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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Future Arrangements Card Game

Activity Type Introduction


Grammar and Speaking In this present continuous game, students practice talking about
Game: forming future arrangements. The aim of the game is to say as many
sentences, impromptu present continuous sentences as possible within a thirty-second
speech, communicative time frame.
practice (group work)
Procedure
Focus Tell the students that they are going to play a card game where
they talk about future arrangements using the present continuous.
Present continuous for
future arrangements
Explain that the aim of the game is to say as many present
continuous sentences as possible within a thirty-second time frame.
Aim
Demonstrate the activity by picking up a card and writing the
To practice talking about prompt on the board, e.g. travel somewhere.
future arrangements
using the present Have a student time you for thirty seconds and score you one
continuous tense. point for each sentence you make.

You then say as many present continuous sentences as you can


Preparation about the topic before the time limit is up, e.g. 'I'm travelling to
Paris next week. I'm arriving on Monday morning. I'm staying
Make one copy of the
at...', etc.
cards for each group of
three or four and cut as
Afterwards, divide the class into groups of three or four.
indicated.
Give each group a set of cards. Tell the students to shuffle the
Level cards and place them in a pile face-down on the desk. Students
will also need a pen and paper for keeping score and someone to
Intermediate (B1) keep the time.

The first student picks up a card from the pile and lays it on
Time the table for everyone to see. The student then talks for thirty
30 minutes seconds about the future arrangement on the card using the
present continuous. The sentences don't have to be true.

The first sentence the student says must use the verb in bold
on the card and must follow the topic. Students must also use
a different verb in each sentence they make. For example, if a
student's card reads 'get up early', the student might say "I'm
getting up early tomorrow. I'm meeting my friend Joe at 7 a.m. We
are going cycling."

Students score one point for each present continuous sentence


they make within the thirty-second time frame. So in the example,
the student would score three points.

Then the next student picks up a card and so on. The student with
the most points at the end of the game is the winner.

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BE GOING TO AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Future Arrangements Card Game

travel somewhere get up early cook dinner

do the housework have a haircut see a friend

go abroad meet someone take an exam

leave somewhere learn English catch a train

make something watch a film take a taxi

drive somewhere have a party stay somewhere

go shopping eat something help a friend

visit somewhere take something play something

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