Elementary (B1) – Describing Work and Hobbies 100GEMs
What to Expect: Ready to talk about your work or school tasks and your hobbies? This assignment moves a step further by asking you to describe the regular tasks you do (using the Present Simple) and the hobbies or projects you’re currently doing (using the Present Continuous).
It’s a great way to share more about your interests while learning these tenses.
STATISTICS:
Duration
Fun
Difficulty
GEM Reward
2/5⌛⌛ ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
1/5🔥⬜ ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
2/5🌶️🌶️ ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
2/5🏆🏆 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
LEARNING GOALS
- You can describe tasks you usually do at work or school.
- You can talk about hobbies or projects you are busy with these days.
- You can recognize when to use simple present tense and when to use present continuous tense.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS and INFORMATION
Estimated Time for Completion: 30 minutes (includes reading the assignment selection and the instructions.)
ACTION 1: Activate Prior Knowledge:1
- Explain to a classmate what you remember from the instruction lessons about the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.
ACTION 2: Activate Prior Knowledge: 2
- Discuss what you do every day (e.g., wake up, go to school) and what you are doing right now.
- Describe your daily routine and then describe what you see happening in the classroom at the moment.
- What is the difference in how you speak about both?
ACTION 3: Read the examples
- Habit Action Example: “I write reports every week.”
- Ongoing Action Example: “I am writing a new project right now.”
- I always wake up and 7 a.m. in the morning.
- She is baking a cake.
- They are swimming in the lake.
- We never cook.
ACTION 4: WRTIE answers to these Questions in your NOTEBOOK
- Choose which sentences (A,B,C,D) describe daily habits and which describe ongoing activities.
- What do you notice about the sentence structure?
- How do the verb tenses change when talking about regular tasks versus something you are currently doing?
ACTION 5: Use these materials to practive (OPTIONAL)
ACTION 6: Do and Finish the Final Assignment
Instructions:
- List THREE regular tasks you do or someone else does as part of your/their work or school life using the Present Simple
- and explain per regular task what THREE actions are part of that task.
- Example regular task 1: I work on a project in the library every week.
- While I work (1) there I usually drink (2) tea, type on my laptop and talk (3) to my friends who also work there.
- Example regular task 1: I work on a project in the library every week.
- and explain per regular task what THREE actions are part of that task.
- Then, describe THREE hobbies or projects you or someone else are currently engaged in using the Present Continuous (pretend that you or someone else are doing them right now).
- Explain what you/they are doing while you/they are doing those hobbies or projects.
- Example hobby or project 1: She is working on an assignment right now.
- She is typing (1) on her computer and drinking (2) tea. She is also resting (3) her feet on a chair in front of her.
- Example hobby or project 1: She is working on an assignment right now.
- Explain what you/they are doing while you/they are doing those hobbies or projects.
ACTION 7: Show this rubric and your NOTEBOOK with the assignments to your teacher
- Accurate distinction between habitual actions (Present Simple) and ongoing actions (Present Continuous).
- No, correct mistakes ⬜ Yes, mostly ⬜ Yes, always +5GEMs ⬜
- Clarity in describing work tasks and hobbies/projects.
- No, correct mistakes ⬜ Yes, mostly ⬜ Yes, always +5GEMs ⬜
- Appropriate verb tense usage in all sentences.
- No, correct mistakes ⬜ Yes, mostly ⬜ Yes, always +5GEMs ⬜
You get 0GEMs until all categories are Yes, mostly. You can score 0,5 or 15 more GEMs by scoring Yes, always.
Vocabulary for inspiration
- Work
- Project
- Hobby
- Complete
- Study
- Read
- Create
- Play
- Exercise
- Practice