Stage 1B Present Simple/Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome

grammar lesson 

 30-06-2022

This class

Present Simple & Present Continuous 

- This class the students can explain the rules of the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.

- This class the students will be able to use the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.

What do you need?

- Notebook

- Pencil

- Phone

What do you know about the Present Simple?

Present Simple

1. For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.

2. For facts.

3. For habits.

4. For things that are always / generally true.

Subject + Verb(+s) + The rest of the sentence 

Exceptions 

She plays tennis every week. 

- Questions: Do or Does (for all verbs except be) 

Does she play tennis every week? 

- Negative: Don't or Doesn't 

She doesn't play tennis every week. 

-For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES 

- For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add -IES

Exercises 

- 10 questions each exercise

- Individually  

- Phone or worksheet 

What do you know about the Present Continuous?

Present Continuous

1. For action happening exactly now.

2. For action that are still going on. 

Subject + to be + main verb(+ing) 

   She             is         playing     tennis.

She is playing tennis. 

-Negative: To be + not 

She is not playing tennis. 

-Question: To be + Subject + main verb(+ing) 

Is she playing tennis? 

Exercise

- Individually

- Phone or worksheet 

Done? Try the mixed exercise!

This class 

Present Simple & Present Continuous 

- This class the students can explain the rules of the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.

- This class the students will be able to use the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.