Grammar lesson plan: Negative in Present Simple

LESSON PLAN - NEGATIVE IN PRESENT
Age: 9 years old.
Level: Medium
CHECKING AND REVISING HOMEWORK
PRESENTATION
10 min.
Teacher will present on the blackboard sentences in positive present and negative present
for the students to compare them. Teacher will make them some questions to help them to
come up with the pattern.
AIM: To think of the negative pattern in present tenses and let the children come up with
the pattern.
10 min.
SKILL: Writing.
MATERIAL: Notebook
CONTROLLED PRACTICE
Students will have to fill in the gaps using the correct form of the negative auxiliary.
AIM: To assimilate the negative pattern in negative present sentences
10 min.
SKILL: Reading, writing.
MATERIAL: Worksheet.
CONTROLLED PRACTICE
Students will have to compose present sentences; either negatives or positive following the
instructions given in the pictures.
AIM: To be successful in composing negative simple present tenses.
15 min.
SKILL: Writing, reading.
MATERIAL: The class materials that the can easily find in their school bags.
COMUNICATIVE PRACTICE
Working in pairs, students will say to their partners 3 things that they like and 3 things that
they don't like; the other pair will have to write his/her partner's sentences and check them.
AIM: To produce a negative simple present sentence orally.
15 min.
SKILL: Speaking, conversational.
MATERIAL: Notebook
Anticipating problems:
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They will find it difficult to understand that once they use the auxiliary to compose the negative sentences;
they won't need the 3rd person “s” along with the main verb.
Teacher will write the following on the blackboard:
POSITIVE NEGATIVE
I like pets _______________________________________ I don't like pets
You want chocolate _______________________________ You don't want chocolate
He hates swimming _______________________________ He doesn't hate swimming
She wears shoes _________________________________ She doesn't wear shoes
It looks OK ______________________________________ It doesn't look OK
You run fast _____________________________________ You don't run fast
They eat bananas ________________________________ They don't eat bananas
Questions to help students to find the pattern:
What do we add in the negative sentence?
Do we add the same for the 3rd person?
Do we put the “s” for the 3rd person in the negative form?
Who found the pattern?
Controlled practice worksheet
Please fill in the gaps to compose a negative sentence. Use don't or doesn't.
• I _______________ like football
• My father _______________ want to clean the dishes
• My sister _______________ go to school yet
• You __________________ remember my address
• They _________________ practice any sport
• It __________________ rain in summer
Controlled practice worksheet
Write a positive present sentence where you see this picture
Write a negative present sentence where you see this picture
I _________________________________________________
Robert _____________________________________________
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Those children ___________________________________
Sarah __________________________________________
It _________________________________________________
You ___________________________________________
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