LESSON PLAN

Lesson plan no: 07

DATE: TIME: SCHOOL: CLASS:

TEACHER:
ANEL KOVACEVIC

Class profile: Intermediate , age 17

Teaching unit : Grammar in context: State and action verbs

Type of lesson : Presentation/practice

Aims and objectives : To learn about state and action verbs

Teaching methods : Task-based method, controlled practice

Class management : whole class, individual work, pair work

Teaching aids, materials

and equipment : students book, board, chalk
Sources: Gateway B1+ Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Book

Contingency plan: Short of time: Skip study skills

Plenty of time: Students could write their answers from the speaking activity in 9 but this time with three false
sentences. Then students could read out their sentences for their partner to guess which sentences are false.
 STAGES
Aims and Class organization procedures and activities Teaching Possible problems

TIMING
objectives aids and and solutions
materials
partIntroductory

To revise topic Check homework ask some students to read their texts. If students did not do the
from the homework, ask them to
previous lesson say something about
1 Write the following four categories on the board and ask students to think of as many verbs as they can their favourite 5 min
To introduce the for each category in a three minute time limit. musician/singer/band.
topic verbs of feeling (emotion) / verbs of thinking / verbs of the senses / verbs of possession

2 Tell students to open their books on page 12 and check to see they have thought of the state and action
Present action
Main part

verbs in the Grammar guide. Some students might

and state verbs 3 Read out each of the sentences below and ask students to say which verbs express states and which have problems with
express actions. differentiating state and
action verbs. Explain that
A I surf the Net most evenings. (action)
To practice use some words can be state
of state and B My house is in the town centre. (state)
verbs and action verbs.
action C I drive a taxi in the daytime. (action) The meaning 35
verbs/present D I own two computers. (state) SB, board, of these verbs is then min
simple and 4a Students look at the sentences and decide if they describe states and situations or if they describe different. Take a look at
continuous actions. these:
4b Ask the students to look at the sentences again and decide if they are in the present simple or present I have a car. state verb
continuous and say why (action verbs can be used in continuous tenses but verbs that describe states and showing possession
situations cant). I am having a bath.
4c Tell students to put the verbs in bold in 1a in the correct list. action verb which, in this
case, means
5 Students decide if each verb describes a state or action and choose the correct alternative.
taking.
6 Students complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
7a Students write sentences about the things or people in the pictures. Remind them to use at least one
of the verbs and one of the adjectives in the boxes.
7b Students read out their sentences to their partner without saying the name of the things. Their
partner must guess which things are being described. Focus students attention on the model dialogue.
8 Ask students to put the verbs in the present simple or continuous.
9 Speaking S
Students complete the sentences about themselves and then predict their partners answers. Students
compare their predictions in pairs.
partFinal

Refer students to the Grammar reference on page 16 in their SBs.

Shortly revise
presented topic 5 min
Set homework: Workbook p. 7, exercises 1, 2, 3, and 4 (all students) 5,6, 7 and 8 (optional)