1. MS 4 level Guided Sheet File Six
Function : Reporting events ( tragic/ odd ones)
Resources : The present perfect simple + adverbs of time < just / so far / already / since / for >
Vocabulary : Topical lexis related to Media / the press news / news in brief / sad and funny events
Aids : Photo page 142 of he MS4 manual
Aim/ outcome: By the end of this lesson learners will be able to : report events using the present perfect and adverbs of time.
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PDP listening :
Warmer : The teacher greets the learners and tries to inquire about their daily school
matters
Pre_listening : the learners are invited to pay attention at the photo on page 142 and try
to make a description .
Activity : Look at the photo on p142 and try to make a short description.
Suggested answer ( script):
A car accident has just happened . The accident has happened since the early morning
on the road. It has rained for all he night. The drivers have been driving fast so they
could not control their cars.
The weather has been bad and the road wet so the accident has occurred. The
constabulary have already been on the scene. The ambulance has not arrived yet.
The teacher checks the learners productions then invites them to correct
During listening: the learners are invited to listen to the suggested production and do the
following activity.
Activity: Listen then write “true – false “ or “not mentioned”
1. A tragic accident has just happened.
2. A witness saw the accident.
3. The weather has been sunny.
The learner listen twice to the script , then try to answer.
The learners are invited to correct .
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Teacher what may have missed
briefly he last séance
Teacher should improvise if the
learners won’t be able to write about
the photo so he may suggest to write
about ( the place/the subjects/ the
action)
If learners face problem in listening
the teacher may shift to a read lesson
and provide the learners with written
scripts to make them read and answer
Teacher may help the learners to do
the task oral gain time
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The teacher explains the instructions of the next activity then invites the learners to listen
and answer .
Activity : listen then complete the following table.
Accident Place date weather
The learners work in rough , the teachers supervises their works then invites them to
correct
The teacher reports the learners’ answers on the board then invites them to read the
corrected activity.
Post listening:
The learners are invited to discuss the real causes of such traggic events .
The teacher lists all the learners answers then makes them vote to choose the best three
major causes.
The teacher asks the learners to make a short production about any road accident or tragic
events they have witnessed using the present perfect & adverbs of time.
Activity (Home work) : You have certainly seen a tragic accident or event on your way to
school . Write a short description on what you have seen using the present perfect and the
adverbs of time
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Transferring information make take
time , the teacher may opt for auxiliary
questions
The discussion teacher – students
may not be challenging for learners , the
teacher may opt for pair or group work
to encourage the shy learners to talk
among their group
Teacher may leave the home works
after dealing with PIASP teaching
grammar item
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traggic
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cause 2:
cause 1:
cause 3:
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Teaching grammar:
1. Presentation : the teacher presents the following statement showing the new
structure and invites the learners to read it.
The accident has happened since the early morning.
2. Isolation :
has happened since
3. Analysis: The accident has happened since the early
morning
Subject verb (pr perfec) adverb of time
object
4. Stating rule:
The present perfect simple + adverbs of time = to report events
a) Form : subject + Verb ( Have/ has +past participle of the verb) + adverb of
time + object
b) Adverbs of time : just – so – yet – already – since - for
5- Practice: The learners are invited to do the following written practice .
Activity 1 ( based form ) : Re-order the words to make correct sentences .
1) Since/ studied / have / I /. / English/ 2011.
2) Not/ yet/ ./ BEM / ./ students/ have / Exam / taken /
Activity 2 ( Meaning based) : Match the pairs.
Sentence Meaning
a)People used to travel on foot
b) If I study hard , I will pass my exam.
c) It has rained hard this morning , so students came late..
1) report event
2) talk about pas habit
3) express future
possibility
Activity 3 : Ask questions to make correct dialogue:
A: ………………………………………………………………..?
B: No , we have not taken the BEM Exam yet.
A: …………………………………………………………………?
B: Yes , I have already passed the Primary School Exam.
The learners work in rough , the teacher monitors the students , then invites them to
correct and copy down
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Teacher may deal directly with a
deductive way in teaching this
grammar item since the present perfect
is not easy to be acquired by young
learners
The teacher may opt for more oral
practice of the new structure if the
students face problems to deal with the
written one
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