I sometimes use personality tests in my classes. They can be easily found in the Internet, and students usually like them.

There’s a very short test about priorities that you can use when explaining the “presente continuo”. You can find the test in English here:

http://www.personalityquiz.net/relational/prioritytest.htm

And in Spanish here:

http://elavispo.blogspot.com/2007/02/test-nro-1-prioridades-en-la-vida.html

I use the presente continuo to explain the situation described in the text:

Estás en una habitación y el teléfono está sonando. Además, alguien está llamando a la puerta. Está lloviendo y tienes ropa tendida. Tu hermano pequeño está en una cuna y está llorando. Por último, el grifo está abierto y el agua está saliendo de la pila. ¿Qué harías primero?

Students then need to explain what they’d do first, second, third, forth and last. Once they have explained their answers, individually or in groups, give them the results:

ACTION                     PRIORITY

Attend the phone             Career and job
See who is at the door       Friends and relatives
Pick up the clothes           Love (originally sex, but inappropriate in most classes, I suppose)
Attend the baby             Family
Switch the tap off             Wealth

It is of course a silly test, but it’s definitely an original activity, good to break the routine of our classes.