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The Present Continuous Tense: A Free ESL Lesson Plan

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The Present Continuous Tense: A Free ESL Lesson Plan

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  1. VC1.1–Presentcontinuous (Iamplaying) Lesson1/5 ESLLessonPlan I he/she/it we/you/they amplaying isdoing arespeaking

  2. ThankyoufordownloadingyourfreeOff2Classlessonplan! Thisteacher-ledlessonplanisdesignedusingthecommunicative approach-perfectforteachingstudentsonlineorinanyscreen- enabledclassroom. ToaccesstheTeacherNotesandAnswerKey,ortoassign homework,click heretosetupyourfreeOff2classaccount. Don’tforgettojointhediscussiononFacebooktogetaccesstoother greattoolsforonlineESLinstruction.

  3. Saywordstodescribethepicture.

  4. Makeasentence. WhatisJason doing?

  5. Matchpicturestosentences. B Theboyis ridinga bike. Jenniferis playing football. A C Janeis cleaning the window.

  6. Thepresentcontinuous subject am/are/is verb-ing

  7. Spellingchanges Formostverbs,baseverb+ing(jump+ing=jumping).But: Tellyourteacherthe-ingformfortheseverbs: die make come write tie

  8. One-syllableverbsendingin vowel+consonant Forone-syllableverbs,wesometimesdoubletheconsonant: Tellyourteacher the-ingformfor theseverbs: getswim shouthop snow read run

  9. Longerverbsendinginvowel+consonant Forlongerverbs,wedoubletheconsonantifthelastsyllable oftheverbisstressed: Tellyouteacherthe -ingformforthese happen begin verbs: listen

  10. InBritishEnglish,notethefollowing exceptions:

  11. Practicethepresentcontinuous. Example:Youarelisteningtomusicinyourbedroom. Andrew_____theguitarwith Steve.play Jane_____downthestreet.walk Grandpa_____hisfavoritebook. read I_____forclothing.shop 1. 2. 3. 4.

  12. Practicethepresentcontinuous. Alex_________pianolessonsthisyear.take Janice_________toswimatthepool.learn Thewind_________throughthetrees.blow ThisweektheGrade6class_________math.study 5. 6. 7. 8.

  13. Practicethepresentcontinuous. take listen play grow 9. Thechildren_____football allday. 10.Thepopulation_____very quickly. 11.They_____toaconcert. 12.He_____adrivingclass today.

  14. Practicethepresentcontinuous. listen read bike 13.Pleasebequiet,I_____a magazine. 14.IwanttoimprovemyFrench,so thisyearI_____toFrenchradio stations. 15.Mymotheristryingtoloseweight, sothisyearshe_____towork.

  15. Unfinishedevents ▪Thismorning,Andrea, JennyandKarenwent shopping. ▪At5pmtheyarrivedatthe busstoptoreturnhome. ▪Itisnow5:15pmandthey arestillatthebusstop. WhatcanyousayaboutAndrea,JennyandKarennow?

  16. Theyarewaitingforthebus. ▪Thismorning,Andrea, JennyandKarenwent shopping. ▪At5pmtheyarrivedatthe busstoptoreturnhome ▪Itisnow5:15pmandthey arestillatthebusstop.

  17. Theyarewaitingforthebus. ▪Theywenttothebusstopat5pm. ▪Theywillgetonthebusat5:30 pm. ▪Nowtheyarewaitingforthebus. Waitingforbus 5pm 5:30pm Now

  18. Whataboutthispicture? ▪Katestartedherbook ontheJuly1st. ▪TodayistheJuly10th andsheisonpage87 inthebook. WhatcanyousayaboutKatetoday?

  19. Whataboutthispicture? ▪At6:59pmKateison page103. ▪At7pmJuliecalls Kate. ▪KatetellsJuliewhat sheisdoingtoday. WhatdoesKatesaytoJulie?

  20. Katesays,“Iamreadingabook.” ▪Katestartedherbookon July1st. ▪OntheJuly10thsheishalfway throughthebook. ▪Onthe20thofJulyshefinishes thebook. Reading a book July 1 July 20 July10

  21. WhatisAndrewdoing? ▪Andrewisinhigh school. ▪EverySaturdayhe worksaparttimejob. ▪TodayisSaturday. WhatcanyousayaboutAndrewtoday?

  22. Andrewisworkingtoday? ▪TodayisSaturday. ▪Andrewstartsworkat9am. ▪Andrewfinishesworkat6pm. Working 9am 6pm now

  23. Nowwhataboutthesepictures? WhatisAndrewdoingnow? A Now 8pm Whatarethechildrendoingnow? B Now 6pm WhatareKarenandTimdoingtoday? C Morning Evening

  24. YourTurn TodayisWednesday. WhatareLukeandDan doingtoday? workweekbegins work week ends Monday Friday

  25. YourTurn ItistheDecember2nd.Whatcan yousayaboutJulie? Starts studying Takesfinal exam Nov 15 Dec 5

  26. YourTurn ItisJanuary,whatcan yousayaboutthe Grade6class? Ski lessons end Skilessons begin December January April

  27. Whatarethesepeopledoingnow? A B C Mike The Family Tim playagame rideabike playtheviolin

  28. Whatarethesepeopledoing? B A C D

  29. Practicethepresentcontinuous. Useaverbyouknowtocompleteeachsentence. 16.MyfatheriswatchingaTVshow. 17.IwanttovisitJapansoI_________someJapanese words. 18.Theworld_________.Nothingseemstostaythesame.

  30. Practicethepresentcontinuous. Useaverbyouknowtocompleteeachsentence. 19.I_________inNewYorkCitynow. 20.Thesun_________.It’ssowarmoutside. 21.Heisnotfeelingwell,sohe_________home

  31. Practicethepresentcontinuous. Makeyourownsentencesaboutthepictures. A B C D E F

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