Present Continuous Worksheet – M-A1PC001 / ESL EFL Classroom material
January 19, 2023
Artificial Intelligence – C1 – TOEFL Listening Practice
January 20, 2023
1. Where is the story taking place?
2. What did the old lady start to read?
3. Why did the old lady get angry with the young man?
4. How did the young man react to the old lady yelling at him?
5. What did the old lady realize when she got on the train?
6. What do you think the old lady learned on this day?
EXTRA POINTS
7. Have you ever made a mistake like this before? What happened?
Answer Key
1. The story takes place in a train station.
2. She started to read a newspaper.
3. She got angry with the young man because he stole her cookies.
4. He was calm, cool and collected. / He didn’t get angry.
5. She realized that she was eating the young man’s cookies and not hers.
6. She learned not to judge and not to lose her temper.
Setting the stage…
Talk it up!
Have your students stand up and rotate around asking their classmates one or all of the following questions (write on board):
- Have you ever taken a train?
- Do you like to travel?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Get stuck
Get angry
Bang
Newspaper
Steal
Get angry
Bang
Newspaper
Steal
Yell at
Grab
Share
Get on
Regret
Grab
Share
Get on
Regret
Dynamics
Move’em around!
Use one of the dynamics you can find here and have the students make sentences with the vocabulary words.
Focus
Sit’em in pairs!
Have them work together and answer the questions provided under the video.
Optional: Have them stand up with their notebooks and compare their answers, (as well as their sentence structure and grammar), with their classmates.
Put the correct answers on the board and answer any questions they may have.
Setting the stage…
Talk it up!
Have your students stand up and rotate around asking their classmates one or all of the following questions (write on board):
- Have you ever taken a train?
- Do you like to travel?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Get stuck
Get angry
Bang
Newspaper
Steal
Yell at
Grab
Share
Get on
Regret
Get angry
Bang
Newspaper
Steal
Yell at
Grab
Share
Get on
Regret
Dynamics
Move’em around!
Use one of the dynamics you can find here and have the students make sentences with the vocabulary words.
Focus
Sit’em in pairs!
Have them work together and answer the questions provided below.
Optional: Have them stand up with their notebooks and compare their answers, (as well as their sentence structure and grammar), with their classmates.
Put the correct answers on the board and answer any questions they may have.
1. Where is the story taking place?
2. What did the old lady start to read?
3. Why did the old lady get angry with the young man?
4. How did the young man react to the old lady yelling at him?
5. What did the old lady realize when she got on the train?
6. What do you think the old lady learned on this day?
EXTRA POINTS
7. Have you ever made a mistake like this before? What happened?
Answer Key
1. The story takes place in a train station.
2. She started to read a newspaper.
3. She got angry with the young man because he stole her cookies.
4. He was calm, cool and collected. / He didn’t get angry.
5. She realized that she was eating the young man’s cookies and not hers.
6. She learned not to judge and not to lose her temper.
