Detailed Lesson Plan in English IV

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson 100% of the students with at least 75% level of proficiency
shall be able to:
1. Use the appropriate tense of the verb in the given sentences
2. Revise the sentences using Past Perfect Tense of the verb
3. Follow instructions carefully

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic : Past Perfect Tense
Skills : Reading and Speaking
Materials : Visual aids, flags, Polvoron, pictures, Boxes
Values : Cooperation and Teamwork
Being careful in following instructions
Reference : Effective English for everyday use IV

III. PROCEDURE

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Preliminary Activities
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of Attendance
4. Checking of Assignments
5. Recalling of previous lesson
B. Motivation
Are you familiar with the TV show Survivor?

Yes ma’am.

We will play a game similar to that. It is called

“We Survive”. Just like in “Survivor”, you will

have to undergo a series of challenges. I will
group you into two. I shall call two
representatives from each group to do the first
tasks, but the representatives for the
succeeding tasks will be your own choice.
Each representative has to stand beside the

green flags. He must get the green flag and

look for the instruction written on the piece of
paper. When the first representative is finished,
he will run to the next representative and will
tap his shoulder. Once tapped, the next
representative may get the next green flag with
the instructions written on a piece of paper and
do what is asked. Each representative must
read aloud every instruction so others can hear
it.
The challenges end when the last

representative of the group finds the board and

post it. The whole group has to shout “we
survived!” when done with all the tasks.
The first group to shout will win and will have

20 points while the non-winning group won’t

have anything.

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Any question?

None ma’am.
Okay let us start.
st
1 representative:
Eat 1 piece of Polvoron and say SHE SELLS
SEASHELLS BY THE SEA SHORE twice.
nd
2 representative:
Blow the balloon until it pops and get the piece
of paper inside.

Tell a girl from your group to get the next

piece of paper on the yellow flag using
her lips and do what is written.

Tell a boy from your group to sing and

dance “Teach me how to dougie” while
getting the next instructions on the red
flag. He must read and do the instructions.

Ask your teacher for the board then post it

on the blackboard.

P. P. T.

Congratulations to the winning team. Give

yourselves a big round of applause.
C. Lesson Proper
How do you find the activity?
Students’ answers vary.
Through cooperation, teamwork and carefully
following instructions, you were able to
achieve your objective. The same logic applies
in life. Sometimes, dealing with people,
listening to their counsels and following their
instructions help us achieve our goals in life.
Do you agree? Yes ma’am.
Going back with the activity, what does the
board show?
It shows the acronym P.P.T.
Later, we will talk about that acronym but for
now, let’s recall the tasks you performed
earlier through these sentences.

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 1. He had eaten polvoron before he recited a
tongue twister.
2. After he had popped the balloon, he
carried out the instruction.
3. He had been asking for the board for 10
seconds when the teacher gave it.
Will you read the first example?
1. He had eaten polvoron before he recited
a tongue twister.
How many actions do we have in that
sentence?
We have two actions in the sentence.
Correct! And what are those?
Had eaten and recited are the actions in the
sentence.
That’s right! And when did they happen?
Both happened in the past.
Right! It took place at some point in the past,
but which is the first past action? What verb
phrase is used for the first past action?
The verb phrase used is had eaten.
Correct! And what pattern is used for that verb
phrase?
had + past participle of the verb.
Nice! How about for the second action? What
tense of the verb is used?
Past tense is used for the second action.
Good observation! Can you recall a particular
lesson in English wherein you used had+past
participle of the verb to show that an action
was first completed or perfected before another
action in the past? The acronym on the board
will help you.
Past Perfect Tense
Very good! Today, you will learn when, where
and how to use Past perfect tense of a verb in a
sentence.
Let us have an example:
1. The show started when we entered the
theater.
Can you tell what the first past action is?

STARTED is the first action.

