This present continuous worksheet helps to teach students how to ask what people are doing and reply using the present continuous tense. Some lay out exercises or activities that help students learn the differences between these. Give each group of three or four a set of sentence cards, which they shuffle and place face down in a pile on the desk. Practice the present continuous with scenes from tv shows duration.
Present continuous learnenglish teens british council. Mainly oral classroom practice activities for routines, habits and other meanings of the present simple, including describing processes. Fun activities present simple vs continuous the activity i usually use is asking them to describe the sequence of daily activities from when they get up in the morning to when they go to bed. This is not to say that some kinds of grammar are to be attempted before others or in any kind of sequence the listing here is designed for practical reference purposes when teachers are going. Present continuous english teaching materials, teaching. Speaking activities on these pages you will find ideas for classroom activities which involve speaking 1 staged roleplay jeff fowler, teacher, trainer, british council naples this is a series of engaging roleplays based on the concept of the gap year a round the world trip. Some verbs for talking about emotions, thinking, the senses, etc. Its quite common for students to use the present continuous to speak about daily habits once theyve learned the form, so comparing the two forms early on will help students understand the differences and avoid potential mistakes. The cornerstones of studentcentered learning are as follows. This esl lesson plan contains activities and games for practising the present simple with elementary level students a2. To begin, the students are presented with twelve pictures of people doing everyday activities.
Present continuous tense speaking games to learn english. In this present continuous teaching activity, students complete and match sentence parts together to form 15 present continuous sentences. Jan 23, 2011 a fun classroom activity to practise the present continuous. Using basic verbs, sentence frames, and images, students change sentences from the simple present to the present continuous. Nov 18, 2015 the present continuous tense is used for 1. Speaking activities are one of the most popular teaching activities. Teaching the present continuous usually takes place after the present, past, and future simple forms have been introduced. The lesson plan can be downloaded in pdf format below. The sample board below can be used to compare and contrast the.
To support teachers who are teaching from home, we have made onestopenglish free until the end of june 2020. Lots of great worksheets and activities to keep your students engaged. Present simple and present continuous vocabulary activities. This is a drawing and speaking activity that is fun to use with primary classes to revise the present. There are also quite a few things you can find in photocopiable activity books for the present simple, such as timetables where students have to fill the gaps in by asking each other questions. A fun classroom activity to practise the present continuous. English esl speaking present continuous worksheets most. Have one student sit with her back to the video screen, and the other student across from her, facing it. Past 17 present perfect continuous 1 we form the present perfect continuous like this. Here are several activities that can be used to practise the present simple. Fun activities present simple vs continuous teaching esl. The player then tries to describe the present continuous sentence to his or her team, without saying the sentence or using the three. Ss have to find out which people are going out together tonight. However, there are not many speaking activities around.
Right now i am looking for information about famous players on the internet. A player from team a comes to the front of the class and is given a taboo card. By connyz this is a guided speaking activity where students talk about routines or things happening right now. The structure of the present continuous looks like this. The recommended way to view these materials is through the tefl handbook app, which gives you offline access to everything on the site. This is a guided speaking activity where students talk about routines or. For this writing activity, the students will use the present simple to create statements from a list of prompts on the board.
This is a guided speaking activity where students talk about routines or things happening right now. The song is good to learn and practice the present continuous. That is the reason why i created several dealing with present continuous tense. Sep 27, 2019 the greatest challenge with present continuous is understanding the difference between a routine action present simple and an activity occurring at the moment. Grammarbased worksheet aimed at practising the use present simple questions. If you know of any more, let us know through the site forum. The present continuous is used to talk about what is happening at the moment, as well as for future scheduled events and takes the following forms.
English grammar present continuous for future arrangements. British broadcasting corporation 2007 grammar challenge present perfect continuous practice activities. Present simple efl esl activities, games and resources. A speaking lesson with no materials teachingenglish. Present simple for habits and things that are generally true. There are many wellknown and fun activities for the present continuous, such as ones involving miming and ones using pictures of crowded street scenes. Explain that the aim of the game is for the students in the teams to guess present continuous sentences from.
Actions which are happening at or around the moment of speaking. Present continuous taboo esl activities games worksheets. Present simple and present continuous efl esl activities. Lesson plans for esl kids teachers esl kidstuff lesson plan. If you are a current subscriber and have any questions, please contact us please feel free to share the resourcesremember to acknowledge the source and use the original without any alterations.
