Music Total physical response or TPR is a technique that uses body movement to help students understand and remember new vocabulary. It is thought to lower anxiety and facilitate learning by connecting language to a physical movement. In this activity, teacher Libby Castello uses TPR to introduce and reinforce action verbs. Libby incorporates this activity as a warm-up from the very first day of class. Libby starts with five verbs. She says a verb, acts it out and asks students to repeat. While new verbs are added in subsequent classes, Libby reuses all the verbs throughout the cycle so that students become very comfortable with them. As the cycle progresses, Libby incorporates verbs that are specific to each life-skill unit. She also expands the activity to include work on verb forms, pronouns, and possessive adjectives. Here, Libby has students practice using the present continuous. I want you to listen, repeat, and show me. With a slight variation, students practice using personal pronouns. What are you doing? It is very common to use TPR with commands. I want you to listen, repeat, and show me. I know what I'm doing today. What is Daci doing? What are Roberto and Mercedes doing?