Silent Movie - What is He Doing?
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Silent Movie - What is He Doing?

This ESL lesson plan for adults and teens focuses on using the present continuous tense to describe actions in a silent movie. Through watching the short film The Loop, students practice speaking, reading, and grammar in a 45-minute individual session. Activities include sentence formation, gap-fill exercises, and discussion questions, helping students use the present continuous. Ideal for A2 learners to build confidence in using grammar in context.

Skills

  • Can tell a story or describe something in a simple list of points.
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1

Read the text to learn how to use the present continuous.

The present continuous tense helps us talk about things happening now. For example, right now, you are reading this text, so you can say "I am reading a text." This is how we create the Present Continuous: I am (verb+ing) for I He/She/It is (verb+ing) for he/she/it You/We/They are (verb+ing) for you/we/they Let's look at some examples. Right now, Josh is waking up. He is thinking about his day. His brother is sitting in the garden. His friends are watching TV. There are negatives too. When something is not happening, we use "not." For example, John is not thinking about his day, his brother is not sitting in the garden, he is going to work. We can ask questions with the present continuous too. We change the order of the words. Start with the correct "to be" verb. For example, "Are you reading a book?" or "Is he eating dinner?"
2

Unscramble the words to make sentences with the Present Perfect.

3

Watch the Silent Movie "The Loop" and answer the questions.

4

Fill in the blanks using the correct word to complete the sentences about what is happening in the movie.

5

Watch the same clip again. This time, describe what the character is doing by answering the questions below.

6

Discuss the following questions.

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