Grammar in a gallery: learn Present Continuous through art

WARM-UP AND VOCABULARY

The lesson starts with a virtual visit to an art gallery. Students explore art-related vocabulary (e.g. painting, pencil, exhibition, to draw) and answer warm-up questions like Have you ever visited an art gallery?. A visual task helps match words with images.

GRAMMAR AND PRACTICE

Students learn the Present Continuous tense: am/is/are + verb-ing. They study affirmative, negative, and question forms using charts and colour-coded guides. In grammar tasks, they complete gap-fills, choose correct forms, and build full sentences.

SPEAKING AND INTERACTION

Using pictures of people in galleries, students answer “What are they doing?” with correct Present Progressive sentences (e.g. They are looking at the painting). They also describe a painting and write their own examples of actions happening now.

LISTENING AND HOMEWORK

Students listen to a short story about Van Gogh’s Starry Night, then answer questions and discuss the meaning. For homework, they watch a video about Van Gogh and record a short description of a painting using the Present Continuous.