In this lesson, students learn the patterns and usage of the present progressive tense. They practice forming affirmative and negative sentences as well as questions.

Present Progressive

In this lesson, students read about an environmental activist who took a year off from school to be a youth spokesperson on climate change. Students review new vocabulary and practice the present progressive tense.

Greta Thunberg

This lesson will show if your students truly understand the difference between the simple present and the present progressive. There are multiple mixed-tense exercises, including some that review time markers and action vs. non-action verbs.

Simple Present Vs. Present Progressive

The simple present and present progressive have different forms and functions in English. Compare these common tenses and see how time markers indicate which tense needs to be used. Includes a practice exercise.

Daily Routines - High Beg

Students learn sports vocabulary through various writing activities. They also practice answering questions and learn the difference between _play, go,_ and _do_ in relation to sporting activities.

Sports

In this lesson, students read three stories that use the simple present and present progressive in context. They answer comprehension questions and respond to questions about themselves using the simple present and present progressive.

Simple Present & Present Progressive Stories

In this lesson, students practice common adverbs of frequency through a variety of written and spoken exercises. An optional speaking activity with ready-made or student-made cards is available at the end of the Teacher PDF.

Adverbs of Frequency

Actions & Movements – High Beg

In this lesson, students read three stories that use adverbs of frequency and time expressions in context. They answer comprehension questions and write sentences about themselves using adverbs of time.

Adverbs of Time Stories

This comprehensive lesson covers adjective sentence patterns and suffixes, participial adjectives, multiple adjective order and punctuation, and hyphens in multiple-word adjectives. Note that in its entirety, this lesson is suitable for low-intermediate to intermediate learners. If you teach beginners, you may want to limit this lesson to pages 2–3 of the Grammar Notes and exercises 1–4 on pages 9–12.

Adjectives

In this lesson, students review words and sentence structure used for describing people, including physical appearance and other personality and character traits. They also practice using and identifying adjectives and adverbs. 

Note: The digital version of this lesson has different assessment tasks: listening (with video) and speaking. You can create your own assessment tool by downloading the [Shared Criteria for Success] (https://esllibrary.com/resource_categories/104/resources/2352) and editing the fields as required.

Describing People

Descriptive Adjectives (People and Pets)

Students learn weather vocabulary through various writing activities. They also practice question formation and learn how to use verbs, nouns, and adjectives to describe the weather.

Weather

Students learn vocabulary related to feelings through various writing and speaking activities. They also practice question formation and learn common expressions used to talk about feelings.

Feelings

In this basic introduction to prepositions, students learn and practice _at, on,_ and _in_ for talking about time, days, and dates. This lesson also reviews how to write and say ordinal numbers to express the date. 

Prepositions of Time

The aim of this lesson is for students to learn how to tell time in English using the simple present tense. 

What Time Is It?

In this lesson, students review language and useful expressions for telling time. They practice telling someone what time it is and asking about the time. 


Asking for the Time

Blank clocks for students to use when practicing telling the time in English. Teachers can say a time and students can write in the hands and numbers.

Times of Day

Introduce literacy students to words and numbers for saying and writing the date in English. The lesson reviews calendar months and ordinal numbers. Includes optional assessment tasks and tools.

The Date

After doing this lesson, students will be able to say the days of the week (in the correct order) and some times of the week. Students will also learn abbreviations for the days of the week. You can follow up with our Functional English lesson _Asking About Days and Dates._

What Day Is It? 

Students review language and useful time expressions for describing days and dates. They review prepositions of time for days, months, and seasons and learn how to write the date in English.

Asking about Days & Dates

In this basic introduction to prepositions, students learn and practice common prepositions of place using themes such as furniture and food.

Prepositions of Place

The prepositions _in_ and _on_ can be easily confused, especially with different modes of transportation. These reference charts and practice exercises will help students keep things straight.

Prepositions of Place: In & On

Prepositions of Place – High Beg

This digital assessment goes with <a href="https://ellii.com/packs/grammar-groundwork-3/materials">Grammar Groundwork 3</a>. Use this assessment as an exit exam for this course. It can also be used for preview or review.

**Note**: This resource can also be used outside of this course for placement and needs assessment.

Grammar Groundwork 3

After students learn the present progressive tense, they'll compare it with the simple present in this high-beginner course. Students learn or review the present progressive, adverbs, adjectives, and prepositions.

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