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Present Simple Lesson

🎯 Objective

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

• Recognize and use the Present Simple tense to talk about daily habits and routines.

• Form correct affirmative, negative, and question sentences using the Present Simple.

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🗣️ Step 1: Warm-Up (5 mins)

Activity: Discussion or quick survey

• Ask: “What do you do every day?”

• Write a few sample answers on the board:

  • I wake up at 7 a.m.

  • I eat breakfast.

  • I go to school.

Goal: Get students to naturally use present simple verbs before explaining grammar.

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🧩 Step 2: Grammar Explanation (10 mins)

Form:

• Affirmative: Subject + base verb (+ s for he/she/it)

  • I play football.

  • She plays football.

• Negative: Subject + do not (don’t) / does not (doesn’t) + base verb

  • I don’t play football.

  • He doesn’t play football.

• Questions: Do/Does + subject + base verb?

  • Do you play football?

  • Does she play football?

Usage:

• To talk about daily habits, routines, or general truths.

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🧠 Step 3: Vocabulary – Daily Routines (5 mins)

Teach or review words such as:

• wake up

• brush teeth

• have breakfast

• go to work/school

• eat lunch

• do homework

• watch TV

• go to bed

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🏃 Step 4: Practice (15 mins)

A. Gap Fill Exercise:
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.

1. I ______ (wake) up at 6:30.

2. She ______ (not eat) breakfast every day.

3. ______ you ______ (go) to the gym?

B. Pair Work – Interview:

• Students ask and answer about their daily habits.

  • “What time do you get up?”

  • “Do you drink coffee in the morning?”

• Then, they report about their partner:

  • “Maria gets up at 7. She doesn’t drink coffee.”

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✏️ Step 5: Production (10 mins)

Task: Write a short paragraph titled “My Daily Routine”.
Example:

I wake up at 7 o’clock. I brush my teeth and have breakfast. I go to school at 8. In the afternoon, I do my homework. I watch TV in the evening and go to bed at 10.

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🔍 Step 6: Review (5 mins)

Ask a few comprehension questions:

• What time do you get up?

• Does your teacher drink coffee?

• What do you do after dinner?

Reinforce the rule about -s for he/she/it.

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🧩 Optional Extension

Game: Daily Routine Bingo or Find Someone Who…
Examples:

• Find someone who gets up early.

• Find someone who drinks tea every morning.