Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Warm-up: Our school trip memories
Aims
Ss recall a place they visited and use the past verbs in a short chant to prepare for the new lesson.
Content
Picture game 'Where did we go?' with flashcards of a museum, an ancient town and a stadium. Then a chant with the verbs visited, watched and bought, clapping the rhythm of each word.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least three places and say one full sentence, for example 'We visited a museum.' Ss can say the three past verbs with the correct rhythm.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T shows the flashcards one by one and asks: 'Where did we go on our school trip?' T models the answer: 'We visited a museum.'
Pupils
Ss look at the picture and answer in chorus or individually, for example: 'We visited a stadium.'
Teacher
T leads a chant: 'Visited, watched, bought!' and claps the rhythm. T writes the three verbs on the board in the past form.
Pupils
Ss chant and clap with T, then repeat the verbs alone, for example: 'visited – watched – bought'.
Teacher
T calls two pairs to stand up and say one sentence about a place they visited last year.
Pupils
Ss stand up and report, for example: 'We watched a film at the museum.' Other Ss listen and say 'Good!' or give a small correction.
Teacher
T confirms that the past verbs are used for finished actions and that the lesson will focus on 'What did you do there?'
Pupils
Ss copy the three verbs and one sample sentence into their notebooks.