English file
Elementary
Unit 5C – Present continuous vs present simple
• Lead in – pictures describing seasons (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – weather words (15 mins)
• Weather discussion questions (10 mins)
• Listening practice – talking about London (10 mins)
• Speaking – what are the seasons like in your country? (5 mins)
• Reading – comments about the weather (5 mins)
• Grammar highlighting – Present simple vs continuous (5 mins)
• Grammar presentation - Present simple vs continuous (5 mins)
• Grammar exercises - Present simple vs continuous (10 mins)
• Grammar – speaking asking and answering questions in different tenses. (5
mins)
• Reading – London at different times – new vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading – London at different times – comprehension
questions (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – which places would they like to visit? (5
mins)
• Speaking practice – taxi role play (5 mins)
• Reading practice – social media posts (10 mins)
• Writing practice - social media posts (10 mins)
• Present simple vs continuous free practice (10 mins)
1. 21 (degrees), ten (degrees)
2. It’s probably summer – it could be any month from May to
September.
3. It’s typical weather during this period. British weather is very
changeable.
hot
cloudy
raining
windy
foggy
cold
snowing
3
1
4
2
• What’s your favourite type of weather? Why?
• My favourite type of weather is ............ because..........
• What types of weather have you seen / felt?
• I have seen ..........., .............. and .....................
• What do you think of the weather in the UK?
• I like / dislike the weather here because ...................
• What activities do you do in good weather?
• When the weather is good I ..........................
• What activities do you do in bad weather?
• When the weather is bad I ..........................
1. F (It isn’t usually very hot or very cold.)
2. T
3. F (It hardly ever snows.)
4. T
5. F (Today the air is clean and it’s hardly ever foggy.)
In summer it’s usually ..........................
In ........................ It usually .....................
Tim is sad because he loves snow, but he lives in Valencia and it never snows
there.
Jane is sad because she is on holiday in Cancún, Mexico, but it’s raining.
We use the present simple to talk about things that are
normally true.
We use the present continuous to talk about things that are
happening now / at the moment.
are doing
‘m waiting
Do like
don’t eat
are having
have
does do
works
TW
OAT
TW
V&A
LM
OAT
LM
V&A
places
weather
place cafe
buildings
museums
collections
• Choose three days /times
• Ask your partner questions about these.
• Do you usually .................... on Mondays?
• Yes, I do / No I don’t.
• Are you usually ................. At 7.30?
• Yes, I am / No, I’m not.
EF4E Unit 5C - Present simple or Present continuous .pptx

EF4E Unit 5C - Present simple or Present continuous .pptx

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    English file Elementary Unit 5C– Present continuous vs present simple
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    • Lead in– pictures describing seasons (5 mins) • Vocabulary building – weather words (15 mins) • Weather discussion questions (10 mins) • Listening practice – talking about London (10 mins) • Speaking – what are the seasons like in your country? (5 mins) • Reading – comments about the weather (5 mins) • Grammar highlighting – Present simple vs continuous (5 mins) • Grammar presentation - Present simple vs continuous (5 mins) • Grammar exercises - Present simple vs continuous (10 mins) • Grammar – speaking asking and answering questions in different tenses. (5 mins) • Reading – London at different times – new vocabulary (10 mins) • Reading – London at different times – comprehension questions (10 mins) • Speaking practice – which places would they like to visit? (5 mins) • Speaking practice – taxi role play (5 mins) • Reading practice – social media posts (10 mins) • Writing practice - social media posts (10 mins) • Present simple vs continuous free practice (10 mins)
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    1. 21 (degrees),ten (degrees) 2. It’s probably summer – it could be any month from May to September. 3. It’s typical weather during this period. British weather is very changeable.
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    • What’s yourfavourite type of weather? Why? • My favourite type of weather is ............ because.......... • What types of weather have you seen / felt? • I have seen ..........., .............. and ..................... • What do you think of the weather in the UK? • I like / dislike the weather here because ................... • What activities do you do in good weather? • When the weather is good I .......................... • What activities do you do in bad weather? • When the weather is bad I ..........................
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    1. F (Itisn’t usually very hot or very cold.) 2. T 3. F (It hardly ever snows.) 4. T 5. F (Today the air is clean and it’s hardly ever foggy.)
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    In summer it’susually .......................... In ........................ It usually .....................
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    Tim is sadbecause he loves snow, but he lives in Valencia and it never snows there. Jane is sad because she is on holiday in Cancún, Mexico, but it’s raining.
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    We use thepresent simple to talk about things that are normally true. We use the present continuous to talk about things that are happening now / at the moment.
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    are doing ‘m waiting Dolike don’t eat are having have does do works
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    • Choose threedays /times • Ask your partner questions about these. • Do you usually .................... on Mondays? • Yes, I do / No I don’t. • Are you usually ................. At 7.30? • Yes, I am / No, I’m not.