CLASSROOM OBSERVATION-ENGLISH 7

1. TOPIC:
PAST AND PAST
PERFECT TENSE
Teacher III

2. Prayer
Checking of Attendance

3. Setting of classroom rules
1. I will be ready to learn.
2. I will be respectful of others.
3. I will listen and follow instructions.
4. I will raise my hand if I want to talk.
5. I will set my cellular phone in silent
mode and place it inside my bag.

4. ( ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE)
QUESTIONS and ANSWER

5.  Directions:
Pick out the verbs
in the selection.

6. Who is he? Where is he? What
does he do?
Hank is a cowboy .He lives
on a farm. He has a horse
named Ginger. Hank loves
Ginger. He rides Ginger every
day. Sometimes they walk
slowly, and sometimes they
run fast. They always have a
good time.

7. Ginger is Hank horse. She is light brown.
Her tail and mane are dark brown. She
is three years old. She lives in the
stable by the house.
Ginger waits for Hank every
morning. She enjoys their time
together. Often, Hank gives her apples.
After long rides Hank always washes and
brushes Ginger. He usually brusher her
tail. Then he gives her food and fresh
water. Ginger loves Hank.

9. The Simple past is a
verb tense that is
used to talk about
things that happened
or existed before now.

10. Spelling Rules of Regular Past
Simple Verbs
1. With most regular verbs, we
simply add- ed to the base form
For example: happen+ ed=
happened

11. Spelling Rules of Regular Past
Simple Verbs
2. With verbs that end in e, we
add d
For example: smile= smiled
Arrive= arrived

12. Spelling Rules of Regular Past
Simple Verbs
3. With verbs that end in a
consonant and y, we drop the y
and add- ied.
For example: try= tried
Carry= carried

13. Exception: If there is a vowel
before the y, we leave the y and
only add –ed.
For example: play-played

14. 4. With one- syllable verbs that
end in consonant- vowel-
consonant combinations, we
double the last consonant.
For example: stop- stopped

15. Exception: With two –syllable
verbs, we double the last
consonant if the stress is on the
last syllable.
For example: admit- admitted
Commit- committed

16. But when the stress is on the
first syllable, we just add- ed.
For example:
listen=listened
Take note also that – ed sounds
in 3 different ways: d, t, and id

17. ACTIVITY 2.Guess the Past!
Underline the past tense
expressions and encircle the
verb used in the following
sentences

18. 1.They watched a movie yesterday.
2.I became a teacher thirty two years
ago.
3.I graduated from the university last
year.
4.We studied very hard last night.
5.She bought a brand new laptop last
week.

19. ACTIVITY 3. Make a Sound!
( Independent Working Time)
Categorize the following – ed verbs
into 3 different end sounds.
Write them in the correct column
below.

20. ACTIVITY 4 ( GROUPINGS)
Have the students group into 4.
GROUP 1 Lists the verbs in simple past tense
( use the verb once).
GROUP 2 List down – ed verbs in t/ d/ ed
ending sounds.
GROUP 3 Cut image of an old lady and image of
what she swallowed
GROUP 4 Write another version of the poem
focusing the different aquatic animal

21. I Know An Old Lady
( By: Rose Bonne)
I know an old lady who
swallowed a fly
I don’t know why she
swallowed the fly
Perhaps she’ll die.

22. I know an old lady who
swallowed a spider
That wriggled and jiggled and
tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to
catch the fly
But I don’t know why she
swallowed the fly
Perhaps she’ll die.

23. I know an old lady who
swallowed a bird
How absurd to swallow a bird
She swallowed the bird
to catch the spider
That wiggled and jiggled
and tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider
to catch the fly
But I don’t know why
she swallowed the fly
Perhaps she’ll die.

24. I know an old woman who
swallowed a cat
Imagine that. She swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and
tickled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
But I don’t know why she
swallowed that fly
Perhaps she’ll die.

25. Task: ( FILL ME)
Ask the students to supply the past form of the
verb by filling in the correct forms of tenses:
1.We (bake) a cake together.
2.I think mommy (add) too much sugar to my
coffee.
3.The master of ceremony (announce) the grand
prize winner of the night.
4.The students (study) their lesson last Tuesday.

26. QUESTION and ANSWER:
1.Were you able to define the simple
past form of the verbs?
2. Why is past tense important?
3. How are going to write sentences
using the past form of the verb?

27. Directions:
choose the correct tenses of
the verb and write the letter
of the correct

28. 1. The other day, our teacher (forget) ____to announce the
score of the test.
a. forgets b. will forget c. forgot d. forgotten
2. The wound (bleed) ____before the paramedics arrived.
Bled b. will bleed c. had bled d. have bled
3. Lovely (feed) ____ the cat in the apartment the other day.
Feed b. fed c. have fed c. has fed d. feeding
4. She (begin) ____her campaign few months ago.
Begun b. have begin c. has begun d. had begun
5. Tim (know) ____Jane when she was still in high school.
Knew b. known c. has known d. have known

29. DIRECTIONS: Use the following past
form of verbs in the sentence. (1/2
crosswise)
1. Broke
2. Washed
3. Understood