VERB FORMS REVISION Beginner Level Verb Forms Revision Preparation: T prepares the board layout with tenses, e.g PRESENT SIMPLE – 1st form PRESENT CONTINUOUS – ing form PAST SIMPLE – 2nd form PRESENT PERFECT – 3rd form FUTURE SIMPLE – infinitive Method: T elicits the form of each tense, e.g past simple uses 2nd form; then the auxiliary verb and the time in each tense, e.g in past simple the auxiliary verb is DID and the time is finished time in the past (yesterday, last , ago, etc.) T asks for a sentence with a particular form, e.g present continuous GO SS have to write it down, or write it on the board T improvises a short question and answer dialogue which involves various SS T asks a SS to read their sentence: SS 1: T: SS 1: T: SS 1: T: SS 2: I’m going for a walk What are you doing? Going for a walk Are you going for a walk? Yes, I am Is he going for a walk? Yes, he is and so on T corrects SS and waits for them to say the sentence correctly SS write sentences – one for each tense – using the verbs given, or different verbs They could be about the lesson topic, e.g Transport, or Food and Drink, etc SS read their work aloud and T elicits corrections from peers SS work in pairs and the Q & A activity which the teacher has modelled One reads a sentence and the other asks questions with wh- question words and auxiliary verbs Then they swap roles T monitors, checks, and corrects T chooses pairs that the whole class listen to SS should notice and point out errors if they occur Variation: T elicits verb forms for important verbs, e.g BE, DO, HAVE, and GO One SS completes the grid on the board (or one SS per line), with help from the others, e.g PRESENT SIMPLE – 1st form BE am, is, are DO do, does HAVE have, has GO go, goes PRESENT CONTINUOUS – ing form am, is, are being am, is, are doing am, is, are having am, is, are going .and so on You Are The Course Book – Lesson Plans 67 Tips: • Be clear why you are drilling these tenses: they represent most of English For example, Past Simple is a very common tense in both spoken and written English, so it is worth drilling it often! • You could this activity with higher-level SS – just change the verb forms, e.g for intermediate level: o o o o o present perfect continuous past perfect first conditional second conditional third conditional .and so on • T writes one of these grids on the board SS practise word order with SVOPT by writing or improvising sentences then making Q & A dialogues: PRESENT SIMPLE – 1st form S V O P T PRESENT CONTINUOUS – ing form PAST SIMPLE – 2nd form PRESENT PERFECT – 3rd form FUTURE SIMPLE – infinitive For example: PRESENT SIMPLE – 1st form S Jane V reads O P T the newspaper in the kitchen every morning Or, for higher level SS, simply write the following on the board and ask them to practise in pairs: S V O P T S V O P T infinitive 1st form 2nd form 3rd form ing form For example: infinitive I must put the plates in the dishwasher later SVOPT (subject, verb, object, place, time) is a typical word order pattern in English For more details see: Purland, Matt You Are The Course Book – Syllabus Ostróda: English Banana.com, 2013 Hardback Available for free download: http://englishbanana.com/resources/free- books/teacher-training/you-are-the-course-book-syllabus/ p.76 You Are The Course Book – Lesson Plans 68