LESSON PLAN
Lesson Present Simple Tense: Form, Function, and 3rd Person Singular
Subject Grammar
Level Intermediate A2
Duration 45 minutes
1. Learning Objectives (Goals)
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Cognitive (Knowledge/Understanding): Identify and state the two primary functions of
the Present Simple Tense (routines/habits and facts).
Skill-Based (Application/Analysis): Form affirmative, negative, and question sentences
correctly in the Present Simple, paying special attention to the third-person singular (-s
form).
Affective (Attitude/Value): Participate confidently in pair-work activities using the
target language to discuss their own daily habits.
2. Materials and Preparation
Teacher Whiteboard/Projector, Markers/Pens, Lesson Slides, Handout: 8-item gap-fill
Materials practice sheet, Frequency Adverb Chart.
Student
Notebooks, Pens/Pencils, Handout.
Materials
Conjugation rules for the 3rd person singular (he/she/it + s/es/ies) must be
Preparation
displayed visibly on the board. Prepare a short, simple daily routine paragraph
Notes
for modeling.
3. Lesson Procedure
Time Stage Teacher Role (Actions) Student Role (Actions)
Displays two contrasting routine
Observes images,
pictures (e.g., student vs. celebrity).
participates in the brief
Asks Open Question: "What do
A. whole-class discussion,
5 min these people do every day?" Elicits
Introduction/Hook and shares 1-2 sentences
a few simple sentences using
about their own daily
simple verbs. States the objective
routines or habits.
clearly.
10 B. Direct Explains the two functions Takes notes on the
min Instruction (Habits/Facts) and models the functions and forms.
sentence structure for Affirmative, Practices reading the
Negative, and Question forms. model sentences aloud.
Explicitly focuses on the 3rd Asks clarifying questions
Person Singular Rule, writing clear about the 3rd person
examples of the 's' addition. singular 's' rule.
Emphasizes the 'does = no s' rule
for negatives/questions.
Works individually to
Distributes the 8-item gap-fill
complete the gap-fill
worksheet. Circulates during the
exercises, focusing on
activity, providing immediate,
conjugating verbs
corrective feedback, especially on
15 correctly. Checks answers
C. Guided Practice sentences using do/does. Leads the
min with a partner. Participates
whole-class correction, requiring
in the whole-class review,
students to justify the correct
explaining the
answer using the rules taught in
grammatical rules for their
Section B.
choices.
Activity: "Find Someone
Who..." Interview.
Monitors the communicative Interviews three
activity to ensure the target classmates using prepared
10 D. Independent language is being used correctly. questions (e.g., "Do you
min Practice Focuses observation on the accurate watch TV after school?").
use of the 3rd person 's' when Records their classmates'
students report on their classmates. answers, ensuring correct
third-person conjugation
(e.g., She watches TV...).
Directs the class to stop all activity. Activity: Two-Sentence
Collects the Exit Tickets Ticket. Writes two
immediately. Briefly reviews the sentences on an exit slip:
5 min E. Closure/Review main takeaway: "Present Simple is one general fact and one
for routines and facts, and don't personal habit. Submits
forget the 's' for he/she/it!" Assigns the slip and notes the
homework. homework assignment.
4. Teacher Reflection (To be completed after the lesson)
What went well?
What needs improvement?
Adjustments for Next Time: