Mastering Plurals and Future Tense in English

Mastering Plurals and Future Tense in English

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will be able to create plurals and use future tense in English.

Introduce the learning objective of the lesson.

What do you already know about plurals and future tense in English?

Plurals

Plurals are created by adding 's' to the end of most words.

Explain how to create plurals in English.

Plurals - Exceptions

Some words require 'es' to be added to the end to create plurals. Examples include: bus, box, church, and class.

Explain that there are some exceptions to creating plurals.

Plurals - Irregular

Some words have irregular plural forms. Examples include: child/children, tooth/teeth, and man/men.

Explain that there are some words that have irregular plural forms.

Plurals - Practice

Create plurals for the following words: book, baby, potato, hero, and tomato.

Engage the students in a plurals practice activity.

Future Tense

Future tense is used to talk about actions that will happen in the future.

Explain what future tense is used for.

Future Tense - Formation

The formation of future tense is 'will' + the base form of the verb.

Explain how to form future tense in English.

Future Tense - Examples

Examples of future tense include: I will go to the store tomorrow. They will study for the test next week.

Provide examples of future tense.

Future Tense - Practice

Write a sentence using future tense for the following scenarios: 1) You want to go to the movies this weekend. 2) Your friend wants to travel to Europe next year.

Engage the students in a future tense practice activity.

Plurals and Future Tense

In English, plurals can be used in future tense sentences. Example: They will buy three cars.

Explain that plurals can be used in future tense sentences.

Plurals and Future Tense - Practice

Write a sentence using future tense and plurals. Example: I will eat three apples for breakfast.

Engage the students in a practice activity using both plurals and future tense.

Plurals and Future Tense - Conversation

In pairs, have a conversation about what you will do this weekend. Use both plurals and future tense.

Engage the students in a conversation activity using both plurals and future tense.

Review - Plurals and Future Tense

What are plurals and how are they formed in English? What is future tense and how is it formed in English?

Review the concepts covered in the lesson.

Review - Plurals and Future Tense - Practice

Create plurals and write sentences in future tense for the following words: child, watch, potato, and car.

Engage the students in a review practice activity.

Assessment - Plurals and Future Tense

Create a sentence using both plurals and future tense.

Assess the students' understanding of both plurals and future tense.

Assessment - Plurals

Create plurals for the following words: knife, ox, and goose.

Assess the students' understanding of creating plurals for irregular words.

Assessment - Future Tense

Write a sentence in future tense for the following scenario: You want to go on vacation next summer.

Assess the students' understanding of future tense.

Extension - Plurals and Future Tense

Write a short paragraph about what you will do next weekend. Use both plurals and future tense.

Provide an extension activity for students who finish early.

Extension - Plurals

Create plurals for the following words: cactus, radius, and syllabus.

Provide an extension activity for students who finish early.

Extension - Future Tense

Write a short story about what you will do during your summer vacation. Use future tense.

Provide an extension activity for students who finish early.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.