Using Action Words · B4 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.5.4.1.2 - Demonstrate the use of the simple past form in speech and in writing to express past conditions

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the simple past form of at least 10 regular and irregular verbs when they see or hear them.
Change present tense verbs to their simple past forms in speech, both for regular verbs (add -ed) and common irregular verbs (go, come, eat, see, take, have, etc.).
Use the simple past form correctly in oral sentences to describe conditions or situations that happened yesterday, last week, or in the past.
Rewrite a short paragraph from the present tense into the simple past tense, keeping the meaning the same.
Peer edit a partner’s written work, checking specifically for correct simple past verb forms.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Using Writing Conventions/ Grammar Usage (Strand 5)
Sub-strand: Using Action Words (5.4)
Content standard: B4.5.4.1 - Demonstrate understanding of verbs in everyday language
Indicator: B4.5.4.1.2 - Demonstrate the use of the simple past form in speech and in writing to express past conditions
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 9 (Week 33 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 62
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Revise the simple past tense (both regular and irregular verbs).
- Assign learners to do an activity e.g. let learners, in small groups, re-write the letters they wrote previously in the simple past tense (Refer to B4.5.4.1.1).
- Let pairs of learners exchange their work and peer edit.