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Time Frame: The basics
Understanding Tenses
Lesson Pack Details
This is a 4-lesson pack. You will be issued 3 “coupons” when the first request is confirmed. You will be able to use these coupons for subsequent requests in the pack. Please note that all requests related to this pack must be taken within 20 days of the first lesson date.
Lessons should generally be booked chronologically, meaning that the second lesson should be booked after the first, and so on.
Lessons should generally be booked chronologically, meaning that the second lesson should be booked after the first, and so on.
Description
Lesson Plan: Understanding Tenses
Grade Level: Intermediate ESL students
Duration: 60 minutes
Objectives:
- Students will identify and use the present simple, present continuous, past simple, and future simple tenses.
- Students will understand the context in which each tense is used.
Materials:
- Whiteboard and markers
- Handouts with tense explanations and examples
- Worksheets for practice
- Projector (if needed for visuals)
- Timer (for activities)
Lesson Outline
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Introduction (10 minutes)
- Start with a brief review of what tenses are and their importance in communication.
- Ask students to share examples of different tenses they know.
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Presentation (15 minutes)
- Introduce each tense one by one:
- Present Simple: Use for habits and routines. Example: "I eat breakfast at 7 AM."
- Present Continuous: Use for actions happening now. Example: "I am eating breakfast."
- Past Simple: Use for completed actions in the past. Example: "I ate breakfast at 7 AM yesterday."
- Future Simple: Use for actions that will happen. Example: "I will eat breakfast at 7 AM tomorrow."
- Write examples on the board and highlight keywords (e.g., always, now, yesterday, tomorrow).
- Introduce each tense one by one:
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Guided Practice (15 minutes)
- Distribute handouts with sentences where students must fill in the correct tense.
- Pair students and let them compare answers and explain their choices.
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Independent Practice (10 minutes)
- Provide a short worksheet with a mix of fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions that require students to use different tenses.
- Set a timer for 10 minutes and circulate to offer help.
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Review and Assessment (10 minutes)
- Go over the worksheet answers as a class. Ask students to explain their reasoning for each tense.
- Conduct a quick informal assessment by asking questions and having students respond verbally in the correct tense.
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Closure (5 minutes)
- Summarize the key points about tenses.
- Encourage students to think of sentences in their daily lives using different tenses.
Homework (optional):
- Ask students to write a short paragraph about their day, incorporating all four tenses.
Assessment Criteria:
- Participation during activities
- Accuracy in completing worksheets
- Ability to explain choices in tenses
This tutor's cancellation policy
Cancellation of pack lessons
• 'Unstarted' lesson packs(1) can be cancelled any time. Used Points will be completely refunded. If a 'started' lesson pack(2) is cancelled, you will be refunded 50% of the price of the remaining lessons provided that the lessons are unrequested, unconfirmed or not within 24 hours of their scheduled start times.
(1) A lesson pack for which none of the requests have been confirmed by the tutor.
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Cancelling individual requests in a pack
• If you wish to cancel a single lesson that belongs to a pack but not the whole pack, you can do so via the request page. In this case, the coupon used to book the lesson will either be refunded or collected, based on the tutors single-lesson cancellation policy. Please note that any 50% partial refunds in the tutors single-lesson cancellation policy do not apply to lesson packs and the tutor may choose to either refund or collect the coupon in those cases.
Before request is confirmed (fixed)
- Cancellation possible at any time without charge.
After request is confirmed (fixed)
- Less than 1hours before lesson start time.→ 50% of price charged.
- No-Show→ 100% of price charged.
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