May 16, 2016

A Detailed Lesson Plan

in English 4

I. OBJECTIVES:
After a 45-minute lesson, the pupils are expected to:
a. identify what tense is being use in a given sentence,
b. create sentence using verb tense, and
c. classify verbs whether they are past, present and future tense.
II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic: Tense
B. Reference: Times Complete Home Tutor English, pp. 27-43
C. Materials: Visual aids
III. PROCEDURES

Teacher’s Activity Pupils’ Activity

A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES

1. Review - Verb is an action word

- Last meeting we talked about verbs. Now, who can
- play
define me the meaning of a verb?
- Very Good ! who can give me an example of a verb? - sing
- walk
- read
- I play piano whenever I
- Who among you can create a sentence using the verb
miss my mother.
play?
- Eric sing a song that fits
- How about the verb sing?
his emotion.

- Very good!
- (pupils will create their
2. Motivation
own sentence using the
- You will have an activity, what you’re going to do is
verbs I will flash)
to create a sentence base on the card that I’m going to
flash.

B. DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES
- Yes ma’am!
1. Presentation
- Okay class, today we will be talking about tenses, the
past, present and future tense. Are you familiar with
it ?
- Tense is a form of a verb
2. Discussion that is used to show when
- What is the meaning of a Tense? an action happened.
- It is usually shows whether you are referring to past, - Past tense are the words
present and future tense. Let’s talk about the past tense that ends with –d and –ed
first, who will read the meaning of a past tense?
- Very good ! a past tense is a word that ends with –d
and –ed. For example, the word watch, its past tense is - yes ma’am!
watched. Right?
- Peter and John watched
- Can you create a sentence using the word watched? television yesterday.

- I have here a sentence; Mrs. Wan baked a birthday

cake last night. Who will underline the verb in the - Mrs. Wan baked a birthday
sentence? cake last night.
- Yes ma’am!
- Is it a past tense?
- Because the word baked
- Why? ends with –d.

- Very good !but class, we also have the so called

irregular verbs wherein they do not follow the rule
adding –d or –ed. Like for example, the word eat its
past tense is ate. It changes in spelling. Another one is - The past tense of the verb
the word go, what do you think is the past tense of it? go is went.

- Correct! Because there is no such word goed, right?

So the past tense of the verb go is went. Did you - Yes ma’am!
understand class?

- Let’s proceed to the present tense. Who will read the - Present tense are the
meaning of the present tense? words/verbs that ends in –s
and –ing.
- Correct! They are the words/verbs that end with –s
and –ing. Say for example, in the sentence, the sun
rises in the east. Where do you think is the verb their? - Rises ma’am!

- Very good! Is it a present tense?

- Yes ma’am!
- Correct! Because it ends with –s. How about in the
sentence, I am reading a magazine. Where is the verb
in the sentence?

- Is it a present tense? - Reading ma’am!

- What did you notice about the two verbs rises and - Yes ma’am!
reading?
- Rises ends in –s and
- Very good! Now let’s go to the last, the future tense. reading ends with –ing so
Who will read the meaning of a future tense? they are both present tense.

- Future tense is formed by

- Okay, so future tense is used to show an action that is adding shall or will to the
going to takes place sometime in the future and it is stem form of a verb.
easy to determine that it is a future tense because of
the word will and shall, say for example, He will come
tomorrow. Where is the verb in the sentence?

- Correct! It formed a future tense because of the word

 will that is being added in the verb come. Another - Come ma’am!
example, We shall eat at the Sunflower Restaurant.
Who can identify the verb that is use in the sentence?

- Very good! How can we say that the verb in the

sentence is a future tense?
- Eat ma’am!

- Very good!
C. POST-DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES
1. Generalization - Ma’am it is a future tense
- What is the meaning of a tense again class? because of the word shall
that is being added in the
verb eat.
- Who can differentiate the three terms of a tense, the
past, present and the future tense?

- Tense is a form of a verb

that is used to show when
an action happened.

- Very good class! I think you really understood our - Past tense is are verbs that
lesson for today. Let’s have an activity. end with –d and –ed but we
have the so called irregular
IV. EVALUATION verbs wherein they do not
Write the correct form of the verb inside the follow the rule because it
parenthesis. Write your answer in the space provided. changes in spelling, present
1. I ___________ (see) a ball in the ground. tense are verbs that ends
2. I ___________ (be) home at twelve o’clock. with –s and –ing and the
3. Seven Policeman are ___________ (patrol) the area. future tense is easy to
4. The children are _____________ (play) noisily in the determine because of the
playground. word will and shall that is
5. The snake ____________ (hesitate) for a few seconds, added before the stem
then it ____________ (raise) its head. word.

V. ASSIGNMENT

On a 1 whole sheet of paper, give two examples for each terms of tense (PAST, PRESENT,
FUTURE).

Prepared by:

ROXANNE LOMANDAS