UNIT 2: FAMILY AND FRIENDS
LESSON 2.4: GRAMMAR 2
(SB page 24)

By the end of the lesson, students are able to:
01 Identify the Present Simple and Present Continuous.
02 Ask and answer questions about facts and daily routines.
03 Talk about what usually happens and is happening around now

WARM-UP: TOM & JERRY

Aims
To create a positive classroom atmosphere to start a new lesson.
To help student review words of hobbies and interests

HOW TO PLAY

 Read the sentence
 Choose A, B, or C to fill in the blanks.
 1 correct answer = 1 point
 1 wrong answer => Tom catches Jerry

Tom and Jerry

A. take

B. watch

GOOD!

1. I never ______ selfies.

C. listen

A. love

B. interested

C. hate

GREAT!

2. I'm very _____in horoscopes.

A. interested

B. like to

C. prefer
GOOD!

3. My friends ____ romantic films.

A. for

B. to

C. in

GREAT!

4. Lucy always listens ____ Rap music.

A. music

B. games

C. films
Good

5. We hate ______ with happy endings.

A. movies

B. dancing

C. cooking

GREAT!

6. I want to go ______ and play the guitar.

GREAT JOB!

And now YOU – talk more about
hobbies and interests

What do you like doing
in your free time?
How often do you do these activities?

SET THE SCENE: SEE-THINK-WONDER

Aims
To lead into the new lesson.
To provide students with reasons for
reading a text in exercise 1 (SB p.24).

To lead into the new lesson.

SET THE SCENE: SEE-THINK-WONDER
Answer the questions below
1. What do you see in the picture?
a girl
2. What is she doing?

CHECK

She's holding a wooden box.
This is Kim. She is talking about her routines.
Students' own answers

PRESENTATION: EXERCISE 1 & 2 (SB p.24)

Aims
To introduce the grammar point in context.
To introduce to students the uses and time
expressions of the Present Simple and
Present Continuous tense.

Exercise 1 (SB p.24):
Read the text and answer the questions.

1. Kim usually goes straight home, does her
homework and then plays Pokémon.
2. No, they aren't (but they're getting better).
3. Today she's with her friends in the town
canter, collecting money for sick children.

Click on 1 – 2 – 3 to show the answers.

Exercise 2 (SB p.24): Find two more examples in the text for each rule below.

1 - Which tense do we use with adverbs of
frequency such as always, usually, often?
=> PRESENT SIMPLE
2 - Which tense do we use for facts and routines?
=> PRESENT SIMPLE

Exercise 2 (SB p.24): Find two more examples in the text for each rule below.
1 - Which tense do we use for things happening at the
moment of speaking?

=> PRESENT CONTINUOUS
2 - Which tense do we use for things happening around
now but maybe not at the time of speaking?

=> PRESENT CONTINUOUS
3 - Which tense do we use with time expressions
such as now, at the moment, today, these days,
this week/month?
=> PRESENT CONTINUOUS

GRAMMAR NOTES
Present Simple
RULE 1: Present Simple for facts and routines
I usually go straight home after school.

Time expressions:
always, usually, often,
sometimes, never

Present Continuous
RULE 2: Present Continuous for things happening at the
moment of speaking
We're lucky. It isn't raining.
RULE 3: Present Continuous for things happening around
now but maybe not at the time of speaking
We aren't doing very well but we are getting better.

Time expressions:
now, at the moment,
today, these days,
this week / month

Exercise 2 (SB p.24): Find two more examples in the text for each rule below.
RULE 1: Present Simple for facts and routines
=> I usually go straight home after school.
I do my homework and then I play Pokémon.
RULE 2: Present Continuous for things happening at the
moment of speaking
=> But today I'm not sitting at home.
=> We're wearing funny costumes and we're collecting
money for sick children.
=> We're lucky. It isn't raining.
RULE 3: Present Continuous for things happening around
now but maybe not at the time of speaking
=> My team is taking part in an online tournament this week.
=> We aren't doing very well but we are getting better.

PRACTICE: BOOK ACTIVITIES

Aim
To help students identify the use of
Present Simple and Present continuous
To help students write correct sentences
using forms of 2 tenses of verbs

Exercise 3 (SB p.24): Choose the correct option.
Answer keys

happening
around now

talk about
a routine

at the
moment

happening at
the moment

Exercise 4 (SB p.24): Make sentences with but to describe Paula's usual life
and what she's doing now.
Answer keys:

Paula usually drives to work but today she's riding a bike.
Paula doesn't usually read novels but she's reading a great
book at the moment.
Paula usually wears jeans but today she's going to a
wedding so she's wearing a dress.
Paula usually eats meat but she's trying to lose weight, so
this week she's eating salad.

Exercise 1 (WB p.19):
Decide if the verbs in the sentences show facts (F), a routine (R), something
happening during a period of time (P), or something
happening right now (N).

R
P
N
F
P
R
N

Answer keys:

Exercise 4 (WB p.19): Choose the correct option.
Answer keys

PRODUCTION: Exercise 5 (SB p.24)

Aim
To help students applying the vocabulary items and
grammar points related to the topic in communicating.

Exercise 5 (SB p.24): Class survey. Interview your classmates and
write their names to complete the sentences.

Do you like dancing?
No, I don't.

WRAP-UP

To consolidate what students have learnt in the lesson.

GRAMMAR REVIEW

HOMEWORK

1. Do exercises on workbook page 19.
2. Prepare for Unit 2 – Lesson 5:
Listening and Vocabulary.

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