Present continuous sentence scramble

Teaching notes

Seven present continuous sentences to rebuild word by word: statements with am, is and are + -ing, a negative with aren't, a yes/no question and a wh- question with "at the moment". It suits A1–A2 learners who know the form but still mix up the word order, especially in questions.

Play it on the board and ask the class to read each sentence aloud once it's built, then to change it: make it negative, turn it into a question, or swap the subject ("My dad" to "My parents") and fix the verb. As a follow-up, learners describe what the people in a picture are doing right now. Play it live so each learner builds the sentences on their own phone, or print it as a worksheet with an answer key.