23 November 2011

Imperative Mood:)


This activity aims to teach the imperative mood of verbs in a fun way.


Grammar:

Imperatives are verbs used to give orders, commands, warning or instructions, and (if you use "please") to make a request. It is one of the three moods of an English verb (indicative, imperative and subjunctive).
You can also use "let's" before the verb if you are including yourself in the imperative. The negative of "let's" is "let's not".
Note that an imperative sentence does not require a subject; the pronoun "you" is implied.

Activity:

The students watch a video in which the participants are given several instructions to accomplish tasks.




The students should list down all the instructions given throughout the event.
After that, they have to order the events according to when they happened in the video.

Extension:
Ask the students to imagine they are in charge of commanding those participants in the video and they have to add three or more instructions for them to perform. Depending on the group, they can choose the student who gave the best instructions and role play it in the classroom (Simon says).

Brainstorm:
Have your student discuss about the following:
What are social networks?
Is it possible  to coordinate similar events to the one they saw in the video? Give examples.
Have they ever participated in any similar event? Talk about it.