TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Where are we?

Activity Type Introduction

Grammar and Speaking In this fun present continuous guessing game, students write
Game: completing and clues to describe what is happening in a particular place. Their
reading clues, guessing classmates then listen to the clues and try to guess where they
(group work) are.

Procedure
Focus
Introduce the activity by writing each of the following clues on the
Present continuous
board one at a time:

1. We are sitting around a table.

Aim
2. I am switching off my phone.
To write clues in the 3. We are being very quiet.
present continuous, 4. Some people are reading books.
describing what is
happening in a particular After you have written each clue, ask the students to guess where
place and to then play a you are (answer: in a library).
guessing game with the
clues. Next, divide the class into groups of ten. If you don't have enough
students, smaller groups are also possible.

Preparation Give each student a card. Instruct the students to keep their
cards secret.
Make one copy of the
cards for every ten
Tell the students that they are going to write clues in the present
students and cut as
continuous tense to describe what's happening in the place on
indicated.
their card.

Level Explain that the first clue on their card should be the most difficult
to guess and as they write the other clues they should gradually
Pre-intermediate (A2) make them easier. Tell the students for the first two clues they
should use words that don't relate to the place on their card.

Time Students complete the fourth clue, which is the easiest to guess
25 minutes by putting the verb in the present continuous and adding the
correct form of the verb to be.

As the students are preparing their clues, go around and help as

necessary.

When the students have finished, they take it in turns to read

their clues to the group. The other students listen and try to
guess where they are.

The first student in the group to guess the place wins and keeps
the card. If a student shouts out a wrong answer, they are out
of that round. The student with the most cards at the end of the
game wins.

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 PRESENT CONTINUOUS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Where are we?

At the park At home

1. We .................................................... 1. We ....................................................

2. Some people ...................................... 2. My friend ...........................................

3. A man ............................................... 3. We ....................................................

4. We ............................. (have) a picnic. 4. I ............................... (sit) on the sofa.

In a classroom At a nightclub

1. We .................................................... 1. We ....................................................

2. Some of us ......................................... 2. Some people ......................................

3. My classmate ..................................... 3. The DJ ...............................................

4. I ....................... (listen) to the teacher. 4. I ........................ (dance) to the music.

At a restaurant At the airport

1. We .................................................... 1. We ....................................................

2. Some people ...................................... 2. Some people ......................................

3. My friend ........................................... 3. The air hostess ...................................

4. I .................................... (order) food. 4. I ......................... (get) on an airplane.

At the beach At the cinema

1. We .................................................... 1. We ....................................................

2. My friend ........................................... 2. Some people ......................................

3. The lifeguard ...................................... 3. I .......................................................

4. I ............................. (swim) in the sea. 4. We ............................... (watch) a film.

At a concert At the zoo

1. We .................................................... 1. We ....................................................

2. I ....................................................... 2. My friend ...........................................

3. Some people ...................................... 3. Some people ......................................

4. The band ................................. (sing). 4. I ......................... (look) at the giraffes.

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