Effective ways of teaching grammar at secondary school

4.Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive			Past Simple
1.	Meet
2.	Drive
3.	Speak
4.	Put
5.	Write
6.	Sing
7.	Do
8.	Sit
9.	Stand
10.	run

5. Complete the table in simple past.

Affirmative			Interrogative		Negative
1.	He wrote a book
2.		Was she pretty?
3.				He did not sing

6. Put the sentences into simple past.
We move to a new house. → _________

They bring a sandwich. → _________

He doesn't do the homework. → _________

They sell cars. → ________

Does he visit his friends? → _________
7.Write sentences in simple past.
Janet / miss / the bus → _________

she / tidy / her room → __________

Nancy / watch / not / television→ ________

she / read / a book → __________

8.Choose "Was“ or "Were“:
The teacher ____ nice.

The students ____ very clever.

But one student _____ in trouble.

We _____ sorry for him.

He _____ nice though.

Lesson plan 3

1. Presentation of new grammar material ( deductively)






2. Listen to the dialog and clap when you hear a new structure(recognition)

- Honey, we have to talk.

- What's happened? Why are you crying?

- I've broken your car.

- You've broken what? My car?

- Yes, I'm so sorry. I don't know how this happened.

- I do. You have always been such a bad driver! You have never learnt how to park a car. And now my car is broken. Thank you! Thank you very much!

- I told you, I am sorry. What else do I need to say?

- I see that it's not all. Any other problems, darling?

- I've lost my credit card and now the ten thousand dollars I've saved for our holiday have disappeared.

- Why haven't you called the bank and got your card blocked?

- I have. But, it... it's been too late.

- Ok, I don't know what to say. I'm leaving now. We'll talk when I come back.

- Where are you going?

- It's none of your business. I'll be late tonight. Bye.
At the bar :

- Hi, how are you?

- Hi, I feel awful.

- Why? What's happened?

- My wife has broken my car! My brand new car, which I bought only 6 months ago!

- How terrible!

- Yes, and she has lost her credit card.

- Has she? It's been a bad day for your wife. Has she got her card blocked?

- No, she hasn't blocked it. And the money she has saved up for our holiday is gone!

- It's been a terrible day for you and your wife? I'll get you another beer.

- Thanks. I'll need a lot of beer tonight.

3.Write given verbs according to the new grammar forms (drill)

Write, read, tell, say, show, go, do, speak, listen, begin, have, meet, work, get, organize, bring, lose, walk, watch, learn, swim.

4.Read the situation and then write a suitable sentence. Use the verb given in brackets.
Example: Hugh is listening to some music. It is a new cassette (buy). Hugh has bought a new cassette.

1. Andrew is sleeping soundly. It is late morning (oversleep).....

2. You are going to sit down to dinner and discover there is no bread in the house. (run out of).

3. We .... last weekend Gen went mountain-walking. Now she is in bed. (to catch a bad cold)

4.Your neighbors were playing their VCR very loud. Now it's quiet. (switch off)

5.Use the words in brackets to make questions according to a pattern.

Example: (he/ever/paint/people). Has he ever painted people?

1. Have (you ever/be/to Scotland?) .... .

2. Have (your parents/live/here all their lives?) .... .

3. Have (you/hear/this concert?) ... .

4. Have (how many times/you/ be married?) .... .

5. Have (he/ever/meet/the President?) .... .

6. Have (you/ever/visit/the White House?) ... .

Lesson plan 4

1. 
   Presentation of new grammar material ( deductively)
   

What are they doing?

2. 
   Check your grammar: true or false
   

Are these sentences True or False?

1. We use the present continuous for permanent states or situations. True False

2. We use the present continuous for temporary situations. True False

3. We often use the present continuous for things happening right now. True False

4. We can use the present continuous for future arrangements. True False

5. We can use the present continuous with all verbs. True False

6. Some verbs – for talking about emotions, thinking, the senses, etc. – cannot be used in the continuous form. True False

7. Sometimes the spelling of the infinitive form changes when we add -ing. True False

3. 
   Primary consolidation: watch the video at: http://bit.ly/JwTawJ ,
   

Pay attention on a new structure (recognition)

4. 
   Use the verbs in the list to complete the sentences according to the grammar. (drill)
   

eat go fly watch do sing write work wait

1. Listen! Somebody … a nice song.
2. I … to London next week.
3. I …. a letter to my friend Pam now.
4. I’m very tired. We … hard these days.
5. Jane …. a delicious cake with maple syrup.
6. We … to play football tomorrow with Bob’s friends.
7. They …. interesting program about animals at the moment.
8. Sarah …. a bus at the bus stop at the moment.
9. Peter and Liza … the washing-up now.

