Video tip: Modelling tenses
Teaching tip
Watch the video and see how Lynda’s neat exercise practises the future ‘going to…’, the present progressive and the present perfect simple.
Tip: If you would like to do this again (with a twist) in the class try the following exercise.
Mime it!
Write the following activities on slips of paper and hand one to each student:
sing a song, make a cake, have a shower, eat an ice cream, drink a cup of tea, write a letter, read a book, knit a sock, wash your hands, draw a picture, make a phone call
Write the following dialogue on the board:
A: What are you going to do?
B: I’m going to__________. (sing a song)
(B starts miming the activity.)
A: What are you doing?
B: I’m__________. (singing)
(B finishes the activity.)
B: I’ve __________ (sung a song).
For more advanced groups, use this format:
A: What are you going to do?
(B starts activity; other students guess what the student is doing: Are you making a cake? Are you chopping onions? Are you making a pizza?)
B Yes, I’m making a pizza.
B (when finished) I’ve made a pizza.
You could also do Lynda’s modelling activity with a pencil and paper:
I’m going to draw something. (What are you going to do?)
I’m drawing something. (What are you doing?).
I’ve drawn a _______. (What have you done?)
