Activities on Verbs – JSS1 English Lesson Note (Third Term)

This lesson gives students practice with verbs. Students use the modal auxiliary verbs shall and will, the infinitive form and the present progressive form to indicate futurity. They also write sentences in the present tense, present continuous and present perfect continuous tense, and they practise the uses of be, do and have.

Behavioural objectives

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

• use the modal auxiliary verbs “shall” and “will” to indicate futurity
• use the infinitive form to indicate futurity
• use the present progressive form to indicate futurity
• write sentences in the present tense, present continuous and present perfect continuous tense
• spell correctly the words in the spelling drill

Class activity

1. In five sentences, use the modal auxiliary verbs “shall” and “will” to indicate futurity.
2. In five sentences, use the infinitive form to indicate futurity.
3. In five sentences, use the present progressive form to indicate futurity.
4. Write ten sentences to illustrate the following verb tenses: present tense, present continuous and present perfect continuous tense.

Evaluation

Group evaluation

In a group of five, evaluate the sentences of your teammates.

General evaluation

1. List five instruments used for home remedy or cure.
2. Turn similes into metaphors in sentences.

Assignment

Weekend assignment

1. Effective English, page 210, Grammar, practice 4.
2. Write an expository essay on the plantation of rice.

Further practice

• Construct five sentences each to illustrate the various uses of the verbs be, do and have.
• Construct five sentences each to illustrate the various uses of the verbs shall and will.
• Practise the spelling drill below.

Spelling drill

• cabbage
• caffeine
• cafeteria
• camouflage
• campaign
• campaigned
• cancelled
• cancerous
• candour
• cannabis
• cannibal
• cabal
• canvas
• catapult
• carburettor
• career
• caress
• caries
• carriage
• cartoonist
• cashier
• cassette
• castanets
• casualty
• catalogue
• catarrh
• catechism
• cauliflower
• cautious
• celibacy
• ceiling
• cellophane
• cemetery
• centenary
• centilitre
• cavernous