Introducing Past Perfect

Lesson overview

In this lesson, the students:

  • read about the form and use of Past Perfect tense
  • practise the form in gap-filling exercises and longer texts
  • practise the use in practical speaking exercises (personal anecdotes)

The lesson is a great match with any other lessons about storytelling or as further extention after Present Perfect vs Past Simple Review for ambitious students striving for more.

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Grammar

Do your students have trouble understanding Past Perfect? Change it, using clear diagrams and real-life examples from this brick. The lesson uses deductive approach to make the students deduce the form and learn about the use of Past Perfect tense. Make them deduce the rules from examples (the lesson covers Past Perfect for previous past activity, a reason for a past event and the completion of action), use the correct form in gapped sentences and compare Past Simple with Past Perfect. Check the accuracy in speaking tasks – creating personal anecdotes and stories with prompts.

This lesson contains

  • a lesson plan for students in PDF for download (Student’s Brick)
  • a lesson plan for teachers with key and teaching notes in PDF for download (Teacher’s Brick)
  • an online presentation in Google Slides (Online Brick)

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