Picture Writing: Present Simple vs Continuous

ESL/EFL picture writing tasks for Present Simple vs Present Continuous: 4 guided writing worksheets with pictures, word banks, sentence starters, teacher notes and model answers.

Students look at the pictures and write about daily routines (Present Simple) and what people are doing right now (Present Continuous). Each page gives them all the support they need to write on their own: a picture, a word bank, time words, a grammar tip, a sentence starter and a self-check list.

What’s inside (8 pages, PDF):

• Cover page
• Teacher notes: how to use the tasks, plus extra speaking and writing ideas
• 1. My Day (Present Simple): students write about their own daily routine using a picture timeline
• 2. Look at Me Now! (Present Continuous): students imagine they are at the park and write what everyone is doing right now
• 3. Max’s Day (Present Simple, he/she): students write about Max’s routine and practise the third person -s
• 4. Max at the Beach (Present Continuous): students describe what Max and his family are doing at the beach
• Model answers for all 4 tasks
• Watch & Learn: 5 short video lessons with QR codes to teach or review the grammar

Perfect for: practising and contrasting the two present tenses, guided writing, homework, early finishers and assessment.

Level: CEFR A1–A2 · ages 8–11

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