5. Write the words to fill the gaps. Put the verb in the present continuous tense.

1. I’m really busy – I _______________________ (study) for the exam.

2. Right now we _______________________ (ride) camels!

3. They said they _______________________ (have) a great time.

4. Daisy _______________________ (download) an album.

5. What _______________________ (you do) at the moment?

6. They _______________________ (wait) for me in the café.

7. _______________________ (Oliver work) hard?

8. The weather’s terrible, so we _______________________ (not go) walking much
6.Write questions and negatives.
1. She is reading a book now.
2. We are listening to music.
3. They are going to wash the car.
4. He is cleaning his bedroom now.
5. They are swimming in the river.
6.The children are playing basketball in the garden.

Pair work:

A) What are you doing ...

After this lesson

After school

Tonight

Tomorrow

Wednesday night

Saturday night

For your summer holidays?

B) I don't know. I was thinking about ...

Going swimming

Having a bath

Doing the shopping

Going to the cinema

Playing pachinko

Writing to my friend in England

Eating out at my favourite restaurant.

A) I'm ....

Having some friends round for a party
Listening to some music

Going shopping for _______.

Going to the video rental shop

Playing tennis

Would you like to come?

B) ...

Yeah, sure.

Ok.

Why not?

Yes, I'd love to.

Lesson plan 5

2.Reading

Who is he? Where is he? What does he do?

Hank is a cowboy. He lives on a farm. He has a horse named Ginger. Hank

loves Ginger. He rides Ginger every day. Sometimes they walk slowly, and

sometimes they run fast. They always have a good time.

Ginger is Hank’s horse. She is light brown. Her tail and mane are dark

brown. She is three years old. She lives in the stable by the house.

Ginger waits for Hank every morning. She enjoys their time together. Often,

Hank gives her apples. After long rides, Hank always washes and brushes

Ginger. He usually brushes her tail. Then he gives her food and fresh water.

Ginger loves Hank.

Answer the following questions. Use the Simple Past tense.

1. Where does Hank live? What does he do every day?

Hank lives on a farm. He rides Ginger every day.

2. Who is Ginger? Where does Ginger live?

Ginger is Hank’s horse. Ginger lives in the stable by the house.

3. What does Hank often give Ginger? What does Hank do after long rides?

Hank often gives Ginger apples. After long rides, Hank usually washes and

brushes Ginger.

3. Complete the following sentences using the simple present tense form of the verb.

1. Young children ……………………….. something new every day. (learn / learns / learned)

2. Good students always ………………………… hard. (work / works / worked)

3. Architects ………………………. buildings. (design / designs / designed)

4. My brother is an architect. He ………………………….. skyscrapers. (design / designs / designed)

5. Some birds ………………………… every year. (migrate / migrates / migrated)

6. A vegetarian is a person who never …………………………….. meat. (eat / eats / ate)

7. The Himalayas …………………………… India from Nepal. (divide / divides / divided)

8. It always ……………………….. here in winter. (rain / rains / rained)

9. My father …………………………….. in a factory. (work / works / worked)

10. Susie ………………………… English very well, but she doesn’t understand Hindi. (speak / speaks / spoke)

11. Cows …………………………. on grass. (feed / feeds / fed)

12. The trains to Bangalore always ……………………….. on time. (run / runs / ran)

4.Circle the correct answer

1. Robert / I like walking in the rain.

2. Susan / I usually comes home at 4:00 pm.

3. Jane / Mary and Sue always cleans her room.

4. Bill / You come to the class late.

5. I / Helen brushes her teeth every night .

6. Jenny / I swim very well. weekends.

7. Betty / You sings well.

5. Change positive sentences into negative.

1. I get up at 7:30 every morning.

2. She drinks coffee everyday.

3. My brother usually does his homework.

4. We go to computer course at the weekends.

5. Mrs. Fun speaks French.

6. My cousin and I like pop music.