Adult General Intermediate, (HW,IM,U3,C2)

Lesson Duration: 50min # students

Lesson Aim: Past Continuous / Perfect, questions practice
Student details: Age (s): Level:
Date: Class Room

Time Student activity Teacher activity

Engagement activity Read through July’s day and see what it
What Judy did yesterday tells us about her, her work, her family
(Headway Elem. SB, p.24) etc.
Read and discuss Judy’s day

Presentation stage Past simple – sequence of past events

Review past continuous, past
perfect and asking questions
(Headway Elem. SB, p.24)
2) Ask questions about what Judy
was doing at the ties in the box
Past continuous – long action that started
before and will continue
Past perfect – earlier past event
‘Wh-‘ words, + Did, doing, done,

Study stage Put students in pairs to ask the

Matching questions (Headway questions and have them match them to
Elem. SB, p.24) the correct answers
4) In pairs match ask the questions
and match them to the right
answers

Time Student activity Teacher activity

Practice Stage Put students into pairs, one looks at
Amazing holiday (Headway Elem. p.151 and the other at p.152, have
SB, p.25,151,152) them ask questions to fill in the gaps in
 In pairs one looking at p.151 and
the other at p.152 ask questions
to fill in the gaps in their story,
then ask out the conversation 7),
then listen to the example.
8) fill in the gaps individually then
review
Warm down/follow up
Art and Literature (Headway
Elem. SB, p.25)
Divide words between art and lit
on the board, then annotate list
with colocations ‘read, write,
paint, draw, go to’
their story. Then act out and carry on
the conversation 7). Then play track 29
to compare conversations with ours
8) have students fill in the gaps then
review together
Have students divide words between
art and lit on the board, then annotate
list with colocations ‘read, write, paint,
draw, go to’

(Headway Elem. TRB, p.2)

In pairs describe the art or lit
vocab to a partner so they can fill
in their crossword

Sources of materials used: Headway Elementary Student Book, Headway Elementary

Teacher’s Resource Book, Headway Elementary Audio CD1,

Materials:
- Copies of TRB p.21 taboo crossword, cut in half