School: Hung Vuong University

Level: Pre-Intermidiate
Teacher’name: Nguyen Dong Duy

LESSON PLAN
(Teaching grammar)

Grammar in Part 2, Lesson 1

I. OBJECTIVES:

After the lesson, the students will be accquainted to the Present Continuous Tense
and its application in speech. To use this tense for the expression of meaning, the
context of action must be happening in the exact period of time or actions that are
planned to be happening in the near future.

II. LANGUAGE FOCUS:

Grammar: S + tobe + V(ing) + clause

III. PREPARATION:
Slide with pictures and audio of PowerPoint, worksheets (handout) and
homeworks.

IV. TIME: 45 minutes

V. PROCEDURES:

Step & time Content

Presentation The Present Continuous
(12’) (+ S + am/is/are + V(ing) + Clause
)
(-) S + am/is/are + not + V(ing)
(?) Am/is/are + S + V(ing) + Clause + ?
 - S (subject): Chủ ngữ
- N (Noun): Danh từ
- Adj (Adjective): Tính từ

Note:
- To be
S = I am
S = He/ She/ It + is
S = You/ We/ They + are
* Use some pictures to do recognize Present simple tense signs.

1.We (have)……….. lunch now.

A have
B are having
C had
2.I’m quite busy these days. I (do) ……….. my assignment.
Controlled A am doing
practice (10’) B do
C will do
3.I bought the ticket yesterday. I (fly)……….. to Japan tomorrow. 
A will fly
B am flying
C am going to fly
To warm up and review the lesson:
 Picking Out Actions Game: Students will be given a picture of
an office with people having different actions.
Procedure and rules:
Warmup and  1. Students will be divided into groups and each group will take
Review (15’) turn to think and pick out an answer of “what are the people
doing?”
 2. Each correct answer will get bonus points.
 When the game’s finished, the group with most answers will
win and be rewarded.
Production & - I will ask students to review three cases using the present
consolidation continous structure to see if they have understood the lesson or not
(8’) (give plush).
+ Describes an action, thing that happens in a specific time, during
the conversation.
 + Describe an action, thing that happens in the time talking within
long term.
+ Describe the event that will happen as planned in advance.
+ Describe thoughts, feelings, feelings.
- Exercises: Click on the correct option complete sentences (give
plus).
- Homework: Fill in the blanks with the simple present form of the
verb given.

WORKSHEETS (HANDOUT)

Praticing with exercises

Exercise 1: Fill the blank with given words in the box:

ris
start get increase change
e

1. The population of the world …………………………… very fast.

2. The world …………………………. Things never stay the same.

3. The situation is already bad and it …………………………… worse.

4. The cost of living …………………………… Every year things are more expensive.

5. The weather …………………………… to improve. The rain has stopped, and the
wind isn’t as strong.

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences using present continuous tense:

1. My tutor (see) ………………………… me for a tutorial every Monday at 5 p.m.

2. My brother (not/study) ………………………… very hard at the moment. I (not/think)

………………………… he’ll pass his tests.

3. Young people (take) ………………………… up traditional style hobbies such as

knitting and walking in the countryside as of lately.

4. In my country, we (drive) ………………………… on the left-hand side of the road.

5. My parents (travel) ………………………… around the world this summer, and
probably won’t be back for a couple of months.

6. The number of wild butterflies (fall) ………………………… dramatically as a result of

changes in farming methods.

7. More people (play) ………………………… sports on a regular basis nowadays.

8. I have never thought of studying abroad before. I (not/leave) …………………………

Vietnam anytime soon.

9. Nowadays, people (use) ………………………… the gym or a climbing wall as their

way of sporting recreation.

10. The number of web users who shop online (increase) ………………………… due to
the convenience of the Internet.

Exercise 7: Find mistakes in the sentence are rewrite the correct answer:

1. Are you do homework right now?

……………………………………………

2. The children play football in the back yard at the moment.

……………………………………………

3. What does your elder sister doing?

……………………………………………

4. Look! Those people are fight with each other.

……………………………………………

5. Noah is tries very hard for the upcoming exam.

……………………………………………