What are the people doing? (Present Continuous)

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LESSON SET OVERVIEW

With this lesson set, your students will:

  • learn and practise Present Continuous,
  • watch an excerpt from a sitcom and a video in which AI animates classic paintings,
  • improve speaking and listening skills by describing and visualising paintings, 
  • talk about games and art.

With this lesson set, students learn to use the Present Continuous tense. In the first lesson, they learn about the form, meaning and use of the tense and practise it. In the second lesson, they practise the tense further while discussing paintings.

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Lesson 1 Teach students to use Present Continuous
practise Present Continuous
Standard Lesson 60 min Unlimited Plan

We are playing! (Present Continuous)

General Grammar

Students learn to use the Present Continuous tense. They create and answer questions about games using question words. They also watch part of a video about a game night, play a guessing game and talk about their favourite games.

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Lesson 2 Provide further Present Continuous practice
talking about paintings
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min Unlimited Plan

Talking about paintings

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In this Speaking lesson, students listen and say what people in different paintings are doing. They also talk about famous paintings and watch them come to life in a video. There’s an extra Present Continuous controlled practice activity.

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