Further Practice in the Use of Tense – Present, Past Present, Perfect and Past Continuous Tense Primary 4 (Basic) Term 3 Week 3 English Structure

ENGLISH STUDIES 

STRUCTURE 

THIRD TERM

WEEK 3

PRIMARY 4

TOPIC: FURTHER PRACTICE IN THE USE OF TENSE

LEARNING AREA

1. Past Tense

2. Present Tense

3. Future Tense

4. Lesson Evaluation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives – use the following correctly,

1. identify the past tense, present tense and future tense.

2. use the the past tense, present tense and future tense correctly.

3. make sentences with the past tense, present tense and future tense correctly.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Course book

2. Substitution tables

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

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

INTRODUCTION TO TENSE

Tense is an action verb that tell the time. 

For example,

1. Present tense – something happening now, I eat rice everyday – present tense.

2. Past tense – something happened earlier, I ate rice yesterday – past tense.

3. Future tense – something going to happen, I will eat rice tomorrow – Future tense

PAST TENSE 

Past tense is mainly used to express actions or events that happened in the past.

EXAMPLES 

1. I went home economics center yesterday.

2. I ate apple this morning.

3. John travelled to America last year.

4. My father died last year.

5. He lived in Lagos.

6. You dropped your bag.

PRESENT TENSE 

The present tense is used to express action or even that currently going to happen.

EXAMPLES 

1. She goes to school every morning.

2. I always study at school.

3. He understands English.

4. It mixes the sand and the water.

5. She tries very hard.

6. He enjoys playing the game.

FUTURE TENSE 

The present tense is used to express actions or events that are yet to happen.

EXAMPLES 

1. I will see you tomorrow.

2. It will rain tomorrow.

Reference Book – MacMillan Brilliant Primary English 6

Page 17C

PRESENTATION

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

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher organizes pupils in groups or pairs depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher displays chart showing sentences with present, past and future tenses. For example – I eat rice everyday, I ate rice yesterday and I will eat rice tomorrow.

Pupil’s Activities – Discuss the given sentence.

4. Teacher asks pupils to identify and differentiate between the sentences.

5. Teacher uses the pupil’s reasonable responses to introduction the lesson and explains the use of past, present and future tenses with appropriate examples.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify past, present and future tenses.

6. Teacher guides pupils to use the past, present and future tenses correctly.

Pupil’s Activities – Use past, present and future tenses in making statements/sentences.

7. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board with appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to the questions and write as instructed.

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 to, 

1. identify the past tense, present tense and future tense.

2. use the the past tense, present tense and future tense correctly.

3. make sentences with the past tense, present tense and future tense correctly.