Aim: How do we understand the difference between simple present tense

and present continuous tense?

Do Now: Agree or Disagree:

1. Deserts are very dry. ______

2. The synonym of wet is dry. ________

3. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner are examples of crops. ________

4. Farmers are the people who make the food. ________

5. New York is humid in the winter time. ________

Simple Present Tense:

Things that you do all the time. Things are repeat, that you do everyday, every week, every year.

Examples: – I eat rice.– She cooks fish.– They bake bread.– We have fruit for breakfast.

What do you see that is the same or different in these sentences?

Simple Present Tense

Rule = The verb stays the same for {I, You, We, They}

We add “s” or “es” to the end of the verb for {He, She, It}

Example: I go to the store.

She goes to the store.

Practice using Simple Present Tense

1. The students ____________ (walk) to school everyday.

2. She ______________ (take) the bus to school every morning.

3. They _______________ (go) to the part after school everyday.

4. He usually _______________ (go) home after school.

5. The cat __________________ (eat) dinner everyday at 6:00.

Present Continuous Tense:

Things that are you doing right now.

Examples:– I am eating rice.– She is cooking fish.– They are baking bread.– We are having mangos for breakfast.

Present Continuous Tense:

Rule =

I am going

You are going We are going

She is going They are going

He is going

It is going

Practice using the Present Continuous Tense

1. They ____________________ (read) a book right now.

2. She _______________________ (watch) T.V. right now.

3. They students __________________ (listen) to the teacher right now.

4. That girl ____________________ (talk) on the phone right now.

5. We ____________________ (go) to go the city right now.

What do you do every morning?

What are you doing right now?

Classwork: Page 5, Part A

My name ___________ Celia Rojas, and I _________ in Mexico City. Here in Mexico, corn __________ a staple food. Many Mexican people __________ corn tortillas every day. Right now, I _________ in the kitchen with my mother. We _________ enchiladas out of tortillas, chicken, and chile sauce. Our main meal of the day ________ not in the evening. We usually _________ at around two thirty or three in the afternoon.

Page 5, Part B

Take turns with your partner and tell your partner three things people you know are doing right now. – Example: My sister is listening to music in her

room right now.

Share with the class your answers.

Conversation: Practice Listening

1. What is Julie doing?

2. Who did Julie visit and where did she go?

3. What kind of food did Julie’s cousins usually eat?

4. What is pasta made from?

5. Did Julie enjoy her trip? Explain your answer.

Homework #6:

Food From The Earth Workbook page 7 and 8.