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Cambridge English First: Use of English: Language focus: Time expressions
This lesson aims to help students prepare for the key word transformation section of the exam (part 4) by focusing on time expressions with the present perfect.
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Mingling activity: Irregular pasts
An individual and mingling activity to practise the irregular past simple.
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Finish the sentence: Past perfect continuous
A small-group card game to practise the past perfect continuous.
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Last week: past simple
Students take part in a small group, information-gap and puzzle-solving activity to practise the past simple.
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100 years ago: Was / were
Students take part in a team competition to practise was, were, wasn’t and weren’t.
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Have we met? Present perfect and past simple
Students take part in a whole-class role-play to practise using the present perfect, then switching to the past simple.
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Evidence: Past modals
Students work together to decide who they think commited a burglary using evidence cards and practising past modals.
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The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 1
An audio serialization of the elementary-level Macmillan Reader, The Prince and the Pauper , is told in sixteen chapters. Each chapter is accompanied by a comprehensive lesson plan written by Adrian Tennant, including teacher’s notes, with suggestions for extension activities, plus student worksheets and a full transcript and glossary. ...
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Explain! Past perfect continuous
A speaking card game at intermediate level to practise the use of past perfect continuous.
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Lesson Share: Grammar: Memories of the past
Simon Mumford wins the Lesson Share competition with a unique way to help students remember irregular past tense forms.
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Lesson Share: Grammar: The accident
Mandeep Locham wins the Lesson Share competition for a second time with a lesson that uses the subject of workplace accidents as a basis to revise the past tenses.
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Guessing game: Past continuous
An accuracy-based guessing game for pairs to practise What were you doing … ? , You were -ing , and I was -ing .
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Experiments: How strong is that wind?
In this experiment, pupils make a wind monitor from different weights of material. Students find illustrated objects in a wordsearch and understand the strengths of different winds before writing a report on the experiment. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s notes are included.
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Bodies in orbit
What keeps the moon up in the sky? Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Students practise making notes based on a teacher-led listening and find the answers to questions through listening. A third activity on ‘Dwarf planets’ tests students’ ability to remember and interpret what they have heard.
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Lesson Share: Grammar: Murder mystery
Simon Mumford’s sinister winning lesson serves up a healthy dose of intrigue in order to revise the past tenses.