjunctions (e.g., while, as and when) prepositions 3. …enough knowledge of the tense to communicate with ease.
(e.g., during) and adverbs (e.g., just) with the past simple and 4. …told the class what their perfect day looks like.
the past continuous.
4. …ask and answer questions in the past continuous tense
Example sentence: I was flying my kite while watching the birds.
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, Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Students can lose interest in the rules and form of the language 1. Alternate the ways you approach the students when presenting
taught. the rules and forms.
2. The learners are at a summer school to improve their English and 2. Give the learner a specific responsibility. Such as collecting
because they do not pay for their own studies they might not be worksheets. This will give the learner the idea of leadership and
encouraged to participate. This can lead to disruptive behaviour. ownership of the class.
3. The Russian students will have difficulty pronouncing the “w” in 3. Extra attention will be paid to these students while the others are
the words “were”, “while” etc. They might pronounce it as a “v”. busy with activities. Motivation is the answer.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this Past Continuous tense expresses action at a particular moment in the past. The action started before that
language? (include a timeline if moment but has not finished at that moment. The past continuous tense is formed by combining the past
appropriate) tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb’s present participle (-ing word). We often use Past Continuous
tense to “set the scene” in stories. We use it to describe the background situation at the moment when
the action happens.
(Parallel action) Now
Past future
2. In which context are you introducing My context will be about “My perfect day” using the past continuous tense. The emphasis is on the duration
the language? of the activity in the past. This lesson plan will take the students to a working knowledge of the positive
form, negative form (including contractions), question form (including question words) and various uses of
the tense. The teacher will introduce the form of the tenses and focus on using timelines to show its basic
time reference.
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