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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This worksheet consists of two pairs of pictures for finding differences. Topic is food and clothes. With the help of this worksheet children can practice there is and there are, some/ any/ no. Ch ...
This worksheet consists of two parts: reading and writing. Student's practice body parts vocabulary, verbs, have got/has got, can/cannot, Present Continuous. There are questions after the text. In ...
A very helpful thing to practice food vocabulary, there is/there are (also questions and negatives), some, any, no.
You can use it in different ways: for an individual description, pairwork - for ...
It's a questionnaire. The aim is to practice Present Simple and House vocabulary. Each one from the group gets it. Students are to gather information about their classmates asking them questions a ...
These cards are designed to practice questions and answers in Present Simple. Divide children into pairs. Give one child a card with prompts for questions, another one - for answers. The pair whic ...
This is a nice worksheet with images of a few endangered species with information on how many of them are left on the planet. Your students are supposed to match the numbers to the pictures of the ...
Students write down what they hear (from your dictation). At some points they should provide their own ideas/words, directed by you. In the end, that results in a funny story they enjoy a lot...a ...
This is a worksheet for elementary students to revise vocabulary and structures they should have learned before. It covers 5 areas: listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar and composition. The tex ...
A worksheet containing the past simple, past continuous, to be and present simple. Students have to write down the correct form of the verb and label the pictures. I think it's a great starter to ...
Students can revise some verb tenses and some vocabulary with this song... There are some correct the wrong words exercise (sts listen and correct the words as they listen to them), they check the ...
This is a test for elementary students which contains the following topics: personal information, family, food, possessions and physical description. It could also be adapted and used as practice ...
I've uploaded this sheet before but was not very pleased with the end result. I've changed it a bit and it looks much better now. Simple sheet about the present simple. Students have to
1 )read ...
Practice of pronouns he, she and they, through Q&A using Brazilian as well as foreign famous people. It can be done orally first, and written as homework assignment. Elton John / American. He ...
This worksheet is designed to practice the auxiliary verb "to be" in Present Simple for students of elementary level. May be used in a form of a quiz or as homework.
This contribution contains information about how contractions are formed, and exercises to practice the rules. Aimed at elementary students. There are three exercises on formation, recognition an ...
Do you know how many professions does a mother have? This is an activity to review present Simple tense as well as trades and professions that all mothers may have... Your students fill in the bla ...
It has a revision of adjectives like straight ,curly, little, thin, big, fat, small, etc. Write has got or is.
Example: Mark has got a dog.My dog is brown. Write "a" where's necessary.
It's a st ...
This reading activity is going to help your students to revise the form of the verb to be in present tense. On the other hand you can find present simple tense and you can reinforce the use of fr ...
Describe the people shown in the pictures. Describe different features, hair, eyes, nose, mouth, height, complexion, weight, attractiveness,etc. There is an example given to guide the student. Use ...
This worksheet deals with Simple Present (routines) Good to revise/practise spelling and frequency adverbs and expressions. First students fill in the gaps, then they listen and check and finally ...
I've used this after reading the story of King Arthur. This worksheet includes various activities to do before and after watching "The Sword in the Stone"( matching, gap-filling and answering q ...
This is another option if you want to have a 'fix you' lesson (there's already a very good lesson on this website for this song). This lesson is aimed at the lower spectrum of students compared to ...
This is a review handout for an elementary group of tweens I had. Working with Harry Potter as a theme, it recycles talking about routines (house chores; Simple Present; adverbs of frequency; how ...
It's an interesting way to revise the word order and understanding of questions. You could change the questions depending of the level. The children enjoy answering and pretending they are on a re ...
This worksheet is to be used with Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight". It practices sequence linkers and simple present. It includes a speaking activity and comprehension questions, besides the gra ...
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