Introduction: Past tense is a type of tense used to refer to actions that happened in the past. It is important to understand past tense because it helps with forming correct sentences to communicate our thoughts and ideas.

Lesson Outline: 1. Explain that past tense is a type of tense used to refer to actions that happened in the past. 2. Provide examples of past tense verbs e.g. jumped, ate, read. 3. Ask the students to identify past tense verbs in a sentence. 4. Introduce the concept of irregular verbs. 5. Provide an example of an irregular verb e.g. ran, ate, went. 6. Provide a list of irregular past tense verbs to the students 7. Give the students some words and ask them to convert them into the past tense.

Questioning: • What is past tense? • Are there any other types of verb tenses? • What does an irregular verb mean?

Assessment: Provide students with written texts with past tense verbs missing. Have students complete the exercise independently and then have them share their answers.

Differentiation: • Visual learners: Provide pictures and diagrams to help explain the concept of past tense. • Kinaesthetic learners: Involve students in a clapping game or other physical activity to help them to better understand when to use past tense in sentences.

Plenary: Recap on what they have learnt by recapping the main points and asking students to give a few examples of past tense verbs that they have learnt.

Resources: • Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U6OGNcINAM • Worksheet – https://www.teachervision.com/grammar/past-tense-verbs-worksheet • Activity – https://www.education.com/game/irregular-verbs-past-tense/