ESL lesson on Present Continuous
A1 / Elementary | A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

What are you doing now? (Present Continuous)

General Grammar

Learn and practise Present Continuous with your beginner students! Students review the Present Continuous tense and describe what people are doing by asking and answering questions.

practise Present Continuous
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

We are playing! (Present Continuous)

General Grammar

Practise Present Continuous while talking about games! With this lesson, students watch an excerpt from a sitcom, read about guessing games and explore the Present Continuous tense.

B1 / Intermediate
2 lessons

Discussing the future

Grammar Lifestyle Technology

Encourage students to learn future structures! With this two-lesson set, students will practise Future Simple, Present Continuous and ‘going to’ to talk about the future. They will also learn functional language to talk about plans.

ESL lesson on future forms
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Will we live in a smart city?

Grammar Technology

Discuss how technology can solve urban issues! In this lesson, students review future forms, watch a video about smart city services, and imagine they participate in a survey. They also role-play discussions about plans using future forms.

be going to
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

I’m going to be quite busy this summer (‘be going to’ & Present Continuous)

Grammar

This worksheet focuses on vocabulary connected with activities we can do in the four seasons as well as introduces ‘be going to’ and Present Continuous for intentions and future plans.

uses of Present Continuous
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

How beauty filters are changing the way we want to look

Grammar Lifestyle Technology

In this lesson inspired by a video about body dysmorphia students revise and practise the different uses of Present Continuous as well as reflect on the influence of beauty filters on teenagers’ lives.

Present Simple and Present Continuous
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 60 min

Let’s revise Present Simple and Present Continuous

Grammar

This lesson plan is a typical grammar consolidation worksheet. Students revise Present Simple and Continuous and talk a lot using the tenses.

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