Yes, it is. No, it is not.
There are some adverbs of frequency usually used in Simple Present, as follows: Always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, hardly ever, never.
e.g. I am always happy.
They are usually late. She often gets up late.
You never call me. Riggenbach and Samuda, 2000: 2- 4
2. Uses
The Simple present tense is used: a. to express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging
situations, emotions and wishes: e.g. I smoke habit;
I work in London unchanging situation; London is a large city general truth
b. to give instructions or directions:
e.g. You walk
for two hundred metres, then you turn left.
c. to express fixed arrangements, present or future: e.g.
Your exam starts at 09.00 d.
to express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until:
e.g.
Hell give it to you when you come next Saturday.
3. Students’ activities
Meeting 1: Describe someone’s daily routines based on the following picture.
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Meeting 2: Describe one of the following famous people
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Appendix 2: Exercise Analyse the following sentences. Put checks if they are correct, and correct
them if they are false. 1. A: hi… My name is Kunio.
B: Hello, my name is Maria. I glad to meet you. 2. She expect us to be in class on time.
3. Who does usually comes here every Tuesday? 4.
Ahmed, Toshi, Ji, Ingrid, and Pedro eats lunch together every day.
5.
The sun shines in the morning every day.
6.
He doesn’t know why his friends do not come to the class today
7.
Dr. Li talk to high school students all over the country about the danger of the drugs.
8. We are not having class today because our physics professor is running in a marathon this morning.
9.
My mother really is liking my friend Ahmed because he is always so polite to her.
10. Why you always wear long sleeves t-shirts? perpustakaan.uns.ac.id
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LESSON PLAN Cycle 1
UniversityFaculty :
Siliwangi UniversityFKIP Department
English Course
: Grammar I
GradeSemester :
II Topic
: Tenses: Present Continuous Tense
Meeting :
3 cycle 1 Time Allotment
: 2 x 45 minutes
X. Competence Standard
To understand and to use of the appropriate form, meaning and use of the Simple Present Tense, Present Continuous Tense, Present Perfect Tense,
Simple Past Tense, and Past Continuous Tense in written and spoken contexts.
XI. Basic Competence
To understand and to use the appropriate form, meaning, and use of the Present Continuous Tense in written and spoken contexts.
XII. Indicators
After joining this course, the students are able to: a. Identify the form and the meaning of the present continuous tense
b. Know when to use present continuous tense c. Know which verbs are not usually used in present continuous
d. Form the present continuous correctly e. Analyse the present continuous sentences correctly based on the form,
meaning, and use. f.
Use present continuous tense correctly in written and spoken forms.
XIII. Subject
Enclosed
XIV. Learning Methodology
Task-Based Language Instruction TBLT
XV. Teaching procedures
D. Pre activity
8. Greeting 9. Praying
10. Checking students’ attendance 11. Reviewing the previous lesson
12. Stating a topic of the lesson perpustakaan.uns.ac.id
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