

This resource is a ready-to-teach PowerPoint presentation providing all the information and activities you require to teach ESL learners how to use the present continuous tense to state what they are doing in English. Suitable for both child and adult learners, this resource can be used online or in the classroom and is suitable for one-to-one or groups of learners. Created by Teacher Kaylee, a fully-qualified international school teacher, this lesson can be taught as a stand-alone lesson or as part of the Firefly Learner ESL English course (this lesson is unit 1, lesson 3).
Vocabulary: dancing, eating, drinking, sleeping, cooking, painting, stretching, meditating, driving, exercising, fishing, playing, writing, studying, working, shopping
Questions: Where are you doing? What are you up to? What is he/she doing? What is he/she up to? What are they/we doing? What are they/we up to?
Statements: I am ______-ing. She is ______-ing. He is ______-ing. We are ______-ing. They are ______-ing. You are _______-ing.
LO: To ask and answer questions about what I am doing.
(present continuous/ progressive tense).
Success Criteria:
I can ask someone what they are doing in a variety of ways.
I can name and identify a large range of verbs for different actions.
I can describe what I am doing (present continuous/ progressive).
I can describe what someone is doing (present continuous/ progressive).
I can use different time adverbials for the future and past.
I can refer to what I and others did in the past (past continuous/ progressive).
The presentation includes the following:
✔ Learning objective and success criteria
✔ Starter and plenary activities
✔ Assessment of prior knowledge
✔ Teaching input (vocabulary & meanings, sentence construction, grammar points etc.)
✔ Differentiated independent and team consolidation tasks (3 levels)
✔ Speaking, reading, writing and grammar tasks
✔ Application activities and extension activities
✔ All answer slides
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