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Present Continuous

She is playing volleyball.

Japanese name: 現在進行形 (genzai shinkou-kei)

She is painting a picture.
Are you reading the newspaper now?

Present Continuous form, also known as Present Progressive, describes actions that are happening at the current moment. If a thing is currently occurring, it can be described with Present Progressive.

It’s constructed by adding –ing to the end of a verb. This construction is also used for gerunds, past progressive, and other grammar points, so make sure to correctly identify which of these forms you want to practice in an activity!

  • CHRISTMAS Race and Speak Point Game

    Students work as groups. Get points by racing to speak the answers.

  • ONE PIECE Race and Speak Game

    Students work as groups. Get points by racing to speak the answers.

  • DARUMA Race and Speak Points Game

    Students work as groups. Get points by racing to speak the answers.

  • Verb-ing Art

    Zip file of about 55 illustrations portraying -ing.

  • Conjugation Charades

    Play charades while Conjugating

  • Yet, Already, Just Puzzle Scramble

    Students solve a puzzle and flip over the image to reveal a sentence. *Subtle Diversity: LGBT, Black, Hijabi, Tattoos*

  • Grammar in use(Present continous + Present simple)

    This activity entails practical use of the former grammar points in conversation. It was a way for the 2nd graders to review what they learnt in 1st grade.

  • Guess Who

    Inspired by the old board game Guess Who, students try to guess who their partner is before their partner guesses who they are. Grammar point used: present progressive

  • New Crown 3 - Grammar Review USE English

    Get the students engaged and actively using English! Great for reviewing taught grammar!

  • Tic-Tac-Toe

    Students practice speaking the grammar point while playing tic-tac-toe with a partner.

  • Uno Cards

    Who doesn't love card games?

  • Tenses of the Verb Practice

    The verbs in this PPT are from the back of the NEW CROWN 3 English textbook.

  • What is ~~ doing? Worksheet for "Park Life"

    A worksheet to accommodate UonumaRobert's Park Life poster, which has a picture of people doing a variety of things at a park.

  • Up And Down

    Students play a Snake & Ladders type of game while practicing present continuous form and also the past tense singular/plural forms.

  • Gesture Quiz Game

    I usually use this gesture game to introduce present continuous.

  • What are animals doing GAME

    A point get game for practicing the present progressive.

  • Continuous Guessing

    This is a Guess Who-style game using cards and point tokens.

  • Charades

    This activity practices the present progressive verb tense (verb + ing) and then plays a fun charades game.

  • Student Examples

    Students answer questions about what other students are doing.

  • Cooking Hello Kitty

    Students work in teams to read a crazy part-sentence, draw it and report back to the ALT/JTE.

  • Washing His Face

    Students practice using present progressive sentences and reviewing

  • What Is Yoda Doing?

    An information gap activity which can be played in pairs or a class where students find out what various characters are doing.

  • Monster Market

    Students shop for monsters in this take of the classic shopping dialogue.

  • Mt Fuji School Trip

    Students learn to buy what is necessary for their Mt. Fuji camping trip.

  • SLIDES and LADDERS

    This is a modified Snakes and Ladders game to review grammar points for JHS first grade (in this version, VERB TENSES). Can be played with individual players or in groups.

  • What are they doing?

    Students practice Present Progressive grammar by drawing two people and asking their classmates what they're doing.

  • Present continuous - I'm playing tennis.

    An activity worksheet that practices presesent continuous, for example, "I'm eating ramen."

  • Do you have ESP?

    Students test their classmates' powers of perception by drawing hidden shapes.

  • Park Life and others

    Flexible posters and worksheets that can be used to practice present progressive, past progressive, reduced relative pronoun and so on.

  • The boy sleeping on his desk is...

    Students try to identify the students of a class full of slackers by listening or reading to descriptions.

  • Where's Wally Present Continuous

    A fun activity where students (usually in pairs to encourage discussion) find the characters as described in the questions.

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