Present simple and present continuous
Present simple and present continuous
What do you already know about the present simple and the present continuous?
Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson you:
understand a short instruction
understand information about daily topics
use the present simple
use the present continuous
Welcome & Daily Reading
Put your workbook and laptop (closed) on your desk. Read 10 minutes in
The Hunger Games
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When do you use which?
Present continuous if you are doing something right now.
Present simple when you talk about habits (things you do often), facts, feelings and schedules.
Examples
She likes coffee. --> feeling
I am teaching. --> something I do right now
I verb walk
You verb walk
He/she/it verb + -s walks
We verb walk
You verb walk
They verb walk
I am verb+-ing walking
You are verb+-ing walking
He/she/it is verb+-ing walking
We are verb+-ing walking
You are verb+-ing walking
They are verb+-ing walking
Present Simple
Present Continuous
I verb walk
You verb walk
He/she/it verb + -s walks
We verb walk
You verb walk
They verb walk
I am verb+-ing walking
You are verb+-ing walking
He/she/it is verb+-ing walking
We are verb+-ing walking
You are verb+-ing walking
They are verb+-ing walking
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Let's make exercise 9 together to practice.
Daily routines and actions happening now
Tom usually walks to school every day. Today, it is raining, so he is taking the bus. He often sits with his friend Sam, but this morning Sam is waiting for his sister at home.
Weekend habits and what is happening now
On Saturdays, we play football in the park. Our coach always brings extra water. Today, we are practising in the sports hall because it is cold outside. At the moment, our teacher is showing us a new exercise.
Worktime
What: Make exercises 2, 3, 4, 10, 11 (KB)
Where: Pages 10 till 16. Online and in your book.
With whom: You can discuss with your neighbour, but only the one next to you.
Time:
Regular time Quite time
Help: If you have a question raise your hand. I will come to you. Want to ask it in Dutch, go to the little Dutch corner.
Done?: Learn the vocabulary for this class in blooket:
If we have time we will do a blooket with the entire class.
Processing: We are going to discuss the answers of exercise 3, 4, 10, 11. You will correct your work.
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Homework
Make exercise 5 and 6 in your coursebook. The exercises are on page 12-17
Make sure to also learn the blooket words:
Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.
Write down 2 things you want to know more about.
Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.