Present Continuous Activities for the Toys unit

  This resource (Present Continuous Activities for the Toys Unit – Printable Toy-Verbs Flashcards & Worksheets for Elementary ESL) is also included here. LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Toys-unit-for-Elementary-English-Language-Learners-Starters-1865563

Understanding and using the Present Continuous tense allows learners to participate more fully in conversations about current activities related to toys in this case. Engage young ESL learners with toy-themed Present Continuous activities — flashcards, games, and worksheets to practise “is playing,” “are eating,” and more. The resource is Flexible: usable for warm-up, pair work, centers, homework — fits busy classroom routines. 

 Present Continuous Flashcards

Learning to use the Present Continuous tense is a big step for elementary ESL/ELL students.  These Toy flashcards show characters performing actions.

The Flashcards (toy pictures + action) work well in warm-ups, Show a Toy flashcard. Ask: “What is the girl doing?”

Present Continuous Sentence Practice

Students create sentences using the flashcards.

Then, have students take turns making sentences for other flashcards: The boy is playing with a teddy bear. The teddy bear is brown. It is small.

Present Continuous Statements using familiar toys makes that grammar relatable . Small cards encourage independent learning. Use these for sentence building / question-answer practice.

 

Present Continuous Question Practice

Small cards can be used to practice question-answer interactions. Learners will ask what people are doing in pictures and have peers answer.

Use the cards as a prompt yes/no question-and-answer interactions between students.

Present Continuous Worksheets

Worksheets help students connect verbs with pictures.

These toys worksheets help students connect grammar structures with real-life vocabulary. Students identify actions using the present continuous tense.

Worksheets give students repeated exposure to key verbs through matching to the picture. This helps solidify understanding and recall.

Answering simple questions aids into written communication.

Present Continuous Board Game

Describe the action on each space of the board game. Students say what the person is doing. If correct, they move one space. If not, they don’t. Use in centres for beginner classes. The Game board encourages communicative sentence and question practice.

Play sentence association game 

Students match a picture card to a sentence. It Supports Grammar Acquisition as It reinforces sentence structure, especially the subject + verb + ing form used in Present Continuous tense. Perfect for pari work. 

The cards are in the same format as in the complete resource. Put them all together and play with more cards. Check the blog post here:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/03/toys-unit-games-for-elementary-english.html

ESL Toys Vocabulary Flashcards for Young Learners, is the blog post that you should check: https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2024/02/toys-unit-flashcards-for-elementary.html

There is a bundle for the toys unit, here:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Toys-unit-BUNDLE-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-ESL-6806606

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