Learn about inventors and inventions. Students focus on the use of the past simple tense and past perfect form and how to use them to talk about the relationship of past actions or events. Students will also learn about inventors and their inventions and create a short presentation using the target language about a great inventor/invention of their choice.
Using the Past Simple and Past Perfect
Overview
Level
Intermediate: B1Upper-Intermediate: B2
Included
4 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 120 mins
Language functions
Describing cause and effectTalking about the past
Language forms
Past formsPerfect forms
Activities
DiscussionQuestions and answersReadingWriting
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