How does it feel to get married?

How does it feel to get married? 😂😂😂

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6NlX0WSQPG/?igsh=eXZyM2kxNmp1bnJ3

 

How does it feel to go to school?

How does it feel to go shopping with your parents?

How does it feel to do homework?

How does it feel to spend a whole day at a theme park?

How does it feel to be late at work or school?

How does it feel to miss the a flight because of a traffic jam?

"I hate verbs in English..." The nature of the Present Simple & other present tenses

First, watch and enjoy the scene.  (For any other scenes, click on https://www.youtube.com/@raficomedy)

A) According to this Brazilian comedian in the USA, the grammar ruling the Present Simple makes no sense. Why?

B) What's the rule for affirmative sentences in the Present Simple? How are negative statements made? What about questions?

C) What has the Present Simple got in common with the rest of the present tenses?

SPEAKING: Lesson 1 Task 6: Holiday habits

Follow the chart to find someone who does these things . Then, ask for complementary information about it.

For example:

- Do you take a lot of photos when you go on holidays? Yes, I do.

- What kind of device do you usually use, a smartphone or a camera? I always/usually ...

Fun Classroom Activities . Present Simple & Continuous

https://www.usingenglish.com/articles/56-fun-classroom-activities-for-present-simple-tense.html

https://www.usingenglish.com/articles/35-fun-classroom-practice-activities-for-present-continuous-present-progressive.html

An Eccentric Teacher's Daily Routines

1. Watch and write down his routines.
For example: wake up




2. Imagine you’re the teacher. Write about your routines (S + V). Use the phrases in 1. Include connectors: First, Then, Next, After that, Later, Finally.

For example: First, I wake up at 6:30.

3. Interview the teacher about his routines with wh-questions. Then, answer them.

For example:
1. WHAT TIME do you wake up?

2. What / have for breakfast? 
3. Where / work? 
4. What / do / at the school? 
5. What / do / in your free time? 
6. How / watch TV? 
7. What time / go to sleep? 

What do you do?

Catholics and Protestants from the point of view of Monty Python

Just hilarious!



PRE-WATCHING
1. Answer these questions in pairs or small groups.
a) Have you got a big family? How many brothers and sisters have you got?
b) Is the size of your current family smaller or bigger than the one of previous generations?
c) How big would you like your family to be?
d) Is your idea of your will-be family influenced by religion or culture?

WHILE-WATCHING
2. Are the statements below true (T), false (F), or we just don't know (?):
1 Dad is going home. A seagull flies above it and drops a baby down the chimney.
2 Dad is happy about having another baby.
3 Mum asks about fifteen of her children to go to bed because it isn’t their turn for tea time.
4 Dad reports his children that he’s going to sell them all for scientific experiments because
that’s the only way to earn a great deal of money.
5 Dad asks his children to blame the Catholic church.
6  A child suggests castration to his Dad.
7 Mr Blackitt is Jewish.
8 He despises his Catholic neighbours. 
9. Mrs Blackitt is aware of the differences between Catholics and Protestants.
10. Mr Blackitt usually buys contraceptives.

AFTER-WATCHING
3. Answer individually or in pairs.
a) What title would you give to the song in the film? 
b) Why does Mrs Blackitt look so confused after the comparison between Catholics and Protestants.
c) Quote the funniest sentence.

GRAMMAR
4. Both Catholics and Protestants are mocked in the sketch. 
a) Make some statements abouts the two communities. Most of them will have to be made in the present simple.
b) Can you make some more sentences with the verbs like, hate, enjoy... + V-ing?

READING
5. Read and choose the funniest quotation.

6. Read the full script of the scene and make some questions.

Mr Bean's morning routines

1) Guess Mr Bean's morning routines. Watch the video and check.

2) Put the actions below in the correct order.

a) open the curtain

b) exercise

c) shave

d) get up

e) make one's bed

f) get dressed in the car

g) brush one's teeth in the car

h) park

i) push away a car

3) Write down 10 of Mr Bean's routines. Use connectors.

For example: First, he wakes up.

Then, he...

Next,, he...

After that, he...

4) Compare Mr Beans habits with yours. Which of the routines below do you do? Which ones you don't do?

VOCABULARY TO BE USED:

1) open the curtain

2) exercise

3) shave

4) put the alarm clock into a glass of water

5) get one's (my, your, her, his, etc) foot wet

6) get up

7) make one's bed

8) bump one's head

9) hang up the wet alarm clock

10) wrap up one's teddy bear

11) drive to the dentist

12) get dressed in the car

13) brush one's teeth in the car

14) spit out of the window

15) park

16) push away a car

Likes and Routines Questions, by the GR2 students at IES Joan Oliver

Today the GR2 students at Joan Oliver Secondary School in Sabadell have asked each other a few questions about what they like and some habits.

Thanks for your willing collaboration, kids!


Now you can practise the simple present with these exercises: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Routines & habits. (1) Everyday life; (2) JOBS, "What do you do?"

Everyday Life.


What do the people do for a living? Just guess and listen for the first 4 minutes. Next the video is subtittled.


Now you can practise the simple present with these exercises: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

The Lemon Tree Question

• Can you say all the actions happening at the moment?
• Why some other sentences are in the present simple?
• Which two questions words are mentioned?
• The beginning of the song is pretty pessimistic, but by the end it has become optimistic. Which are the key sentences. Explain the use of the future tense.
• We can conclude this is a song about i-o-----n.