Present Continuous Digital Escape Room – Planet Zeta

Make practicing present continuous verbs a space adventure! Mission to Planet Zeta is an interactive digital grammar mystery for Grades 2–4. Students join Pip and his friend Nova at a colorful space station, fix mixed-up action sentences, collect clues, and help a supply shuttle dock safely.

Across seven interactive challenges, students use am, is, and are with verbs ending in -ing to describe actions happening now. They practice affirmative statements, negatives, and questions, alongside spelling changes such as make → making and run → running. The present continuous, also called the present progressive, becomes part of a story with a clear purpose.

Students explore the Training Room, Robot Workshop, Gravity Room, Space Garden, Star Room, and Control Room before the final Shuttle Dock activity. Activities include sorting sentences by am, is, and are; typing missing action words; choosing answers along a route; putting words in order; reading short passages; decoding clues; and searching an illustrated scene. Collected clues lead to a final code challenge.

Three optional printable present continuous worksheets with an answer key provide extra practice. Students sort base verbs and -ing forms, complete and correct sentences, read about Pip and Nova, and write sentences using verbs from the mission.

Teachers activate the mission using the activation code supplied with their purchase and verify their teacher email. From the teacher dashboard, they generate a classroom code, monitor student progress, access resources, and choose an optional time limit. Students join with a classroom code and a nickname or team name; no student email account is required. Allow about 35 minutes, depending on reading level and pace.

Use a desktop computer, laptop, Chromebook, or tablet in landscape with an internet connection. Teachers can also lead a shared activity on a smartboard or interactive whiteboard connected to a compatible computer. Gameplay is not designed for phones. Suggested grades are a starting point: suitability varies with reading ability, language level, and individual learning needs, including ESL and special education settings.

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