We use the present continuous to talk about actions which are happening at the present moment, but will soon finish. Ec offers various english courses, including online english speaking courses i surf i am surfing. Choose the present simple or the present continuous. Ss draw a card and make a sentence affirmative, negative or interrogative based on the picture. Have one student sit with her back to the video screen, and the other student across from her, facing it.
We use the present continuous to talk about things you are doing now. Whats the difference between the present simple present continuous and how to use them. When youre looking at the person in question and you see for the hundredth time that heshe has the shades on, youre question is actually formed. With this board game, learners will practise using frequency adverbs and expressions present simple in an enjoyable way.
This is a drawing and speaking activity that is fun to use with primary classes to revise the present continuous form. This is a photoset which you can use to illustrate the difference between present simple and present continuous. Present simple and present continuous british council. Present perfect simple vs continuous analysis of sentences from the lara croft listening page 56. About 70 pdf photocopiables and other teaching ideas. In fact, the tasks in this article are modified drills but learners still feel that they gain more use from them than just making exercises in writing. Habits or situations that happen regularly we use the present simple to talk about actions that we do o we dont do.
Present continuous esl games, interactive and printable pdf worksheets and. Present simple and present continuous interactive worksheets. Present continuous grammar activities, grammar quiz. English listening and speaking practice based on grammar topics.
Get all of our questions, plus many more, in an easy to access format. Play study ger56 every morning, jason to brush his teeth. Present perfect activity reading, writing, listening and speaking preintermediate 35 minutes in this fun past simple vs. While its easy for most students to distinguish, say, the future simple tense from the past simple, its not always as easy for them to tell two similar verb tenses apart. Maybe he isnt working now maybe he is sleeping now, but usually he works at a bank. Whether to use the present simple or present continuous can be a tricky business. Put the verbs in the correct forms, present continuous or present simple. Present simple and present continuous learn english. Students then read a set of situations and write down what they would say in the present continuous. Present continuous esl activities greetings from italy. The students begin by completing questions on the worksheet in the present simple or present continuous.
Recognition of present simple, present continuous, present perfect. Present simple vs present continuous esl activities. English grammar today a reference to written and spoken english grammar and usage cambridge dictionary. A collection of downloadable worksheets, exercises and activities to teach present simplepresent continuous, shared by english language teachers. Esl warmup activities and time fillers 34 fun ways to start a class. Give each pair of students a set of long cards and short cards. Esl present continuous game listening and speaking activity. Present simple vs present continuous rules and exercises. Aqui puedes encontrar present simple and present continuous fichas interactivas y descargables.
By connyz this is a guided speaking activity where students talk about routines or things happening right now. I am speaking you are speaking he she it is speaking we are speaking they are speaking. Focuses on dynamic vs stative verbs, incomplete vs incomplete ongoing actions. Here is a useful present continuous worksheet for elementary students. Present simple affirmative negative esl activities games. In this present continuous teaching activity, students complete and match sentence parts together to form 15 present continuous sentences. Available on amazon paperback kindle or gumroad pdf word ebook. To support teachers who are teaching from home, we have made onestopenglish free until the end of june 2020. The purpose of this article is to show you that on occasions when you talk about routine activities emphasizing the ongoing action you can use present continuous instead of present simple.
Learning english online simple present or present progressive test 2 page 2. Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange. Sign up for the busyteacher weekly and be the first to get direct links to our latest teaching articles, worksheets and lesson plans. Exercise 2 make the present simple or present continuous. The students spread out the long cards face up on the table and shuffle the short cards, placing them face down in a pile. We use the present simple tense when we want to talk about fixed habits or routines things that dont change. The best way of teaching the present tenses is to compare and contrast them. Jan 7, 2017 this is a guided speaking activity where students talk about routines or things happening right now. Simple present vs present continuous present continuous simple present now at the momentat present this morningevening e. It is easy to set up and requires no preparation or materials, except a board and a board pen. After teaching your students present continuous, put them in pairs. Enjoyable way to practise using the present continuous in the classroom. English grammar present perfect continuous esl activities.
Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources. Preparation make one copy of the cards for each pair of students and cut as indicated. This is a guided speaking activity where students talk about routines or things happening right now. Esl conversation questions present perfect continuous. Interactive classroom activities for using both present tenses together, comparing and contrasting their uses. 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. The students then play a present simple true or false guessing game with the sentences. Right now i am looking for information about famous players on the internet. If you find anything useful here, please support tefltastic. Determining when to use present perfect tense and past simple tense can be tricky. Board game for practising the use of future tenses present simple, going to, present continuous for the future. Questions using present simple and continuous 29 january 2014 freeware, speaking present continuous, present simple, questions, speaking, tools cristina cabal spicing up my lessons.
Present simple and present continuous fichas interactivas. This is a conversation game roleplay for elementary to lower intermediate students. It takes about 45 minutes if students talk about every picture. Present continuous activity writing, listening and speaking preintermediate 35 minutesin this engaging teaching activity, students write and then ask present simple and present continuous questions in order to complete missing information in.
This is an activity designed to deductively teach adult learners how to use the simple present and the present continuous. In this free present simple activity, students match verbs and nouns together to make collocations and then make true and false present simple affirmative and negative statements using the collocations. English esl speaking present simple worksheets most. Can present continuous substitute present simple tense. Present continuous worksheets the transition from teaching one verb tense to teaching another isnt always a clearcut process.
Present simple vs present continuous photoset by adult esl games this is a photoset which you can use to illustrate the difference between present simple and present continuous. Oneonone students often find gapfilling exercises boring and promise to cope with them at home. See more ideas about simple present tense, teaching english and english lessons. My grandfather often comes over for dinner at the weekends. This activity uses a photoset to illustrate the difference in use between present simple and present continuous. Present continuous esl games worksheets activities teach this. Activity type reading, writing, listening and speaking activity, pairwork language focus present simple and present continuous aim to write present simple and present continuous questions on various topics and then to ask and answer the questions with a partner. Jan 24, 2017 english listening and speaking practice based on grammar topics.
There are some verbs that we never or rarely use in the present continuous form also true for the other tenses i. 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. Board game for practising the use of future tenses present simple, going to, present. The pictures and sentences help them to use the correct tense. Your esl students can easily learn to differentiate between the present simple and the present continuous if you give them some fun speaking. Present simple and present continuous flashcards quizlet. Present simple and continuous taboo topics game worksheet 3 questions writing and speaking practice make some more present simple and present continuous tense questions for each of the five. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. Present simple vs present continuous esl activities worksheets. Present simple and continuous games, worksheets, stories and. So we can give them controlled speaking practice to help memorize the pattern.
Present simple and present continuous learnenglish kids. Present simple and present continuous interactive worksheets language. We use the present simple to talk about routines what you do every day or every week. Esl textbooks, grammar, touchstone 3 by larry pitts.
Click here to return to the list of grammar exercises. Present simple and continuous taboo topics game worksheet 3 questions writing and speaking practice make some more present simple and present continuous tense. These ideas will show you how to do the even more difficult task of combining them in practice activities, all of them done in simple and entertaining ways. Present simple vs present continuous photoset esl games. Without sufficient practice, learners cant use grammar structures properly. I play tennis every weekend and i watch tennis matches on tv every time there is one. Each photo shows someone with a clearly identifiable job who is doing something that their job doesnt usually entail. I used this worksheet with my kids group to practice the use of present simple and present continuous as well as the difference between these two tenses. I am not very good so i am learning with a trainer.
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