A day in the life (Present Simple affirmative)

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Grammar - Present Simple affirmative

Present Simple affirmative

This is a standalone lesson but it can also be used as part of the set titled:

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LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

  • learn daily routine vocabulary and discuss everyday activities;
  • practise Present Simple affirmative forms for he, she, it;
  • watch and discuss a video about a person’s daily routine.

With this lesson plan, students practise Present Simple affirmative verbs and learn vocabulary to describe everyday activities. They work on conjugating verbs in Present Simple for he, she, it. They watch a video about how a woman spends her Friday and do comprehension activities. Students also share information about their daily routine and learn about their partner’s everyday habits. 

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VOCABULARY AND VIDEO

This lesson plan begins with a warm-up. Students look at the photos of people and answer the questions about their morning (e.g. What do the people never do?). Then, students look at pictures with activities. They practise daily routine vocabulary by matching the pairs of phrases to the pictures (e.g. go shopping, have dinner). After that, they complete gaps in statements using the phrases in brackets, keeping in mind that there is one phrase they don’t need. Afterwards, students name three activities they do every day: two true and one false. Their partner needs to guess which one is false. Students also watch a video about how a person spends her Friday. They say three things that they see in the video (e.g. a computer). Then, they watch the video again and choose the correct option. Following that, students discuss some questions related to the video and move on to explore Present Simple affirmative. 

GRAMMAR AND DISCUSSION

In this part of the lesson, students read some short texts about the person from the video’s weekend, which include the target grammar of Present Simple affirmative. They read the texts and choose which days they are about. Then, students do a task in which they conjugate Present Simple affirmative verbs for he, she, it. Students read the sentences from the previous exercise again and complete the table with the correct forms of verbs (e.g. watches, plays, cooks). To continue their practice, they then complete more sentences with the verbs from the table. Students then write five sentences about themselves and the people they know using the vocabulary in the boxes. To finish up their practice of the Present Simple affirmative verbs, students look at the photos. They imagine they are going to make a video about this person’s day. They use provided sentence beginnings to write what the person does. 

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson plan also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. Students need to write sentences about their daily routines using provided words and phrases. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.

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  1. Caroline Koshimura

    Thank you so much for adding A1 activities! I’ve been looking forward to that!

    1. Olia

      Thanks! Feel free to share your feedback 🙂

  2. Beatriz Inaya

    Finally the wait is over! I’ve always wanted A1 lessons here! I’m delighted and looking forward to the next ones.

    1. Olia

      Thanks! And we can’t wait to bring you more A1 lessons 🙂

  3. CathyGaffney83000

    Thanks so much. Up until now I’ve been trying to use A2 lessons with my elementary students but it was all too often challenging for them. This will change everything 😉💪🏻👍🏻🤗

    1. Olia

      Thank you! We’re glad the A1 lessons will make a difference for your students. Feel free to share how it goes!

  4. Courtney Marvin

    Thank you for adding this level! It will be a game changer for my A2s that struggle.

    1. Olia

      Thanks for the comment! We’re glad the new level will help your students🤗

  5. Lignum Nyelviskola

    Same opinion! Thank you very much 🙂

    1. Olia

      😊😊😊

  6. Tamara Gralec

    Thank you for A1 lessons plans! I’d like to comment on the video from this plan – it’s a bit too fast, at least this is what I noticed during the lesson with my beginner student.

    1. Olia

      Thank you for your feedback! You can try playing the video twice – it might help your students follow along more easily.

      1. Tamara Gralec

        Thank you for your answer. I did that, but I think it was difficult for my student to catch everything because of the short, quick format. I think we watched it three times.

  7. Priscila Oliveira

    This lesson is great. It provides excellent exercises to ensure students understand and apply the tense effectively.

    1. Olia

      Thank you! I’m glad you found the lesson effective 🙂

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