Lesson Plan: Present Progressive for Beginners
Level: Beginner level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of Present Progressive for Beginners
Subsidiary Aims
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Students will be able to understand and use the present progressive tense to describe ongoing actions in the present.
Procedure (14-20 minutes)
Greet the students and ask them how they are feeling today. Write some verbs on the board (e.g., eat, play, run) and elicit their meanings from the students. Explain that today they will be learning how to describe ongoing actions using the present progressive tense.
Write some verbs on the board (e.g., eat, play, run) and elicit their meanings from the students. Explain that today they will be learning how to describe ongoing actions using the present progressive tense. Presentation: 4. Write the formula for the present progressive tense on the board: Subject + am/are/is + verb + -ing.Show pictures or flashcards of people doing various actions and ask students to describe what they see using the present progressive tense (e.g., "He is dancing," "They are cooking"). Give more examples of present progressive tense sentences, both affirmative and negative, and ask students to repeat them after you.
8. Hand out the practice exercises and ask students to complete them individually or in pairs. The exercises should include both affirmative and negative sentences, as well as questions.