Past Continuous

Topic: Past continuous

Objectives & Outcome:

• Students will be able to use the past continuous to describe a continuous action in the past.

Materials:

• Flashcards with verbs in the present tense and past tense
• Texts or novels that students can read for practice
• Chart paper and markers

Warm-up

• Review the present continuous with the students. Ask them to give examples of actions that are continuous in the present.
• Review the past tense with the students. Ask them to give examples of actions that are finished in the past.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the past continuous verb tense. Explain that this tense is used to describe actions that were ongoing in the past.
• Give examples of the past continuous using the action words from the warm-up.
• Review the formula for the past continuous: was/were + -ing. Have the students repeat the formula after you.

Guided Practice

• Divide the students into pairs. Give each pair a set of action words from the warm-up.
• Have the pairs use the past continuous to describe a character in a story or a picture using the action words.
• Have the pairs share their stories with the class, providing feedback as needed.
• As a class, create a sentence strip together using the past continuous to describe a character in a story or a picture using the action words.

Independent Practice

• Have students choose a character from a story or a picture and create a story using the past continuous to describe the character's actions.
• Encourage students to use the action words from the warm-up in their stories.
• Have students present their stories to the class, providing feedback as needed.

Closure

• Review the past continuous with the class, asking questions such as "What were you doing?" and "What were you
• - doing?" to elicit responses in the past continuous.
• Ask students to reflect on the importance of using the past continuous in English and the importance of
• - practicing their English skills.

Assessment

• Observe students during the presentation and guided practice activity to assess their understanding of the past
• - continuous.
• Collect and review the completed worksheets or written exercises to assess students' ability to use the past
• - continuous correctly and effectively.