Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Warm-up: Healthy routine quick check
a) Aims
Ss activate the topics of Units A, B and C and recall the past simple and present perfect forms through a quick question-and-answer game.
b) Content
Ss answer three questions from T about their own habits: 'What did you do last weekend?', 'How long have you studied English?', 'Have you ever walked to school?'. Ss then decide which tense each answer uses and why.
c) Expected outcomes
Ss give short answers such as: 'I went to the park last Sunday.' (past simple, finished time); 'I have studied English for five years.' (present perfect, duration up to now); 'I have walked to school since 2020.' (present perfect with since, starting point). Ss state the rule: past simple for finished time; present perfect for a period continuing to now.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T greets the class and says: 'Today we review the language from Units A, B and C. Let's start with three questions about you.' T writes the three questions on the board.
Students
Ss listen carefully and get ready to answer.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks each question to individual Ss and gives a few seconds for thinking. T walks around and listens for correct tense use.
Students
Ss answer the questions orally, for example: 'I went to the market yesterday.' / 'I have lived here since I was born.' Other Ss listen and note the tense.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T asks: 'Which answers use the past simple? Which use the present perfect? Why do we use since here?'
Students
Ss answer: 'Past simple is for finished time like yesterday.' 'Present perfect is for a period continuing to now.' 'Since introduces a starting point.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the answers and writes the key rule on the board: Past simple = finished past time; Present perfect = experience or period continuing to now. T says: 'Today we will look at the grammar more closely.'
Students
Ss copy the key rule into their notebooks.