For each of the following, students work together in pairs and make a Simple sentence to focus on completion or a Continuous sentence to focus on duration.
- Explain why you are tired.
- I have been doing exercise.
- Explain why you don't understand the instructions for this activity.
- I have been using Facebook instead of listening to the teacher.
- Explain why you are wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
- Explain why there are strange web sites open on your computer. These strange web sites are also in a different language.
- Explain why you don't want anything to eat.
- Explain why you have lost a lot of weight.
- Explain why you don't live in the same apartment anymore.
- Explain why your shoes are dirty.
- Explain why you don't have a lot of money to spend.
- Explain why you smell bad.
- Explain why John isn't at school today.
- Explain why you want to buy a new mouse for your computer.
- Explain why your cell phone's screen is broken.
- Explain why you have brought an umbrella to school.