Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 3

Verbs

TERM: 3rd Term

SUBJECT: Grammar

WEEK: 9

CLASS : PRIMARY 3

AGE: 8 years

DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Verbs

CONTENT : Verbs(doing words)

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

  1. Explain what verbs are
  2. Describe more rules on verbs

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses pictures of sentences indicating verbs to arouse the interest of the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Metropolitan English series English grammar for Basic Education Book 3 page 47-57, flash cards and charts on verbs

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: VERBS

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by Explaining what Verbs are

Verbs are doing words. A verb tells us what to do. 

Examples of verbs are Eat, look, play, sing, dance, cook, write etc

 

Pupils observe, learn and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher further explains the following

1. In the simple present tense, the 3rd person singular usually end in ‘s’ e.g

1st person singular  3rd person singular

I see                        He sees

I point                      He points

I eat                         He eats

 

In some cases, the 3rd person singular ends in –es e.g

I touch                     he touches

I catch                     he catches

I go                          he goes

 

2. For verbs ending in ‘e’, drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’ to make their present and past continuous tenses e.g

Drive          driving

Hide           hiding

Take           taking

Give            giving

Make           making

Bake            baking

 

3. For one syllable verbs that ends with a consonant, double the consonant and add ‘ing’ for their continuous tenses e.g

Stop            stopping

Cut              cutting

Run             running

Dig              digging

Wet             wetting

Put              putting

Pupils observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The pupils are asked to

1. Explain the meaning of verbs

2. Explain the following

a. how the 3rd person singular in simple present tense ends

b. using examples, how does the verbs ending in ‘e’ become present or past continuous tense

c. how one syllable verbs ending in consonant change into their present and past continuous tense

- Pupils observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Pupils are asked to answer question  F-G on page 54-55 of the text-book

Pupils observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Pupils are asked to answer questions H-I on page 56-57 of the reference text.

Pupils participate

6

CONCLUSION

The teacher marks their books, corrects it and

commend the pupils

 



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