Unit all about Uzbekistan Lesson Where’s Uzbekistan?

Activity 2 Read and say. 10 min
Objective: to introduce the Past Simple irregular verbs
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to read the text silently paying special attention to the words in red and in brackets.
STEP 2: After 2-3 minutes, ask what they have understood about the words in red and in brackets. Elicit some answers. Then establish that when we say what we did yesterday or in the past we use special forms for verbs.
STEP 3: Use body actions for present (tap on shoulders) and past (motion/action behind you) e.g. Say: ‘come’ and at the same time tap on your shoulders, then say: ‘came’ and at the same time do motion/action behind you.
STEP 4: After that have the pupils repeat the verbs: go – went, see – saw, come – came, am – was, is – was, are – were, have – had after you in chorus using body actions as in Step 3. Then half the class say the present forms and the other half say their past forms.


Activity 3a Look, listen and repeat. 10 min
Objective: to teach chores vocabulary for irregular verbs in the present and past tense form
In advance, prepare the following flashcards for regular verbs: wash the dishes, clean the room, cook, plant trees, water the plants, play games, watch TV and the following flashcards for irregular verbs: go shopping, go to school, have breakfast, see my granny, come home.
In advance, i.e. before the lesson starts, draw a vertical line on the board down the middle, dividing the board into two equal halves. Stick the regular verb flashcards onto the left-half of the board.
Next, on the right-side of the board draw 5 circles. The pupils will be sticking the irregular verb flashcards inside the circles, so make them just big enough to fit the cards inside. Under each circle write the verbs as follows:

go shopping – went shopping

go to school – went to school
have breakfast – had breakfast
see my granny – saw my granny
come home – came home


STEP 1: Divide the class into 5 groups and give one irregular verb flashcard to each group.
STEP 2: Invite a pupil to the board with the group’s flashcard and ask him/her to place it into the correct circle on the board – their group can help. If not, you can help by saying “no, try again” until the pupil has stuck the card into the correct circle. Keep going until all of the irregular verb flashcards have been stuck on the board in the circles.
STEP 3: Next, chorus each verb three times using body actions for present (tap on shoulders) and past (motion/action behind you) e.g. say: “go shopping, went shopping” with actions, the pupils repeat: “go shopping, went shopping” and do the same actions.
STEP 4: Write the word “Yesterday” at the top of the board and draw a red circle around it, and chorus “Yesterday”. Point to the first flashcard and say: ‘Yesterday, I go shopping. Is that OK? Go shopping?’ Try and get someone to say the correct form ‘went shopping’. Circle the word “went” in red (to signify this is the correct form of the verb to use with the word “Yesterday”). Now go through all of the remaining verbs asking your pupils which is the correct form and circling the past tense version in red.