Verbs · B6 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.3.5.1.4 - Use the simple present form of verbs in sentences

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the simple present form of verbs in given sentences and state that it is used for scheduled future actions and future plans.
Use the simple present form of verbs to talk about scheduled future actions, such as timetables, programmes and fixed events.
Use the simple present form of verbs in conditional sentences to express future possibilities or plans (the “if” clause).
Report on an on-going situation (such as a game or an activity happening now) using the simple present form of verbs.
Write and present a short paragraph describing a scheduled event or a future plan, using the simple present form correctly.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Grammar Usage at Word and Phrase Levels (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Verbs (3.5)
Content standard: B6.3.5.1 - Apply the knowledge of verbs in communication
Indicator: B6.3.5.1.4 - Use the simple present form of verbs in sentences:
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 11 (Week 23 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

exemplars - p.187
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 187
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- For scheduled future actions.
- for future possibilities or plans
- Revise the simple present in context.
- Present an on-going situation to learners for them to report on it. E.g. A football game/match.
- Present similar situations for learners to describe using the simple present, in groups.
- Groups may write and present their work to the class.
- Use texts/sentences to introduce the use of the simple present for:
- scheduled future actions E.g. The bus leaves early tomorrow.
- future possibilities or plans e.g. If he doesn't come early, we shall go without him. This indicator and its exemplars are printed **twice** on printed p.187, one immediately under the other, the second printing shorter by two bullets ("Use texts/sentences to introduce the use of the simple present for: scheduled future actions... future possibilities or plans...") and differing only in the capital of "For future possibilities". Only the first, fuller printing is transcribed; one row, not two.