Present Simple vs Continuous · A2 · How We Use Our Phones | No-Prep ESL Grammar Lesson

A ready-to-teach A2 grammar lesson on the present simple and present continuous, built around how we use our phones.

Students read four short messages and decide: habit or happening right now? They then read a fictional blog about phone habits, with real figures on phone use, and sort the verbs into habits and things happening this week. Phone phrases, time words, -ing spelling and a mime game lead into the rules and a Watch out! box. They race in teams to choose the right tense, role-play a phone habits survey and mingle with Find someone who. Students always choose what to share about their own phone use.

What's inside (one PDF):

• 12 colourful slides to project, with answer keys straight after each activity
• 4-page A4 exercise sheet: teacher's notes, answer key and a 2-page student worksheet
• Lead-in messages, a blog with a discovery task, language bank and rules
• Team race, survey role-play, Find someone who mingle and an exit ticket
• Easier and Harder options, an online tip, an exit ticket and free homework links

Level: A2 · Time: 60–75 minutes · Prep: none. Print the worksheet, project and teach.

Facts are sourced, with full references.

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