Teacher: Maria Brincat

Level: Pre-Intermediate (mixed levels)

Resources: New English File Intermediate Chapter 1B & pages: 130, 131, 145.
New English File Intermediate Teachers Book Chapter 1B photocopiable material
pg 143, 174. Unit 5, 6, 15 from Grammar in Use Intermediate.
Topic: Sports & cheating
Grammar: Past Tenses
Vocabulary focus: Words & phrases connected with sports

Lesson Plan Sports & Cheating

Lead in: check sts understanding of to cheat to act in a dishonest way to

make a situation better for yourself

Hand out sheet - New English File

Sts discuss different ways/situations in which people can cheat work w/

partner
o Ex: exams, taking drugs during sports, on their partner etc
Check understanding of: to protest, to be banned and sword
Sts read text. Check for understanding of text, i.e. ask how Diego, Fred &
Boris cheat [used hand to score winning goal, used car & changed his sword]
Sts identify different verb tenses in text A
Explain Past simple Grammar Notes - PS: used for completed actions in the
past. -ed

Hand out sheet Unit 5

Explain Past continuous Grammar notes - PC: Used for actions in the past
that were interrupted, ex: I saw and accident when I was driving to work this
morning. Was/were +verb +-ing
Hand out sheet Unit 6
Explain Past perfect - PP: used when talking in the past & we want to mention
an event that happened earlier than the event we are speaking about. Had +
past participle
Hand out sheet Unit 15

Sts practice using past tenses together New English file Grammar pages

Handout Vocab Sheet

Grammar note for section 2a: a past participle is a form of the verb usually
ending in ed that indicates a completed action. The past participle can be an
adjective, ex: we had a heated argument, or part of a verb, ex: the stove has

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heated the room. The past simple refers to the whole verb, ex: the stove
heated the room.
Hand out sheet next page of main lesson New English File

Group work sts answer questions of section 4 quiz. 2minute time limit
o Check answers to qs
Group work divide students to ensure different nationalities in each group
sts describe different characteristics about a sports team from their country
Pair work, section 6 sts ask each other qs from do you like sports? quiz
Check understanding of to retire
Ask: Do you think sports people find it difficult or easy to retire?

Hand out next sheet

Explain that to reach their peak means to be at their best

Sts read text & fill in blanks from section 7C

Extra:
What a cheat! sts work in pairs to fill in the blanks, then one st explains
part A to the other and vice versa
My exam nightmare use if sts need more practice w/ verbs. Sts work
individually then class check

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