LESSON TITLE : SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

CLASS: Level of elementary ( adult learners)

DURATION OF LESSON : 45 MINUTES
SIZE OF CLASS: 58
AGE OF STUDENTS : 20-30
TEACHER NAMES: HASAN AKBULUT, AHMET URLU, ÖMER BAŞPINAR

PRE- ASSESMENT ACTIVITIES: Students have learnt and can use the simple present tense.
Therefore, it is accepted that students are ready to review them and they start learning simple
present tense.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRENT UNIT: Our unit in the lesson is built around activities
taking place in the class. Thus, it would be a good idea to remember students of the other
present tense.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES: At the end of lesson, teacher expects that students are able
to use the present tense in a meaningful way.

CRITERION LEVEL : At least, 75% of the students will be able to utilize from simple
present tense correctly.

MATERIALS ; Course book, board, pictures, slights, hand outs.

ACTUAL PLAN :

WARM- UP AND MOTIVATION

T- Good morning class. How are you today?

S-………………………………………

T-Do you have your books and notebooks ready?

S-…………………………………………….

T- Ok. Let’s learn some more English. Do you like learning English?
S-……………………………………………….

T- Where is Ahmet?I can not see him.

S-……………………………………………….

T- Is everyone else here?

S-………………………………………………..

STATE THE GENERAL AIM OF THE LESSON

T- Good. Today, we wil learn present tense and we will do activities about present tense now.
But first, Let’s remember what we did a few weeks ago.
REWIEW NECESSARY INFORMATION
T- Look ( takes a piece of chalk and walks towards the board) I teach you english. Now, look
at these pictures and tell me therir jobs.

S- He is a doctor.
T- yes, he is a doctor.
S- He is a speaker
T – Yes, he is a Speaker.

PRESENT THE NEW MATERIAL

GIVE AN ATTENTION POINTER :
AND MODEL SENTENCES
T- Now , listen to me carefully and look at the pıctures and tell me what their jobs are.
T- What do they do?
S- Doctors cure people.
T- What do they do?
S- Headmaster directs the school .
T- What does the painter do?
S- The painter paints the painting.
T- What does the engineer do?
S- Engineer prepares plan for buildings.
T-What does the greengrocer do?
S- Greengrocer sells vegetables and fruits.
T- What does the soldier do?
S- The soldier protects us from the enemies.

HAVE THE CLASS REPEAT THE EXAMPLES

T- Now, repeat after me. All together please.

What do they do?

S-…………………………………….

T- What does the headmaster do?

S-………………………………………….

T- What does the painter do?

S-………………………………………

T-What does the soldier do?

S-………………………………………

T-What does the greengrocer do?

S-……………………………………

T- What does the speaker ?

S-……………………………………..
T- What does the headmaster do?

T- What does the butcher do?

S_...........................................................

T-Good, now I want Group A, sitting here to repeat the questions and Group B, sitting here to
repeat the answers.OK?

T- Spiker presents news

Gr.B………………………………………….

T- What does the soldier do?

Gr.A………………………………………..

T- Soldiers protect us from enemies.

Gr.B…………………………………….

T-What does the greengrocer do?

Gr.A…………………………………

T- Greengrocer sells vegetables and fruits.

Gr.B…………………………………………

T- Fine, now I want Group B to repeat the questıons and Group A to repeat the answers.
T- What does the greengrocer do?
Gr.B………………………………………..

T- Greengrocer sells vegetables and fruits.

Gr.A………………………………………….

T- What does the painter do?

Gr.B…………………………………………….

T- Painter paints paintings

Gr.A……………………………………………

T- What does the soldier do?

Gr.B…………………………………………….

T- Soldiers protect us from enemies

Gr.A…………………………………………………

T- What does the headmaster do?

Gr.B…………………………………………………

T- Headmaster directs the school

Gr.A………………………………………………..
T- Very well, Now let’s see if we can do it individually.

T- What does the painter do?

A-…………………………………….

T- Painter paints paintings.

H-……………………………………….

T- What does the soldier do?

Ö-…………………………………………

T- Soldiers protect us from enemies.

Y-…………………………………………….

WRITE SOME EXAMPLES ON THE BOARD

T- Please copy these into your notebooks.

I am a student
I play tennis.
Do not you have enough money?
She does not play tennis.
Does he play tennis?
The train does not leave at 9 AM.

T- Have you finished writing?

ELICIT THE RULE

T- Good. Now, who can tell me what the verbs are in the questions on the board? What is the
verb ‘be’ in the first questions?
S-am

T- Good. What comes after ‘am’?

S- student

T- What else can we say instead of ‘student’?

S-doctor

T- Yes…. What else?

S-soldier

T- Good. So in questions, after the question word we have be a verb BE and a subject. If the
the subject is ‘you’ the verb be is are ; if the subject is he/she/it/your friend/etc.’ The verb be
is ‘is’.
Question Form Positive Form
DO + Subj. + VERB +……… SUBJ + VERB + OBJ
DOES BE

T- Do we have something else after the subject?

