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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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Rules of the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous tenses

Rules of the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous tenses

In this worksheet you will find the main rules of four tenses used in the English language - Present Simple, Present Continuous Past Simple and Past Continuous. You could use this worksheet as a h ...
13 Views 32,954 BegElemPre-IntInt
Various Exercises for Elementary Students

Various Exercises for Elementary Students

In this worksheet you can find 13 short exercises concerning the use of Present simple, prepositions (at, on, in, under, next to, etc.), all kinds of pronouns, articles, etc. This worksheet could ...
12 Views 10,979 Elem
Movie Worksheet: Little Miss Sunshine [Take Home Homework]

Movie Worksheet: Little Miss Sunshine [Take Home Homework]

Students should have some knowledge about question words and the present simple tense before doing this activity. Watch the film and then give this worksheet as take home homework. I do one film ...
5 Views 20,951 IntAdv
Simple Present Sentences

Simple Present Sentences

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Students have a perfect example of present simple sentences in the affirmative, negative and interrogative form. They have to read the sentences and then underline the uses of the present simple ...
6 Views 21,275 BegElemPre-Int
Hobbies and Interests [cards]

Hobbies and Interests [cards]

A set of cards with vocabulary concerning hobbies and interests (including verbs like, love, enjoy, prefer). You can use them in different ways: 1) As a simple exercise: students make sentences co ...
11 Views 33,199 BegElem
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Have Got Has Got: Personal Descriptions

Have Got Has Got: Personal Descriptions

To practice the use of "have got" and "has got" with elementary students after explaining the verb "have got". I used it with my pupils as a test. It contains two exercises, in the first one they ...
15 Views 29,145 BegElem
What Is There On The Table? [There Is/Are & There Was/Were]

What Is There On The Table? [There Is/Are & There Was/Were]

, Present Simple,
Oral activity in which students have to explain what they see in the picture they have in their worksheets. There are two different worksheets, and they will also be expected to ask their partners ...
24 Views 20,421 Elem
Present Simple Through Reading

Present Simple Through Reading

Present Simple,
This is a reading worksheet for teaching the present simple tense at elementary level. Students are asked to read the text, mark the sentences given as true or false, and answer the questions. Th ...
14 Views 22,294 Elem
Present Simple VS Present Continuous Explanation Sheet (For Spanish Students)

Present Simple VS Present Continuous Explanation Sheet (For Spanish Students)

I find that ESL learners often get confused between the present simple and the present continuous. They learn "skateboarding", "swimming", and "playing football" at school, but rarely the infinit ...
6 Views 12,610 BegElem
Famous People Crossword Challenge

Famous People Crossword Challenge

This is a great activity to get students using the simple present and simple past tense (depending on who they have to make 5 clues about). Students are given one of the 10 famous people featured ...
9 Views 22,787 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Present Simple Activities

Present Simple Activities

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Present Simple worksheet designed for beginners. Have your students practice the present simple in affirmative sentences and make questions with 'do' and 'does'. This may be used after a previous ...
8 Views 11,273 All
There is / There are Elementary Worksheet

There is / There are Elementary Worksheet

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This is a very simple worksheet for young learners which is aimed to practise there is/ there are. There are 3 activities in which students are asked to circle the correct word, complete the sent ...
9 Views 15,178 Elem
Beauty Saloon and Fast Food Vocabulary Guide

Beauty Saloon and Fast Food Vocabulary Guide

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The worksheet helps student learn new vocabularies through a simple reading exercise. The vocabularies are highlighted in each reading exercise. This will not only help student remember the vocabu ...
9 Views 10,476 Pre-Int
Present Simple Tense Elementary Worksheet II

Present Simple Tense Elementary Worksheet II

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This is a 3-page worksheet for teaching or revising the present simple. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to circle the correct option, complete the sentences with do, does, don't ...
11 Views 35,083 Elem
Auxiliary Verbs, 3rd Person Singular, Prepositions, Reading Comprehension

Auxiliary Verbs, 3rd Person Singular, Prepositions, Reading Comprehension

This is a practice of three pages. First of all you will find a part where children need to complete the sentences with the right auxiliary verb. Then you will find a part where they need to circl ...
12 Views 23,375 BegElemPre-Int
Verb TO BE, Describing, Prepositions & Simple Present

Verb TO BE, Describing, Prepositions & Simple Present

This is like a general exam that has excersises of verb to be, describing, prepositions and simple present. Also you can downloaded and take the excersises you need. Here you can describe people, ...
8 Views 13,833 BegElemExam
Funny Language

Funny Language

I made this using the text that goes like this "English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet...". I used pictures and dictionary definitions to make comprehension easier f ...
15 Views 9,410 Pre-IntIntAdv
English Town (Information-gap Game)

English Town (Information-gap Game)

With this game, students will work in a group of four to find out where various shops and people are placed on a imaginary town. Divide the class into groups of four students. Give them the blank ...
14 Views 18,685 Pre-IntInt
Jonny's One Day

Jonny's One Day

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Hello again, this worksheet will help you while practicing Present Simple Tense. It includes pictures and time for each picture. You can ask your students questions. For example " What does Jonny ...
3 Views 4,298 ElemPre-Int
Third Person Time Gap Fill

Third Person Time Gap Fill

A great teacher-friendly speaking activity for low levels working on Time/ Questions/ 3rd person singular Simple Present. Teachers can choose the best question formation to suit. Expand by havin ...
18 Views 25,526 Pre-Int
Movie Worksheet: New Girl S01E02 [What Do They Look Like?]

Movie Worksheet: New Girl S01E02 [What Do They Look Like?]

As you can see, I love series! This worksheet is about physical appearance: height, build, hair and eyes... Also the usage of verbs TO BE and TO HAVE to describe people. It is based on NEW GIRL, S ...
7 Views 12,527 ElemPre-IntInt
Present Simple - Find the Mistakes and Practice Questions

Present Simple - Find the Mistakes and Practice Questions

Students have to find mistakes in given sentences and pictures help them understand any unknown words (the words I thought would be unknown are in bold). Then they can practice questions in pairs. ...
12 Views 14,137 Elem
Who Is Who?

Who Is Who?

In this worksheet you find pictures and some short texts. Students read them and match to the pictures. Vocabulary of colours and clothing, Present simple and continuous are practised. As a follow ...
10 Views 9,635 Pre-Int
Verb TO BE [Speaking]

Verb TO BE [Speaking]

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This worskeet is based on the book NEF for beginners. Students practise asking questions about the basic things as name, surname, country, where in the country, what room number they have. It is f ...
5 Views 18,789 BegElem
That's My Village! (+ key)

That's My Village! (+ key)

Present Simple,
There is a text describing a village and three exercises about it. In 1 the students are asked to say if the sentences are True/False and correct the false ones. In 2 they have to tick the buildin ...
13 Views 12,073 ElemPre-Int

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