TEACHER'S NOTES
ESL / EFL RESOURCES                                         Present Simple Passive Descriptions
Activity Type                          Introduction
Listening and speaking                 In this enjoyable card game, students describe objects using the
activity, group work                   present simple passive.
                                       Procedure
Language Focus
                                       Divide the class into groups of four and give each group a set of
Present simple passive
                                       cards.
Describing objects
                                       Ask the students to shuffle the cards and place them face down
                                       in a pile on the desk.
Aim
                                       Demonstrate the game by picking up one of the picture cards and
To describe objects                    showing it to the class.
using the present simple
passive.                               Ask the students to make present simple passive sentences to
                                       describe the object. Write the students' ideas on the board.
Preparation                            For example, if you picked up the picture of the dictionary,
Make one copy of the                   the students might say: It's made from paper. It's used in the
cards for each group of                classroom. It's bought by someone learning a language. It's used
four and cut as indicated.             to find the meanings of words, etc.
                                       Explain that when the students describe an object, they must use
Level                                  the pronouns: it, they, this or these.
Pre-intermediate (A2)                  Students then take it in turns to turn over a card and describe the
                                       object to the other students in the group using the present simple
                                       passive.
Time
25 minutes                             The first student to guess the object wins the card.
                                       The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
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                                                                                                 PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE
ESL / EFL RESOURCES                                         Present Simple Passive Descriptions
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