MODULE 3 • LESSON 27

🔄 Simple Present × Present Continuous

Compare routines with actions happening now.

🎧 Listening🗣 Speaking📖 Reading✍️ Writing🌎 Culture
01 • Vocabulary

Listen and Repeat

every day
routine
usually
routine
now
happening now
right now
happening now
on Mondays
routine
today
current situation
works
routine
is working
now
02 • English in Real Life

Listen to the Dialogue

E
Emma: Do you usually walk to school?
A
Alex: Yes, I do, but today I'm taking the bus.
E
Emma: Why?
A
Alex: It's raining right now.
E
Emma: I usually take the bus every day.
03 • Grammar in Context

Language Focus

Simple Present = routines/facts: I walk to school every day. Present Continuous = action now/current situation: I am taking the bus today.
04 • English & Culture

🌎 Culture Corner — Routine and Change

Daily routines are shaped by school schedules, transportation, weather, family life and local conditions. They can also change from day to day. Comparing 'usually' and 'today' is a useful way to talk about real life.

🇧🇷 What about Brazil?

What is something you usually do one way but are doing differently today?

05 • Reading & Listening

📖 A Different Monday

Read the text. Listen to the complete reading. Then answer the five questions.

A Different Monday

Every Monday, Clara gets up at six thirty and walks to school with her neighbor. She usually carries a small backpack and arrives before eight. Today is different. Heavy rain is falling, so Clara is waiting for a bus with her father. She is wearing a rain jacket and carrying an umbrella. Her neighbor is staying home this morning because she has an appointment. Clara usually enjoys walking, but today she is happy to take the bus. Her routine is changing because of the weather.

Reading Comprehension

1. What does Clara usually do on Mondays?

2. What is happening today?

3. Who is waiting with Clara?

4. Why is her neighbor staying home?

5. Why is Clara's routine changing?

06 • Speaking & Final Challenge

🚀 Your Mission

  1. Write one sentence about your usual routine.
  2. Write one sentence about what you are doing now.
  3. Explain the difference between the two sentences.
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