A Detailed Lesson Plan in English

for Grade 7
Prepared by Van Angel Marie R. Garcia

Learning Competency

EN7G-IV-c-5: Use verbs when giving information and making explanations

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. define and identify verbs;
2. construct sentences using the 3 types of verbs through a written activity; and
3. demonstrate the importance of verbs in literary works by using it in making
meaningful sentences through an activity called “Story Trail.”

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Verb

Reference: (Jennifer Fandel, 2013)

Materials: Traditional instructional materials

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Preparation

1. Prayer

Before we begin our lesson for today,

let us first stand in prayer.

Ms. Fiel, please lead the prayer.

(Student will lead the prayer)

2. Energizer
 So, before you take your seats, let us
have an exercise first.

Are you all ready?

Yes, ma’am!
Great! Just follow me, okay?

So here are the steps.

Hands up, hands down, shake your

body, and clap clap.

Now altogether in the count of 3. 1…

2…3…start!
(Students will do the energizer)
Hands up, hands down, shake your
body, and clap clap. (Repeat 5x)

Thank you so much class. You may

now take your seats.

3. Greetings

Good morning, class! Good morning, ma’am!

How are you this morning? We are great, ma’am!

I’m glad to know that you are all

feeling great today!

4. Attendance

Let me check your attendance, say

present when your name is called.

Belisco, Elieza Gay?

(Students will raise their hand when their
name is called.)

Wow! Perfect attendance! Let’s give

ourselves a round of applause.
 5. Classroom Rules

Before anything else, I want to remind

you of our class rules.

CLASSROOM RULES CLASSROOM RULES

1. Show respect to the teacher, your 1. Show respect to the teacher, your
classmates, and yourself. classmates, and yourself.
2. Raise your hand if you want to speak. 2. Raise your hand if you want to speak.
3. Pay attention and don’t talk while the 3. Pay attention and don’t talk while the
teacher is talking. teacher is talking.
4. Speak the English language. 4. Speak the English language.

Is everything clear? Yes, ma’am.

Very good!

B. Motivation

Now class, let us have a short activity.

I am expecting everyone to participate
and display maximum effort in this
activity.

I have here a mystery box with

pictures inside. And I would like you
to pick a picture inside this box and
show it to the class. What you are
going to do next is tell me your
interpretation of each picture. Did you
get the point? Yes, ma’am!

Alright, let’s start!

(Have the student pick a picture inside the

mystery box.)
First picture:

Ma’am, the girl is sleeping!

Very good! The girl in the picture is
sleeping.

Second picture:

How about this one? The girls are playing, ma’am!

Excellent! The girls or children in the

picture are playing.

Third picture:
 What about this picture? The boy is running, ma’am!

Correct! The boy in the picture is

running.

Fourth picture:

What do you think is the girl doing?

Ma’am, the girl is swimming!

Very good. The girl is swimming.

Wow! It seems that you really have

high visual perceptions. Thank you so
much for your participation class.

C. Presentation

So, what have you noticed about the

pictures that I showed you earlier?
The pictures show our usual activities,
ma’am!

Okay, you’ve got a point. What else?

Ma’am, the pictures show actions!

Yes, that’s right! All the pictures show

action.

Now that you have an idea, what do

you think is our lesson for today?
Action words!

Exactly! Our topic for today is all

 about action words, or, in other words,
verbs.

But before we begin, let us know our

learning objectives.

D. Discussion

Now prepare yourself because we are

about to enter the world of bees!

I have my friend bees here. And they

will help me present our topic for
today!

Are you all ready? Yes, ma’am!

Alright, let’s go to our first beehive!

Everybody, please read. (Students will read the material presented.)

Verbs are words that express action

like jump, read, walk or state of being.
State of being means the quality of
your present experience. It's how
something is, feels, or appears.

For example, being happy, being sad,

and being hungry.

Can you give me some examples of

state of being verbs? Being positive!
Funny!
Sleepy!

Very good!

Take a look at these examples.

In Sentence No. 1, what did the

subject she do?
Apologized, ma’am!
Very good. The subject she
apologized to the teacher. So, the
word apologized is the verb, because it
shows action.

In Sentence no. 2, what does the

student do?
The student talks, ma’am!

Yes, that’s right. The student talks to

her friend. So, the verb is talks. It
shows what the student does.

How about Sentence no. 3. What is the

verb in the sentence?
The verb is “eats!”

That’s correct. The verb here is eats.

What do they do? They eat lunch.
There are 3 types of verbs. Action
verbs, linking verbs, and helping
verbs.

So, are you ready to go to the second

beehive?
Yes, ma’am!

In our second beehive, we have here

the action verb.

Everybody please read.

(Students will read the material presented.)

Action verbs explain what the subject

of the sentence is doing or has done.

Let’s look at this example.

In this sentence, the

verb plays expresses an action that
Andre does: Andre physically plays
the sport of rugby. That is
why plays is an action verb.
Let’s read the next example.

In this sentence, Emma is the subject.

What does Emma do?

Emma eats!
Yes, that’s correct. That’s why, eats is
an action verb because it tells what
Emma is doing.

Can you give me other examples of an

action verb in a sentence?

(Students will raise their hands.)

(Students will share their own examples.)

“The dog runs quickly.”

Excellent! All of your examples are
correct.

Do you have any questions or

clarifications about action verbs?

None, ma’am!
Great! So, let’s go to our next
beehive! Are you ready?

In our third beehive, we have here the Yes, ma’am!

linking verb.

Okay, everybody please read.

(Students will read the material presented.)

In short, it connects the subject of a
sentence with a subject complement.
It tells about what the subject is, not
what it’s doing.