S- verb

T- Yes, ‘do’ is a verb and ‘play’ is another verb.

T- Now, let’s look at the answers. How do we start an answer?

S- with a subjet?

T- Yes, with a subject. What comes after the subject?

S- verb

T- verb,and then?
S-object

T- Good, now, tell me this: Why do we use this structure?

S-We use what we do everyday.

T- Yes, We use the simple present tense to say what we do everyday.

PRACTICE

A- SUBSTITUTION DRILLS

T- Now, we have some drills. I will give you a sentence and a cue. You will change the
sentences. Listen to my example first;

She speaks four languages. (He)

T_ He speaks four languages.

T- Jane is a teacher (doctor)

S-……………………………………………….

T-When the kettle boils, will you make some tea? (water)
S-………………………………………………………

T-I always close the window at night because it is cold. (door)

S-………………………………………………………

T-Those shoes cost too much. (T-shirts)

S-……………………………………………………

T-The food in Japan is expensive. (cheap)

S………………………………………………
T-He always washes his car on Sundays. (on Mondays)
S-………………………………………………………

T-I love to watch movies. (cartoons)

S-……………………………………………………

T-I go to the cinema at least once a week. (theatre)

S-……………………………………………..

T-They never drink tea in the morning. (coffee)

S-……………………………………………………

TRANSFORMATION DRILL

T- Now, I want you to change this sentences and make questions. Listen to my first
example;

I am hard-working.( Negative form)

I am not hard working

T-That man is a banker.(Negative form)

S-…………………………………………..

T-bankers are hard-working (Negative form)

S-…………………………………….

T- Technicians are lazy.(Negative form)

S-……………………………………………

T- They are lazy. (Negative form)

S-……………………………………..

T- There is a letter on your desk.(Question form)

S-………………………………………….

T- She goes to the office every day. (Question form)

S-………………………………………….

T-He drives his car very well. (Question form)

S-……………………………………………………..

T- I go to the meeting at the every weekend. (Question form)

S-…………………………………………………….

T- He jogs to work every morning. (Question form)

S-…………………………………………………………………….
C - REPLACEMENT DRILL

T- In this drill part, we will listen to a sentence and then say the same sentence but change it is
last part. Listen to the example part first

T- I am a student.

T- You… ….. a student.

S- You are a student.

T- She ………… a student.

S- She is a student.

T- He………… a student.
S- He is a student.

T- They………. students.
S- They are students.

T- We……… students.
S- We are students.

D – MATCHING

T- Class, now, I will hand out some papers. There are some sentences on the paper but they
are not complete. I want you to fill the blanks by choosing the right word from the list in the
second column.

T- Look here are our sentences with blanks in the first column and our words or phrases in the
second column. I want you to match them. (Let’s do the first one together) “ Don’t forget
there is an extra.”

1) T Do you ………… chocolate milk? a) are

T- Do you have chocolate milk?

2) T- He ……………not want to come to the movies. b) are

S- He doesn’t want to come to the movies.

3) T- ……….. we too late to catch the bus? c) is

S- Are we too late to catch the bus?

4) T- It ………..a beautiful day today. d) is

S- It is a beautiful day today.

5) Sorry, Lisa …………not here at the moment. e) am

6)………….I correct? f) does

7) Robert …………not go to my school. g) live

 8) My parents ………. in a 2 bedroom apartment. h) are

9) We ………… European. i) like

10) You…………. so happy today! so happy today! j) does

k) do

E – INCOMPLETE DIALOGUE

T – Now, We have another exercise: Look at the bottom of papers I gave you. There is a
dialogue between customer and sailor but customer’s lines are not in place and in order. They
are given in incorrect order below the dialogue. I want you to write the dialogue again by
putting customer’s lines in correct order. I will do the first one. I will choose volunteers
among you and I will want you to do role playing.

Sailor - Can I help you?

Customer - (T) yes, I’m looking for a t-shirt

Sailor - What size are you?

Customer - Extra large
.
Sailor - How about this one?
Customer - Can I try it.

Sailor - Certainly, there’s the changing room over there.

Customer - Ok. Thank you
.
Sailor - How does it fit?
Customer - A bit small. Do you have a large one

Sailor - Yes, here you are.

Customer - Thank you.
.
Sailor - OK, how would you like to pay?
Customer - Do you accept credit card?

Sailor - Yes, we do. Visa Master Card and American Express

Customer - Ok

Sailor - Thank you. Have a nice day!

Customer - Good bye

SUMMARY

T- Yes friends today, we have learned the present tense in a meticulous way. We have
understood where and when to use the simple present tense. Thanks to activities you have got
the rules of present tense. But without repeating these rules you may forget them. So; you
should revise your new knowledge in your house gradually.