Select a range of verbs.

Divide the class into teams.

Give the same verb and tense clue word to each team.

The idea is for each team to make the longest and hopefully perfectly contructed sentence. Count up the words from each team's sentence and score on the board. Students of all ages like healthy competition, and the cleverer ones will realise that by adding lists to their sentences they will score more points! E.g. Yesterday I swam quickly across the deep blue river with my brother, my sister, my sister's boyfriend, my fat black dog etc.

Grammar section

Present Simple and Present Continuous

Choose the correct form.

Example: Look outside! It's snowing!/It snows!

1. It's snowing/It snows quite often in Britain during the winter.

2. I'm going/I go to bed now.Goodnight.

3. Normally,I'm going/I go to bed at around 11.30 every night.

4. 'Where's Simon?''He's cooking/He cooks the dinner.'

5. There is something wrong with Lynne's car at the moment so she's going/she goes to work by bus this week.

6. The River Thames is flowing/flows through London.

7. Sarah has got an exam soon,so she's working/she works very hard at the moment.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form: the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

1. Britain_______ (have) an election at least once every four years.

2. I ________ (negotiate) a new pay deal with my boss at the moment.

3. It _________ (rain) every time I (leave) my umbrella at home.

4. Please sit down! I ____________ (try) to watch this ________ TV programme.

5. American Football ___________ (become) very popular in England.

6. Robert never __________ (go) abroad for his holidays. It's too expensive.

7. Many of the world's natural resources ____________ (disappear).

8. Rain ____________ (fall) very heavily in Bombay during June and July.

9. My parents are in America on holiday. They ___________ (stay) near San Francisco.

10. The traffic ____________ (move) very slowly on the motorway today. Workmen ____________ (repair) the road.

Choose the correct answer—A or B.

1. __________ skiing in the French Alps every year.

A We go B We're going

2. _________ one of Agatha Christie's books at the moment.

A I read B I'm reading

3. Some modern cars __________ on unleaded petrol.

A run B are running

4. The St Lawrence River __________ into the North Atlantic.

A flows B is flowing

5. 'Where's the cat?'' on the sofa.'

A It lies B It's lying

6. Drive carefully ___________ heavily this morning.

A It snows B It's snowing

7. Be careful! The ladder ________ down.

A falls B is falling

8. The planet Mercury ___________ round the every eighty-eight days.

A travels B is travelling

Present Continuous or Simple?

At work Mark is talking to Alan in the corridor. Complete their conversation.

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Warming Up	\|	Put in the Present Continuous or Simple of the verbs.

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