UNIT 7 :Then and now

I. Aims and objectives

Students are given opportunities to:

 study the form and use of the regular verbs in the simple past tense, including positive, negative and question forms

 know more words used to talk about activities in the past.

 practise listening, speaking and reading skills

II. Demands

After the lesson, students will be able to:

 master the rules and use of the regular verbs in the simple past tense in the positive, negative and question forms.

 improve their amount of vocabulary about activities in the past simple.

 develop their skills of listening, speaking and reading.

III. Teaching methods

Communication, pair-work, group-work
IV. Teaching aids
Textbook, Board and chalk, Pictures, Power Point and Hand-outs
V. Teaching procedures
1. Warm-up ( 1 minute )

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 2. Check the old lesson ( 4 minutes )
3. New lesson (35 minutes)
Teaching
Contents Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
aids
A. Presentation 20 Board,
The Past Simple tense mins chalk,
1. U se power point
The past simple tense is used to describe a - Introduce the use and form of the - Take note
completed action or situation in the past. past simple.
2. Form
(+) Positives - Make a sentence as an example.
S + Ved + (O) - Require a st to make a sentence - Give another sentence.
Eg: She watched TV yesterday. using the past simple tense.
(-)Negatives
S + did not (didn’t) + V(inf) + (O)
Eg: She didn’t watch TV yesterday - Draw sts’ attention to the structure - Pay attention to the
(?) Questions of the past simple in the negatives structure and write down.
* Yes/No questions and questions from the above
Did + S + V(inf) + (O)? example.
 Yes, S + did
 No, S + didn't
Eg: Did she watch TV yesterday?
 Yes, she did
 No, she didn’t
* Wh_ questions
Question word + did + S + V(inf) + (O)?
Eg: What did she do yesterday?
 She watched TV.
3. Past expressions of time:
yesterday,
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yesterday morning (afternoon/evening), last
week(month/ year), two years ago, …

Teaching
Contents Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
aids
- Let sts read the text within 2 mins. - Read the text Textbook,
4. Read the text about Mattie Smith’s past - Ask sts to discuss in pairs to find - Work in pairs Board,
life. the verbs. chalk,
- Go round to give any help if power
needed. point and
- Call a student to find the verbs - Give the verbs CD player.

5. Rules of the regular verbs in the past - Introduce and explain rules of - Take note the rules
simple. regular verbs in the past simple
- When the verb ends in -e, we add -d -Listen to teacher’s
Eg: live lived explanation about the
Practise  practised use of regular verbs in
- When the verb ends in a short vowel and a the past simple
single consonant, we double the consonant and
add -ed - Do as teacher requires
Eg: stop  stopped
grab  grabbed
- When the verb ends in a consonant + y, we
change the -y to -ied
Eg: study  studied
Try  tried

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 Teaching
Contents Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
aid
B. Practice 10 Textbook,
mins Board,
- Give sts 2 minutes to discuss what the - Discuss together. chalk,
1. What is the past form of these
past form of the verbs in the box is. power
verbs? Listen and practise saying
- Call a st to come to the board and write - Listen to the tape to point, CD
them. them. check and practise. player, and
- Play the CD for them to check their handout
answers.

2. Read and listen to Mattie talking
about her past life. Complete the text,
using the Past Simple form of the
verbs in exercise 3.
C. PRODUCTION
Complete the questions and match the
question with the answers about Mattie
on the page 54.
- Put sts into groups of three or four to - Complete the text.
read and complete the text about Mattie's
past life, using the past simple form of
the verbs in exercise 3.
- Play the CD for sts to check their - Listen and discuss the
answers. answers
- Ask sts to try to remember what - Do as required
they’ve read and to close the books.
5 - Divide the class into 2 groups - Work in groups
mins - Deliver the questions and answers - Do as asked.
- Ask sts to complete the questions and
then match the questions with the
answers.
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 - Play the CD for them to check the - Listen to the CD to
answers. check the answers.

VI. SUMMARY (3 mins)

Form of the simple past tense 3. Questions
1. Positives a. Yes/No questions
S + Ved + (O) Did + S+ V (inf) + (O)?
→ Yes, S + did.
→ No, S + didn’t.
2.Negatives b. Wh - questions
S + did (didn’t) + V(inf) + (O) Question word +did + S + V (inf) + (O)?

VII. Homework (2 mins)

Do the exercises 1,2 and 3 of Unit 7 in the Workbook.
Q. GIÁM ĐỐC NGƯỜI SOẠN

Vũ Thị Xuân Oanh Tạ Thị Kim Ngôn

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 Hanoi college of home affairs
Centre of Informatics and Foreign Language
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Lesson plan
Textbook: NEW Headway (Elementary) by Liz and John Soars
Unit 7: Then and now
Period 1: WHEN I WAS YOUNG
Past Simple - regular verbs (on page 53,54 and 55)
Teacher: Ta Thi Kim Ngon

Hanoi, August 24th 2010