Lesson Plans: Present Tenses
ESL lesson plans for teachers of the English language. Check out our collection of lesson plans filed under the 'Present Tenses' grammar topic.
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Adverbs of frequency mastermind
A fun guessing frequency expressions personalised guessing game, good for getting students to repeat the language without getting bored.
Business English Questions- Present Simple and Continuous Game
Present Simple and Continuous business grammar practice and cultural training
Business English- Describing Companies with the Present Simple and Progressive
Present Simple and Present Continuous to describe the present activities of businesses, including typical time expressions with different present tenses
Business English- Present Continuous Mimes
Using sounds and actions to present and practise Present Progressive for business students
Business English- Present Simple & Continuous guessing game
Practising present tenses by guessing common business English verbs
Christmas actions Present Continuous drawing games
Three fun games to practise Present Progressive in Xmas lessons, with versions on cards and in a table, and lots of Xmas vocabulary.
Christmas- Present Simple & Continuous Mimes
Linking present tenses and the festive season with TPR and then personalised speaking
Clothes and appearance with Present Simple and Continuous
Using, brainstorming and analysing describing appearance with present tenses.
Days of the week- Make me say Yes
Students get points for positive answers from personal Present Simple questions with days of the week like "Does your family cook on Sundays?", with more challenging variations for later and better classes.
Describing Xmas things with have games
Using have (got) and doesn't have/ hasn't got in a guessing game and brainstorming descriptions game with Christmas vocabulary
Describing Xmas: things with 'be' and 'have' games
Present Simple of be and have plus Xmas vocabulary guessing game, including lots of third person -s.
Find out your partner’s whole routine: Present Simple speaking and presentation
Intensive personalised Present Simple for routines speaking
Gestures- Present Continuous
Presenting Present Continuous and contrasting it with Present Simple while teaching different gestures in different countries, body vocabulary, and functional language.
Good and taboo have and have got questions
Small talk questions with have got for possession and have for actions coin game, with some bad questions to avoid
Good and Taboo- Present Progressive Questions
Students play a fun Present Continuous questions coin game, answering suitable Present Progressive questions for small talk and rejecting strange questions, including useful phrases for politely declining to answer.
Have and Don’t Have- Drawing Coin Game
Have possessions practice with a drawing game, flipping a coin to make it more fun and add negative statements practice.
Have and Want- Personalised Guessing Game
Students guess other students' real possessions and desires in a fun card game, with useful vocabulary for describing objects.
Have with Numbers- Mix and Match
Have and have got and English numbers funny and sensible matches activities.
He has/She has- Present Simple Games
Eight fun third person singular of have card games, useful for talking about possessions and third person -s, including questions and short answers.
He Likes & She Likes Games
Six fun card games for practising likes, also useful for third person S practice, including third person yes/ no questions and short answers,
He She It is They are drawing challenge
Present Simple of be with third person singular and plural drawing game, with students setting challenges for each other.
How Often- Trivia Quiz
Student A and Student B worksheets with different how often questions for pairwork guessing games, for practice and presentation of both simple and more complex frequency expressions.
Is & Are Drawing Game
Simple and fun practice of Present Simple of be with jobs, family vocabulary, nationality adjectives, etc, starting with guessing the drawings and then presenting the grammar through error correction of the sentences that they just drew and guessed.
Is there are there Xmas drawing coin game
Yes/ no questions with there is/ there are practice through a fun drawing game, with a countable/ uncountable and short answers grammar presentation, and lots of useful Xmas vocabulary.
Is there/Are there Trivia Quiz
A fun game for there is/ are practice in which students test the general knowledge of their classmates, starting with a quick reactions folding paper game
It is/ They are & my/ your/ his/ her Drawing Game
A fun Present Simple of be and possessive adjectives pick and draw game, with vocabulary of clothes, body parts, toys and transport, and optional colours and other adjectives cards.
Language Learning Ideas- Adverbs of Frequency Discussion
Students discuss how often to do things outside class to improve their English skills, for frequency expressions practice and learner training, with other suggested advice topics as an optional extension.
Medical English- Present Progressive Mimes
Students act out and guess actions related to health and medicine, with medical English vocabulary synonyms presentation and practice.
Months of the year dice games
January to December personalised speaking through two dice games, including finding things in common and fun lying game.
Past and present Xmas 'used to' practice
Modern Xmas and traditional Xmas comparisons pairwork for "used to" and "didn't use to" practice, including interesting cultural information.
Present Continuous and Prepositions Drawing Dice Game
Fun Present Progressive and prepositions of location practice by rolling a dice and drawing what comes up in the table, including funny combinations like "I'm walking under a red house".
Present Continuous Christmas mix and match
Making funny and sensible descriptions of Xmas actions with cards games, with easier and more challenging variations.
Present Continuous collaborative drawing
Students make and draw Present Progressive sentences to make funny pictures, with optional common verbs, names of animals, names of places, and prepositions
Present Continuous- Actions in Different Places
Three fun practice games for names of places and Present Progressive, with a guessing game and two drawing games.
Present Progressive and Prepositions of Place- Mix and Match
Funny and sensible prepositions of position and Present Continuous matching activities.
Present Progressive and Simple- Jobs Miming
Easy and fun practice of Present Simple and Continuous through actions to represent jobs, including useful jobs vocabulary and actions at work vocabulary.
Present Progressive for the Present and Future- Simplest Responses Game
Present Continuous for actions in progressive and for future arrangements review, starting with a fun quick reactions game. and including contrasts with other present and future tenses.
Present Progressive- Clothes Drawing Game
Clothes vocabulary and Present Continuous practice through constructing sentences and drawing them, including funny combinations like "The snowman is wearing an orange swimsuit", and optional blank cards.
Present Progressive- Small Talk
Present Continuous in normal everyday chat review for practice of realistic situations like talking to classmates and meeting foreign visitors, including contrasting present and future meanings, and Present Simple and Continuous.
Present Simple (Adverbs of Frequency) Completion Game
Present Simple with adverbs of frequency guessing game
Present Simple and Continuous for Describing Your Company and Job
Using present tenses questions, statements and related time expressions to describe what you do and what your company does to new contacts review, plus an optional bluffing game.
Present Simple and Continuous in business communication
Present tenses in business emailing and telephoning practice
Present Simple and Continuous- Discuss and Agree
Suggested vocabulary/ topics with which to discuss and write present tense opinions - good for intermediate students who still need Present Simple and Progressive practice.
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