ESL MIMING GAMES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S What am I doing?

Activity Type Introduction

Miming, Grammar This ESL miming game can be used to practice or review the
and Speaking Game: present continuous tense.
guessing, forming
sentences (group work) Procedure
Divide the students into two teams.
Focus
A student from one team comes to the front of the class.
Present continuous
Give the student a present continuous sentence to mime.
Aim
The student asks the class 'What am I doing?' and mimes the
To guess present sentence on the card.
continuous sentences
from mimes. When a member on either team thinks they know, they give their
answer, e.g. 'You are eating a pizza.'

Preparation If the team member is correct, they score a point for their team.
Write present continuous
If not, the student continues with the mime.
You are... sentences on
slips of paper, e.g. 'You
When a sentence has been correctly guessed, a student comes up
are eating a pizza.'
from the other team and so on.

Level The first team to ten points wins the game.

Pre-intermediate (A2)

Time
20 minutes

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