With this Present Continuous Verbs Game, your students compete to create as many correct sentences as possible using the present continuous to  guess what certain people are doing. You can use it as a warm-up, a time-killer, or an end-of-lesson activity. It can be used online and offline for groups or one-on-one lessons!

How it works

Students can play this Present Continuous Verbs Game individually, but it’s much more fun in teams!

1. Display the poster and assign score cards accordingly (Team 1, Team 2…).
2. Choose a card to start and read it aloud to the students. Set a time limit (60-90 seconds) for students to respond to the question by using the verbs found on their score card. For more advanced students, let them come up with as many answers as possible within the time limit.
3. Each time a word has been used, mark it off on their score card. Tally up the sentences which are grammatically correct and award points accordingly. If a word was crossed off but used incorrectly, the cross stays but no points are awarded.
4. Play as many rounds as you want or to a time limit. The team or student with the most points at the end wins.

For example, for the first card and the scorecard for Team 1: People in Japan. What are they doing?

–  It’s tea time over there so they are probably drinking tea! (3 points)