This lesson continues the sports theme, focusing on reading about several inspirational disabled athletes. Students will learn five new irregular past tense verbs as well as review comparatives / superlatives. Slides Learning objectives New words: an athlete, an accident, a disability.Grammar: Irregular past simple tense verbs – to swim, to catch, to throw, to make,…...
This lesson introduces “good at” and “bad at” to describe skills, before teaching their irregular comparative / superlative forms (good-better-best / bad-worse-worst), ending with reading a passage about the famous basketball player Michael Jordan. Slides Learning objectives New words: good, better, best, bad, worse, worst.Grammar: Irregular comparative and superlatives – good / bad. Downloads and…...
This lesson continues with the theme of comparatives and superlatives, focusing on three-syllable words (which form comparatives and superlatives with more / most). Students will learn new adjectives, practice the new grammar point, and apply this to reading an article about the famous skier Eileen Gu. Slides Learning objectives New words: determined, careful, dangerous, beautiful,…...
This lesson teaches a selection of new adjectives, then focuses on comparative / superlative spelling rules (for adjectives / adverbs ending in VC / e / y) before ending with a funny story about Sally playing a prank on Ben. Slides Learning objectives New words: wet, dry, early, late, pretty, ugly, heavy, funny, busy, brave,…...
This writing-focused lesson, ideal for pre-intermediate students, starts by discussing the key features of a simple news article, leading into a news article writing task. Slides Learning objectives Structure and language features of news articles.Writing a simple news article about a sports event. Downloads and links Lesson preview (for students): https://view.genial.ly/65562c69b571060011cce1c0… Ooh you’ve stumbled across...
This lesson continues with the sports day theme, reviewing past simple tense and simple comparatives / superlatives while reading and discussing a news article. Slides Learning objectives New words: a news article.Grammar: simple comparative / superlative adverbs (review); past simple tense of irregular verbs (review); using “about” to describe a topic.Reading comprehension and discussion skills…....
This review lesson, ideal as an end-of-unit assessment or summary class, focuses particularly on irregular past tense verbs and talking about events in the past. Slides Learning objectives (review) New words: Stormy, windy, foggy, a rainbow, a farm, a funfair, a circus, a hospital, a swimming pool, a penguin, a jellyfish, a lion, a whale,…...
This lesson introduces four irregular past tense verbs, while reading short passages reminiscing about the past. Slides Learning objectives New words: A radio, a CD, a phone, a dictionary, a website, an app, social media, a text message, a letter, an email.Grammar: Irregular past simple tense verbs – to go (went), to send (sent), to…...
This lesson continues to teach using the verb “to be” in the past simple tense (was / were), specifically focusing on how to ask and answer yes / no questions about the past. Slides Learning objectives New words: a farm, a hospital, a funfair, a swimming pool.Grammar: Asking and answering yes / no questions in…...
This lesson briefly reviews regular past simple tense verbs, then focuses on practicing using prepositions to write more extended sentences – culminating in a final diary entry writing task. Slides Learning objectives New words: to score, a goal, to win, a (sports) match.Grammar: Using prepositions of time and place to extend sentences. Writing skills: Writing…...
