Draw a picture on the board ofĀ someone doing somethingā¦..think ofĀ a suitable present continuous sentenceā¦.and ā¦.ask theĀ studentsĀ to guess your sentence. If they have trouble ā¦..elicit theĀ sentence with clues.
What is she doing ?
She is taking a report out of the filing cabinet for her boss.
Get the students to draw their ownĀ picture onĀ a piece ofĀ paperĀ and writeĀ a sentence about the pictureĀ ON THE BACKĀ of the paper. For example the sentence for the picture above might be
Ā āShe is taking a report out of the filing cabinet for her boss..ā
After the students have drawn the pics they can walkĀ around askingĀ theirĀ Ā classmatesĀ āWhat is he/she doing?ā Ā . If the student answering
does not give a perfect answerĀ the questionerĀ can follow up with questions like
āWhatĀ is she taking out of the filing cabinet?āĀ Ā Ā or
āWho is she taking it outĀ for?ā.
IMPORTANT:Ā It alwaysĀ adds another dynamic to theseĀ short exchange activities if you get the students to exchange their pics after their spoken exchange is completed.
This keeps the exercise endlessly fresh and challenging.
Model teaching present continuous tense
Grammar-Tense and time