Present Continuous Showdown: Teen Jeopardy
A three-team Jeopardy game on the present continuous. Teams find and fix grammar mistakes, practise spelling and transformations, use the tense for temporary plans and situations, contrast it with the present simple, and complete multi-step challenges. Higher-value questions require full explanations and personal answers.
A free Jeopardy Quiz for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Present continuous.
Categories
- Grammar Crime Scene
- The -ING Lab
- Catch the Moment
- Tense Showdown
- Grammar Boss Battle
Questions
- Grammar Crime Scene (100): Correct this sentence: 'They is playing football in the park right now.'
- Grammar Crime Scene (200): Correct this sentence: 'Look! The baby sleeping in the bed.'
- Grammar Crime Scene (300): Find and correct the mistake: 'I am not understanding why you are leaving so early tonight.'
- Grammar Crime Scene (400): Find the mistake in this sentence and explain why it is wrong: 'Every day I am going to school by bus.'
- Grammar Crime Scene (500): Rewrite this message so it is correct and natural, and explain one mistake you fixed: 'Hey, what you are doing right now? I am think you come to my party on Saturday.'
- The -ING Lab (100): Write the -ing form of the verb 'run'.
- The -ING Lab (200): Write the -ing form of the verb 'make'.
- The -ING Lab (300): Write the -ing form of the verb 'lie', meaning to rest on a bed.
- The -ING Lab (400): Complete this sentence with the correct present continuous forms of the verbs in brackets, and explain one spelling rule you used: 'The students ___ (write) an essay while the teacher ___ (sit) at…
- The -ING Lab (500): Change this sentence into a negative statement and then into a yes/no question, and explain the process you used: 'They are building a new school near our house.'
- Catch the Moment (100): Complete this sentence about the classroom right now: 'Students ___ (listen) to the teacher.'
- Catch the Moment (200): Complete this sentence to describe a temporary situation: 'Right now, my brother ___ (live) with our grandparents while his new flat is being finished.'
- Catch the Moment (300): Complete this plan for the weekend and explain how you know it is a future arrangement: 'We ___ (go) to the cinema on Saturday.'
- Catch the Moment (400): Tell your partner one temporary situation in your life right now and give a reason using 'because'.
- Catch the Moment (500): Compare a plan you are making for next weekend with a plan your parents or carers are making, using the present continuous for both and explain the difference.
- Tense Showdown (100): Choose the correct form and complete the sentence: 'Water ___ (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.'
- Tense Showdown (200): Choose the correct form and complete the sentence: 'Look! The bus ___ (come) down the street.'
- Tense Showdown (300): Choose the correct forms and explain why: 'I usually ___ (walk) to school, but today I ___ (take) the bus.'
- Tense Showdown (400): Explain the difference in meaning between 'She works in a hospital' and 'She is working in a hospital this month.'
- Tense Showdown (500): Your friend says: 'I play the guitar every day, so I am playing it now.' Explain in two sentences what is correct about each part and what the speaker means.
- Grammar Boss Battle (100): Make this sentence negative: 'She is reading a book.'
- Grammar Boss Battle (200): Make this sentence into a yes/no question: 'You are waiting for the bus.'
- Grammar Boss Battle (300): Turn this statement into a question using the word Where: 'They are going to the library.'
- Grammar Boss Battle (400): Change this statement into a negative question and explain what the question sounds like: 'Tom is cooking dinner tonight.'
- Grammar Boss Battle (500): Combine these two sentences into one sentence with because, and explain why the present continuous fits: 'Maria is studying hard. Her exam is on Monday.'