This 70-minute lesson plan aims to teach secondary two students about the past continuous tense. The lesson begins with introducing the tense through a story told with pictures. Students then practice forming the tense and asking questions in it. Most of the lesson focuses on speaking practice, with activities like a guessing game where students act out past actions and a pair work activity comparing pictures. Students consolidate their learning by doing an accompanying workbook individually. The goal is for students to understand and verbally apply the past continuous tense by lesson's end.

1. Lesson Plan
Level:
Time:
Topic:
Secondary two
70 minutes
Past Continuous Tense
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to
1. know the use of past continuous tense
2. know the form of past continuous tense, that is was/ were/ + -ing
3. ask and answer questions in past continuous tense orally
Skills:
Listening: listen to teacher’s instruction and classmates’ response
Speaking: ask and answer teacher’s and students’ questions
Teaching Materials: handouts
pictures
`
ppt
workbook

2. Instructional sequence:
Stages/Time
Aim
Activities
1. Introduce past Prepare Ss what they are T uses ppt and tells Ss a story using past continuous tense
continuous
tense going to learn
(4mins)
To arouse Ss’ interest
Teaching Aids
ppt
2. Introduce the use Let Ss find the use of T picks some sentences from the story and asks Ss look at the sentences and ppt
of past continuous past continuous tense ask them when they use past continuous tense.
tense. (7 mins)
themselves instead of
being told by T.
3. Introduce the To help Ss learn the form T asks Ss to observe the sentences. T asks Ss to deduce the form of past ppt
form
of
past of past continuous tense. continuous tense , that is was/were +ing
continuous tense. (2
mins)
4. Practice using To arouse their interest T show Ss ppt and ask Ss what the people in the ppt were doing.
past
continuous and
check
their
tense (5 mins)
understanding.
ppt
5. Introduce the rule Let Ss observe the rule T picks some verbs and asks what Ss observe. Ss are allowed to discuss with ppt
of forming –ing verb of forming -ing verb
their partners.
(3 min)
e.g. Many people were standing (stand) under the shelter.
All the vehicles on the road were moving (move) slowly.
People on the street were running (run) for shelter.
6. Introduce the rule Let Ss know how to ask T uses pictures to ask questions in past continuous tense.
of forming question question
in
past e.g. What was she doing? Was he reading newspaper?
pictures

3. by
using
past continuous tense
continuous tense (3
mins)
7. Guessing Game Ss practice speaking
(23 mins)
using Past Continuous
Tense.
Consolidate what Ss
have learnt in a more
interesting way.
The class is divided into 2 groups. Each group takes turn to act in front of the
class without speaking. One group should ask “What were you doing
yesterday?” before the other group act the action. Then the other group
guesses what they were doing and answer in past continuous tense. Each
group is given 4 mins to think about what actions they will do before the
game starts.
8. Pair Work (13 Ss practice speaking Pair up Ss. Each pair has 2 similar pictures. They have to find out the handouts 2
mins)
using Past Continuous difference between the 2 pictures by asking each other questions using past
Tense.
continuous tense.
Consolidate what Ss
have learnt in a more
interesting way.
9.
Ss
do
the To consolidate what they Ss do the workbook and can discuss with others. T checks the answers with workbook
workbook (10 mins) have learnt.
them next lesson.