Grammer - Junior Secondary 2 - Past perfect tense

Past perfect tense

SUBJECT: GRAMMAR

TERM: 2ND TERM

WEEK: 2

CLASS : Junior Secondary School 2

AGE: 13 years

DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Past perfect tense

CONTENT : Past perfect tense

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Learners should be able to;

  1. ) Discuss the past perfect tense, how it is used and formed

SET INDUCTION: The teacher asks the learners to form sentences using the strips provided

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities, Interactive sessions, Explanations, Demonstrations

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : New Concept English for Junior Secondary School 2 page 85

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Past perfect tense

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

LEARNERS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by discussing how the past perfect tense is used

 

You use the past perfect tense when you want to show that two actions took place in the past but one was finished first. First you have to put the finished action into the past perfect tense. Any other action in the sentence is expressed in the simple past tense

Learners observe, learn and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher further explains how the past perfect tense is formed

 

We form the past perfect tense by adding the simple past tense of had plus the past participle

All the subjects use had

Examples

Pronoun

Verb(had)

Past participle

I/we/you/they

Had

Eaten before Tolu entered

He/she/it

had

Gone before the boy returned

 

Learners observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The Learners are asked to

1.   Discuss the usage of past perfect tense

2.   How is the past perfect tense formed? Give sentence examples

- Learners observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Learners are asked to answer exercise I on page 85 of the New Concept English for Junior Secondary School 2

Learners observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Learners are asked to answer Exercise II on page 85 of the New concept English for Junior Secondary School 2

Learners participate

6

CONCLUSION

The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commends the Learners