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 3-page document where you will find some flash cards related to daily routines ready to be printed out. It is supposed to help your ESL students practice the present simple tense by reco ...
This is a reading worksheet for teaching daily routines, the present simple and question words. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to read the text and then answer the questions given.
This is a reading worksheet about groundhogs. This may be used in a Groundhog Day Lesson as an introduction or if the students do not know what a groundhog is. The worksheet includes vocabulary ...
Color it! Who says that coloring only appeals to kids? Not at all. Believe it or not, big guys in my class enjoyed doing it while trying to master their grammar lesson on adverbs of frequency. ...
Give your students a very interesting and meaningful reason of bringing their own dictionary in class. Try facilitating this non-conventional dictionary drill. It’s so fun and engaging! Th ...
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching has/have got at elementary level. There are 6 different activities in which students are asked to fill in the blank spaces with has or have got, write nega ...
A detailed description of structuralisation and application of the present simple tense for expressing the present time. It contains simple examples accompanied by detailed descriptions; the docum ...
It's a simple revision of present and past - simple and continuous, some adjectives, questions and word order. Of great use before starting with the course book. It can also be used as a sort of p ...
Choose-the-correct-option activity with the lyrics of One Woman, the song released by the UN to commemorate the International Women's Day 2013. It provides practise of basic aspects, basically the ...
Speaking activity full of simple present -
1. fill in the missing question word,
2. guess your partner's answers,
3. ask your partner (use question word + do + you +......?),
4. check your gue ...
Hi guys, this worksheet was great in helping my students practise the Past Simple. It also helped them reflect on the importance of making the best of their youth, pondering on choices they make n ...
This is a reading comphrension about the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. It contains a short texts and several questions to test comphrension. The language level is quite simple, ...
This worksheet has listening comprehension exercises. It could be used for practising types of films or introducing the topic of films. I used this worksheet with pre-intermediate students as a wa ...
This file is a complete review for student (Elementary Level): Verb to be, Present Simple, Present Progressive, Past Simple and Future, with exercises. This review was done for elementary student ...
Listen to the song Billy Jean and fill the gaps. An alltime classic! Enjoy. One activity that can be done before giving out the worksheets is on a piece of paper get the students to write down any ...
The worksheet is a reading comprehension and speaking exercise based on the lyrics. It starts by talking about how people used to keep pictures in places like their wallets or in a locket necklace ...
It's a song for practising Present Simple, including changing sentences into negatives and questions. At first students put given verbs into Present Simple, then listen and check. Later on, they c ...
Dear colleagues, I offer you two variants of this test. It consists of four exercises. Three of them have similar task - students have to put a verb into the right form. 1.Future continuous, 2. Fu ...
This is a worksheet with some sentences to be completed with personal information. Students fill some blank spaces with the words that better cmplete the sentences.
This worksheet is for beginner to low intermediate English Language learners. It has three sections. The first section shows different pronouns we use in boxes and they are asked to show their und ...
This worksheet can be used to teach vocabulary as well as speaking about everyday annoyances. The teacher can begin with a list of contemporary annoyances and elicit how they annoy the students. I ...
This worksheet contains simple and guided activities to introduce the Simple Present tense in affirmative and negative form. It can be used with complete beginners or just for a general revision. ...
This is a board game in which students can practice present simple as well as nationalities or countries, the numbers and other objects that there are in the classroom. You can modify the workshee ...
This worksheet aims at practising understanding and reading skills. You should cut the sentences out and then distribute them to each student. What they do is to put them into the correct order so ...
This is a fun activity to work parts of the body, descriptive adjectives, present simple, time expressions and of course listening. A great moment to do it could be on Valentine's Day but it coul ...
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