1)askstudentshowmanypresenttensestheyhavelearnt
Havestudentsmakeasentenceforeachtenseandbrieflyexplainwhyacertaintenseisused;2)havestudentsreadpart1onpage8,whichshowsinwhattwosituationsthesimplepresenttenseisused
Askthemtopayattentiontothetimemarkersusedintheexamplesofthesecondsituation
Writedownthefollowingsentenceontheblackboardandaskstudentstoidentifywhattenseisused
Havethemgivethereasonwhythistenseisused
Thenaskthemtopointoutthetimemarkerinthesentenceifthereisone
Therearedifferentstylesofstand-upcomedy
(thesimplepresenttenseisusedinthissentence
Itshowswhatisalwaystrueaboutstand-upcomedy
Thereisnotimemarkerinthissentence
)Havestudentsmakesomesentencesusingthesimplepresenttenseinthesetwosituations
3)Askstudentstoreadpart2,whichshowswhenthepresentcontinuoustensecanbeused
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