Present Tenses ESL Lesson Plans
Present tenses, taught level by level from A1 to C1. Each plan is a complete 60-minute lesson with its own handouts and answer key.
One topic, every level
These plans take present tenses from the first encounter at A1 through to C1, where the same forms are used for effect rather than for basic meaning. Each is written on the framework that suits the stage learners are at, so the method changes as the level does.
Every plan stands on its own: take the one that matches your class and teach it tomorrow. Read down the list to see how the topic develops if you teach the same learners over a year.
Present Tenses plans
Present Simple (A1)
Grammar: Present Simple.
Present Continuous vs Present Simple (A2)
Grammar: Present Continuous vs Present Simple.
State Verbs (B1)
Grammar: Present Simple vs Present Continuous: State Verbs.
Present Continuous with Always (B2)
Grammar: Present Continuous with Always; State and Action Verbs.
Historic Present (C1)
Grammar: Present Simple and Present Continuous for Past Events (Historic Present).
Present Simple (A1)
Present simple for routines and habits: the third-person -s, negatives with don't and doesn't, questions with do and does, and adverbs of frequency.
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Past Tenses lesson plans
5 plans, A1 to C1.
Perfect Tenses lesson plans
5 plans, A1 to C1.
Future Forms lesson plans
5 plans, A1 to C1.
All ESL lesson plans
Every plan, by level.
ESL worksheets
Printable, with answer keys.