A selection of English ESL what are you doing game printables

Brainstorm and fill in the blanks activity with partner or group.  Use it to practice the correct sentences and then play the ppt game.

Present Continuous - What are you doing?

A game: the pupils draw a card and read the instruction to their neighbour who must obey the instruction. A set-time is given befor the game starts

Do what you are asked to

With this ESL board game, learners will practise the future with BE GOING TO in an enjoyable way. Every square provides a picture clue (or some words). Every time a correct answer is given, the game can be used as a communicative activity whereby players ask each follow-up questions. Let´s make learning fun!

Board Game - What Are You Going To Do Tomorrow?

Simple interview game for students to practice "do you like~?" with their classmates. EXAMPLE INTERVIEW DIALOGUE: A) Hi! Do you like fish? B) Yes I do! A) Are you a cat? B) No, I'm not. *NOTE Geared towards Japanese students, as tht's where I used this worksheet. 

'What do you like?' Interview Game

Throw the dice, tell what they are doing and explain why they are doing that. Be creative, the first to reach the end is the winner. You may want to review the present continuous before playing.

Actions Boardgame

Five people are talking about what they must do, what they mustn’t do and what they should do. Find out which information belongs to which person. The pics are from fumira.jp. The background is my creation. Hope you´ll enjoy it with your ss, too. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi 

Logic game (48th) - Must-mustn´t-should *** with key *** fully editable *** B&W

Five children and teenagers are talking about what they can do, what they can’t do and what they want to do. Find out which information belongs to which child. The pics are from fumira.jp. The background is my creation. Hope you´ll enjoy it with your ss, too. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi 

Logic game (47th) - Can-can´t-want *** upper-elementary *** with key *** fully editable *** B&W

Practice the past simple in all forms using a pirate theme. Additionally each square could be used for all forms.A pirate theme to liven things up.Clip art from 

Pirates Boardgame - Past Simple Practice

This activity focuses on days and subjects. The target sentences are as follows: What do you have on (day)? I have (any subject) on (day). AND What do you want to study? I want to study (subject). Nonetheless, you can use other target sentences. You can also come up with your own rules of playing this game.

Snakes and Ladders

Now you can learn about Gina, Lola, Nick, Roger and Trina, who regularly do sports. They are sportswomen and sportsmen. From this game you can find out what their sport is, how often they train and how long they have been doing that kind of sport. Hope you enjoy it with your ss. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi

Logic game (26th) - Sports - for intermediate ss - with key - fully editable *** created with WORD 2003

since the school will stay closed I have prepared lesson plans for young learners to do at home with their parents. Topics: face parts, actions (what are you doing + present continuous), moods and colors

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Lesson plan: video lesson+song+game

In my 20th logic game you can find out more information about Bobby, Danny, Jenny, Molly and Sally. When do they have lunch? How do they go home? What do they do in their free time? Hope you like it and enjoy my logic games. Thanks a lot for your comments. The cliparts are from Grace Lee. Have a nice day. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi

If you don’t know how to solve this kind of game, you can look at the Einstein riddle on the net or have a look at my 33rd logic game, called Best friends where I wrote down the solution step by step.

Logic game (20th) - Daily routine Part II *** for elementary ss *** with key *** fully editable * reuploaded

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

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Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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57 What are you doing game English ESL worksheets pdf & doc