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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 784 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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Revision: Question, Negation and Pronouns
Revision: Question, Negation and Pronouns
Revision or short test about constructing questions and negations in Present Simple. Very easy sentences. Then pupils are required to fill in the correct pronoun (personal, possessive, demonstrati ...
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Complete Beginner Elementary
Ad Mad Game
Ad Mad Game
Ad Mad Worksheet - Identify the Tense used in these popular Taglines and write your answers in the space provided. To learn English Grammar visit Magic Pathshala English Resources. For follow up ...
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Movie Worksheet: Monsters Inc Trailer
Movie Worksheet: Monsters Inc Trailer
Worksheet about physical description for total beginners based on the trailer of Monsters inc. Teacher should elicit what students know of the movie, get them to tell the plot. Teacher then reads ...
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Complete Beginner Elementary
Days of the Week with a Fat Cat
Days of the Week with a Fat Cat
This PowerPoint presentation contains a funny poem which helps students remember names of the days of the week. The key words are hidden and appear when clicked. It may be used for practicing both ...
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Complete Beginner Elementary
Question Words
Question Words
This PowerPoint presentation contains several short poems based on special questions. They are easy to remember and focus on different question words. Some of them may be familiar to you while the ...
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Complete Beginner Elementary
Present Simple Questions
Present Simple Questions
This worksheet contains different types of exercises to help students with general and special questions in Present Simple Tense. Exercises are graded by difficulty level starting from the easiest ...
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Complete Beginner Elementary
Basic Grammar and Vocabulary Drilling
Basic Grammar and Vocabulary Drilling
This animated Power Point presentation may prove a good grammar and vocabulary drilling for starters. It focuses on the Present Simple forms of the verbs ‘to be’, ‘can’ and ...
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Complete Beginner
Song Worksheet: Run to You by Roxette
Song Worksheet: Run to You by Roxette
This is a song by the Swedish group Roxette, and  teachers can use it to  work with the verb to be and subject pronouns. I usually use this song after the grammar explanation or as a tes ...
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Complete Beginner
Basic Test: Face Parts and Verb to Be
Basic Test: Face Parts and Verb to Be
This is a basic test on face's parts and two more excercises on verb to be. Can be use as a warm up. Kids could used the face image to write the part indicated by the arrow and name as for example ...
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Complete Beginner Elementary
Likes and Dislikes
Likes and Dislikes
This is a speaking worksheet. It was created to practise Present Simple form of the verb "like". The senteces are created in positive and negative forms. It is very easy. It can be used to practis ...
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Complete Beginner
Amy's Daily Routine
Amy's Daily Routine
The following is a speaking activity to be done in pairs in order to study or review Simple Present Tense and more specifically the grammar rules for the third person singular. Each one of the stu ...
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Elementary Pre-Intermediate
Song Worksheet : When Will My Life Begin?
Song Worksheet : When Will My Life Begin?
Practise daily activities and household chores through the song "When will my life begin?" by Mandy Moore. You'll find the video from the movie Tangled on youtube. Students may enjoy this song by ...
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Elementary
Movie Worksheet: Tangled (Daily Routines and Household Chores) 1
Movie Worksheet: Tangled (Daily Routines and Household Chores) 1
These are the before and after watching the clip from the movie Tangled. You can review activities through a simple TPR game such as Simon says. Then, students work labeling pictures, watch the mo ...
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Elementary
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