Present Progressive

Topic: Present Progressive

Objectives & Outcomes

• By the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and use the present progressive verb tense to talk about ongoing actions in the present time.

Materials

• Whiteboard and markers
• Handouts with examples of verbs in the present progressive tense

Warm-up

• Ask students if they can recall any verbs from the previous lesson on simple present. Write a few simple present verbs on the board, such as "play" and "eat," and have students provide examples of how they would use these verbs in a sentence.
• Then, introduce the concept of verb tenses and explain that English has several different tenses that allow us to talk about events in different ways. The present progressive tense is used to describe actions that are happening right now or are ongoing.

Direct Instruction

• Review the present progressive tense with the students using the handouts.
• Review the structure of the present progressive tense, including the auxiliary "to be" and the present participle (ending in -ing).
• Provide examples of how to use the present progressive tense, including sentences with the verbs from the warm-up and additional examples using the present progressive tense.

Guided Practice

• Provide additional examples of how to use the present progressive tense to the students, encouraging them to provide their own examples.
• Have the students work in pairs to provide each other with feedback on their usage of the present progressive tense.

Independent Practice

• Provide the students with a worksheet containing a variety of present progressive verbs.
• Have the students identify the present progressive verbs on the worksheet and write a sentence using each verb correctly.

Closure

• Review the concept of the present progressive with the students.
• Ask the students to share one thing they learned about the present progressive today.

Assessment

• Observe the students during the independent practice activity and provide feedback on their use of the present progressive.
• Have the students complete a worksheet with multiple present progressive sentences. Evaluate their sentences for accuracy and proper use of the present progressive tense.