90 Part II: Putting Your Lesson Together
Put the words in order to make a third conditional sentence.
If Joanne was her boyfriend have known that 60 old years she never
would gone had out with him.
If Joanne had...
Transforming tenses
This traditional exercise in language courses works best when there’s a clear
context instead of arbitrary sentences. The idea is to set out one tense (or
structure) and have the students accurately exchange it for another.
Make one sentence using the Past Continuous.
She typed the letter from 7.30 to 7.45. At 7.40 the telephone rang.
While she...
You can use timelines and pictures to generate sentences too.
Matching exercises
Activities in which students have to match opposites, or words and pictures
or make other similar connections are very controlled and also useful for get-
ting students accustomed to new words.
In a lesson on classroom language, you can have students match verbs and
activities together:
raise to your partner
ask the gaps
compare your hand
talk your answers
fill in a question
Practising in pairs
When students work in pairs they can practise their speaking and get to
know each other better. Lessons are livelier than with solo activities and
classmates can spur each other on and offer correction.
