Past Simple - Regular Verbs

Posted on July 29, 2008
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Elicit date: Write on WB

WB: Draw man’s face.
Elicit: Name? Henry
Age
Where from
Family etc . . .

‘Henry’s dead but he had a good life’.

H/O 1 Henry’s Life.
What’s missing? The dates.
Ss melee and copy dates from the walls:
1929, 1943, 1946, 1960, 1965,1966, 1988, 1988, 1988, 1998.

Drill: Use a picture representing each of the main events in Henry’s life.
Drill through his life (choral) and correct pronunciation

WB: Show life on timeline with dates. Elicit verbs onto timeline and highlight ‘-‘ed’ rule

-1929——-1943—————————————————now

Questions: Try to elicit questions from prompt
“start/school” - “when did Henry start school”

Highlight form Past simple questions

H/O 2 Make questions to ask about Henry
Ss complete using rule.

Running dict. Ss copy “wrong information sheet”

WB “Henry started school in 1926″ Correct? . . . No

Elicit: Henry didn’t start school in 1925, he started school in 1929

Highlight form Past simple negatives

Writing: Ss write more sentences from running dictation

Pron. /t/ /d/ /id/
worked died started
dictate verbs and Ss write down in columns:
liked played wanted washed
moved finished cooked visited
stayed retired died talked
waited worked lived started

Feedback onto WB

Rules : /t/ after k, sh, f, p, th
/d/ after v, n, y, ie, r, s, b, g, l, m, + vowels
/id/ after t, d,

Henry’s Life

1. Henry was born in 1923

2. He started school in _________

3. He finished school in ________

4. He joined the army in ___________

5. Henry’s brother moved to Australia in __________

6. Henry visited his brother in __________________

7. From ______ to _______Henry worked as a gardener.

8. In ______ Henry retired.

9. From ____ to ______ he lived in Manchester.

10. Henry died in 1998.

Make questions to ask about Henry.

1. When was Henry born?

2. When did Henry start school?

3. When _____Henry ________school?

4. When _____he ______the army?

5. Where _____his brother _______ in 1960?

6. When _____ he _______his brother?

7. When ______he _______ as a gardener?

8. What ______he ________ in 1988?

9. Where ______he ______ from 1988 to 1998?

10. When did Henry die?

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