Let’s look at this example.

In this example, the linking verb is is.

It links the subject Jack to a teacher,
which re-identifies the subject. It tells
what Jack is.

Another example.

What do you think is the linking verb

in this sentence? The linking verb is “am,” ma’am!

Very good! Here, the linking verb is

am. It links the subject I to beautiful,
which describes the subject

Can you give me more sentences

using linking verbs?
(Students will raise their hands.)

(Students will share their own examples.)

“He is a student.”
Thank you so much for giving your
examples. All of those are correct!
So, do you have any questions or
clarifications about action verbs? None, ma’am!

Keep in mind that a linking verb

doesn’t express an action. It only links
the subject to its describing word.

Alright, it seems the bees in this next

hive is waiting for us. Let’s go to the
fourth beehive!

In our next beehive, we have here the

helping verb.

Everybody, kindly read.

We usually use helping verbs with

main verbs. They “help” the main verb
(which has the real meaning).

Now, let’s read this example.

The word making is the main verb as

it shows the action. Now it was stated
that a helping verb is placed before the
main verb.
In this sentence, what is the word that
is placed before the main verb?
“Is,” ma’am.
Correct. The word that is placed
before the main verb making is is.
Therefore, is is the helping verb. It
helps the main verb to show that this
is happening at the moment.

Another example.

What is the main verb in this

sentence?

“Drinking,” ma’am.
Very good. Therefore, the word am
functions as the helping verb. It helps
the main verb drinking.

Can you give me another example of a

helping verb in a sentence?

(Students will raise their hands.)

(Students will share their own examples.)

Perfect! It seems to me that you have “He is running too fast.”

understood what is a helping verb.

Take note, helping verbs do not show

action. Instead, they assist the main
verb in completing the sentence.

Do you have any questions or

clarifications before we proceed to our
activity?

Great! None, ma’am!

E. Application

Now, are you all ready for our next

activity?

Yes, ma’am!
Okay, good.

This activity is called “Story Trail.”

You will do this activity by group. So
please count off from 1 to 3.

Now that you have your own group, (Students will count themselves off from 1 to
here is the instruction: Each group will 3.)
be given a bag of verb cards. You will
create a short story using the verb
cards that I have given you. Then,
once you are done, you can send a
representative to go to the front and
read your story aloud.

Did you get it?

Yes, ma’am.
Now, your story will be judged by the
following criteria:

 Creativity and originality—25%

 Fluency (a well-structured story and  Creativity and originality—25%
proper grammar)—25%  Fluency (a well-structured story and
 Correct use of verbs—30% proper grammar)—25%
 Delivery (delivers story with fluidity)  Correct use of verbs—30%
—20%  Delivery (delivers story with fluidity)
—20%
Total: 100%
Total: 100%
I encourage you to put your best effort
into making your story because the
group that has the highest score will
receive an award.

I will give you 10 minutes to make

 your story. You may start now!
(Each group will have their representative
read their short story.)
Congratulations everybody! I am
impressed with how you used the verb
cards in creating your own story.

Let’s give ourselves a round of

applause!

Overall, the group that gained the

highest score is group……… (?).

Congratulations! (The group who won will receive the award.)

For the other groups, don’t worry

because you still got a high score.

Did you enjoy the activity class?

Thank you, ma’am!

Great! Thank you for your

Yes, ma’am!
cooperation.

F. Generalization

Again, what is a verb?

Very well said. Now what are the Ma’am, a verb is a word that shows
three types of verbs? action and state of being!

Correct! Action verbs, linking verbs, and

helping verbs.
So, for you, why are verbs important?

Because without verbs, we cannot

construct sentences. Also, it helps us
Excellent! communicate what is happening in the
world or the actions that we are
taking.
 Once again class, do you have any
questions or clarifications?

None? Very good. None, ma’am.

IV. Evaluation
Test I.
Direction: Read each sentence carefully
and determine whether the highlighted Test I.
words are action verbs, linking verbs, or Direction: Read each sentence carefully
helping verbs. and determine whether the highlighted
words are action verbs, linking verbs, or
1. Josh watched the Championship game helping verbs.
again.
2. He went to the market yesterday. 1. Josh watched the Championship game
3. She is a lawyer. again.
4. He will play basketball this evening. 2. He went to the market yesterday.
5. They play football every Sunday. 3. She is a lawyer.
6. I have finished my work. 4. He will play basketball this evening.
7. All the kittens were playful. 5. They play football every Sunday.
6. I have finished my work.
7. All the kittens were playful.

Answers:
1. Action verb
2. Action verb
3. Linking verb
4. Helping verb
5. Action verb
6. Helping verb
7. Linking verb
Test II.

Direction: Give what is asked in the items Test II.

below.
Direction: Give what is asked in the items
1-3. Construct 2 sentences using action below.
verbs.
1-3. Construct 2 sentences using action
4-6. Construct 2 sentences using linking verbs.
verbs.
4-6. Construct 2 sentences using linking
7-9. Construct 2 sentences using helping verbs.
verbs.
7-9. Construct 2 sentences using helping
verbs.
Write your answers on a one-half sheet of
paper crosswise.

V. Assignment
For your assignment, you will create a 2–
3 stanza poem using the three types of
verbs. This will be written on a short bond
paper. Also, you need to indicate the verbs
in your poem.

I will upload the rubrics in our group chat

later.

Is everything clear to you, class?

Do you have any questions or Yes, ma’am.

clarifications?

None, ma’am!
Very good! I’m happy that all of you have
understood the lesson.

That’s all for today. Goodbye class!

Goodbye, ma’am!