How to Teach the Present Simple Tense
Start with an action and a simple description.. Ask the students to talk about your action.. Re-word the sentence into simple present tense.
Steps
Start with an action and a simple description.
Start with an action and a simple description.
Ask the students to talk about your action.
Ask the students to talk about your action.
Re-word the sentence into simple present tense.
Re-word the sentence into simple present tense.
Have students make a list of things they do every day.
Have students make a list of things they do every day.
Explain how simple present tense is used for short actions happening now.
Explain how simple present tense is used for short actions happening now.
Look at how the simple present tense can be used to express states.
Look at how the simple present tense can be used to express states.
Discuss how present simple can describe repeating actions or habits.
Discuss how present simple can describe repeating actions or habits.
Establish how you can discuss future scheduled events with present tense.
Establish how you can discuss future scheduled events with present tense.
Explore how simple present can establish uncertainty.
Explore how simple present can establish uncertainty.
Show how present simple tense is used for things that are always true.
Show how present simple tense is used for things that are always true.
Examine how simple present is used for permanent situations.
Examine how simple present is used for permanent situations.
Explore first-person singular and plural with appropriate verb usage.
Explore first-person singular and plural with appropriate verb usage.
Work on second-person singular and plural verb usage.
Work on second-person singular and plural verb usage.
Explore third-person singular and how the verb changes.
Explore third-person singular and how the verb changes.
Discuss the use of the verb "to be.
Discuss the use of the verb "to be.
Have students add "not" to "to be" sentences to make them negative.
Have students add "not" to "to be" sentences to make them negative.
Work on adding "do" and not to action verbs to make them negative.
Work on adding "do" and not to action verbs to make them negative.
Let students flip sentences around to make questions.
Let students flip sentences around to make questions.
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