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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Present Perfect Continuous Board Game

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, listening and In this amusing true or false board game, students practice talking
speaking activity, group about various topics using the present perfect continuous tense.
work
Procedure
Language Focus Divide the students into groups of three or four.
Present perfect
Give each group a copy of the game board, a set of true and false
continuous
cards, a dice and counters.

Ask the students to shuffle the true and false cards and place them
Aim
face down in a pile next to the game board.
To practice talking about
various topics using Nominate one student in each group to keep the score.
the present perfect
continuous tense. The players place their counters on the start square. The first
student to throw a six starts the game.

Preparation The players then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their
counter along the board.
Make one copy of the
game board and cards
When a player lands on a square, they pick up a true or false card
for each group of three
from the pile and look at it without showing anyone.
or four and cut the cards
out as indicated. Enlarge
The player then talks about the topic on the square using the
the game board to A3 if
present perfect continuous tense, giving either true or false
possible. Also, provide
information as indicated on the card.
a dice and counters for
each group.
When the player has finished talking, the other students guess
whether the player's answer is true or false.
Level
The player then reveals the answer. The students who guessed
Upper-intermediate correctly each score one point.

Then, the next player rolls the dice and so on.

Time
30 minutes When a player reaches the finish, the game ends and the points
are added up. The student with the most points wins the game.

This game can also be played without the true or false element.
In this version, when a player lands on a square, they talk about
the topic on the square for one minute without stopping using the
present perfect continuous. If a player can't think of anything to
say, makes a grammar mistake or stops talking before the time is
up, they move back to their previous square or miss a turn. The
first student to reach the finish wins the game.

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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Present Perfect Continuous Board Game

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thinking
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a physical something
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doing lately lately

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been feeling
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today
lately recently

a TV series
something
you've been
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watching that
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you would
long time
recommend

an item of a good a book,

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you've been
been wearing you've been or magazine
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to buy
a year recently reading lately

something
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lately
time

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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Present Perfect Continuous Board Game

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