Present simple vs present continuous esl activities. For exercises, you can reveal the answers first submit worksheet and print the page to have the exercise and the answers. The students write present continuous sentences, describing what the people in the pictures are doing. Make sure that students work in pairs and one of them has got the first page and the other the second one. Enjoyable way to practise using the present continuous in the classroom. Open a file, rightclick, then print or save as to save first if print is not possible. After teaching your students present continuous, put them in pairs.
The students spread out the long cards face up on the table and shuffle the short cards, placing them face down in a pile. Present simple and present continuous british council. Taskbased learning means helping the students choose a job that they want to do and then let them go out and do it, individually, on their own. Available on amazon paperback kindle or gumroad pdf word ebook. When the students have guessed what you are doing, tell them that they are going to play a similar game in teams. Efl esl activities and games for teaching the present simple.
The activities have been presented in the contents according to grammatical item and function. Present progressive practice for spanish 1 or spanish 2 sherie gentilli quinn this file is a four page, noneditable pdf which contains the following practice worksheets for the present progressive. Find the future arrangements and write them in the boxes. It introduces the present continuous tense for actions taking place at the time of speaking. This esl lesson plan contains activities, games and resources for teaching the present simple and continuous to intermediate level students b1. The teacher asks the students to recall some rules shown in the video, namely the form and the use of the verb tense, and registers the information on the board. Present continuous games, worksheets, stories, video activities and. How to teach the present continuous to esl students. We can use the present continuous for future arrangements. Present perfect progressive present perfect continuous. Perhaps the main reason why this approach isnt used more in the classroom is that it can be difficult to find speaking and writing activities with a natural mix of the.
About 62 pdfs and teaching ideas for the present meaning of present progressive. Board game for practising the use of future tenses present simple, going to, present continuous for the future. English esl speaking present simple worksheets most. We often use the present continuous for things happening right now. Give each group of three or four a set of sentence cards, which they. Give each pair of students a set of long cards and short cards. Free esl lesson plan present continuous tense speaking based activities printable handouts with teachers instructions. On monday, im seeing my friends and were going to the cinema. Age group primary can also be used with older learners level cefr level a1 and above. Students usually like them and they are very useful.
Complete each sentence or question with the main verb in the present continuous tense. Powerpoint is interactive and can be used for oral andor written practice. Materials the lesson plan can be downloaded in pdf format below. Read about this speaking activity for grammar practice.
May be freely copied for personal or classroom use. Next week is a holiday and i have lots of things to do. Feel free to use these activity ideas in your esl classes. Speaking practice activity worksheet regular gerunds worksheet irregular gerunds worksheet. Jan 10, 2016 present continuous tense speaking print the following worksheet and hand out the pages to your students.
Guess what im doing esl activities games worksheets. I am not very good so i am learning with a trainer. Interactive practice for present continuous for arrangements ways of practising the future meaning of present continuous for arrangements through students speaking and writing to each other. I play tennis every weekend and i watch tennis matches on tv every time there is one. Weve got a resource thats going to help save you some prep time. Present perfect progressive present perfect continuous read the situations below and write a sentence using the present perfect progressive tense to say how long the situation has been happening. This order can sometimes be confusing, as students may have difficulties understanding the subtlety of something that happens as a routine as expressed. This allows the whole class to contrast the present simple and the present continuous tenses as they practice through fun activities, like the ones in this lesson. Present continuous listening exercise learnenglishonline. Present continuous for future arrangements eltbase. Fun activities present simple vs continuous teaching. Present continuous grammar activities, learn english. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing.
Live worksheets english english as a second language esl present continuous present continuous interactive worksheets language. Oliver, alfie and daisy are working hard for their endofyear exams. However, many books and curricula choose to introduce the present continuous immediately after the present simple. On wednesday, im playing tennis with my older brother.
Esl online present continuous breakout room activity listening and speaking elementary a1a2 20 minutes. Present continuous esl games worksheets activities teach this. The teacher presents a powerpoint with rules and uses of the present continuous form. When they each know how to describe their daily activities bring in a clock and play the following game. Bean videos are a fun way to teach the present progressive present continuous to esl students. Present continuous speaking lesson plan 40 yourenglishsource. As you watch the video, look at the examples of the present continuous. Weather and seasons speaking es prei prxnugr ssies writing a og bl vocabulary activities 1 2. This powerpoint focuses on the present continuouspresent progressive tense for english learners. The present continuous is used to show actions that are happening right now.
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