What made you say that it was the first past
action? Because of the time expression WHEN.
Correct! The time expressions help us

determine the first and the second action in a

sentence but still the sentence is confusing. It
might also imply that they already entered the
theater and then the show started. ENTERED
became the first action which is incorrect
because the sentence is trying to tell us that the
nd
show had started before the 2 action took
place. What are we going to do with the verb We need to use the Past Perfect Tense of that
STARTED to show that it is the first action? verb
Very good! We use Past Perfect Tense to
emphasize the earlier of the two past actions.
Will you repeat. We use Past Perfect Tense to emphasize the
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 earlier of the two past actions.
Right! again, how do we form the Past perfect
Tense of the verb?
We make use of Had + Past participle of the
Verb

Good! To form past perfect tense, we use the

ordinary form had + Past participle of the
main verb for the first action. And for the
second action what tense of the verb should we
use?
We use the simple past tense of the verb.
Right! so, how are we going to correct this
sentence?
The show had started when we entered the
theater.
That’s right! Let us have another example:

 He had popped the balloon before

he carried out the instruction.
 After he had popped the balloon,
he carried out the instruction.
What time expressions are used?
Before and after are used.
Right! But in the first sentence, notice that the
time expression BEFORE is used with the
clause where the verb is past tense
while AFTER is used with the clause where
the verb is in Past Perfect Tense.

Time expressions may appear either at the

beginning or at the middle of a sentence for as
long as they are positioned in the appropriate
clause.
 Before he carried out the instruction, he
had popped the balloon.
How many clauses do we have in this
sentence?

We have two clauses.

What are those? BEFORE HE CARRIED OUT THE

Right! What do we call this kind of clause INSTRUCTIONS and HE HAD POPPED
which does not express a complete thought? THE BALLOON.
That’s right! It is called dependent clause or It is called Dependent clause.

subordinate clause. How about the other clause

Which expresses a complete thought?
Good! Therefore if we have 1 independent It is called Independent clause.

clause and 1dependent or subordinate clause in

this sentence then what kind of sentence is
this?
Very good! So, in a complex sentence that We have a Complex sentence.

contains two past actions, subordinate clause

introduced by BEFORE, WHEN and BY THE
TIME contains the past tense of the verb while
AFTER contains the past perfect tense of the

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verb.
 He carried out the instruction after he
had popped the balloon.
.
Will you help me with this example:
 I gave the instructions before the bell
rang.
 I had given the instructions before the
bell rang.

Let us have another example:

 Before we arrived in school, the
class started.
 The visitors arrived after I
cooked dinner.
Revise this sentence using the Past Perfect
form of the verb.
 Before we arrived in school, the class
had started.
 The visitors arrived after I had cooked
dinner.
Very good! Let us compare that to the sentence
we had here.
 He had been asking for the board for 10
seconds when the teacher gave it.
What is the difference of the verb phrase this
sentence from the previous one?
It makes use of had + been + -ing from of the
verb.
Good! Aside from that, what else?
There is duration of time when the first action
happened.
And what is that?
The duration of time is for 10 seconds
Correct. There is duration of time which is in
the form of prepositional phrase. It means that
the action had been ongoing for 10 seconds
before another past action took place. What do
you think is the form of past perfect tense that
denotes that an action was continuous for a
period of time in the past and was completed
before another past action took place?
It is the Progressive form of past perfect tense.
Correct! Progressive form of past perfect tense
is used to show that there is a continuity of
action that is completed before another action
in the past.

Again, when do we use the progressive form of

the past perfect tense? Progressive form of past perfect tense is used
to show that there is a continuity of action that
is completed before another action in the past.
And what pattern do we use for the progressive
form of the past perfect tense?
We use had + Been + -ing form of the main
verb
Good! How about for the second action, what
tense of verb do we use?
We use simple past tense of the verb.
Right! We use had + been + -ing form of the
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verb for the first action and still simple past
tense for the second action. Look at this
sentence.
 Shone (waited) for two hours when I
(Arrive).
Revise this sentence using the progressive
form of past perfect tense of the verbs inside
the parentheses.
Shone had been waiting for two hours when I
arrived.
Very good. Although we seldom use past
perfect tense in speaking, remember that is
highly suggested to use past perfect tense in
writing that is to emphasize the earlier of the
two past actions

Any question with the ordinary and

progressive form of past perfect tense?
None.
Let us have this one.
Practice:
Construct sentences using the given words and
appropriate tense of the verb.
Ex.

