lesson plan present simple tense

Lesson plan Writing Skills

Presented by:

Zanib Dil Muhammad

Sehrish Azam

Factors to be considered before planning a lesson:

1) Lesson focus: Present indefinite tense.2) Age of the students: 8 to 10.3) Grade: 4th.

4) Gender: Both (Male & Female).5) Previous knowledge: Students have knowledge about the sentence

structure SVO.

6) Time: 45 minutes.

PRE-WRITING STAGE Brainstorming by students.

Presentation of lesson by teacher.

Brainstorming (5 minutes) Wake up Take shower brush teeth Have breakfast

Play tennis Daily Routines/habits Watch TV

Walk in the morning Eat lunch/ dinner Go to school Ride bicycle

Go for shopping

Simple indefinite tense Presentation of lesson: (20 Minutes)

The simple present tense in English is used to describe an action that is regular, true or normal.

We use the present tense:

1) For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.

• I always go to school by bus.

2) For universal truths.

• Sun rises in the east.

3) For habits. I get up early in the

morning .

Ayesha brushes her teeth twice a day.

4. For things that are always / generally true.

I live in Lahore

They speak English at work.

5. To refer future time, fixed future events on timetables calendars.

• The train leaves at 5:00.

Rules of present indefinite tense

Addition of (S), (ES) with 1st form of verb in third person.

Subject Verb Predicate

I / you / we / they speak / learn English at home

he / she / it speaks / learns English at home

• The spelling for the verb in the third person differs depending on the ending of that verb:

1) For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person.

• go – goes

• catch – catches

• wash – washes

• kiss – kisses

• fix – fixes

• buzz – buzzes

2) For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add -IES.

• marry – marries.

• study – studies.

• carry – carries.

• worry – worries.

NOTE: For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just add -S.

• play – plays.

• enjoy – enjoys.

• say – says.

Use of DO and DOES.

WHILE WRITING ACTIVITY Time:(10 minutes)

Controlled writing.

Semi-controlled writing.

Controlled writing Supply the correct form of verbs given in the following brackets in the following sentences.

1.We (go) to college every day.2. I (not visit) my sister every week.3.The Muslims (believe) in one GOD.4.Good students always (work) hard.5.You (take) tea every morning.6.We (get up) at 7 O’clock in winter.7.The sun (set) in the west.8.He (never move) in bad company.

TRUE FALSE STATEMENTS.• 1. He go to school every day.

• 2. I likes swimming.

• 3. You plays badminton on Saturdays.

• 4. The class begins at 9 a.m.

• 5. They sometimes goes to the cinema.

• 6. She love chocolate.

• 7. We study French.

• 8. They lives in London.

• 9. He work in a restaurant.

• 10.Hina plays the guitar.

TRUE FALSE

Semi-controlled writing Re-write following sentences. Use present simple tense.

My teacher /drive/ a Mercedes.

I /live/ in Lahore.

They /go/ by bus.

Ayesha /play/ for school team.

She /get/ up early in the morning.

Train /leave/ at 6:00.

Choose words from box and write true sentence about yourself and your partner(you can use the words more than once).

• My partner Punjabi at home.

• I Urdu at home.

• We in a big city.

• I the piano.

• My partner the trumpet.

• We next to each other in class.

Sit, play, do not, speak, live, does not, sits, plays, lives, speaks

FREE WRITING Write about your daily routine (use present

indefinite tense).