TEACHER'S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Present Simple Dominoes

Activity Type Introduction

Reading and matching This enjoyable dominoes game is perfect for teaching or reviewing
activity, group work present simple affirmative and negative sentence structure.

Procedure
Language Focus
Divide the students into groups of three.
Present simple
affirmative and negative
Give each group a set of dominoes.
sentences
Tell the students to shuffle the dominoes and deal out five each,
leaving the rest in a pile face down.
Aim
To practice present Groups of four are also possible with each player having four
simple affirmative and dominoes.
negative sentence
structure by playing a Tell the students to turn over the top domino from the pile and
game of dominoes. place it face up on the table.

The first player tries to make a logical present simple affirmative

Preparation or negative sentence by placing a domino down either before or
after the domino on the table.
Make one copy of the
dominoes for each group
If the player can make a meaningful sentence, they read it to the
of three and cut as
group to show the match is correct.
indicated.
The next player then tries to put down one of their dominoes at
Level either end of the domino chain and so on.

Elementary If a player cannot put down one of their dominoes, they take a
domino from the top of the pile and put it down if they can.

Time If there are no dominoes left in the pile, play passes to the next
25 minutes student.

The first player to get rid of all their dominoes wins the game.

The other players should continue to put down their dominoes,

as when all the dominoes have been matched they form a loop.
If a loop is not formed, then the students haven’t matched the
dominoes correctly and they should look for the mistake.

The correct answers can be seen on the uncut worksheet.

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 PRESENT SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Present Simple Dominoes

in the gym the He usually

I live in at 7 a.m. He eats
every day. countryside. wakes up

pizza once a She cooks for her family He likes

bicycle. Dogs chase
week. dinner every day. riding his

teeth in the
cats. I brush my I work in an office. Sophia never
morning.

TV in the
gets angry. She doesn't drink coffee. I watch The Sun
evenings.

rises in the Joshua drives Lara plays piano very

car to work. I don't come
east. his the well.

home until He hates We often go restaurant for They don't

the bus.
5 p.m. waiting for to a lunch. listen

Anna does homework in The train station at Tom works

to music.
her the evening. leaves the 6 p.m. out

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