Present continuous drill with Very Funny Dogs

Purpose:  students practice the present continuous by watching a video in which dogs perform several actions.
Level: very basic. Students need to know how to form the present continuous and how to use some action verbs  (see list underneath).
Material: provided video + pen and paper to take notes.
Video Option 1:  you can watch it on-line in the blog (see end of blog).
Video Option 2:  download  the video from my site by clicking HERE
Then you can open it and watch it without an Internet connection. The video has MP4 format. Make sure you have a current version of  your video reader (RealPlayer, Windows Media, VLC,...) installed in your computer. 
Procedure:  tell the students they are going to see some dogs in action. They need to take notes of the actions and after that, in pairs or teams, create as many true sentences in present continuous as they can. The team/pair with more correct sentences is the winner.
Actions:  you may want to copy,  paste and print the list of actions underneath. Some students will know some of the basic verbs, higher achievers will know more verbs. This task caters for  students in a multi-level classroom :

The dog is /dogs are:

Dancing against a window

Skating on the skate board

Falling into the pool

Smiling

Running after a frisbee

Wearing glasses on its behind/rear

Driving a pick-up truck /lorry

Leaning against a wall

Falling from a couch

Eating a bone

Running after a Scalextric car

Posing for a picture (with a cat)

Looking at the camera after being naughty/breaking a flower pot

Belly dancing

Imitating a roadsign

Looking like its/their owners

Skipping

Rolling up against a sofa

Falling asleep/looking groggy

Biting a tree branch and hanging from it

raising its ears

Dressed as an alien

Falling from a sofa head first

Looking out of a window

Being caressed  

Getting dirty with sand

Playing with a toy/a ring

Playing with a baby cat (the cat is biting its ear )

Carrying a dumbbell

Posing for a picture

Laying with a cat

Sitting in a truck, wearing sunglasses, and fixing the rearview mirror with its paw

Picking up its mess (faeces) with a dustpan and broom

Smiling

Flying  around a maypole

Running in circles

wearing glasses while reading a book

Happily looking at the camera

Standing/dancing

THE VIDEO