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Present Continuous- Actions in Different Places

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Three fun practice games for names of places and Present Progressive, with a guessing game and two drawing games.

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Describing places with Present Continuous games

Try to picture one of the places below in your head. Describe what you can see people doing in that place until your partner guesses where you are talking about. If they can’t guess, you can also talk about what people aren’t doing there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A (wo)man/ A boy/ A girl/ A child/ A customer is

Two/ Three/ Some/ Many men are

Two/ Three/ Some/ Many women are

Two/ Three/ Some/ Many children are

Two/ Three/ Some/ Many boys are

Two/ Three/ Some/ Many girls are

Nobody is

An animal is

A dog is

Two/ Three/ Some/ Many animals are

 

brush…

buy…

cook breakfast/ lunch/…

dance

drink coffee/ cola/…

drive a car

eat (…)

fly a kite

get changed/ change clothes

have a shower/ a bath/…

hold

jump

listen to music/…

pay

play baseball/ soccer

play computer games

play the piano/ the…

play with a ball/ toy car/…

practise the violin

read a comic/ a book/…

ride a bicycle/ a horse/ a…

run

shout

sing a song/…

sit (on…)

sleep

smell

stand up

study

swim

throw a ball

wait

walk

wash the car/…

watch television/ movies/…

wear a uniform/ …

Do the same, but with your partner drawing when you describe the scene.

 

Choose one of places below. Take turns drawing what each other says to make a picture of that place. Then compare pictures with another group, getting them to describe what they can see. Correct them on anything that they get wrong or they can’t guess from the picture.

 

Places to describe and draw 

 

(air)plane/ aeroplane

 

American restaurant

 

 

bank

 

bath

 

bathroom

 

 

beach

 

 

bedroom

 

book shop

 

bus

 

café/ coffee shop

 

 

car

 

Chinese restaurant

 

 

cinema/ movie theater

 

class/ school

 

 

department store

 

dining room

 

garage

 

 

garden

 

 

hospital/ clinic

 

house/ apartment

 

Japanese restaurant

 

 

jungle

 

 

kitchen

 

living room

 

moon/ space

 

 

office

 

 

park

 

pet shop

 

post office

 

 

hotel

 

 

shower

 

street/ road

 

supermarket

 

 

swimming pool

 

 

tennis court

 

tent

 

train

 

 

zoo

 

 

 

 

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