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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A short reading, and some activities to practice present simple. Also, a good way to introduce jobs, and review names of farm animals. It can be used as an introduction of different jobs, and also ...
Present Simple worksheet talking about favorite day routines (some adverbs of frequency are used in the text) Part 1 of the worksheet: a reading comprehension exercise Part 2 of the worksheet: the ...
This worksheet is about there is and there are. Reading comprehesion. Vocabulary about the house. In this worksheet students describe the house in order to use the vocabulary about the house, th ...
This is a fully animated PowerPoint presentation for teaching or revising the differences between have and has at elementary level. Students are asked to fill in the blank spaces by choosing the ...
This is a simple worksheet that will help you students to comprehend the use of Simple present tense in the third person singular. It uses inductive grammar to explain this topic in a clear, simpl ...
I used this to work reading comprehension in a basic young adult class, using only present simple. Very simple exercise that involves the students reading a text about a person and filling out a p ...
A beautiful song to practice tag questions for Intermediate students. The worksheet has blank spaces to fill in. It may also be useful for simple preent and the so called "imperative" structure; y ...
Students have to ask questions in the Present Simple Tense using the prompts in the cards. Teachers who are not from Brazil may change some words in the cards. E.g. Jundiai, Campinas. This activit ...
A power point presentation with pictures to teach occupations, the use of a/an, verb to be in the present tense (afirmative, negative and interrogative forms). The pictures illustrate the occupati ...
This practical worksheet is about K-Pax movie. First at all, you MUST watch the film with your students. Target areas: vocabulary, multiple choice questions and writing. The worksheet is for ...
This worksheet can be used to review Simple Present tense and Prepositions In, On and At. Students must check if the sentences are correct or not, and must also correct the wrong sentences changin ...
Very simple to use, a students asks another student a number and a letter. Numbers are the pronouns I, you, he, she etc, and the letters are adjectives, such as happy, cold etc.. The other student ...
This is a speaking activity where students will practice the adverbs of frequency, specially always, usually, sometimes, never, once, twice… Students will work in pairs and they will ask qu ...
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching or revising the verb to be at elementary level. The first page is basically just a grammar guide with clear explanations and example sentences and the seco ...
Pair work speaking activity: Students A and B have different pictures. First, teacher elicits the needed vocabulary with the whole group. Secondly, students work on the questions individually, w ...
Handout of summarized notes on spelling and pronunciation. It is focused on 3rd person singular -s, -ing ending in present continuous, and -ed in past simple. It helps foreign learners to realize ...
This is a role-play game for intermediate and advanced students. They have to work in pairs, one student will be a famous person and the other one will be the interviewer. Students will practice t ...
This is a test I made for my 8-years-old student. It consists of four excercises: tick the correct name for the animal, guess the animal's name, choose the correct word for the question (who-what- ...
It will help students to learn how to form present, past and future simple tenses. The formation is given in small tables and there are short examples on how to use them under each table. It will ...
Target: young learners. Level: Beginners. Aim: to practice present simple negatives and use don't and doesn't correctly. There are 10 sentences written in Present Simple tense. All of them are pos ...
Worksheet with different excercises to practice simple present tense, simple past, present progressive (ing) and simple future. It could be a good activity to assess students at the beginning of t ...
Analysis worksheet that helps students develop social skills as well as reading and writing. It is a good activity to practice descriptions, comparing and contrasting and make connections. It coul ...
This warmer worked well for new group of students as it got them up and walking around. Stick pictures of people around the room such as a man driving, a girl reading, sleeping, working, drinking, ...
A ppt file that can be used to work with should/shouldn't, includes some exercises at the end and it starts in a very easy way: the teacher must talk or comment about some common accidents and mak ...
This handout is meant to be used as a reminder for the students. The teacher needs to give full explanation and hand it only as a way to remember/reinforce the use of "do, does, did, will and woul ...
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