Now or Always? Grammar Battleships
Students say what people do regularly (present simple) and what they are doing now (present continuous). The column tells them which tense to use.
A free Battleships Game for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: present simple and present continuous.
Grammar focus: present simple and present continuous
Grid rows
- I
- My sister
- We
- Tom
- The children
- My grandma
Grid columns
- every day
- on Saturdays
- after school
- right now
- at the moment
- today
Vocabulary
- walk
- school
- play
- football
- do
- homework
- read
- comic
- eat
- apple
- wear
- shoes
- brush
- hair
- visit
- friends
- piano
- watch
- cartoons
- draw
- picture
- help
- mum
- lunch
- together
- go
- park
- ride
- bikes
- sing
- song
- learn
- English
- make
- cake
- feed
- dog
- swim
- pool
- TV
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: present simple and present 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.