Sentence racing (time expressions and clauses of concession) Despite versus Although

Reason and result

Divide into three or four teams

When the time expression appears on the screen race to the board to write a sentence using the right tense for that time expression

Tense focus:

Present simple            simple inf

Present continuous     be + -ing

Present Perfect           have + pp

Past simple                 past inf

Basic future forms     simple inf, will + inf, going to + inf, be + -ing

until I die

yet

already

two months ago

all the time

currently

never / before

in a week











right now











lately

once a week

at the moment

soon

tomorrow afternoon

so far

after I leave New Zealand

When I heard 

When I get back home

not until

for my 7th birthday

after a while

all my life

for the time being

Divide into three or four teams

When the conjunction appears on the screen race to the board to write a sentence using it.

Remember

Contrast and concession




Practice clauses of concession and contrast









even though











No matter














Much as



















despite


















even if














whereas












but also












despite the fact that