Making Sentences with the Various Forms of Tenses – JSS1 English Lesson Note (Second Term)

A tense shows the time of an action. This lesson shows how one verb, such as rain or write, is used in six tense forms: present, present continuous, present perfect continuous, past, past continuous and past perfect continuous. Students study example sentences for each form and then write their own.

Behavioural objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• identify the present, present continuous and present perfect continuous tenses in sentences;
• identify the past, past continuous and past perfect continuous tenses in sentences;
• write sentences in each of these six tenses.

How do we make sentences in different tenses?

Sentence 1: the verb “rain”

Sentence 2: the verb “write”

Evaluation

Write one sentence in each of the following tenses:

1. Present tense
2. Present continuous tense
3. Present perfect continuous tense
4. Past tense
5. Past continuous tense
6. Past perfect continuous tense