SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

ACTIVITY 1

LET’S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER

Materials Required : The Teacher’s Module
Time Required : 45 Minutes
 Simple conversation
• Hi, my name is Khalid. I am a businessman.
• Hello, I’m Siti. Nice meeting you.
• What do you do,Siti ?
• Oh, I am a singer.Who is that?
• That is my son. He is 19 years old
• How cute…. See you later..
• Goodbye..
 Some notes for you….
The simple present tense is used for :
1. A habitual or repeated actions
e.g. :
I cook for my children every weekend
he plays tennis every night
they go to the market every Monday
she goes swimming every Friday
2. It also expresses general statements of facts
e.g. :
the sun rises in the east
dogs bark
babies cry
we eat to live
action speaks louder than words
3. Used for something or an action happening
now
e.g. :
she cooks assam laksa
she smiles to me…
here he comes…
see how they walk
 some simple pattern
He , she , it , Walks,cooks,bites , does
Adi , Lim , Smiles , stares
My father, his friend Shouts , calls , goes
A cat , the sun Scratches , shines
I , you , they , we Walk , cook , bite , do
My friends , my children Smile , shout
Present continuous tense
ACTIVITY 2
WHAT AM I DOING ?
Materials Required : The Teacher’s
Module
Time Required : 15 Minutes
 Translate these
sentences
• Saya sedang mencuci tabung uji
• Dia sedang menyediakan peralatan
untuk satu eksperimen
• Guru itu sedang memarahi pelajarnya
• Mereka sedang bermain-main di
dalam kelas
• Ayah saya sedang menyapu lantai
• I am cleaning a test tube
• He is preparing the apparatus for an
experiment
• The teacher is scolding her students
• They are playing in the classroom
• My father is sweeping the floor
 More notes…
The present continuous tense
• Expresses an activity that is in progress.
• The event is in progress at the time the
speaker is saying the sentence
• The event began in the past, is in progress
now, and will probably continue into the future

• FORM : am , is , are + …….ing

 The Simple Past and Past
Continuous Tense

 Time Required : 60 Minutes

 Materials Required : Sweets /
chocolate / token , stopwatch
Activity 3 ( Double or Quits )

 Get teachers to read the notes

on Simple Past Tense
( Teacher’s module )
 Explain the Simple Past Tense
 Get teachers to read text 1 and
text 2. Instruct them to compare
both texts ; sentence pattern
 Instruct teachers to get into
groups of four.
 Explain the rule of the game ;
Double or Quits
Activity 3.1 (Past Continuous)

 Explain the rules and the

sentence pattern of Present
Continuous Tense
 Get the teachers to attempt the
task given in the Teacher’s
module
Thank you for
your
co-operation !