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Peer Taught Phrasal Verbs | Tim's Free English Lesson Plans. Image credit: teaching.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @RobbioDobbio I’m running the Barcelona Half-Marathon dressed as David Bowie to raise money for Cancer Research, sponsor me here: This is a vocabulary lesson originally designed for higher levels (C1+) but the method can be adapted for any level and any set of vocabulary. The idea is that students teach each other a set of phrasal verbs, analyse them and then put them into practice in a gap-fill and a discussion.

Preparation Print out the phrasal verb cards and one copy of the worksheet for each student. Lesson Plan Word doc – Peer Taught Phrasal Verbs LP phrasal verbs peer teaching CARDS Peer taught phrasal verbs worksheet Peer Teaching Put students into groups of three and give each member of each group 2 phrasal verb cards. To hazard a guess – make a guess to put sb out of their misery – kill someone who’s suffering/give sb who is guessing something the answer Analysis and Processing Follow up. Irregular Past Tense. Revising Simple Past,Used to and Would with some Engaging Activities. This lesson has been designed as a next-day revision activity for B2 (Intermediate +) students. Aim: to consolidate the use of Past Simple, Used to and Would for past habits and routines. Level: B2 (Intermediate+) In this lesson you will find.

Grammar and exercisesSpeaking: Picture discussion in pairsSpeaking: an advert from a popular drink comparing past and presentWriting: a fun writing gameSpeaking: bits of your childhood STEP 1. The use of these three verb forms to express past habits and routines can be a bit confusing for students, so in this class I am aiming at some revision to clarify concepts. PDF with exercises here.

STEP 2.Picture description. Display the picture of a family in the past and ask students, in pairs, to discuss the differences they can see and the differences they can guess exist between the family shown in the picture and their own family. Get feedback STEP3. Tell students they are going to watch a video. STEP 4. Preparation: none Procedure: Example 4 points. STEP 5. BILINGUAL COMMUNICATIONS A Blog About Languages -     SPEAK languages  & TRAVEL the world.

DO AND MAKE. BATTLESHIP: IRREGULAR VERBS. Much to learn, you still have. – Joda. Despite the evidence that the number of irregular verbs is declining in the English language, there is no danger they will disappear, and the struggle will continue. There are many attempts to find a shortcut in learning irregular verbs, yet with all the options and “magic tricks” available, learning these verbs requires much memorization, drilling and practice. Today I will show how I use the Battleship game to drill and practise irregular verbs in a fun way. Before the game: Each player will need two 10×10 grids – one with irregular verbs in each square, and one blank grid. You can either prepare them in advance – laminate the grids to make them reusable – or get your learners to fill in the squares in the grids with the verbs they need to practise. Click the Grids to download them.

The players then mark where they want to place their ships by circling rows, horizontally or vertically. Each player’s fleet consists of the following ships: How to play: