Farm Unit – Present Continuous for Elementary ELLs

 This resource (Farm Unit – Present Continuous for ESL | Printable Farm Animals Verb Activities)  is included here to download: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Farm-Unit-for-Elementary-EFL-3790548

This farm-themed resource reviews present-continuous for teaching elementary ELL students. The variety of activities such as flashcards, worksheets, and games lets you adapt to your class. They are  engaging, printable, and classroom-ready. Perfect for whole-class lessons, centers, or pair work, this resource turns grammar practice into an enjoyable activity your students will actually look forward to.

Verbs in Action Flashcards to use with the whole class. Set with colorful pictures of farm animals doing a variety of actions (run, jump, eat, walk, sit, etc.). Have students speak by describing animal actions or answering questions.

Small cards are also present and ready to print. Play the question game. Students use a small card and ask question: Is the horse eating?

No, it isn’t.

Make an accordion with the small cards to make sentences, ask questions and more. 

Here is a video to check.

Pair / Small-group work. Students write short sentences to describe the farm animal using any of small cards. As an Extension: have students draw their own farm scene and write present continuous sentence.

Fill-in-the-blank exercises in this farm worksheet.

Cut and paste the words in each sentence worksheet. Students glue them in correct order under the animal picture.

Reinforce this grammar point through simple interactive games to help the learners grasp it more fully.  Print both quilts.  Cut any quilt into squares or use as a full board. Give students the sentence squares with the present continuous sentences.  Students match each sentence to the correct picture. For more practice: mix up the sentences and the pictures and play a memory/matching game.It can serve as a review center.

There is a farm preposition of place for ESL elementary learners  review included in this resource  :   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2025/09/farm-prepositions-of-place-activities.html

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