Constructions with the Past Tense and Past Perfect Tense Primary 5 (Basic 5) Second Term Week 10 English Studies

CONSTRUCTION WITH THE PAST TENSE AND PAST PERFECT TENSE PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5) SECOND TERM WEEK 10 ENGLISH STUDIES

ENGLISH STUDIES

SECOND TERM

WEEK 10

PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5) 

THEME – SPEECH WORK 

TOPIC – CONSTRUCTION WITH THE PAST TENSE AND PAST PERFECT TENSE 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Past Tense and Past Perfect Tense

3. Changing Past Tense to Past Perfect Tense

3. Changing Past Perfect Tense to Past Tense

4. Class Exercise/Homework

5. Summary

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Define past tense and past perfect tense.

2. Identify verbs in past tense and past perfect tense.

3. Differentiate between the two tenses.

4. Construct sentences using past tense and past perfect tense.

5. Use both tenses correctly in writing.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

Pupils already know how to use verbs in the past. This lesson helps them understand actions that happened earlier than another past action.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Sentence charts

2. Whiteboard and marker/chalkboard and chalk

3. English textbook

4. Flashcards of verbs

5. Pupils’ notebooks

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

INTRODUCTION

Tenses help us to show the time an action takes place.

In this lesson, we will learn how to construct sentences using:

• Past Tense: shows an action that happened in the past.

• Past Perfect Tense: shows an action completed before another past action.

We can change one tense to another.

1. PAST TENSE

The past tense is used to show an action that happened and ended in the past.

Examples:

• I went to school yesterday.

• She ate rice.

• They wrote a letter.

Changing Past Tense to Past Perfect Tense

Structure: had + past participle

Examples:

• went → had gone

• ate → had eaten

• wrote → had written

• saw → had seen

• came → had come

Sentences:

• I went home → I had gone home.

• She ate rice → She had eaten rice.

• They wrote a letter → They had written a letter.

• We saw the man → We had seen the man.

• He came early → He had come early.

2. PAST PERFECT TENSE

The past perfect tense is used to show an action that was completed before another action in the past.

Examples:

• I had gone home

• She had eaten rice

• They had written a letter

Changing Past Perfect Tense to Past Tense

Examples:

• had gone → went

• had eaten → ate

• had written → wrote

• had seen → saw

• had come → came

Sentences:

• I had gone home → I went home.

• She had eaten rice → She ate rice.

• They had written a letter → They wrote a letter.

• We had seen the man → We saw the man.

• He had come early → He came early.

IMPORTANCE OF THE LESSON

This lesson helps pupils to:

• express actions clearly in time order.

• use correct grammar in speaking and writing.

• understand events that happened earlier or later in the past.

• improve sentence construction skills.

Pupils should learn that the past tense shows completed actions, while the past perfect tense shows an earlier completed action before another past action.

CLASS EXERCISE/HOMEWORK

A. Fill in the Blanks

1. I ______ (go) to school yesterday.

2. She ______ (eat) rice before she went out.

3. They ______ (write) a letter last week.

4. He ______ (had finished) his work before the bell rang.

5. We ______ (play) football in the evening.

B. Change Past Tense to Past Perfect Tense

6. went → ______

7. ate → ______

8. wrote → ______

9. saw → ______

10. came → ______

C. Change Past Perfect Tense to Past Tense

11. had gone → __________

12. had eaten → __________

13. had written → __________

14. had seen → __________

15. had come → __________

ANSWERS

1. went

2. had eaten

3. wrote

4. had finished

5. played

6. had gone

7. had eaten

8. had written

9. had seen

10. had come

11. went

12. ate

13. wrote

14. saw

15. came

SUMMARY

Pupils learned how to change past tense to past perfect tense using had + past participle, and also how to change past perfect tense back to past tense.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. The teacher revises past tense and past perfect tense with pupils.

Example:

• I went to school (past tense)

• I had gone to school (past perfect tense)

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils respond and give examples.

2. The teacher introduces the lesson as sentence construction using past tense and past perfect tense and changing one tense to another.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils listen attentively.

3. The teacher explains past tense and past perfect tense again briefly.

• Past Tense: action completed in the past

• Past Perfect Tense: action completed before another past action

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils copy the explanation.

4. The teacher presents sentence construction using both tenses.

• I went home after I had finished my homework.

• She had eaten before she went out.

• They had played before it rained.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils read and identify both tenses.

5. The teacher explains changing past tense to past perfect tense.

• go → had gone

• eat → had eaten

• write → had written

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils repeat the forms.

6. The teacher gives sentence examples:

• I went home → I had gone home

• She ate rice → She had eaten rice

• They wrote a letter → They had written a letter

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils identify changes.

7. The teacher explains changing past perfect tense to past tense.

• had gone → went

• had eaten → ate

• had written → wrote

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils respond.

8. The teacher gives sentence examples:

• I had gone home → I went home

• She had eaten rice → She ate rice

• They had written a letter → They wrote a letter

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils read and participate.

9. The teacher guides pupils to change sentences from one tense to another and construct their own sentences.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils practice orally and in writing.

10. The teacher corrects pupils’ work and summarizes the lesson by revising construction and tense conversion.

Pupils’ Activities: The pupils participate in the summary.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils,

1. What is past tense?

2. What is past perfect tense?

3. Write the structure of past perfect tense.

4. Change this sentence to past perfect tense: She went to school.

5. Change this sentence to past tense: They had eaten food.