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Lessons for the Present Continuous and Daily Activities

Prediction forĀ  present continuousĀ 

1. Model

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.

Front (draw picture)

Ā Back (write question and answer)

What is she doing ?

She is taking a report out of the filing cabinet for her boss.

2. Speaking

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  ā€œShe 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  ā€œWhat is he/she doing?ā€ Ā  . If the student answering

does not give a perfect answerĀ  the questionerĀ  can follow up with questions like

ā€œWhatĀ  is she taking out of the filing cabinet?ā€Ā Ā Ā  or

ā€œWho 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.

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