Anne (Go) shopping

After
She (clean) the house
Answer:
Anne went shopping after she had cleaned the
house.

She (drive) her car for 1

hour
When
She (arrive) at her house

Answer:
She had been driving her car for 1 hour when
she arrived at her house.
My parents (go) to
Canada By the time
st
They (celebrate) their 21
wedding anniversary Answer:
My parents had gone
st
to Canada by the time they celebrated their 21
wedding anniversary.

They (Call) us
After
The plane (land)

Answer: They called us after the plane had

landed.

They (eat) at a fancy

restaurant
Before
They (check) in a Hotel
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 Answer: They had eaten at a fancy restaurant
before they checked in a hotel.

They (stay) there for 1 week

When
They (decide) to go home

Answer: They had been staying there for week

when they decided to go home.

D. Application
Revise the sentences by using the appropriate
tense of the verb.
1. The police saw the thieves before they
escaped.
2. She worked at the company for three
years when it went out of business.
3. The professor taught at the university
for more than a year before he left
for Asia.
4. The child ate the food by the time
his mother saw him.
5. I prepared for the occasion for a
week when they told me about it.

E. Generalization

Inside these boxes are pictures of celebrities.

Pick one and pass.
Students do the task.

The person holding the picture of the celebrity

that I will say shall stand up and answer a
question. If it’s correct, he may pick from the
prizes in the white box but if not, he needs to
pick one from the foods in the black box and
eat it. Are the instructions clear?

Yes ma’am.
Let’s start.
Enchong Dees’s picture:
What are the two forms of past perfect tense?
The two forms of past perfect tense are the
ordinary and progressive form.
Correct!
Lee Min Ho’s Picture:
When do we use Past Perfect Tense of the
verb?
We use past perfect tense of the verb to show
that an action took place before another action
in the past.
Very good!
Angel Locsin’s picture:
What pattern do we use for ordinary form of
past perfect tense?
The ordinary form of past perfect tense is
had+Past participle of the main verb
That’s right!
Kim Chui’s picture:
When do we use the progressive form of the

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past perfect tense?

We use the progressive form of past perfect

tense to show that there is a continuity of
action that is completed before another action
in the past.

Very good!

Mario Maurer’s picture:

What pattern do we use for the progressive
form of a past perfect tense?
It is formed by using had + been + -ing form of
the verb
Nice job. Any question?
None.

Get your notebook.

IV. EVALUATION
Copy and answer the following. Use the appropriate form of the verb in the following sentences
1. The town officials (map) out contingency plans before the volcano (erupt).
2. I (pay) the bill when he (arrive)
3. Larry (pass out) after we (perform) the experiment.
4. The girls (exercise) for three hours before they (take) a shower.
5. I (try) to sell my car for six months before I (find) a buyer.

V. ASSIGNMENT
In ½ crosswise, complete the following sentences by telling about something that had
happened before the action in the past.

1. _______________________________________ when he left the house.

2. _______________________________________ before I made my decision.
3. _______________________________________ by the time he said goodbye.
4. I felt sleepy after ________________________________________________.
5. I had slept for three hours_________________________________________.

Prepared by: Checked by:

_____________________ _______________________
Janine D. Huelgas Mrs. Jane Rose Y. Tolentino
Student Teacher Cooperating Teacher

Noted: Approved:

_____________________ _______________________
Mr. Roberto R. Pantig Mrs. Ofelia D. De Vega
English Department Head Secondary School Principal II