READY Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 218
Grammar
Grammar
Course Book page 152
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Use the real-life scenario to introduce the new grammar point.
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Ask pupils to look at the sentences in the Course Book.
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Read the dialogue with the pupils.
Ask pupils: Did you ever lose something? How did you feel? What did you do to find it? Did you retrace your footsteps like Alex? Explain. Have several pupils tell about times that they lost
something. Allow them to use L1 as needed.
Ask pupils to identify the subjects and verbs in the sentences.
Ask pupils to identify how the verb has changed from its original form (talk) (Elicit: talk changed to
talked).
Introduce the Past Simple (positive)
Explain that the Past Simple is used to talk about actions or things that happened in the past (L1 if
needed).
Explain that in order to use a verb in past tense, add ‘ed’ to the end of the verb (VERB + ed). These
verbs are called Regular Verbs.
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Give example sentences for each pronoun in present progressive: I talked about history. You talked
about history. He talked about history, etc.
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Explain that sometimes we use expressions of time in the Past Simple to help describe when the action
or thing took place. These include: yesterday, last week, last year, many years ago, etc.
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Introduce the spelling rules of the Past Simple:
Explain that for regular verbs, add ‘ed’ to the base form of the verb: VERB + ed (Use L1 if needed.)
Give example verbs: finish – finished, join – joined.
For verbs that end in ‘e’, add a ‘d’ to the base form of the verb: VERB + d. Give example verbs: decide
– decided, prepare – prepared.
For verbs that end with CVC (consonant vowel consonant), double the last letter in the word and add
‘ed’. Do not double the letters ‘w’, x’, or ‘y’. Give the examples: shop – shopped, plan – planned.
For verbs that end with a vowel + y, add ‘ed’ to the base form of the verb: VERB + ed. Give example
verbs: stay – stayed, play – played
For verbs that end with a consonant and a ‘y’, replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ and add ‘ed’. Give example
verbs: study – studied, try – tried.
For advanced pupils: For two-syllable verbs with the stress on the first syllable, do not double the
last consonant. Add ‘ed’ to the base form of the word: VERB + ed. Give example verb: gather –
gathered.
Grammar Activity
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Do the activity to practice the form: Past Simple (positive)
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Sentence Builder (VA #20)
Before the lesson, prepare the Sentence Builder cards. You will need the following cards: pronouns,
verbs (for example: play, want, visit), the verb ending "-ed", and noun phrases (football, guitar, the
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