Pick the correct words in the brackets.

1. My father is as (strong, stronger, strongest) as his father.

2. She is (pretty, prettier, prettiest) than her sister.

3. You are not as (tall, taller, tallest) as your brother.

4. That pond is the (shallow, shallower, shallowest) in this area.

5. That has to be the (interesting, more interesting, most interesting) film I have seen.

6. Which university offers (the good, the better, the best) degree courses?.

7. This clown is not as (funny, funnier, funniest) as the other one.

8. He is easily the (bad, worse, worst) player in the team.

9. The second half of the play was (little, less, the least) interesting.

10. What is (far, farther, the farthest) distance you have ever run?

 

Work – out 2

Theme: Lexics: My motherland – Kazakhstan,

Grammar: Present Simple Tense

Aim: didactive aims:

To form following components of competence in students:

Cognitive component:

9. To form students’ knowledge on speaking about yourself, using background knowledge

10. To form students’ knowledge on usingPresent Simple Tense

11. To form students’ knowledge on teaching the students to tell about motherland – Kazakhstan and use it in their speech

12. To form knowledge on teaching the students to enlarge students’ awareness about their own country – Kazakhstan;

Practical component:

1. To form students’ skills on speaking the text.

2. To form skills on doing and writing exercises on grammar and lexics

3. To form skills of finding necessary information from text, generalizing and

interpretation with aims of using in the process of learning and professional

communication

4. To form skills to build students’ knowledge on new lexical and grammar materials to

use itin their speech.

Self-educational component:

7. To form skills in working with additional medical literature in mass media.

8. To form skills of enriching vocabulary

9. To form skills the students have to know the lexics and grammar of the theme in order to draw and to speak on the base of a text my motherland – Kazakhstan

Recommended literature

9. Murphy «Grammar in USE»

10. Cutting Edge, pre-intermediate

11. English grammar and vocabulary.

12. Oxford student’s dictionary of English.

Basic thematic issues:

7. Lexics used in speaking

8. Formation of Present Simple Tense

9. Concentrate their attention on the stress

 

Methods of teaching: illustrative method,associograms

Means of teaching: books, tables, schemes

Tasks of study:

9. To teach students to read and write on the theme

10. To speak on the theme

11. To teach students to make annotation of text

12. To form Present Simple Tense

Plan of the lesson

Main part:

Presentation of grammar of theme

Present Simple Tense

Structure	Examples	We use the Present Simple Tense:
To form the Present Simple Tense we use the verb's base form (go,work, speak, study). In 3^rd person singular (he, she, it), the base form of the verb takes -s/es. (Auxiliary verbs "be," "do," "have", which can also be used as main verbs, are exceptions.) Affirmative form I you work we they he/she/it works /-s/go - goes /-es/watch - watches /-es/play - plays /-s/study - studies /-es/! Remember: to be I/you/we/they are he/she/it is to do I/you/we/they do he/she/it does to have I/you/we/they have he/she/it has Negative form I you DO NOT /don't/ we WORK they he/she/it DOES NOT /doesn't / WORK 1. She doesn't often go to the cinema. 2. I don't get up early at the weekend. 3. They don't speak English very well. Interrogative form I DO you WORK? we they DOES he/she/it WORK? 1. Do they speak foreign languages? 2. Do you want a banana? 3. Does your sister play the piano? Questions and short answers: Do you like spaghetti? Yes, I do. No, I don't. Does she know Bulgarian? Yes, she does. No, shedoesn't.	1. Philip gets up at 6 o'clock every morning. 2. I go to school every day. 3. She sometimes goes out on Friday night. 4. I usually sleep late on Sunday morning. 5. Peter works for 8 hours every day. 6. We usually start work at 8 o'clock. 7. My children often watch TV in the afternoon. 8. He always forgets his keys.	when we talk about things that happen repeatedly or habitually With Present Simple Tense we often use time expressions such as always, often, sometimes, usually, seldom, on Saturdays, rarely, never, every day, etc.
1. I work in a bank. 2. Kate speaks English very well. 3. TomlivesinLondon.	when we talk about permanent or long-lasting situations
1. People make choices because they can't have everything they want. 2. Nurses work in clinics and hospitals. 3. Football is a very popular sport in Bulgaria.	when we talk about people or things in general
1. The Earth is spherical. 2. My birthday is in May. 3. California is in the Unated States. 4. The sun rises in the east. 5. Water freezes at 0°C (32°F).	to indicate general truths, facts and scientific laws
1. We arrive in Rome at 6 p.m. 2. The train leaves in five minutes. 3. ThecoursestartsnextThursday.	when we talk about travel plans and timetables (mainly with verbs such as go, leave, arrive, start, come, return etc.)
1. She loves jazz music. 2. My aunt hates travelling by train. 3. I like ice cream. I don't like spinach. 4. I think she is a wonderful person. 5. Do you believe in God? 6. I have no money at the moment. 7. My brother has a new car. 8. Thatbicyclebelongstome.	with state (or stative) verbs such as like, dislike, love, think, seem, look, know, feel, understand, want, need, hate, remember, forget, prefer, believe, mean, taste, hear, see, have (when the meaning is "possess"), own, belong, etc. These verbs are not normally used in the Continuous Tense (but there are exceptions).
1. Pour all ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix until smooth. 2. Walk down the street to the corner and then turn right.	togiveinstructions/directions
The Present Simple Tense is also used in: sentences after"when", "after", "while", "till" / "until", "before", "as soon as" - When the rain stops, we'll go out. I'll call you back as soon as I return home. zero conditional sentences (when the result of the condition is always true) - If you heat water to 100°C (212°F), it boils. first conditional sentences (Often called the "real" conditional because it is used for real (or possible) situations. These situations take place if a certain condition is met.) - If you finish your homework I'll bring you to the zoo.