In one game students create a daily schedule for a famous person. Back to Top 4. Role-plays are an active way for younger and beginning students to practice using new grammar. Picture Activities are a good way to use real pictures from magazines, catalogs, and newspapers. For practicing simple present and present progressive, it's best to choose pictures with a lot of action or activity.
Students work individually or in groups.
Each student or group has a color picture from a magazine. You can call on students individually to answer these questions, or if they are working in small groups, each group can discuss and write responses. Choose a picture from a magazine and begin to describe it to the class. However, you should make deliberate mistakes in your description. Most likely, someone in the class will correct you right away.