Present Continuous Negative Battleships
Practice forming negative present continuous sentences by combining subjects with activities they are not doing right now.
A free Battleships Game for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Present continuous negative form.
Grammar focus: Present continuous negative form
Grid rows
- I
- She
- My brother
- We
- They
- The cat
Grid columns
- right now
- at home
- in the garden
- today
- this morning
- outside
Vocabulary
- making
- doing
- playing
- swimming
- reading
- eating
- dancing
- sleeping
- drinking
- breakfast
- homework
- football
- books
- lunch
- water
- exercise
- dinner
- games
- comics
- tennis
- juice
- music
- apples
- stories
- tea
- work
- newspapers
- cards
- cookies
- fish
- milk
- tricks
- noise
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 continuous negative form · 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.