Teach your English language learners about conversations by inviting them to participate in a conversation about an interesting object. Through this conversation, learners will naturally use various verb tenses and practice asking and answering questions.

Concepts

verb tenses, conversational english, the past tense, the past continuous tense, the perfect tenses, the future tense, asking questions, answering questions, the present tense, the present perfect tense

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite learners to bring in their own conversation pieces to share and talk about
• Extend the plan with a related writing activity or additional verb tense practice

Classroom Considerations

• The activity is designed for a rather small group, but you could set up several small groups in your class after modeling the process with volunteers
• While designed for English language learners, you could use this plan to review the tenses in any class, especially with younger learners just getting the idea of verbs

Pros

• Suggests adaptations and additional activities to follow the conversation
• Provides question cards for you to copy and hand out

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.3.1.a L.4.1.a L.5.1.a L.6.1.a L.7.1.a L.8.1.a