Clothes and appearance with Present Simple and Continuous
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Using, brainstorming and analysing describing appearance with present tenses.
Lesson Plan Content:
Clothes and appearance with Present Simple and Continuous
Try to find things related to your clothes and appearance that you share with your partner, using sentences like those on the next page.
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Useful phrases for doing the activity Me too./ Me neither./ So do I./ So am I./ Neither do I./ Neither am I. – Really? I… |
When your teacher stops you, share one thing you have in common and see if you share that with other people in the class. Then ask about anything in the table you don’t understand, seeing if anyone can make a true sentence with that language each time.
Vocabulary and grammar presentation
First without looking below, brainstorm suitable phrases into each of the columns below.
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I am wearing… |
I have (got)… |
I am… |
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Look below for ideas, then brainstorm more.
Compare some ideas as a class, then discuss the differences between the columns.
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I (don’t) have I have(n’t) got I’m (not) wearing I wear I always wear I usually wear I often wear I sometimes wear I rarely wear I never wear |
a an any a pair of some quite a lot of many a lot of |
beard/ goatee/ moustache beer belly/ spare tyre belt big nose – small nose (Wellington/ rubber) boot/ shoe (party/ mini) dress dyed hair earring eyeshadow fake eyelashes flat stomach/ six pack flipflop fringe/ bang (sun)glasses/ specs hairy chest (winter) hat/ cap/ beanie high heel (denim/ leather) jacket jewellery legging (laughter) line/ wrinkle lip seal/ Chapstick lipstick long hair – short hair make up medium-length hair necklace/ chain part/ parting pierced… ponytail (wedding/ engagement) ring round face (winter/ woolly) scarf sideburn (mini) skirt/ kilt sock spiky hair square face/ jaw/ chin suit sweatshirt (long-sleeved) T-shirt tattoo tie trainer/ sports shoe/ sneaker trouser/ pant/ jean (running) vest |
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now at the moment today with me today once a week every day twice a week once a month once a year |
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