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15 Games Present Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Mimes Students mime whole Present Continuous senten...
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15 Games Present Continuous Tense

  1. Present Continuous Mimes

Students mime whole Present Continuous sentences until the other students say the whole correct sentence. It is important they don’t stop until people guess to give the idea of an action in progress.

  1. What am I (doing)?

Students mime different actions you can do with one object. Their partners describe each activity they are doing until they guess what the object is.

  1. Present Continuous Noises

In this variation on Mimes, students make noises with their mouth (e. “You are snoring”), impressions of other sounds with their mouths (”You are sawing”) or with objects in the classroom (”You are opening and closing the cassette recorder”).

  1. Present Continuous Pictionary

Similar to Mimes and Noises above, students try to guess which Present Continuous sentence someone is drawing on the board, e. a picture of “The man is throwing a javelin”. Students can either race to draw an identifiable picture as quickly as possible, or draw very slowly to make guessing more difficult.

  1. Who is doing?

In this variation on Mimes or Noises, students test each other on which people in the class are doing various things, with the person answering having to close their eyes.

  1. Present continuous brainstorming

Students compete to say or write as many things that are going on in the classroom, out the window or in a picture (e. Where’s Wally/ Waldo) as possible.

  1. Present Continuous drawing race

Students race to draw a picture of a Present Continuous sentence they hear or read, e. “Two men are dancing on a table”. Give points for the first one that matches the description and/ or the best picture.

  1. Present Continuous magazine search

Students race to find a picture matching the Present Continuous sentence they hear as quickly as possible, e. “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.

  1. Present Continuous not getting through

Students try to give as many different excuses as they can why the person calling can’t speak to the person they want to, e. “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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. Guess the family member
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15 Games Present Continuous Tense

Course: Intermediate English (ENG2021)

936 Documents
Students shared 936 documents in this course

University: Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana

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15 Games Present Continuous Tense
1. Present Continuous Mimes
Students mime whole Present Continuous sentences until the other students say the whole correct
sentence. It is important they don’t stop until people guess to give the idea of an action in progress.
2. What am I (doing)?
Students mime different actions you can do with one object . Their partners describe each activity they
are doing until they guess what the object is.
3. Present Continuous Noises
In this variation on Mimes, students make noises with their mouth (e.g. “You are snoring”), impressions
of other sounds with their mouths (”You are sawing”) or with objects in the classroom (”You are opening
and closing the cassette recorder”).
4. Present Continuous Pictionary
Similar to Mimes and Noises above, students try to guess which Present Continuous sentence someone
is drawing on the board, e.g. a picture of “The man is throwing a javelin”. Students can either race to
draw an identifiable picture as quickly as possible, or draw very slowly to make guessing more difficult.
5. Who is doing?
In this variation on Mimes or Noises, students test each other on which people in the class are doing
various things, with the person answering having to close their eyes.
6. Present continuous brainstorming
Students compete to say or write as many things that are going on in the classroom, out the window or
in a picture (e.g. Where’s Wally/ Waldo) as possible.
7. Present Continuous drawing race