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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Park Life

Activity Type Introduction

Grammar Game: In this past continuous memory game, students study a picture
memorizing, writing for three minutes and then write past continuous sentences about
sentences from prompts what was happening in the picture.

Procedure
Focus
Give each student a copy of the park scene picture. If you want to
Past continuous
save paper, you can have pairs of students share a picture.

For three minutes, students look carefully at the picture of

Aim
what was happening in the park yesterday afternoon and try to
To study a picture for remember what the people were doing.
three minutes and then
write past continuous When the time limit has been reached, collect in the pictures and
sentences about what give each student a copy of the worksheet.
was happening in the
picture. Working alone, the students write past continuous sentences
about what the people were doing in the park yesterday.

Preparation Students use the words in the box to help them, adding any other
words as necessary. Explain that each word in the box can only
Make one copy of the
be used once.
picture and worksheet for
each student.
Afterwards, go through the answers with the class. Students
score one point for each sentence that is both factually and
Level grammatically correct. The student with the highest score wins.

Pre-intermediate (A2) Possible answers

1. Mia was playing the violin. 12. Oliver was walking his dog.
Time 2. Leo was eating a hamburger. 13. Luna was sleeping.
25 minutes 3. Lily and Ethan were jogging. 14. Sam was skateboarding.
4. Kim was listening to music.
5. Maya was taking a selfie.
6. Sarah was doing yoga.
7. Mateo and Jack were talking.
8. Ella was reading a book.
9. Daniel was eating a doughnut.
10. Logan was sending his location.
11. Noah and Zoe were kayaking/canoeing.

As an extension, give each pair of students a copy of the picture

and have them test each other's memory of the picture by asking
and answering questions in the past continuous.

Example:

A: What was Mia doing in the park yesterday afternoon?

B: She was playing the violin.

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 Look at the picture of what was happening in the park yesterday afternoon.

You have three minutes to try to remember what the people were doing.

Noah and Zoe

Oliver Lily and Ethan Sam

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S

Kim
Mia

Leo
Mateo and Jack

Sarah

Daniel

Maya

Luna Logan

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Ella
Park Life
PAST CONTINUOUS
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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Park Life

Write past continuous sentences about what the people were doing in the park
yesterday. Use the words in the box to help you. Add any other words as necessary.

read yoga skateboard violin talk sleep hamburger

jog eat selfie walk listen kayak doughnut dog

send eat book do play take music location

1. Mia .........................................................................................................................

2. Leo .........................................................................................................................

3. Lily and Ethan ..........................................................................................................

4. Kim ........................................................................................................................

5. Maya ......................................................................................................................

6. Sarah .....................................................................................................................

7. Mateo and Jack ........................................................................................................

8. Ella .........................................................................................................................

9. Daniel .....................................................................................................................

10. Logan ....................................................................................................................

11. Noah and Zoe .........................................................................................................

12. Oliver ....................................................................................................................

13. Luna .....................................................................................................................

14. Sam ......................................................................................................................

How many sentences did you get right?

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