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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Present Simple and Progressive- Trends and Meetings Practice
Present Continuous and Present Simple situations to discuss in meetings, to remember, to analyse for key words such as time expressions, including useful vocabulary for describing changes with the language of trends.
Present Simple Chain Stories
A fun creative Present Simple speaking activity based on Consequences in which students take turns continuing a story of a typical day by completing the suggested sentences then folding the page, then compare how sensible or silly their stories are.
Present Simple Job Interview Roleplay Game
Students try to find out what good or bad aspects their partner has on their roleplay card, all written with Present Simple for routines/ habits and general facts.
Present Simple Matchmakers Game
Students ask Present Simple questions to find out which of three jobs or countries most match their partner, possible with yes/ no and/ or wh- questions.
Present Simple Men and Women Guessing
Completing Present Simple sentences about different cultures with man, woman, men or women
Present Simple Needs Analysis, Presentation and Practice
Students find out about each other and their language study needs with Present Simple questions, good for a first lesson and GTKY.
Present Simple Routines Information Gap
Students use Present Simple to try to find similarities between the routines of the people described on their worksheets, with optional Present Simple suggested questions and clues to help.
Present Simple Sentence Completion Bluff
Students complete typical Present Simple sentences with a mix of true and made-up information, then try to guess which of their partner's sentences are true, including typical key words with Present Simple.
Present Simple Taboo Questions Game
Students classify, ask, answer and write Present Simple questions which are and aren't suitable for everyday conversation, then discuss what topics are generally good and bad.
Present Simple- Ask and Tell Game
A fun Present Simple personal questions coin game based on truth or dare in which students might have to answer their own questions, with useful language for talking about routines and Present Simple question stems.
Present Simple- Guess Who Game
Guessing which of six people your partner chose by asking easy Present Simple questions about their family, appearance, habits, etc.
Present Simple- Personalised Board Game
Speaking game in which students move around a board without a dice by making as many true Present Simple statements about their partner as they can about the word/ topic of the square they are on.
Present Simple- Third Person Guessing Game
Present Simple with final -s speaking games, first guessing the person and then brainstorming descriptions, with useful vocabulary for describing people with Present Simple.
Present Simple- Time Expressions
Present time expressions questions, things in common and opinions speaking card games, with a prepositions of time grammar presentation.
Present Simple: Dice questions challenge
Typical Present Simple verbs, personal questions and collocations practice made fun with use of a dice.
Present Tenses- Architecture
Present Simple and Present Continuous to describe being an architect, with useful architecture vocabulary
Questions about families I don’t know game
Family vocabulary and third person S Present Simple questions personalised speaking game.
Simple Present Simple questions review
A personalised speaking review of suitable questions for beginner and elementary students, including an extension with third person -s.
Small Talk in Business- Present Simple Questions
Present Simple questions for small talk in business situations.
Taboo Topics- Present Simple & Continuous Game
Good and bad present tense questions to use and avoid
There is & there are- Guess the Place
Names of places and there is/ are practice with a fun guessing game, including vocabulary of things in places such as furniture.
There is / isn’t / are / aren’t - Personalised dice games
Guessing personal information about your partner with positive and negative there is/ are sentences with a dice for more challenge, range of language and fun.
There Is and There Are, with Countable Nouns - Games for Young Learners
Seven simple and fun there is and there are activities for kids, including suggested phrases
There isn’t a/ There aren’t any dice drawing game
Negative sentences with there is and there are game, practising the difficult distinction between "there" with "isn't a" and "aren't any"
Third Person Present Tense Questions- Alphabet Game
Initial phonics and third person of Present Simple practice through the fun challenge of trying to answer questions with words starting with each letter of the alphabet.
Third Person Statements- Bluffing Coin Game
Present Simple with -s practice with a coin deciding if students should lie or tell the truth and their partner guessing if it was fact or imagination, followed by controlled practice of negative third person Present Simple.
Three options Present Simple bluff
One false and two true personal Present Simple statements lying game, starting with easy sentence stems.
Time Expressions with the Present Simple
Four adverbs of frequency and times with at, in and on speaking card games and grammar presentation, including asking questions to get particular answers and finding shared personal information.
TV Ads- Present Simple and Present Continuous Presentation and Practice
What happens in real television commercials and what it means to practise Present Progressive and Simple followed by freer practic, good for grammar in Business English classes, especially with students in sales and marketing.
Verbs and adverbs of frequency - dice games
Fun dice games to practise Present Simple and present adverbs of frequency through personal yes/ no questions.
Verbs and adverbs of frequency bluff
Fun Present Simple practice in which students make true and false personal statements about how often they do things to match the cards they take, and guess if their partner is lying or not.
Verbs and adverbs of frequency dice games
Fun personal yes/ no questions game to practise Present Simple and then present adverbs of frequency like "always" and "sometimes"
Weekly routines dice drawing game
Fun Present Simple questions and answers, days of the week and vocabulary of routines practice with a dice and drawing.
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