NAME: Felicia Basitsana

SURNAME: KGOPANE
DATE : 11 May 2023
Assignment 3
SIMPLE CONTINOUS PERFECT PERFECT CONTINOUS

PRESENT - When a verb - Indicate an - Used in the - Indicates that

is used to action is present to something started in
TENSE indicate being indicate that the past and it is still
events that continued. the action is continuing in the
happen in - It uses am/ taking place present time.
the present is/ are/ and at a specific - It is formed using the
time such as ‘ing’ added time. continuous verbs-
now, every to the verb. - Identified by has/ have been + the
day, every - E.g., Jen is higher verbs- present participle.
week. going to the have and - E.g., I have been
- It is formed library. has. standing here for a
by adding - E.g., Jane while.
series to the has become
end. friends with
- E.g., John Tom.
practices
soccer
everyday
PAST - Describes a - Describes - Refers to the - Shows that an action
TENSE verb or an ongoing past action started in the past
action that action in the related to and progressed until
has already past. another another time in the
occurred. - It uses the action in the past.
- The simple same past. - Using had been + the
past tense of continuous - This means a verbs present
verbs is tense as the timeline is participle.
marked by present set. It begins - E.g., I had been
the ending - continuous and ends at a working at the time
d/ -ed. tense certain time the accident
- E.g., John except with frame. happened.
solved the the past - E.g., Lucky
puzzle. tense verb – did not eat
‘to be’. any stew
- We use the because she
verb ‘was’ had already
for the first eaten lunch.
pr third
person
singular
subjects
such as I,
She, He.
- E.g., She
was working
late at the
office.
 NAME: Felicia Basitsana
SURNAME: KGOPANE
DATE : 11 May 2023
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FUTURE - It indicates - Represents - An action or - It is a verb tense that
TENSE an action a state that will describes actions
which will continuous finish that will continue up
happen in action which sometime in until a point in the
the future. will happen the future future.
- Adding the in the before some - Consists of ‘will +
verbs ‘will’ or future. other events have + been + the
‘is going to’ - Adding the in the future. verb’s present
before an ‘-ing’ form to - E.g., I will participle’.
unchanged a verb after have cleaned - E.g., When I turn
verb. the words my room thirty, I will have been
- E.g., John is ‘will be’ or before my playing piano for
going to ‘am going to parents come twenty-one years.
read that be’. home.
book. - E.g., Alice
will be
travelling
around the
world in
December.

GAMES OF TENSES
1. Matching game
You will need:

- Index card

- Pen and pencil (red and blue)

Using index card and pen, written the present simple tense and past simple tense of different
words with one word on each card.

Some examples include play, played, ran run and saw, see. Blue pen will be used to write
present tense verb and red pen to write past tense verds, so that each set of matching words
has blue word and one red.

Mix up cards and put them into a hat. Invite students to pick out the cards one by one and
read each word aloud.
NAME: Felicia Basitsana
SURNAME: KGOPANE
DATE : 11 May 2023
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Once a card has been read loud, place them face-up on a hard surface. When the hat is
empty, ask students to match each blue card to the corrected card.

2. Past tenses slap

-Students are put into teams

- The teacher either shows a verb flashcard or say a verb in infinitive and they have to slap
the table if the know the past tense version for example, teacher ‘steal” students will reply by
shouting ‘stolen’’.

- The teacher will ask student who slapped the table first to give his or her answer to win a
point for their team.

3. Story (error) listening skill activity

You will need:

- Squeaky toy
- Story book

Give students a Squeaky toy. The teacher tells a story set in past . However, during Story
telling the teacher will make mistakes with some of the verbs (e.g. one day the frog eat the
princess, the student will correct the sentence by saying one day the frog eaten the
princess). Each time the teacher a mistake the student need you squeeze their Squeaky toy
to make a noise and then correct the teacher.

4. Quiz

You will need:

- Card templates

The students will be divided into pairs. The teacher will take card templates that will contain
sixteen sentence like she …… up early for work (wake). Students will pick up one of the card
templates and figure out the missing tense for the sentence to make sense.
NAME: Felicia Basitsana
SURNAME: KGOPANE
DATE : 11 May 2023
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5. Shout out /act it out

You will need:

-Paper

- scissors

-enough classroom space

The teacher will cut up pages 1-2 of verb cards. One student comes up to the front of the
class. The student will choose a verb card from pile. That same student then tries to act the
verb that is written on the card no speaking is allowing only actions will be allowed. The
student who knows the answer to the actions words being acted up in front of the class rides
his or her hand and shouts the verb. For example, he will wash his hair.

6. Spin the bottle

You will need:

- Plastic bottle
- Chairs
- Table

Students will be sitting around the table. The teacher is the one who will be spinning the
bottle. When the bottle is pointing a student, that pointed student will give out sentence in
simple present tense. All students will be given a chance and the last student standing will
be the one who manag4d to answer whenever the bottle is pointed at him or her.
NAME: Felicia Basitsana
SURNAME: KGOPANE
DATE : 11 May 2023
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7. I say, you do

Divide students into two groups. One group say out the action word and the other group acts
it out. The group that managed to get most of the verbs correct they win the game.

8. Pick an object and make a sentence/pick and create

You will need:

- Box full of stationary

There will be stationary placed in a box . Each learner at a count of three they will pick any
object and make a sentence in past simple or future simple tense. For example, if a student
picked a pen she or he will make a sentence using future simple tense, I will write my notes
using a black pen.. The student who managed to construct a sentence perfectly she or he
will receive a reward which is a candy.

9. Hot potato

You will need:

-music

-Ball

Teacher will paly some music. Students stand in a circle and throw the ball to each other in a
random order. The teacher will stop the music at random time, while facing away from the
students. The student holding the ball when the music stops, will give out a sentence in any
tense. The last student standing will receive a storybook as a reward.
NAME: Felicia Basitsana
SURNAME: KGOPANE
DATE : 11 May 2023
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