Ahh, the present simple verb tense. For the first time, your level-one students are stepping out of the world of basic vocabulary, and into the much wider world of English grammar. It’s an exciting stage in any class - and it’s also one of the most important stages to get right. After all, your students’ grasp of simple present tense singulars and plurals is the foundation on which they’ll build their understanding of English grammar in general. That means it’s crucial to give them views of this tense from all angles, using every kind of activity and exercise at your disposal.
Different teachers use different tactics to get their students familiar with the present simple tense. Some start with worksheets, then work their way up to listening and speaking exercises. Others kick things off with some board work, then ask their students to try to use the present simple tense in a sentence. Still others like to keep things relaxed with games - and you probably want to use at least some of all these approaches. All that’s left is to find a variety of teaching resources focused on the present simple tense.
You’ve come to the right place. BusyTeacher.org’s 1,400 present simple verb tense worksheets will make sure you never run out of new and interesting ways to help your students practice the present simple tense. Whether you’re looking for simple fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice exercises, listening and writing examples, role playing activities, or flash cards and board games, BusyTeacher.org has all the resources you need.
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It's a song activity which deals with simple present and listening skills. Students need to listen to the song and complete with the verbs in simple present, they also need to order the lines and ...
A one-slide power point presentation that includes simple vocabulary related to classroom furniture/objects and places in town. My students used it to produce orally sentences using there is / are ...
In this worksheet your students will find 6 sentences impossible to understand since the words are in the wrong order. First, they will have to order the words to form sentences. The sentences are ...
This worksheet is aimed at Croatian pupils and their EFL teachers to help them save their time. I find that recommended tests to go with Project are very demanding for my pupils, and I always wast ...
This worksheet is about distinguishing present simple, present continuous, simple past, and going to. It provides students with examples to analyse and to complete with the correct form of the ver ...
This worksheet is a simple but useful interview that can be used to review simple present. Sts have to use the clues to make complete and correct sentences using the structure. They can work in pa ...
This is a writing task about a family's eating habits. It is divided into 4 short paragraphs which analyse what the family eats during the day. It mainly practises present simple, its time express ...
The transition from present simple to past simple is made easier in a way that children can relate to. Using simple, everyday activities in a child-friendly format, this worksheet is suitable for ...
This one works well with pre-intermediate students. Students must listen to the music and put the strips in the right order. Let them listen to the music first, then give a set of strips to the gr ...
Students are given a card with the name of a country and a hobby. These cards are on the second page of the worksheet and can be laminated or just printed and cut on cardboard. They ask and answer ...
This worksheet can be used for teaching the topic “Housework and Household Chores”. In Exercise 1 students are asked to match 16 household chores with the pictures. In Exercise 2 they ...
This document asks students to write sentences using wh-questions with the simple present tense in order to clarify the usage of the third person singular. The document can be used as a test to ch ...
Simple board game to practice elementary wh-questions such as "What's your name? How old are you? Where are you from" and yes/no questions with 'be'. The students are supposed to put the sentence ...
Exercise based on Demi Lovato's song (Heart by heart) in order to practice present simple. In the first exercise the student should complete the gaps with the correct form of the verb in parenthes ...
Practice asking questions with your students. In this worksheet there is an information about four people. Working in pairs your students will practice asking and answering questions. Can be used ...
This worksheet is a revision of tenses: present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple and future. There are 2 exercises: The first one is to put the verbs in the correct column ...
I divide activities around this worksheet into three parts: 1) First we watch the food chant. Ss write down sentences about the food they like/don't like. 2) Ss look at the picture with ...
This is a drill exercise of present simple you can offer to your pupils. I included a key as well so the pupils can bear the responsibility of correcting the exercise and ask questions concerning ...
The test is for the 4th graders. It contains basic questions using structures such as can/have/do and wh-questions. The grammar areas are: possesive 's, adjectives describing people, present ...
It is a simple listening activity where students have to fill in the song gaps using words there´s and there is. It can be used to teach the pronunciation difference between there is ...
The test includes present simple, present continuous and past simple of regular and irregular verbs. It allows a teacher to learn ss' level of knowledge of the mentioned topics.
First, students read a text about a best friend: what he does and what he doesn't do. Then they classify the underlined verbs in simple present as affirmative or negative and translate their infin ...
This worksheet is about Irish Leprechauns. There are three activities, the first one is a filling-gap exercise, pupils have to look at the small images and write the missing words, then they can r ...
This PPT is about free time activities and hobbies. Students have to look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the correct verb (the options are given). They can practice present simple ...
This worksheet is for low level adult students to practise talking about their free time activities and when they do them. Additionally, mingling to find the students to whom the sentences belong ...
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