Verbs · B4 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.3.5.1.5 - Use the simple past form of verbs for completed actions or events and regular actions in the past.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the simple past form of both regular and irregular verbs in a short story or sentence.
Explain that the simple past tense is used to talk about actions or events that are finished (completed actions) and actions that happened regularly in the past.
Change simple present tense sentences into the simple past tense using regular verbs (adding -ed) and common irregular verbs (e.g., go became went, see became saw).
Complete a conversion drill, changing present tense verbs to past tense verbs correctly in given sentences.
Write three or more simple sentences of their own using the simple past tense to describe completed actions from a familiar event.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Grammar Usage at Word and Phrase Levels (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Verbs (3.5)
Content standard: B4.3.5.1 - Apply the knowledge of verbs in communication
Indicator: B4.3.5.1.5 - Use the simple past form of verbs for:
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 11 (Week 23 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. 42
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Completed actions or events
- Regular actions in the past
- Revise the simple present tense by having learners say what they do regularly e.g. every morning.
- Learners listen to a simple story in which several completed actions have occurred.
- Discuss the story and have learners identify the verbs.
- Learners engage in a conversion drill for practice.
- Learners write simple sentences in the past tense using (both regular and irregular verbs).