This lesson plan outlines how to teach past simple tense to students effectively. The teacher will begin with a warm-up asking students about past actions. Then, the teacher will explain the structure and use of past simple tense through examples on the board. Students will practice forming past tense sentences, questions, and negatives through guided oral exercises. To assess understanding, the teacher will ask students questions about past simple tense before assigning homework practicing the tense.

1. Lesson PLan
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This is a lesson plan on how a
teacher can teach Past Simple Tense
in the classroom effectively and
interestingly.

2. Lesson Plan
Name of the School: Cambrian School & College
Identification
Teacher’s Name : Md. Abdul Kader
College Roll No. : 06
Session: 2013
Class : IX ; Section : A
Number of Students : 40
The average age of the students: 15+
Subject : English 2nd
paper
General Lesson: Tense
Particular Lesson : The Past Simple
Time : 50 minutes
Date :
Learning
Objective
By the end of the lesson students will be able to –
 understand and recognize past simple tense.
 use the past simple tense to tell about states that happened in the past.
 form questions using the past simple tense.
 transform a positive past simple statement into a negative one.
Teaching
method
Brief lecture, Question-answering, Oral practice
Teaching
aids
General Special
Duster, Chalk
Colored Chalk
Chart having the structure of Past simple
Tense
Time Preparation: 07 Minutes Practice: 15 Minutes Home work: 02 Minutes
Presentation: 20 Minutes Evaluation: 05 Minutes Departure: 01 Minutes
Step
Time:07Minutes
Stage The role of the teacher The role of the students
Preparation
Exchange of
greeting
I will exchange greeting with my
students.
Students will do the same
respectfully.
Taking
attendance
I will take the students’ attendance. Students will co-operate me.
Collection of
home work
I will collect the home work by the
help of the class captain.
Students will submit their
homework.
Brainstorming
/Warmingup
I will ask the following simple
questions related to actions that
happened in the past to warm up the
class.
(1) What did you do after school
yesterday?
(2) Did you play football last week?
(3) How was the weather yesterday?
(4) Did you enjoy your weekend?
(1) I studied Math.
(2) Yes, I played football last
week, or No, I didn’t play football
last week.
(3) It was rainy/sunny.
(4) Yes, I enjoyed my weekend.
Declarationof
today’slesson
I will declare today’s lesson telling -
“Today we shall learn about past
simple tense”. Then I will write it on
the middle of the board and underline
it.
Students will write the lesson
name in their class work copy.
Md. Abdul Kader; Lecturer in english; Cambrian College

3. Lesson Plan
Md. Abdul Kader; Lecturer in english; Cambrian College
Step
Time:20Minutes
Stage The role of the teacher The role of the studentsPresentation
Lecture
I will write few sentences on the board using the
past simple tense structure and explain the form
of past simple tense. Then I will set the chart
having the structure of the past simple tense
together with the example sentences.
After that I will explain that the past simple
tense is used to tell about states completed at a
certain point of time in the past. I will also point
out that “-ed at the end of the verb form” is the
prime marker for the past simple tense.
(Irregular verbs will be explained later).
(I will write several verbs on the board with the
past form of the verbs so that students can notice
that “-ed” is the prime marker of the past tense).
After that I will explain that we use past simple
tense in questions to ask about things happened
and completed in the past. I will also explain to
the students that we use the past form of “do”
which is “did” to ask in the past and with “did”
we use the verb in the simple form, but when we
answer we convert the verb into the past form.
Example:
(1) Did you enjoy last cricket match of
Bangladesh?
(2) Did you study for the exam?
Students will listen to my lecture.
Students will write the structure and
examples in their class work copy.
Answer 1: Yes, we enjoyed the last
cricket match of Bangladesh.
OR: Yes, we did.
Answer 2: Yes, I studied for the
examination.
OR: Yes, I did.
Step
Time:15Minutes
Stage The role of the teacher The role of the students
Practice
Guidedoralpractice
Physical Response – I will invite some
students to perform certain activities and
after that their classmates will be asked to
tell about the activity they saw.
For example: I will invite “student- A” to
walk in the classroom. Then I will ask
“student-B” – What did “student –A” do?
Creating questions using past tense
Guided oral practice – class will practice
by converting my statements into
questions.
Example 1:
Teacher: I explained this point before.
Example 2:
Teacher: I wrote the example on the
board.
Making negative statement using past
simple tense
Negative statement –.
Example 1:
Teacher: Did you see the movie?
Student A: will walk in the classroom.
Student B: “Student-A” walked in the
classroom.
Example 1:
Student A: Did the teacher explain this
point before?
Student B: Yes, He explained it before.
(or) Yes, he did.
Example 2:
Student A.: Did the teacher write the
example on the board?
Student B.: Yes, he wrote the example
on the board.
Student B: I didn’t see the movie. ( or)
No, I didn’t.

4. Lesson Plan
Step
Time:08Minutes
Stage The role of the teacher The role of the students
Application
Evaluation
I will ask the following questions to assess
my students.
1. When do we use past simple tense?
2. What is the prime indicator of past
simple tense?
3. What verb form will be used in the
sentence after using “did” in the
sentence?
Students will answer my questions.
Answer:
1. We use past simple tense to
express an action that happened in
the past. / We use past simple tense
to tell about states completed at a certain
point of time in the past.
2. The prime indicator of the past
tense is “-ed at the end of the simple
verb form”
3. The base form of verb will be used
in the sentence after using “did” in
the sentence.
Home
work
Think of a time you were late. Write five
sentences about what happened; use verbs
to tell about the past.
Students will write down the home
work.
Departure
When the bell will be rung, I will bid
“good-bye” to my students and leave the
classroom erasing the board.
Students will also bid “good-bye” to
the teacher respectfully.
Note: In some cases the student’s answer may differ from what I expect, and
then I will handle the situation as per the needs of the students.
Md. Abdul Kader; Lecturer in english; Cambrian College