Passives

Presentation : How is milk made?
Materials: Rods; empty milk carton; pictures of countryside (Vocab book); pictures of farm activities
Warmer: Tell Ss to sit back, relax, close eyes . . .”Drive out of Istanbul..no traffic, no buildings, no city . . .”
Ask Ss what they can hear . . . smell . . . .see?
Put Ss […]

Present perfect for experience

Warmer: Elicit names of famous people onto the W/b
Make sure you have politicians…sports personalities…film stars…scientists…authors etc.
You choose a person but don’t tell the Ss who you are
Ss must ask you 15 Yes / No questions to try and guess
They are not allowed to make a guess before they ask 15 questions
Ss then play this in […]

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

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 […]

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Presentation #1
Materials: Flashcards of Marsha and Felix (headway- you’ll need to make them)
Spread the flashcards of Marsha and Felix on the floor in numerical order
Students sit on the floor around the flashcards and elicit the story from the students in the past simple.
When you have elicited the story, tell the students the story […]

SUPER VERB PRESENTATION (to BE)

1. Draw a solar system on the board (Have one big planet and other small planets).
2. Elicit “planets” (Mars, Saturn, Earth)
3. Elicit/illustrate PLANET VERB (the big planet where all the verbs live) Q: Who lives on Planet Verb? A: Verbs, of course!
4. Eliict infinitive verbs and write onto planet verb (BUT DON’T WRITE TO DO!!)
5. […]

Irregular Verb worksheets

You can find many free downloadable worksheets for irregular verbs here.

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

WB: Draw pictures of man and woman with a love heart between them
Establish: Names - Steve and Susie.
It’s a love story, set in the past
WB: Draw a series of pictures on the WB (or use pre-drawn pictures tacked to the board) to elicit the story from the Ss
LHS - Susie RHS - Steve
Go through Susie’s […]

Simple present for daily routines

Pamela’s Day
(Daily Routines)
PREPARATION: Pam’s day cards.(Headway Elementary workbook, page 15 & 16)
1. Board: “Verb” Elicit examples
2. Board rush verbs (and leave them on the whiteboard)
3. Show a random Pam’s Day card. Elicit and board: name (Pamela), job (works in bookstore), friend (Joanna), likes (reading, cooking, watching television), possessions (cat, no car), marital status (single, no […]

Present Perfect for Change

Present Perfect
(Change)
Preparation: Sets of drawn pictures showing people who have changed. For example: A picture of a man, a young long haired hippie, and the same man 20 years older, conservative and bald. Or a Harley Davidson-riding biker and the same man as a monk. Or old and new pictures of celebs, Michael Jackson then […]