Unit all about Uzbekistan Lesson Where’s Uzbekistan?

Activity 3b Play “Yesterday I ...” 15 min
Objective: to give practice in saying past tense sentences
In pairs, the pupils are going to say the present and past tense of the verbs together – the first time with both pupils looking at the board and the second time with one pupil looking away from the board (being tested).
STEP 1: First demonstrate with a pupil. Start by saying the present tense form of a verb and the pupil has to say the past form with the phrase “Yesterday, I …”, for example:
Teacher: go shopping.
Pupil: Yesterday, I went shopping.
Teacher: see my grandad.
Pupil 2: Yesterday, I saw my grandad.
STEP 2: Put the pupils in pairs. Have the pairs go through all of the irregular verbs on the right side of the board, changing roles after all the verbs have been practised so both get the chance to say the past forms.
STEP 3: Keep everyone in the same pairs, but one pupil must sit with their back to the board. The pupils do the same thing as in Step 2 but the pupils with their back to the board must try and remember the correct past tense form – their partners can help if they get stuck. Again, change roles.
STEP 4: Look at the flashcards on the board, including the regular verbs on the left-side and do an action or gesture. Elicit what you are doing using the structure “Yesterday, I …” (e.g. “Yesterday, I played football”, “Yesterday, I had breakfast”).
Then put everyone in small groups of 3 or 4. One person in each group starts by acting out a verb and the other members have to shout out the correct answer using the structure “Yesterday, I …”. The first person in the group to say the correct answer can do the next action. Continue until each group has completed actions for all of the verbs.


Homework 3 min
Ask the pupils to open their Workbooks and look at the homework. Check that everybody understands what to do. If necessary, explain that they must first read the text in the past, and then change it to the present using the verbs in the word cloud as shown in the example.