* Present Continuous Yes/No Questions Kahoot

This is a Kahoot game for making yes/no questions for present continuous.  I've used it in my class, and I've found it useful for beginner students who are still learning question formation.

* Present Continuous: Questions and Short Answers Quizziz (Wayground)

This is an activity for present continuous questions and short answers I made on Quizziz (now called Wayground).  It is made for low level students who still need practice with basic sentence formation.

What are they doing? PowerPoint: Slides for Practicing Present Continuous

(TESOL Materials--Present Continuous)

What are they doing? Powerpoint: drive, slides, pub

[Note: I originally designed this to supplement English World 2 page 26, and the illustrations are from that textbook.  But I've decided that this could also be used as independent practice on the present continuous.]

* Present Continuous Quizziz (Wayground)

This is a present continuous activity I made on Quizziz (now called Wayground).  It is made for low level students who still need practice with present continuous formation.

Present Continuous Lesson

(TESOL Materials--Present Continuous)

Google: slides, pub

[Note: I combined slides from two different lessons of English World 2 (this lesson here and this lesson here) to make one single lesson on the present continuous.]

Kahoot Game for Future Forms by jchurtado8

This is a Kahoot game I found for future forms.  It is not my own creation, but I used it in my classroom, and it worked well.  So I'm posting it here.

Model Text for future forms (using video from English Panda)

(TESOL Materials--Future Forms)

Video Link: Future Plans in English Conversation | Will, Going to, Present Continuous, Present Simple

Worksheet: docs, pub

Notes: This model text uses a video from English Panda Youtube Channel.  The staging is as follows:

Lead-in: Students talk about what they are doing this Saturday

Gist Task: Students watch video, and answer the question "Why is John happy at the end of the video?"

Specific Information Questions: Students watch the video again, and answer the questions on the first page of the worksheet.

Noticing Activity: Students are given pages 4 and 5 of the worksheet.  Students are instructed to underline the parts of the transcript which refer to future time.  Students are then given the answer sheet (pages 2 and 3 of the transcript).

Clarification of Meaning: With the sound turned off, display some of the key sentences on the video.  Ask Concept Checking Questions to clarify the meaning.  

https://youtu.be/79Yxp84s0KI?si=8XzEgFdDHCb40GOp

What time are most people going to show up to Gus’s party on Saturday?

What does John have to study for?

How many people will be going to Gus’s party?

Where is Marcus going next week?

What job did Marcus just quit?

Who is playing at the live show at the pub?

What time does the show start?

What time are most people going to show up to Gus’s party on Saturday?

What does John have to study for?

How many people will be going to Gus’s party?

Where is Marcus going next week?

What job did Marcus just quit?

Who is playing at the live show at the pub?

What time does the show start?

https://youtu.be/79Yxp84s0KI?si=8XzEgFdDHCb40GOp

So, are you guys going to Gus’s party on Saturday?

Yes, Steve and I will be there. But I think we’ll be late. Do you think that’ll be ok?

I think so. He told me that most people are going to show up around 7.

Ok, great. We’re going out for dinner with Steve’s parents at 6, so we will probably arrive just after 9.

John, are you going to Gus’s party?

No, I’m going to be studying for my midterm test on Saturday. The test is on Monday. Who will be going?

Well, I would guess that around 10 people will be there.

Cool. Will Sally be there?

Yes, she’s coming. But she’s going to bring her new boyfriend.

Boyfriend? Oh well.

Anyway… Marcus, are you still going to Australia next week?

Yes! I'm flying next Thursday, and I'm going to spend the first few days in Sydney and then I'm going to rent a caravan and tour around the country.

Cool! How long are you going to be gone?

I just quit my job at the bank, so I will have plenty of time to enjoy a long vacation. I think it's going to be an incredible trip so I will stay as long as I can. What about you, John? What are you going to do after you graduate?

Maybe I'll take a vacation too. I don't know. I'll decide then.

Hey, What are you guys doing tonight?

Since Marcus is leaving next week, he and I are going to a live show at the pub downtown for a little going away party. Want to come?

Cool! Who is playing?

Japanda Banda. I think it will be an awesome show.

Sounds fun, but I can't. I'm going to work on my project tonight because I'm giving a presentation at noon tomorrow and I need to be ready. But I'll call you if I finish early.

Sure! We will be there at 7 and the show starts at 8. John, will you come?

Maybe, will Sally be there?

I'll invite her… and her boyfriend.

Oh yeah, boyfriend. I forgot!

Ok, I will come. I will be a little late because I'm going to be in class until 7. Will you get me an extra ticket and I'll pay you back when I get there?

No problem.

Ok, If everyone is going, I will go too. I will try to finish my project as quickly as I can.

Great. It's going to be a fun night.  I’ll miss you, guys when I'm in Australia.

We'll miss you too! I'm sure it's going to be the trip of a lifetime.

Oh, hi guys!

Sally! We were just making plans for tonight. We are going to a concert. Want to join us?

Sure, I would love to. I just broke up with my boyfriend and it will be good to get out with friends. John, are you going?

Cool!

So, are you guys going to Gus’s party on Saturday?

Yes, Steve and I will be there. But I think we’ll be late. Do you think that’ll be ok?

I think so. He told me that most people are going to show up around 7.

Ok, great. We’re going out for dinner with Steve’s parents at 6, so we will probably arrive just after 9.

John, are you going to Gus’s party?

No, I’m going to be studying for my midterm test on Saturday. The test is on Monday. Who will be going?

