askstudentshowmanypresenttensestheyhavelearnt.Havestudentsmakeasentenceforeachtenseandbrieflyexplainwhyacertaintenseisused;havestudentsreadpart1onpage8,whichshowsinwhattwosituationsthesimplepresenttenseisused.Askthemtopayattentiontothetimemarkersusedintheexamplesofthesecondsituation.Writedownthefollowingsentenceontheblackboardandaskstudentstoidentifywhattenseisused.Havethemgivethereasonwhythistenseisused.Thenaskthemtopointoutthetimemarkerinthesentenceifthereisone.Therearedifferentstylesofstand-upcomedy.(thesimplepresenttenseisusedinthissentence.Itshowswhatisalwaystrueaboutstand-upcomedy.Thereisnotimemarkerinthissentence.)Havestudentsmakesomesentencesusingthesimplepresenttenseinthesetwosituations.Askstudentstoreadpart2,whichshowswhenthepresentcontinuoustensecanbeused.Studentsshouldknowthatthepresentcontinuoustensecanalsousedtoshowwhatwillbedoneasplanned.Wecanusethetimemarkerswhichindicatethefuturetime,suchastomorrow,nextweekandnextmonth.Askstudentstopayspecialattentiontopoint3.tellthemwhenalwaysisusedwhenthepresentcontinuoustense,thespeakeriscomplainingaboutwhathashappenedandisstillhappening.Writedownthefollowingsentenceontheblackboardandaskstudentstoidentifywhattenseisused.Havethemgivethereasonwhythistenseisused.Thenaskthemtopointoutthetimemarkerinthesentenceifthereisone.Afamouscomedianiscomingtogiveperformanceinchinanextmonth.(inthissentence,thepresentcontinuoustenseindicatessomethingwillhappeninthefutureasplanned.Nextmonthisthetimemarkerinthissentence.)Askstudentstomakesomesentencesusingthepresentcontinuoustense.Askstudentstoreadpart3,whichshowswhentousethepresentperfecttense.Writedownthefollowingsentenceontheblackboardandaskstudentstoidentifywhattenseisused.Havethemgivethereasonwhythistenseisused.Thenaskthemtopointoutthetimemarkerinthesentenceifthereisone.Billycristalhashostedtheshoweighttimes.(inthissentence,thepresentperfectsentenceisusedtogivetheideathattheactionhosttheshowisrepeated.Thepresentperfecttenseisusedwhenwewanttoexpressthatanactionisrepeat