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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Learners revise introductions, colours, numbers to 10, likes and dislikes. They choose a suitable question: WHO'S THIS? / WHAT'S THIS? and then answer the question, they introduce themselves, they ...
This is a fun way for SS to practice the present simple with how much / how many, some / any and a /an. You can use it as a war-up or as a follow-up/review activity. Alternatively, assign the exer ...
This is good for an intro to the Present Simple forms (+ve, -ve and ?). First, I have the flags of the countries printed individually and pasted on the walls of the classroom so students can get i ...
A worksheet for teaching the present simple tense. There are 3 pages with activities in which students are asked to complete sentences with the present simple of the verbs in brackets, underline ...
There are four photos of different people with some information about them (name, age, country, job, languages, hobbies, abilities etc). The task is to describe their lives using given informatio ...
A board game targeted for elementary level adult learners. Students need to formulate a suitable question (using what, where, when, who, how long and how much) for the answer written on each box ...
Can be used as an introductory task for a class about cinema or before watching a movie. Work in pairs playing out a dialogue between a person who wants to go to the cinema and a cinema clerk. I ...
An overview of the present simple. This provides a brief explanation of when to use the simple present, sample conjugations of some commonly used verbs, and fill in the blank exercises to help st ...
It is a worksheet for beginner or elementary students. It is about programmes on TV and the uses of the present simple tense. There is also an exercise on adverbs of frequency. You can also find a ...
Hi! This is a short test for beginners to revise different items. It is a short text with some comprehension, true or false statements+ justification questions and some grammar related to ...
This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review "there is" and "there are" sentences. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, ...
This worksheet is about cartoon characters. You can use this worksheet to teach simple present and some adjectives with several pictures. There are some exercises that you can use to make students ...
A fill in the blank worksheet with questions and answers to practice the verb "to have" in positive, negative and question forms. The student must fill in have and has, do and don't and does and d ...
It is a reading worksheet consisting of three pages. The aim of the first two questions is to arouse students' interest to the topic and make them aware of what the worksheet could be about. Then, ...
It is a good worksheet which helps students to use their language skills as well as cognitive skills. Firstly, the students fill in the blanks and then find the right people and write down their n ...
It is a nice worksheet which enables students to get familiar with the daily routines verbs; furthermore, it helps students to revise their 'present simple' knowledge. It is an excellent workshee ...
This is an easy exercise to practice the daily routines words. Students should look at the pictures, read the words carefully and then match them. It is excellent for elementary students and begin ...
This is a picture worksheet which enables you to practice words denoting daily routines.Also,it is good for practicing the present simple tense in third person singular.Students should put the ve ...
Snakes and ladders Procedure: Divide the class into groups of four students. Give each group one game board, one die, and four tokens. Position all the students' tokens on the square marked " ...
For this worksheet the teacher must bring some cards to the class and these cards will guide them through the conversation. The teacher puts the cards and makes a circle with the students. E ...
A speaking practice sheet for elementary students. They look at the chart and have to say the sentence properly. If there is a "yes", the sentence is affirmative. If there is a "no", the sentence ...
The worksheet consists of the three people's likes with pictures and three exercises. In exercise 1 the students have to fill in the blanks with the correct affirmative or negative form of like; i ...
I used this worksheet with 10 year-old children and they loved it. You can work the use of can/can't, extensive and intensive listening, and descriptions. The characters, song and the movie are we ...
This worksheet helped me with a group of quiet students, I'm teaching English in Mexico and I have a hard time finding activities like this one so that's why I am sharing this with all of you, I h ...
This is a two page worksheet for teaching the present simple tense and frequency adverbs. Students are asked to complete the text with the correct form of the verbs given and complete sentences w ...
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