Beginner Grammar Lesson Plans

Description: Introduction to the verb "to be" and how definite and indefinite articles are used when talking about things. The difference between a/an is also covered and the lesson finishes with a flashcard speaking activity that consolidates the new language.

Description: After some revision of the first lesson, students learn how to use positive and negative forms of "to be" to give personal information. The use of contractions is also covered before a final grammar auction to recap what the students have learned.

Description: After some initial work on job names, we meet Harry, an odd character who goes to a party and asks lots of questions using the verb 'to be'. We look at the structure of these questions and then the lesson finishes with a dice game that should also be downloaded and can be found just below.

Description: A warmer about small/large objects before a reading that introduces there is/are and some basic adjectives. The lesson finishes with a fun memory game which gives further practice of there is/are.

Description: A lesson that focuses mainly on first person singular forms of the Present Simple. Many basic everyday verbs are presented, enabling students to talk about their routine. A fun chain-sentence game closes out the lesson.

Description: The third person singular of the Present Simple is introduced by way of an unusual zoo where ordinary animals do extraordinary things. There is an error correction exercise and another animal-based speaking exercise to finish with.

Description: The warmer is dedicated to website types. Through an interview with a website owner, students learn to conjugate a simple verb in the Present Simple, including third person "S". The lesson finishes with a light-hearted card activity to practice Present Simple conjugation.

Description: Students learn about an ultra-modern school where anything goes and the usual rules don't apply! This lesson plan acts as a revision for Present Simple, although there is some vowel phoneme work and also object pronouns are looked at.

Description: The lesson opens with some there is/are/it's revision to describe places that are easy or hard to live in. The main reading deals with an astronaut who lives in a simulated Mars environment and introduces the negative form of the Present Simple. There is a look at the structure of the negative before some pronunciation work on two frequently used vowel phonemes: /aI/ and /eI/. The lesson ends with a fun game to give practice of negative forms.

Description: The lesson starts with some food vocabulary and ways of expressing like/dislike for each. The grammatical focus of the lesson is the use of the negative form of the Present Simple tense, especially in this lesson for 3rd person. There is also work on /s/ and /z/ phonemes, important for the correct pronunciation of doesn't. A writing game that brings together both Present Simple negative and food vocabulary closes off the lesson.

Description: This lesson, which focuses on Present Simple questions, centers around an astronaut who works on the Space Station. After some work on hyphenated numbers, we read about Ben and his daily routine miles above the Earth's surface. After focusing on 'do' and 'does' questions, the lesson finishes with some pronunciation work on two often-confused phonemes: /f/ and /θ/

Description: A warmer gets students thinking about what stage of life we do different things in. The focus of the lesson is a child prodigy called Melissa. Students learn about using the Present Simple 3rd person in affirmative and interrogative sentences. The structure of a Present Simple question is looked at and the lesson finishes with a speaking activity.