To Be Battleships: Where Are We? How Do We Feel?
Students combine a subject, a present form of 'to be' (am/is/are) and a time expression to describe feelings and places. They hit ships by saying full, correct sentences.
A free Battleships Game for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: To be in present.
Grammar focus: To be in present
Grid rows
- I
- My sister
- We
- The students
- Our teacher
- My dog
Grid columns
- in the morning
- after school
- at weekends
- before lunch
- on Fridays
- at night
Vocabulary
- sleepy
- hungry
- happy
- classroom
- excited
- tired
- busy
- park
- friend
- house
- art class
- swimming pool
- bed
- school
- free
- home
- students
- bus
- library
- asleep
- teacher
- gate
- staff room
- family
- cheerful
- dog
- garden
- quiet
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: to be in present · 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.