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LESSON 3: A closer look 2

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WARM-UP

BRAIN STORMING

PRESENTATION

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

PRESENTATION SIMPLE PRESENT FOR FUTURE EVENTS

USES
- Facts
- Habitual actions
- Future events

PRACTICE

Adverbs of frequency

1 Complete the sentences with the adverbs of frequency from the box.
always

often

sometimes

rarely

never

1. My mother__________shops at the supermarket. She never shops
anywhere else.
2. I________buy things online, just once or twice a year. I prefer to shop at
the shopping mall.
3. You can_________ bargain at a supermarket because the prices are
fixed.
4. How_________ do you return things you buy online?
5. I don't often buy things at the dollar store. My mother only takes me
there___________.

PRACTICE

Present simple for future events

Read the schedule for the grade 8 field trip tomorrow, and underline
the verbs in the sentences. Then answer the questions.
Field trip to the Double Dragon Chocolate Factory.
30 February

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9:00

The bus leaves.

10:00

Students arrive at the factory

10:10

Students watch a documentary introducing the factory.

10:30

The tour of the factory starts.

12:10

Students return to school to write the trip reports.

1. What tense are the verbs in the sentences? Present simple
2. Are the sentences about habits or future activities? Future activities

PRACTICE

Present simple for future events

PRACTICE

Present simple for future events

3 Write A next to a sentence if it relates to a timetable, schedule or plan,
and B if it is an unplanned future action.

1. We'll go to Costco to return this suitcase.
2. Look! We have a whole afternoon for shopping on the second day
of our tour.
3. The summer sales end next Sunday.
4. Listen to the announcement. The train doesn't leave till 12:00.
5. I'm too busy today, so we'll go shopping on Tuesday.

B
A
A
A
B

PRACTICE

Present simple for future events

4 Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.
1. The supermarket in my neighbourhood opens/ will open longer hours
than the one in yours.
2. Don't worry. I make/will make a shopping list, and you just give it to
the shop owner.
3. We don't buy/ won't buy a birthday cake this year. We can bake one at
home.
4. The bus schedule says that there is/ will be a bus to Aeon at 10:05.
5. Look at the advertisement. Does/ Will the big sale start next Friday?

PRACTICE

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Present simple for future events

In pairs, ask and answer to check planning events for the community
fair next month.

Community Fair
01 April

Time

Events

01 March

Preparing for the fair

03 March

Calling for volunteers

01 April

- 8:30: Opening
- 11:00: Holding food competition

02 April

Cleaning up by volunteers.

Example:

A: When do we start preparing for the fair?
B: We start on the first of March.

PRACTICE

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Present simple for future events

In pairs, ask and answer to check planning events for the community
fair next month.

Example:

A: When do we start preparing for the fair?
B: We start on the first of March.
A: When do we start calling for volunteers?
B: We start calling for volunteers on the 3rd of March.
A: What do we do on the first of April?
B: At 8:30, we start opening. At 11:00, we hold food competition.
A: When do volunteers start cleaning up?
B : They start clean up on the 2nd of April.

PRODUCTION

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Report the events for the community fair.
Community Fair
01 April
Time

Events

01 March

Preparing for the fair

03 March

Calling for volunteers

01 April

- 8:30: Opening
- 11:00: Holding food competition

02 April

Cleaning up by volunteers.

- We start preparing for the fair on March 1. We call for volunteers on…

PRODUCTION

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Report the events for the community fair.

- We start preparing for the fair on March 1. We call for volunteers on…

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Reviewing adverbs of frequency
 Present simple for future uses.

CONSOLIDATION

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Homework

- Learn the use of adverbs of frequency by heart.
- Make 5 sentences of the simple present for future
meaning
- Do Exercise ………..page ……Unit 8/Workbook

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