[GRAMMAR] 0-75💎Beginners (A1-A2) – Daily Routines vs. Current Activities

1. Explain to a classmate what you remember from the instruction lessons about the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.

1. Discuss what you do every day (e.g., wake up, go to school) and what you are doing right now.
2. Describe your daily routine and then describe what you see happening in the classroom at the moment.
3. What is the difference in how you speak about both?

Read these two examples:

1. Daily Routine Example: “I usually write in my diary at 7 a.m.”
2. Current Activity Example: “Right now, I am writing on the board.”

Now read these 4:

1. I always wake up and 7 a.m. in the morning.
2. She is baking a cake.
3. They are swimming in the lake.
4. We never cook.

1. Choose which sentences (A,B,C,D) from action 3 describe daily routines and which describe current activities.
2. What do you notice about the sentence structure?
3. How does the verb form change between describing daily routines and current activities?

• https://grammar.training/presentsimple.php
• https://grammar.training/presentcont.php

Instructions:

1. Write FIVE sentences about your daily routine using the Present Simple tense.
2. Then, observe what your classmates are doing and write FIVE sentences using the Present Continuous tense.

• Correct use of Present Simple for daily routines.
  • No, correct mistakes ⬜ Yes, mostly ⬜ Yes, always +5GEMs ⬜
• Correct use of Present Continuous for current activities.
  • No, correct mistakes ⬜ Yes, mostly ⬜ Yes, always +5GEMs ⬜
• Sentences reflect an understanding of the difference between habitual actions and actions happening now.
  • No, correct mistakes ⬜ Yes, mostly ⬜ Yes, always +5GEMs ⬜

You get 0GEMs until all categories are Yes, mostly. You can score 0,5 or 15 more GEMs by scoring Yes, always.

1. Wake up
2. Eat
3. Go
4. Study
5. Play
6. Watch
7. Listen
8. Sit
9. Talk
10. Write