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 song is almost new and I think it's good to practise present simple with teens. This worksheet includes pre-listening activities, while-listening activities and post-listening activities.
This is a selection of fun activities that you can do after watching Life of Pi. I've used this with 5th and 6th graders with great success. They can put themselves in Pi's shoes, they can cut a ...
To use the present simple. It's a worksheet where they have to use the correct form of the verbs and write correct sentences about someone's daily routine. It has pictures, verbs and they ha ...
The exercise is made for a beginner spanish speaking student It is for drilling and practicing simple present tense. 35 questions in total:20 conjugating present tense verbs,15 looking for conjug ...
It was created in order to encourage young students to write a composition about their grandparents, with five simple questions as a guide. It may also reinforce the use of, he-she, his-her, can, ...
A simple play for Primary school children between nine and eleven years old. The play is for seven to nine characters and is mainly in the present simple, though there are some uses of the future. ...
A good worksheet to practice speaking and weekend/ free time / leisure time vocabulary . I have used this with Elementary, Pre-Int and Int, and it can be adjusted according to the level. I l ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Worksheet to practice verb to be, countries and nationalities. Speaking and writing practice. After having introduced countries and nationalities, students will work in groups, they will ask every ...
This text is a comprehension text of present simple and past simple. There are spelling and grammar mistakes and students have to find and correct the sentenses. I have done it for my students who ...
This worksheet is created to work on present simple and the adverbs of frequency, and at the same time to learn about the everyday activities of a tennis player. Students must put the verbs ...
This "worksheet" is a power point presentation dealing with the forms and use of the present simple tense - it's affirmative, negative, question, wh-question and short answer form. The examples ar ...
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