Activity

Was and Were

This is a Lesson about using was and were for 1st year. Page 113 of Here We Go Textbook.

Start with a small talk with your JTE about your favorite childhood anime and TV shows.

Review Present Tense and how to make it a past tense using was and were.

Show some slides in the present tense and ask them how to make it past.

For the following slides, do a pair talk where they can ask each other questions about their favorites. And responding in a proper sentence using was and were. On this part, I'd have JTE and I do a demo on each Question slide, so students know what to answer.

Finally, I printed some Favorites Categories and pasted them on a big white hard paper and made it into a folder. Prepared at least 15 pieces so when students walk around and find pairs, they can look at it available on top of the desk of their classmates.

I also prepared a worksheet where each student can write any number, they want between 1-12. There are only 10 slots on the worksheet. So there are two numbers that they don't have to write.

Game Procedure:

1. Find a pair and play rock scissors paper.

2. Loser ask: Number please.

Winner: Number ____ please. Mark with circle or shade the slot of the chosen number.

Loser: Opens the favorites categories folder and finds the number and tells his partner
" Tell me about your favorite _____ last year / in the past/ when you were a child. "
Winner: answers by using the correct sentence.

E.g. It was _. It was fun. or They were __. They were amazing.

3. Find a new partner and play Janken again.

4. The game is finished once every number in the worksheet is shaded or circled.

Files:
Small files
  • My Past Favorites.docx (101 KB)
  • Medium files (requires an account to download) -
  • Favorites Categories.pptx (9.23 MB)
  • Large files (requires a subscriber account) -
  • was and were presentation.pptx (50.2 MB)
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    Submitted by Angela February 19, 2024 Estimated time: 10-15 minutes

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