Breaking News: Mastering the Present Continuous
ESL Lesson PlansBreaking News: Mastering the Present Continuous

Breaking News: Mastering the Present Continuous

This ESL lesson plan helps students master the present continuous through engaging, real-world scenarios. Learners will discuss dramatic news headlines, analyze grammar structures, and complete a gap-fill activity. The lesson builds fluency through an exciting role-play, where students create and present their own breaking news reports. This interactive approach strengthens speaking, listening, and grammar skills in a fun and dynamic way!

Skills

  • Uses some simple structures correctly, it is usually clear what they are trying to say.
  • Can interact with reasonable ease in structured situations and short conversations, provided the other person helps if necessary.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Discuss these newspaper headlines.

Look at the three breaking news headlines. Which one is the most surprising? What grammar structure is used in the headlines? Why?
1
Shocking News: Aliens Are Coming to the City and the Buildings Around!
2
Unbelievable: Tornado Winds Are Taking Cars off the Roads!
3
Emergency: A Group of Men Are Stealing Money from a Bank!
2

Study this grammar rule.

3

Complete the sentences with 'is' or 'are'.

4

Read the dialogue. Find the sentences in the present continuous. How many are there? Practice reading the dialogue in pairs.

5

Create and role-play your dialogue.