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This is the first tense students learn so while previous lessons most likely focused on vocabulary, lessons on the present simple will emphasize basic sentence structures and verbs. This is a very exciting point in ESL coursework because students will be able to convey information and converse with one another through the use of sentences. Since it is a popular topic, there are 472 worksheets and activities included in this section as well as several related articles and warmers. All of these wonderful resources can help you prepare for teaching this topic in your classroom. On this page is a popular worksheet called “Susan’s Daily Routine” which you might consider using in elementary classes. It consists of a short story and then six practice activities that focus on the present simple, prepositions of time, and comprehension. If you feel that words such as eats and drinks should be included in the worksheet, just go ahead and replace phrases with these vocabulary words. The whole worksheet is easy to edit. If this is not appropriate for your English language learners, take a look at some of the other available worksheets. You are sure to find something.
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GRAMMAR TIP: What Is Present Simple?
The simple present or present simple is one of the present tenses used in modern English, the others being Present continuous (English) and the emphatic present. The simple present is mainly used to express habitual actions, such as he walks to school. The simple present is often employed in newspaper headlines, conditional sentences, when a planned event is described along with a time in the future, in suggestions beginning with Why don't you...?, and with certain verbs. It can also be used when making a citation. When asking a question, the simple present often uses the emphatic present, which employs the auxiliary to do. The exception is when the question word is the subject of the sentence.
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Guess The Animal Game Guess The Animal GameThis worksheet helped me with a group of quiet students, I'm teaching English in Mexico and I have a hard time finding activities like this one so that's why I am sharing this with all of you, I h ...
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What Do You Do Every Day? What Do You Do Every Day?This is a two page worksheet for teaching the present simple tense and frequency adverbs.Students are asked to complete the text with the correct form of the verbs given and complete sentences wit ...
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Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Simple Present With Smurfs Simple Present With SmurfsI tried this worksheet for 9th classes to make them speak and write, and they really enjoyed it. Before the worksheet, I presented a ppt about the words they would see in worksheet. In this worksh ...
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Elementary
 
Simple Present Tense Review Worksheet Simple Present Tense Review WorksheetMy worksheet shows the routine of a family. I provide students with a chart with verbs and they have to complete the sentences with one of the verbs.The exercise is easy but it shows two difficult ...
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Pre-Intermediate
 
Present Simple Practice Present Simple PracticeThis worksheet consists of some sentences fro the students to complete by using the present simple of the verbs in brackets in the affirmative, negative and interrogative form. The key to the sent ...
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Elementary
 
Present Simple Worksheet Present Simple WorksheetExercises on Present Simple that can be used with the group of Beginners or Elementary level. It can be used as a revision or as a control test. In this worksheet you can find tasks on the word or ...
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Complete Beginner Elementary
 
Worksheet on the Present Simple Worksheet on the Present SimpleThis worksheet is usually done after the introduction to the present simple and before the achievement test. The students do the exercises without any kind of help and then they themselves correct ...
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Pre-Intermediate
 
TO BE & A/AN Worksheet TO BE & A/AN WorksheetYou can use it to practice all the forms of TO BE and a/an. There are pictures to illustrate the meaning of the sentences. There is an example to illustrate exactly what should be done. I use this ...
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Elementary
 
Mixed Verb Tenses and Vocabulary: Elementary Worksheet Mixed Verb Tenses and Vocabulary: Elementary WorksheetIt's a worksheet that I prepared for my A1 level preparatory school students. I used it during my revision week before the final exam. There are mixed verb tense and target vocabulary exercises in ...
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Elementary
 
How Often Do You...? Speaking Cards How Often Do You...? Speaking CardsThis is a set of cards for teaching or revising the structure ´How often do you...?, frequency adverbs and household chores related vocabulary.Students take it in turns to pick up a card t ...
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Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Verb To Be Interrogative Form Worksheet Verb To Be Interrogative Form WorksheetThis is a 2-page worksheet for elementary students on verb to be interrogative form.There is a brief explanation followed by 4 different activities to go with it.The worksheet is available in both ...
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