UNIT 1: FAMILY CHORES

Lesson 1.5: Grammar 2

I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
1. Knowledge:
- Use the Present Simple and the Present Continuous correctly.
- Explain the difference in form and meaning between the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.
- Ask and answer about doing household chores.
2. Competencies:
a. General competencies:
Develop collaboration skills in the 6Cs of the 21st century skills framework: working in pairs and in teams.
b. Specific competencies:
Improve communicative competence related to the use of language (vocabulary, phonetics, grammar)
● For a language lesson: Ss are expected to understand the main grammatical points, to differentiate the Present Simple and
the Present Continuous, then do the tasks assigned in the textbook.
● For a skills lesson: Ss are expected to use the main grammatical structure to practice talking about doing household
chores.
3. Qualities:
- Being hard-working and attentive in class
- Have a positive attitude towards the lesson
II. PREPARATIONS
Teacher: Textbooks, PowerPoint slides, TV, projector, loudspeaker
Students: Textbooks, notebooks

Language analysis

Present simple Present continuous

1. Form (+) S + V(s/es). (+) S + am/is/are + Ving.
(-) S + do not/ does not (don't / doesn't) + (-) S + am/is/ are + not (‘m not/ isn’t/ aren’t) +
V. Ving.
(?) Do/Does + S + V? (?) Am/ Is/ Are + S + Ving?
2. Uses We use present simple to talk about habits We use present continuous to talk about things
or things we do regularly. which are happening at the moment of
Example: My mother cooks every day. speaking.
Example: My mother isn’t cooking now. She’s
working in her office.
3. Time adverbs of frequency: usually, always, now, at the moment, at present, presently, …
expressions every day, often, never, seldom…

Assumptions
Anticipated difficulties
Students may be confused when to use present
simple or present continuous.
Solutions
- Give short and clear explanations with legible
examples for each case.
Remind them and give some legible examples
Board Plan

Date of teaching
Unit 1: FAMILY CHORES
Lesson 5: Grammar 2
*WARM-UP:
Make a dialogue
I. Presentation
Activity 1: Listen and answer
Activity 2: Listen and match
II. Practice
Activity 3: Underline the correct option
Activity 4: Complete the text
III. Production
Activity 5: Guessing game
* WRAP-UP
* HOMEWORK

III. PROCEDURES
Notes:
In each activity, each step will be represented as following:
* Task delivering
** Task performance
*** Judgment
**** Report and discussion

Stage Stage aim Procedure Interacti Time

on
WARM-UP - To introduce the MAKE A DIALOUGE: T-S 5 mins
 topic and warm Ss - T tells Ss to imagine that their friend has called them and invited
up. them to go to the beach; however, they cannot go because they
are busy.
S-S
- T put Ss in pairs and have them write a short dialogue using this
situation. (Their dialogues should only be two to three sentences.)
- Ss make a dialogue in pairs.
- T invites some pairs to present the dialogue.

- T develops further discussion if needed.

PRESENTATI - To teach how to ACTIVITY 1: LISTEN AND ANSWER: (p.11) 18

ON use Present Simple mins
and Present - T plays the audio from Exercise 1 and asks Ss the reason why T-S
Continuous Nam cannot go to the beach with Minh.
correctly.
Answer:
Because his grandparents are coming over, so his parents need him to
tidy up the house.

ACTIVITY 2: LISTEN AND MATCH. (p.11)

- T asks Ss what the conversation is about.

T-S
- T elicits that the conversation is about Nam’s family members
doing different household chores.
- T asks Ss to match the household chores in exercise 2 with the
family members.
 - Ss do exercise 2 under T’s guidance.
- Put students in pairs to compare their answers. S-T
- Check with the whole class.
S-S
- Invite some Ss to present their works.
Answer:
S-T
1 painting the fence
2 cleaning the bathroom and kitchen
3 tidying the garage
4 dusting the furniture
Audio script: Track 1.07, 1.08
Minh: Hey, Nam. Would you like to go to the beach with me today?
My dad said he’ll take us.
Nam: Oh, Minh. I would love to, but I can’t. My grandparents are
coming over, so my parents need me to tidy up the house. On
Saturdays, I usually do some homework, then I go to the shopping
mall. Sometimes I even see a movie.
Minh: But it sounds like you can’t do that this weekend.
Nam: That’s right.
Minh: That’s too bad. Do you have a lot of work to do?
Nam: Yes. My entire family is busy helping out. My dad is tidying
up the garage. My sister and mum are cleaning the bathroom and
kitchen.
Minh: What are you doing?
Nam: I’m painting the fence.
Minh: Is your brother helping too?
Nam: Yes, he’s dusting the furniture and vacuuming the floor.
Minh: You guys do sound busy. I know. I can go over and help you
paint the fence.
Nam: Are you sure?
Minh: No problem. I’ll go over shortly.
Nam: Thanks. I really appreciate it.
- T asks Ss to look at the GRAMMAR FOCUS box in Exercise 2.
- T asks Ss to explain the differences between Present Simple and
Present Continuous in both form and meaning.
- T plays the audio 1.08 again and Ss record examples of Present
Continuous found in the audio.
- Ss follow T’s instructions.
- Invite some Ss to present their works.
- Check with the whole class.
PRACTICE - To practice using ACTIVITY 3: UNDERLINE THE CORRECT OPTION. (p.11) 12
Present Simple and mins
Present - T put Ss in pairs.
Continuous T-S
- T asks Ss to underline the correct options in Exercise 3.
- T asks Ss to explain their answer choices using the information
from the GRAMMAR FOCUS box.
S-S
- Ss work in pairs to complete the task.
- Check with the whole class.
- T asks Ss to explain their answers. T-S
Answer:
1 vacuum 2 take
3 is raining 4 doesn’t fix
 5 don’t feed

ACTIVITY 4: COMPLETE THE TEXT (p.11)

- T guides Ss to do exercise 4.
- Ss complete the task individually.
- T checks with the whole class.
- T asks Ss to explain their answers.
Answer:

1 am making 2 am cooking
3 goes 4 is washing
5 watches 6 is enjoying
7 cleans 8 goes
9 is visiting 10 is

PRODUCTIO - To practice using ACTIVITY 5: GUESSING GAME (P.11) 7 mins

N Present tenses to
talk about doing - T asks Ss to work in groups of four.
household chores.
- Each member speaks about the activities one member in her
family does and try to guess who the person is. They take turns to
speak in the groups.
- T asks some students to come to the board and describe their
 family member’s routines.
- Ask the class to guess who the person is.
WRAP UP - To consolidate - T asks Ss to talk about what they have learnt in the lesson. 2 mins
what students have
learnt in the lesson. ✔ Present Simple and Present Continuous

HOMEWORK - To review the - Do exercises on Workbook page 11. T-S 1 min

lesson and prepare
for the next lesson. - Prepare Unit 1 Lesson 6 Use of English.