3. Explanation of a new theme:
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Activity 1 Play “Make sentences”.
In advance, prepare 2 sets of flashcards.
Set 1 – the types of transport: bus, minivan, bike, motorbike, car, train, plane, helicopter, tractor, foot.
Set 2 – the places: desert, mountain, city, sea, forest, garden, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Tashkent.
STEP 1: Revise the types of transport and places that the pupils have learnt so far by showing the flashcards.
STEP 2: Put Set 1 and Set 2 separately on your table.
STEP 3: Invite 2 pupils to your table. Ask Pupil 1 to take a card from Set 1 and Pupil 2 from Set 2. Help them make a sentence about their flashcards, e.g. We are going to the mountains by car.
Once the pupils understand what to do, invite the other pairs to make sentences. Sometimes, the sentences may turn out funny, e.g. We are going to the garden by plane, etc.
Activity 2 Read and say.
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to read the text silently paying special attention to the words in red and in brackets.
STEP 2: After 2-3 minutes, ask what they have understood about the words in red and in brackets. Elicit some answers. Then establish that when we say what we did yesterday or in the past we use special forms for verbs.
STEP 3: Use body actions for present (tap on shoulders) and past (motion/action behind you) e.g. Say: ‘come’ and at the same time tap on your shoulders, then say: ‘came’ and at the same time do motion/action behind you.
STEP 4: After that have the pupils repeat the verbs: go – went, see – saw, come – came, am – was, is – was, are – were, have – had after you in chorus using body actions as in Step 3. Then half the class say the present forms and the other half say their past forms.
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