What Were They Doing? — Past Progressive Battleships
Students combine subjects with time expressions to practice forming past progressive sentences about everyday activities.
A free Battleships Game for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Past Progressiv.
Grammar focus: Past Progressiv
Grid rows
- I
- You
- She
- My friend
- We
- The boys
Grid columns
- at 8 o'clock yesterday
- all morning
- last night
- during the test
- at that moment
- yesterday afternoon
Vocabulary
- homework
- clean
- room
- watch
- movie
- write
- essay
- eat
- breakfast
- read
- book
- sleep
- study
- English
- play
- video games
- check
- answers
- talk
- teacher
- walk
- home
- get dressed
- bake
- cookies
- text
- friend
- answer
- questions
- look
- window
- ride
- bike
- brush
- teeth
- chores
- listen
- music
- review
- notes
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 progressiv · 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.