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Find Someone Who Present Simple Present Continuous

This document outlines a classroom activity designed to teach pre-intermediate students the differences between the present simple and present continuous tenses through a 'Find Someone Who...' worksheet. Students will ask and answer yes/no questions and follow-up questions based on prompts, encouraging interaction and practice of the tenses. The activity aims to enhance their speaking skills while providing a structured approach to understanding the grammatical concepts.

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Find Someone Who Present Simple Present Continuous

This document outlines a classroom activity designed to teach pre-intermediate students the differences between the present simple and present continuous tenses through a 'Find Someone Who...' worksheet. Students will ask and answer yes/no questions and follow-up questions based on prompts, encouraging interaction and practice of the tenses. The activity aims to enhance their speaking skills while providing a structured approach to understanding the grammatical concepts.

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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Find Someone Who…

Activity Type Introduction


Grammar and Speaking This present simple vs. present continuous activity helps to illustrate
Activity: asking and to students how the present simple and present continuous tense
answering questions from are different and how to ask and answer questions using each tense.
prompts
Procedure
Focus Give each student a copy of the worksheet.
Present simple and
Go through the first two items on the worksheet together as
present continuous yes/
a class. Elicit the present simple and present continuous yes/
no questions and short
no question from the worksheet and highlight the differences
answers
between the two tenses and questions.
Wh follow-up questions
Then, go through possible answers and Wh follow-up questions.

Aim Examples:

To learn the differences Do you watch TV in the evening?


between the present Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
simple and present What TV show do you like to watch?
continuous tense by
asking and answering Are you studying for a test at the moment?
questions. Yes, I am. /No, I'm not.
What test are you studying for?

Preparation Working together, students then prepare the rest of the present
Make one copy of the simple and present continuous yes/no questions together with
worksheet for each possible Wh follow-up questions for the other items on the
student. worksheet.

Afterwards, go through the questions with the class.


Level
Students then go around the class and ask each other the
Pre-intermediate (A2) present simple and present continuous yes/no questions from the
worksheet.
Time When a student finds someone who answers 'Yes, I do' or 'Yes, I
35 minutes am' to a question, the student writes down their name and asks a
Wh follow-up question to gain more information, noting down the
answer in the last column.

Tell the students that they can only have the same name once (or
twice). This is to encourage them to speak to as many different
partners as possible.

When everyone has finished, ask students to give feedback to the


rest of the class on what they found out by making present simple
and present continuous statements.

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PRESENT SIMPLE VS. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Find Someone Who…

Find someone who... Name More information

1. w
 atches TV in the evening.

2. is studying for a test at the moment.

3. goes to school/work by car.

4. is having dinner at home this evening.

5. is feeling happy today.

6. lives near here.

7. is looking for a part-time job at the


moment.

8. is meeting a friend after class.

9. s
 tudies English at the weekend.

10. wants to live in another country.

11. is trying to be more healthy.

12. checks their email every day.

13. is reading a good book at the moment.

14. drinks coffee every morning.

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