Dead Singers Sing Again
A magical concert brings famous singers back to life for one night. Learners practice the past continuous by describing what everyone was doing during the show.
A free Battleships Game for Adults at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Dead singers sing again.
Grammar focus: Past continuous
Grid rows
- Elvis Presley
- Freddie Mercury
- Michael Jackson
- Whitney Houston
- The fans
- We
Grid columns
- last night
- at the concert
- on stage
- in the dream
- at midnight
- during the show
Vocabulary
- singing
- old songs
- wearing
- sparkly suit
- dancing
- band
- smiling
- crowd
- playing
- guitar
- talking
- fans
- loudly
- jumping
- around
- jacket
- laughing
- piano
- waving
- audience
- roof
- hit song
- moonwalking
- slowly
- glove
- practicing
- moves
- everyone
- beautifully
- dress
- holding
- microphone
- brightly
- softly
- thanking
- watching
- show
- along
- wildly
- crying
Printable worksheet
This Battleships Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Play Battleships on paper · Draw 3 ships on your grid: one of 3 squares and two of 2 squares. Don't show your partner. To fire, say a full sentence. Your partner says hit or miss.
- Practise: past continuous · Write the verb in the right form.
Part 1: Play Battleships on paper
Draw 3 ships on your grid: one of 3 squares and two of 2 squares. Don't show your partner. To fire, say a full sentence. Your partner says hit or miss.