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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Wonderful Tonight is a very simple song to revise present simple. Besides, students can learn new vocabulary. The first activity is related to vocabulary (students may not know some of the words i ...
Each student gets a copy. Fold the paper down the middle and select student 1 and student 2. Student one starts by selecting A or B, then student 2 reacts with the appropriate response. They al ...
A nice worksheet based on this funny scene from The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon proposes a friendship algorithm to make new friends. You may use it to discuss friendship related topics. It also has a ...
This is a worksheet children will love to do since it has pictures about school objects, which will help them remember the vocabulary more easily, and a picture of Bart Simpson which has all his i ...
An easy text about Nessie, the mysterious Loch Ness monster. Is she real? Check it out with your students and encourage them to know more about another English-speaking countries' legends. The act ...
This is a worksheet I prepared to my teens students who were studying simple present and daily routines, adverbs of frequency and free time activities. Nice one to practice grammar, they have to w ...
This is a worksheet for revising the present simple tense. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to fill in the blanks with the affirmative, negative or interrogative form of the verb ...
This activity contains a board game for beginner students to learn and practice, in a funny way, the short form of the verb to be. It can also be used to practice personal pronouns. It can take ar ...
It is a board game where your students can practice how to use verb to be in present simple. It is fun and useful. Students can play in groups or pairs. Roll the dice, start from the start point a ...
This is a very low level script based exercise. Every student gets a copy. The teacher folds the paper in half along the y axis. Then hands one to student 1 and one to student 2. Student 1 read ...
This worksheet is focused on practising present simple and daily routines. First, the children are supposed to write the activity according to the picture and complete the question. Then they ans ...
Present Simple worksheet. Demonstrative adjectives indicate exactly which noun the speaker means and where it is (or they are) relative to the position of the speaker. If the noun in question is n ...
Famous people sheet to motivate students to describe who the people are using He/She in simple present. Who are they, where do they live, what do they do, why are they famous, etc Perfect for basi ...
This is a great worksheet for elementary or pre intermediate learners. Learners can identify and discuss what they like and what they don't like. This can be used to teach present simple lessons. ...
There are four different reading texts which include some basic grammar patterns such as can-cant, have got-has got, likes and dislikes. Matching activity and general questions should be done acco ...
You can use this handout to teach some daily activities and the use of simple present tense. First have a short question and answer activity such as "what do you do at 5?", after that ask th ...
It's a set of flashcards that can be used for various purposes, but specially for playing the "Guess What I Am" Game. This game is very popular, and by using these flashcards you can adapt the gam ...
This worksheet is a good review for beginners for conjugating the verb To Be in the simple present tense. It contains a simple chart of conjugations and contractions, then provides simple fill in ...
This is an easy activity for A1 students. It has a fill in exercise that students do choosing words from the box, then they match the pictures with the sentences and finally they complete the cros ...
This is a worksheet for elementary students on present simple tense. There is a simple explanation at the top of the page followed by 4 different and easy activities to go with it.
It is a power point presentation for beginner level students aged 10-12 to illustrate a typical day's routine. To make it interesting, some of the activities and words are illustrated with pictur ...
This worksheet is good for training the days of the week. My kids love Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, so they did this exercise with pleasure. It requires some initial knowledge of the days of ...
A helpful handout - as visual prompts to recall action verbs in daliy routines. It can be used as guess the verb first and, then, as matching exercise in pairs. As follow up, students write part o ...
Students cut out the animals and stick the pictures to the right place on the map. It is an exercise for revising the topic. They colour the continents and write the names. Students use Present si ...
In this exercise students have to read each sentence and put a tick beside if it´s ok. If the sentence is wrong they have to rewrite it correctly. This kind of exercise is useful when they l ...
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