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.
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Reading comprehension test about a champion and focusing on simple present, this test may suit beginners. It includes a description of a famous sportsman and several activities dealing with compre ...
Another worksheet about daily routines where beginners will make use of the simple present tense, to be, to have, and some action verbs. The paper contains an easy text with various activities tes ...
This pictionary consists of 25 pictures with daily activities with the names under the pictures. The activities are different from a previous ws (Daily routines poster). It is useful to practise ...
Reading activtiy about what students do before, at and after school. They cut and glue the pictures to complete the text about a student' s day. Finally, they read the text again ans answer questi ...
It is a simple worksheet to work simple present tense writing about personal facts. You can find different types of activities to practise the verbal tense. Moreover, you will find a reading compr ...
The worksheet consists of 3 tasks: filling in the gaps, correcting the mistakes in lyrics and putting the lines in correct order. I would also recommend translating the lyrics with the students in ...
It is a short review of The Prince and the Showgirl. The leading actors- Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier. This worksheet can be used before or after watching the film or some of its part. On ...
This worksheet is an exam or quiz about different tenses such as to be (present and past), simple present and past, present progressive, going to and will; It has different kinds of exercises wher ...
This is a simple worksheet for revising the present simple (interrogative form). Recommended for elementary students who are asked to look at the affirmative sentences and put them in the negativ ...
This worksheet contains a gap fill exercise with forms of the verb 'to be' in the present tense. It requires very basic knowledge (affirmative forms only) and is adequate for younger learners (ele ...
This is a very simple worksheet for revising the present simple tense. There are four different and easy activities in which students are asked to complete the sentences with the correct form of ...
This is Present simple grammar worksheet, that helps you to find out the gaps in your student´s knowledge. The task is to correct the mistakes in interrogative, negative and declarative sen ...
This worksheet consists of 4 exercises to revise the present simple.
1) put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
2) put the pictures in the correct order according to the story and write t ...
The worksheet contains the lyrics of the song" Here I am by Bryan Adams. These lyrics are used to teach tenses, contractions and auditory and visual perception skills. The song can be used during ...
You can use this worksheet to explain the verb To Be in singular, complete sentences and give personal information with am and is. This worksheet some information about how affirmative and negativ ...
A worksheet that can be used both for practising the present simple - affirmative, negative and questions + adverbs of frequency and for communication - information gap. It can be done in pairs or ...
It's a worksheet based on a trailer of "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs" movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ceXQaPQD6k). You can work food vocabulary and Simple Present questions and short a ...
This is a reading comprehension paper for beginner and elementary levels. Students read then write about daily routines. The grammar focus is on simple present and adverbs of frequency with both f ...
These simple and slightly monotonous exercises help beginner students to practice positive, negative and interrogative forms of construction "there is / are". However boring it might be, this type ...
This is a worksheet for revising daily activities related vocabulary. Students are asked to study the words / expressions given and then find then in the word search. The answer key is included.
The worksheet consists of 4 different exercises to practise the present simple tense. 1: affirmative form; 2. negative form; 3: interrogative form and short answers; 4: correct the mistakes in the ...
Teacher reviews adverbs and their meanings. Then teacher asks students the questions in the middle column and guide students to answer them using the adverbs of the list (on the left and right). T ...
PRACTICE PRESENT SIMPLE AND PHRASAL VERBS . ENJOY IT! Everybody loves to listen to songs. Many of the songs we listen to are in English. When we listen to them and we don’t know English, we ...
Thanks to the attached handout, you will be albe to use 'have got' in practice. It includes structures (affirmative, negative and interrogative forms) so that you can learn it more quickly and eas ...
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