Can your students spot what's wrong in these nine surreal cartoon scenes? From a girl feeding a shoe to a rabbit to a chef frying an alarm clock, this entertaining ESL/EFL worksheet encourages learners to describe surreal situations (in the present continuous tense) and explain why they are unrealistic (in the present simple tense.)

Students examine each picture and write two sentences: one describing the unusual action and another explaining why it doesn't make sense. The first picture includes an example to help them get started.

Page 2 contains the KEY with example answers for all nine pictures.

An interactive quiz complements the printable worksheet. Students type their answers into open-ended response boxes. These answers are not automatically corrected or scored during the quiz; instead, example solutions are displayed for comparison.

The colourful, comic-style illustrations make this activity ideal for speaking practice, creative writing, pair discussions, and developing fluency through humour.

Language goal: Developing picture-description skills, expressing opinions, explaining unusual situations, and practising using the present continuous (describing the scene) and the present simple (explaining why the scenes don't make sense) in English.

Grammar: Present continuous for describing actions, present simple for stating general facts, negative statements, and sentence structures for giving explanations.

Theme: Funny and surreal situations, everyday activities, spotting mistakes, and explaining what is wrong.

Intended age group: Teenagers and young adults (14–25).

CEFR level: A2–B1 (Pre-intermediate to Intermediate).

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Let's do English ESL grammar exercises with picture. Can your students spot what's wrong in these nine surreal cartoon scenes? From a girl feeding a shoe to a r…