Teacher Guide / Instructions
Print out a blank calendar month and have your students plan a month of events, but instruct them to leave a small number of days free. Then pretend you are trying to organise for them to come and clean the school (or other similarly unappealing tasks). They'll use their planned events as excuses, using the present continuous tense to describe their plans.
For example "Can you come and clean the school next Saturday?" "No, sorry - next Saturday I'm cleaning my house".
Have fun with it by acting frustrated at how many excuses your students have. You 'win' if you pick a day that they are free. In which case they reply "Ok fine, I'm not doing anything that day."
Teacher Guide
Print out a blank calendar month and have your students plan a month of events, but instruct them to leave a small number of days free. Then pretend you are trying to organise for them to come and clean the school (or other similarly unappealing tasks). They'll use their planned events as excuses, using the present continuous tense to describe their plans.
For example "Can you come and clean the school next Saturday?" "No, sorry - next Saturday I'm cleaning my house".
Have fun with it by acting frustrated at how many excuses your students have. You 'win' if you pick a day that they are free. In which case they reply "Ok fine, I'm not doing anything that day."
Teacher Guide
Print out a blank calendar month and have your students plan a month of events, but instruct them to leave a small number of days free. Then pretend you are trying to organise for them to come and clean the school (or other similarly unappealing tasks). They'll use their planned events as excuses, using the present continuous tense to describe their plans.
For example "Can you come and clean the school next Saturday?" "No, sorry - next Saturday I'm cleaning my house".
Have fun with it by acting frustrated at how many excuses your students have. You 'win' if you pick a day that they are free. In which case they reply "Ok fine, I'm not doing anything that day."