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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This is a card game in which pupils speak English, try to get as many identical pairs as they can, try to win and have fun. Meanwhile they practice asking questions and giving short answers. I mad ...
With this song you can reinforce personal pronouns and present simple auxiliaries. First discuss with them some warming up questions related to family, then introduce some verbs, listen to the so ...
This is a sort of summary of grammar and changes in spelling for the third person singular verb forms in the present tense. It has been designed for teenage students who suffer from dyslexia since ...
It's a sentence auction where students bid on correct sentences and try to trick others into buying incorrect sentences. It's a fun and extremely competitive way to review. And it works great if y ...
This exercise is for ESL beginners. Starting from a comic strip about Valentine's Day, the students must write a short narrative in the present simple tense. You might want to first go over the ...
Starting from a dialogue relating the story of Romulus and Remus, your students will be asked to write a simple narrative in the present tenses, based on pictures. This ESL activity was done in re ...
I usually use this worksheet for beginner or elementary EFL students. Target language is vocabulary related to rooms, houses and furniture. Normally the 1st activity is to scan how many rooms ther ...
Starting from the legend of Romulus and Remus, this exercise allows students to revise the use of subject and object pronouns. It offers a drama activity first and then goes back to grammar with t ...
This summary worksheet is great after watching the film as a pair work activity. Students can practice reading, listening and writing skills with the words and phrases taken from the film, so it' ...
It is an activity sheet about the basic daily routines of people. Famous cartoon characters the Simpsons have been used. It also includes telling the time. Daily routines are revised through a fil ...
Practice personal and object pronouns. It involves simple present, ideal for beginner adults. The song is slow, so you can practice pronunciation, listening and discussing the meaning&n ...
This test revises the present simple tense - affirmative, negative, questions, short answers, using prepositions of time - on, at, and it also deals with time telling. There is a reading and writi ...
This is a presentation I made for my primary school students who start studying the present simple tense. It includes some of the basic rules and practice exercises. Children have to work with the ...
It can be used to give personal information and it can be used to participate in class to ask or give personal information using wh-questions about first name, last name, address, age, nationalit ...
I play "Go Fish" using vocabulary cards I make by inserting clip art into the template for 2" by 4" labels and mounting them on index cards. Before playing the game in my adult beginning level cl ...
Students read a summary of Nicholas Sparks' book, "The Notebook" and must check the verb tense. The summary is meant to be written in present simple, but some verbs are in a different tense ...
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I've created this exercise to practise 'have/has got' together with the vocabulary of animals. It is an easy exercise which can be used in various forms, such as for groups or for individual stude ...
A starter level worsheet for practicing the phrase "this is" and the opposites "big and small" in positive and negative sentences. It can be mostly used for reading. It has illustrations and short ...
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