Students’ Learning Outcomes
· Illustrate use of since and for.
Information for Teacher
· Prepositions are words or group of words that illustrate the relationship among noun or pronoun and new word in the sentence.
· Preposition tells the position of a noun.
· Preposition of Time( Since , for):
· We use for when measure time (Second, Minutes, Hours, Days, Months and Years). such as :
1. Ali and Umar have been living in same home for several years.
2. I am going away for the weekend.
3. I have known Ayesha for ten years.
4. I have been Hungary for hours.
5. She’s had a cold for a week.
· We use since with a specific date or time. such as:
1. She is sitting in the waiting room since two-thirty.
2. It has been raining since I arrived.
3. I‘ve known Ali since 2013.
4. I‘ve liked chocolate since my childhood.
5. She’s been here since two PM.
Concept Map
Material / Resources
Charts, marker, duster, textbook
Worm up Activity
· Make the students recall the concepts of prepositions through brainstorming.
· Tell them the difference between for and since.
· Give them appropriate examples for each of the preposition.
Development
Activity 1
· Write the following sentences on the board with blank option.
· ask the students to fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions of time (since, for)
1. It has been raining ______ morning.
2. We have worked here _______ 10 years.
3. They rehearsed for the concert _______ a week.
4. We have been planning this trip __________ January.
· Give them 5 minutes for this activity and then write the answers on the board.
· Ask the students to check their own work.
Answer key:
1. Since, 2. For, 3. for, since
Activity 2
· Ask the students about the daily activities they used to do in the school. (Playing, reading, writing, chatting etc.)
· Ask them to make 5 sentences each from the prepositions ‘for’ and ‘since’ by keeping in mind the school situation. (Playing since, chatting for, etc.)
· Ask the students to exchange their notebooks with their classmates for checking.
Sum up / Conclusion
· Conclude the lesson by repeating the concept of prepositions.
· Again explain the difference between ‘for’ and ‘since’ which will help them to remember this difference.
Assessment
· At the end of the class, ask different students to come up and explain the concept of the prepositions, they just read.
Follow up
· Ask the students to write some sentences using ‘since’ and ‘for’.
