This lesson plan focuses on teaching the present indefinite tense to 4th grade students aged 8-10 years old who have a previous knowledge of sentence structure. The 45 minute lesson will begin with brainstorming daily routines, followed by a 20 minute presentation by the teacher on the rules and use of the present indefinite tense. Students will then complete controlled and semi-controlled writing exercises to practice using the tense correctly.

1. Lesson plan
Writing Skills
Presented by:
Zanib Dil Muhammad
Sehrish Azam

2. Factors to be considered before planning a
lesson:
1) Lesson focus: Present indefinite tense.
2) Age of the students: 8 to 10.
3) Grade: 4th.
4) Gender: Both (Male & Female).
5) Previous knowledge: Students have knowledge about the sentence
structure SVO.
6) Time: 45 minutes.

3. PRE-WRITING STAGE
 Brainstorming by students.
 Presentation of lesson by teacher.

4. Brainstorming (5 minutes)
Wake up
Take shower
Play tennis
Walk in the morning
brush teeth
Have breakfast
Daily Routines/habits
Eat lunch/ dinner
Go for shopping
Watch TV
Go to school Ride bicycle

5. Simple indefinite tense
Presentation of lesson: (20 Minutes)
The simple present tense in English is used to
describe an action that is regular, true or
normal.
We use the present tense:
1) For repeated or regular actions in the
present time period.
• I always go to school by bus.

6. 2) For universal truths.
• Sun rises in the east.

7. 3) For habits.
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I get up early in the morning .
Ayesha brushes her teeth twice a day.

8. 4. For things that are always / generally
true.
 I live in Lahore
 They speak English at work.

9. 5. To refer future time, fixed future
events on timetables calendars.
• The train leaves at 5:00.

10. Rules of present indefinite tense
Subject
Verb
Predicate
I / you / we / they speak / learn
English at home
he / she / it
speaks / learns English at home
Addition of (S), (ES) with 1st form of verb in third person.

11. • The spelling for the verb in the third person differs depending on the ending of that
verb:
1) For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third
person.
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go – goes
catch – catches
wash – washes
kiss – kisses
fix – fixes
buzz – buzzes

12. 2) For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add -IES.
• marry – marries.
• study – studies.
• carry – carries.
• worry – worries.
NOTE: For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just add -S.
• play – plays.
• enjoy – enjoys.
• say – says.
Use of DO and DOES.

13. WHILE WRITING ACTIVITY
Time:(10 minutes)
Controlled writing.
 Semi-controlled writing.

14. Controlled writing
 Supply the correct form of verbs given in the following brackets in the following
sentences.
1. We (go) to college every day.
2. I (not visit) my sister every week.
3. The Muslims (believe) in one GOD.
4. Good students always (work) hard.
5. You (take) tea every morning.
6. We (get up) at 7 O’clock in winter.
7. The sun (set) in the west.
8. He (never move) in bad company.

15. TRUE FALSE STATEMENTS.
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1. He go to school every day.
2. I likes swimming.
3. You plays badminton on Saturdays.
4. The class begins at 9 a.m.
5. They sometimes goes to the cinema.
6. She love chocolate.
7. We study French.
8. They lives in London.
9. He work in a restaurant.
10.Hina plays the guitar.
TRUE
FALSE

16. Semi-controlled writing
 Re-write following sentences. Use present simple tense.
My teacher /drive/ a Mercedes.
I /live/ in Lahore.
They /go/ by bus.
Ayesha /play/ for school team.
She /get/ up early in the morning.
Train /leave/ at 6:00.

17.  Choose words from box and write true sentence about yourself and your
partner(you can use the words more than once).
Sit, play, do not, speak, live, does not, sits, plays, lives, speaks
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My partner
I
We
I
My partner
We
Punjabi at home.
Urdu at home.
in a big city.
the piano.
the trumpet.
next to each other in class.

18. FREE WRITING
Write about your daily routine (use present indefinite tense).