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Present Continuous

She is playing volleyball.

Japanese name: 現在進行形 (genzai shinkou-kei)

She is painting a picture.
Are you reading the newspaper now?

Present Continuous form, also known as Present Progressive, describes actions that are happening at the current moment. If a thing is currently occurring, it can be described with Present Progressive.

It’s constructed by adding –ing to the end of a verb. This construction is also used for gerunds, past progressive, and other grammar points, so make sure to correctly identify which of these forms you want to practice in an activity!

  • Mary's House - Poster simlar to Park Life

    A Park LIfe knock-off, Mary's house is full of people and animals doing random things, can be used to practice Present Continuous or other verb tenses.

  • Unruly Class - Present Continuous Verb Practice

    Based on "The boy is sleeping on his desk" unruly class activity, updated color graphic with worksheet and presentation.

  • Present Continuous (+ing) Search Game!

    For JHS 1st years. Half of the class is given the key to the other half's worksheet. Students try and find the answers involving +ing!

  • Connect Three Game -Present Continuous Verbs JHS1年

    for JHS 1年, One World Textbook, Lesson 5, Present Continuous Verbs. Use same mechanics as Connect Four game. Speaking Activity

  • What are they doing? (Quiz)

    A quiz designed to reinforce the present continuous (-ing) form of common verbs.

  • Random Sentence Game

    Super flexible, fun, and funny sentence-making game!

  • "Diggy Diggy Hole" EN/JP Lyrics

    A side-by-side translation of the Yogscast song "Diggy Diggy Hole."

  • 例文 UNO!!!

    Uno but with a twist for students to practice distinguishing word types and sentence tenses.

  • (Are you...?) Guessing Game

    Guessing game done aloud, in pairs, for a variety of grade levels and grammar points

  • Draw My Dream Friend Game

    Speedy coloring and drawing game!

  • Find Someone Who (Bingo Challenge)

    A first day of class ice breaker activity for students to get to know each other better.

  • picture description quiz questions

    students practice speaking by answering questions.

  • Review Jeopardy (cherry blossom themed)

    JHS 1st and 2nde grade year review Jeopardy (cherry blossom themed).

  • G1- JHS -Here We Go textbook - Kahoots by units

    I made Kahoots as needed at the end of two or three units at the time.

  • Snakes & Ladders Card Sets

    Pre-made card sets to go with the Snakes and Ladders games. 1年 & 2年 grammar points.

  • Random Writing Auction

    Writing activity that can be adapted to multiple grammar points. Specific focus on encouraging students to write longer sentences.

  • Preposition "Party!" Sunshine 2 Textbook Practice

    This worksheet directly matches with JHS Sunshine 2 pg 88 Prepositions

  • New Horizon 2 - Let's Talk 4

    Simple work sheets for LT4.

  • Kitty collecting game - Present progressive (?)

    A warm up activity to practice present progressive/continuous interrogative sentences and responses.

  • I Spy!

    A group activity based around the I Spy books, or other similar material.

  • Various English Uno Decks

    English Uno decks with different themes.

  • Hunt for the ~ing (7年) Halloween themed

    Children look for ing related pictures in their textbook

  • Listening Activity Collection of JHS 1nensei

    based on One World 1 JHS 1nensei Lesson 5 Tips for Listening #2 page 74

  • Thanksgiving Don't Pop the Balloon (google slides)

    An American Thanksgiving themed, team-based review game

  • Kahoot! game (One World 1)

    An online interactive game intended for 1st graders to review One World 1 ~ Lessons 4 and 5.

  • Star Wars Game Present Continuous

    Powerpoint game to practice the present continuous for JHS Y1. From the template provided by rmsmith, and originally by DavoTheWise.

  • The Mystery Box Game

    The mystery box game is a super fun power point game. customize all questions and pictures and animations freely. Have fun.

  • The boy sleeping on his desk is (UPDATE)

    Students try to identify a class full of slackers by listening or reading descriptions

  • Anime Guessing Game - "What are they doing?"

    A fun game great for practicing present continuous/progressive with 1st year Junior High School students using images of different anime characters.

  • New Horizon 1 Unit 2-1

    This is an activity practice for Key Sentences: He is… She is… This is…

  • JHS 1st Years Review Kahoot

    10 question Kahoot that reviews many topics from Sunshine 1's textbook

  • Gesture Game: What am I/are you/are they doing

    Simple and ready-to-use activity mainly for special needs class to introduce simple present progressive. You may use it with 1st graders too.

  • I am watching TV now!

    Short and sweet slideshow introducing the Present Continuous.

  • What Is He Doing? Relay Game

    An information gap/relay activity for present continuous

  • present progressive activity ~ING (animals)

    fun activity to play using ING (present progressive tense) 現在進行形

  • Present progressive practice, 'what is X doing?'

    Present progressive review/ practice

  • Shopping at Zara

    This activity allows students to talk about shopping and practice a conversation between a Store Clerk and Customer.

  • Verb Sugoroku (JHS)

    A flexible board game where students change sentences based on target grammar point.

  • Minefield Treasure Hunt!

    Students look at the pictures and make sentences to dig up buried treasure - or a bomb!

  • Animals are doing things.

    Your students will practice making present progressive (present continuous) sentences from silly pictures of animals.

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