Practice: - Have the students write in the correct form of the verbs for

the following simple present tense sentences.

1. Diane (wash) _________ her hair everyday.
2. Kathy always (sit) _______ in the front row.
3. Every morning the sun (shine) ____ in my window.
4. It (rain) ____ in my country.
5. Everyday I (wait) ____ for a reply to my letter.
6. John (work) _____ for the government.
7. They (walk) _____ to school in the morning.
8. We (try) ____ to do our homework.
9. Mary (talk) ____ during class.
10. Jason (play) _____ basketball.
Homework:
Have the students write their own sentences in the
simple present tense for practice, five to ten should be
sufficient.

How To Proceed
1Introduce an actionPick up a newspaper and pretend to read it. Ask your
students what you're doing. Theyll say, Youre reading a newspaper.T:
What newspaper am I reading?S: Youre reading The New York Times.
2Introduce Present Simple - First person singularTell your students, I
read The New York Times every day.
Put up a list of some things we do every day (wake up, get up, make
breakfast, brush my teeth, shave, have a shower, make dinner, go to work,
etc.) and a few sometimes activities (wash the clothes, watch TV, go for a
walk, etc.). Now narrate your usual routine, adding in times and words like
"often" or "usually",
1
I wake up at 7 o'clock.
Usually I get up then and go to the bathroom.
There I brush my teeth and usually I shave, but not always;
I hate to shave.
I make breakfast.
Sometimes my girlfriend makes breakfast, and I go to work at 8am.....
I have lunch at 2 pm.
I go home at 5 pm.
I watch TV before dinner.

2
Make sure your students understand that you do this on a daily or weekly
basis; these are habitual actions. Go around the class and have students tell
you what they do everyday or what some of their habits weekly or every year
are. They should give more examples in the first person singular.

- Draw the following diagram on the board:

now
I
past <-----------------------------I--------------------------> future
I
- Explain that the simple present tense takes place in the now and
show the following diagram to illustrate this.
- Define the simple present tense:
- The simple present tense says that something was true in the
past, is true in the present, and will be true in the future. It
expresses general statements of fact and timeless truths. It is also
used to express habitual or everyday activities.

3Introduce Present Simple Second person singularSay: I read the

Gazzetta. Sarah, you read La Repubblica. Go around the class giving
examples like, On Monday I go to work at 7.30. You go to school at 7.30.
Face each of your students and state a general truth:T: John, you live
Bolzano.John (to teacher): You live in Bolzano, too.T: Sally, you have a
dog.Sally (to teacher): You have a cat.

4Introduce Present Simple Third person singularSay: I read the

Gazzetta. Sarah reads La Repubblica. Make sure students notice that
youve added the s for the third person singular. Give more examples with
other students, and introduce the irregular verbs: John goes to work at 8.
Sally has lunch at 1.

6Introduce Present Simple NegativeMake a statement in the affirmative,

then make one in negative with dont.T: I live in Bolzano, I dont live in the
Laives.Ask students to do the same presenting first an affirmative, then a
negative. Practice all persons except the third person singular.

7Introduce Present Simple Negative (third person singular)Make a

statement about a student, then make one in negative form using doesnt.T:
Alex reads the New York Times. He doesn't read USA Today.Ask students to
do the same by using the information previously shared by their classmates.

8Introduce Present Simple QuestionsMake a statement about yourself.

Then ask a student a question to introduce do.T: I walk to school. John, do
you walk to school?Walk around the classroom asking students questions
and teaching them to answer, Yes, I do or No, I don't. Do the same for all
persons except third person singular.
9Introduce Present Simple Questions (third person singular)Contrast
students habits. Make a statement about one, then ask about another
student:T: John walks to school. Does Sarah walk to school?Walk around the
classroom asking questions with does, and teach students to answer Yes,
he does No, he doesnt.