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It's raining.
We are having a special dinner at a top restaurant for all the senior managers.
men are dancing on a table. Give points for the first one that matches the description and/ or the
best picture.
8. Present Continuous magazine search
Students race to find a picture matching the Present Continuous sentence they hear as quickly as
possible, e.g. A man is wearing sunglasses or Some animals are running. This can be done
with students have the same or different magazines; with flashcards, photos or other loose
pictures; or with pictures in the textbook.
9. Present Continuous not getting through
Students try to give as many different excuses as they can why the person calling cant speak to
the person they want to, e.g. He is meeting a client or He is flying to New York in 5 minutes.
This can be used for present and/ or future uses of the Present Continuous tense.
10. Present Continuous diaries
Students try to find a gap in their diaries when they can meet. This can be done with real diaries,
real diaries with imaginary arrangements added to fill it up and make the activity more
challenging, or with roleplay diary pages. It can also be done as a mingling task, or as emailing
or telephoning practice.
11. Present Continuous diary differences
In an easier but less realistic task than Present Continuous Diaries, students are given two
slightly different diary or schedule pages and have to find the differences between them by
asking and answering questions with the Present Continuous for future arrangements.
12. Present Continuous time zones
A student secretly chooses a country and describes what (most/some/a few) people in that
country are doing now until someone guesses where it is. A map with time zones drawn on can
help for this.
13. Guess the family member
In a similar way to Time Zones, students describe what one of their family members is (maybe)
doing now until the others students guess what the relationship is. To make it more challenging,
they can start off with vague clues (This person is breathing) and the people guessing can have
a limited number of guesses.
14. We are doing a video
Students watch a video and shout out if they see anything that is exactly the same as what is
written on their worksheet or the whiteboard, e.g. Mr Bean is putting his head into a turkey.
This can be combined with practice of typical confusions by some of the sentences being slightly
different from whats on screen (into a chicken).