Simple Present Tense 

Lesson plan of simple present tense 

Lesson overview 

Name of lesson plan activity : present tense 

skill focus : grammar

Target student : Grade 8th

Teacher name : Ika Novendri Rahmadani

School name : Junior high school of 1 Karangdowo 

Material use in class : handout, laptop, whiteboard, spidol, video learning

time : 60 minutes 

Lesson plan

Objective of the lesson plan

Students can understand the material and present tense sentences. Students can compose simple English sentences in the present tense. students can write and fill in gaps and also speak.

instruction for teaching the lesson

Teaching method: explain, practice, produce sentences.

1. Explain ( 15 minutes )

The teacher will explain the present tense material, then the teacher will show a learning video related to the present tense, then the teacher gives examples of present tense sentences written on the whiteboard. The teacher also explains how to make present tense sentences in positive, negative and interrogative forms.

Sentence pattern : S + Verb 1 ( s/es ) / to be + O

example : She reads a book everyday

2. re-explain ( 10 minutes )

After giving examples, the teacher then re-explains about assembling the correct present tense sentences.

3. Brainstorming  ( 15 minutes )

The teacher will give some questions related to the simple present tense.

a. Students will get questions about the present tense function

b. When to use s/es

c. Students will change the words in the paragraph (on whiteboard or photocopied) from past tense / continuous tense to present tense.

4. Assessment ( 15 minutes )

The teacher will give questions for individual assessment to all students by giving questions. You can change positive sentences into negative and interrogative sentences.

She walks to school by bus everyday

My friend lives in Papua

He writes a poem for his best friend

Simple present tense

Simple Present is tenses (sentence patterns) that are used to tell an event that is happening at this time in a simple form. The function of the Simple Present Tense is to state facts, habits, or events that occur at this time. The Simple Present Tense itself uses the first form of the verb (verb).

The function of the present tense

a. to tell the activity that is repeated or it can also tell the habit. In this function, we use adverb frequency.

ex : Dinda always goes to school everyday.

b.  to explain the truth or facts.

ex : The world is around

c. To explain something that can't be changed

ex : My grandparents are lives in solo

d. to express an opinion.

ex : I think she is a beautiful girl.

The formula for the Simple Present Tense is 

Subject + Verb 1 (s/es) for verbal sentences 

and Subject + to be (are, am, is) + nominal (adjective/noun) for nominal sentences.

 What must be considered is that if the actor or subject is He/She/It then s/es must be added behind the verb. However, when it becomes negative (do not/ does not) and interrogative (?) s/es must be removed.

You guys all can watch this video to give more explanation about simple present tense 

https://youtu.be/nuV1hEUvMrE

If you guys have already understand about the explanation above, you can do this exercise to know your knowledge or capability.

https://forms.gle/EaAdVimoVgVr3RUZ7