Well, I would guess that around 10 people will be there.

Cool. Will Sally be there?

Yes, she’s coming. But she’s going to bring her new boyfriend.

Boyfriend? Oh well.

Anyway… Marcus, are you still going to Australia next week?

Yes! I'm flying next Thursday, and I'm going to spend the first few days in Sydney and then I'm going to rent a caravan and tour around the country.

Cool! How long are you going to be gone?

I just quit my job at the bank, so I will have plenty of time to enjoy a long vacation. I think it's going to be an incredible trip so I will stay as long as I can. What about you, John? What are you going to do after you graduate?

Maybe I'll take a vacation too. I don't know. I'll decide then.

Hey, What are you guys doing tonight?

Since Marcus is leaving next week, he and I are going to a live show at the pub downtown for a little going away party. Want to come?

Cool! Who is playing?

Japanda Banda. I think it will be an awesome show.

Sounds fun, but I can't. I'm going to work on my project tonight because I'm giving a presentation at noon tomorrow and I need to be ready. But I'll call you if I finish early.

Sure! We will be there at 7 and the show starts at 8. John, will you come?

Maybe, will Sally be there?

I'll invite her… and her boyfriend.

Oh yeah, boyfriend. I forgot!

Ok, I will come. I will be a little late because I'm going to be in class until 7. Will you get me an extra ticket and I'll pay you back when I get there?

No problem.

Ok, If everyone is going, I will go too. I will try to finish my project as quickly as I can.

Great. It's going to be a fun night.  I’ll miss you, guys when I'm in Australia.

We'll miss you too! I'm sure it's going to be the trip of a lifetime.

Oh, hi guys!

Sally! We were just making plans for tonight. We are going to a concert. Want to join us?

Sure, I would love to. I just broke up with my boyfriend and it will be good to get out with friends. John, are you going?

Cool!

Present Tense Verbs using "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke

(TESOL Worksheets--Verb Forms General)
Google: docs, pub
[Notes: I was teaching out of a textbook (Close-up C1 p.10) that required reviewing all 4 aspects of the present tense in one lesson (present simple, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous).  The textbook did not provide any context, so I was searching for some song that would illustrate all 4 aspects.  In the end, I couldn't find a song that had all 4 aspects in it.  (If someone can think of one, please let me know.)  But this song had 3 out of the 4 aspects, so I figured it was close enough.  Plus it's really slow and easy to listen to and has a beautiful melody, so I think it's good to use in the classroom.  (I had previously used it as a TESOL Songsheets.)]

A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke (1964)

I was born by the river in a little tent 

Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since 

It's been a long, a long time coming 

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will 

It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die 

Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky 

It's been a long, a long time coming 

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will 

I go to the movie and I go downtown

 somebody keep telling me don't hang around 

It's been a long, a long time coming 

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will 

Then I go to my brother 

And I say brother help me please 

But he winds up knocking me 

Back down on my knees 

Ohhhhhhhhh..... 

There've been times that I thought I couldn't last for long 

But now I think I'm able to carry on 

It's been a long, a long time coming 

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Present Tense Verbs	Present Simple	Present Continuous	Present  Perfect	Present Perfect Continuous

Find verbs in the song matching these descriptions.  Which verbs are they:

1. These verbs describe a condition that started in the past and continued until now.  The speaker imagines this as a state that is always true, all the time.

verb name:

examples: 

2. These verbs describe how the speaker is feeling now.

verb name:

examples: 

3. These verbs describe an action that started in the past and continues until now.  The speaker imagines this as an action that he repeats or continues over and over again.

verb name:

examples: 

4. An indefinite experience in the past.  From what the speaker has said, we know it’s sometime in the past, but we don’t know exactly when.

verb name:

examples: 

5. These verbs describe habits or things that happen repeatedly.  They are not necessarily happening exactly now, but they’ve happened often before and will happen again.

verb name:

examples: 

Answers:

Present Tenses	Present Simple	Present Continuous	Present  Perfect	Present Perfect Continuous
	I know, I’m afraid, I go to the movies, I go downtown, keeps telling, I go to my brother, I say, He winds up,  I think, I’m able		It’s been a long time coming, It’s been too hard living, There’ve been times	I’ve been running

Other forms	going to future	will future (simple)	imperatives	Infinitives (simple)	Past simple
	a change gonna (is going to) come	yes it will	brother help me please, don’t hang around	to die	was born (passive), I thought, I couldn’t last

Answers:

Find verbs in the song matching these descriptions.  Which verbs are they:

1. These verbs describe a condition that started in the past and continued until now.  The speaker imagines this as a state that is always true, all the time.

verb name: Present Perfect

examples: It’s been a long time coming, It’s been too hard living

2. These verbs describe how the speaker is feeling now.

verb name: Present Simple

examples: I know, I’m afraid, I think, I’m able

3. These verbs describe an action that started in the past and continues until now.  The speaker imagines this as an action that he repeats or continues over and over again.

verb name: Present Perfect Continuous

examples: I’ve been running 

4. An indefinite experience in the past.  From what the speaker has said, we know it’s sometime in the past, but we don’t know exactly when.

verb name: Present Perfect

examples: There’ve been times

5. These verbs describe habits or things that happen repeatedly.  They are not necessarily happening exactly now, but they’ve happened often before and will happen again.

verb name: Present Simple

examples: I go to the movies, I go downtown, keeps telling me, I go to my brother, I say, He winds up,