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Simple Present – Free Exercise

Type in the verbs in the correct Simple Present form.

• Anne (work)     in a language school. 3rd person singular → add s
• She (be)     a teacher. be is an irregular verb|3rd person singular → is
• She (teach)     English. 3rd person singular, verb ends with ch → add es
• Her students (come)     from all over the world. 3rd person plural → the verb remains in the basic form
• Anne usually (go)     to school by bus. 3rd person singular, verb ends with o → add es
• On the bus she (have)     time to correct a few tests. have , 3rd person singular → has

Complete the sentences with the negation.

• The children (be/not)     tired. be , 3rd person plural → are |negation for be is constructed without a helping verb
• Carol (have/not)     any brothers or sisters. 3rd person singular| have is either used with got (has not got) or with the helping verb do (does not have)
• I (drink/not)     milk. normal full verb, 1st person singular → negation with do
• She (like/not)     maths. normal full verb, 3rd person singular → negation with does |the full verb remains in the basic form
• I (be/not)     from England. be , 1st person singular → am|negation for be is constructed without a helping verb

Construct questions.

• (have/you/a dog)     Questions with have can be formed with got (Have you got …?) or with the helping verb do (Do you have …?) .
• (speak/they/English)     normal full verb → question with helping verb do
• (be/I/right)     be , 1st person singular → am|Questions with be are formed without a helping verb.
• (play/he/tennis)     normal full verb, 3rd person singular → question with does
• (be/you/on holiday)     be , 2nd person singular/plural → are|Questions with be are formed without a helping verb.

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• Simple Present Sentences 1. She (plays) (play) baseball on Saturday. 2. We (live) (live) in an apartment. 3. The boys (eat) (eat) breakfast at 7 am. 4. He (has) (have) two brothers. 5. My mother (likes) (like) romantic movies. 6. Pedro (makes) (make) dinner every day. 7. Cynthia and Ramon (work) (work) on Monday. 8. I (go) (go) to school at 8 am. 9. The computer (is) (be) broken. 10. My brother and I (watch) (watch) TV at night. 11. Susana (tries) (try) to learn new things every day. 12. My father (runs) (run) on Saturday morning. 13. I (have) (have) three brothers. 14. Adriana (thinks) (think) pizza is delicious. 15. The girls (want) (want) more pasta. 16. She (gives) (give) money to charity. 17. The computer (works) (work) without a cable. 18. The Toronto zoo (opens) (open) on Saturday. 19. The teacher (helps) (help) the students after class. 20. Everyone (needs) (need) a pen. Negatives 21. I (do not want, don't want) (no, want) juice. 22. Sheila (is not, isn't) (no, be) happy. 23. Daniel (does not write, doesn't write) (no, write) on his tablet. 24. The girls (are not, aren't) (no, be) hungry. 25. My dog (does not sleep, doesn't sleep) (no, sleep) in the house. 26. Veronica (is not, isn't) (no, be) a nurse. 27. Paris (is not, isn't) (no, be) in Africa. 28. My teacher (does not give, doesn't give) (no, give) us homework. 29. The store (does not open, doesn't open) (no, open) on Sunday. 30. Pete (does not like, doesn't like) (no, like) sushi. Questions Fill in the blanks with the correct question words. Your options are do, does, am, is, and are. 31. (Do) you like pizza? 32. (Are) they ready? 33. (Does) your father work on the weekend? 34. (Is) my book in the class? 35. (Are) you a doctor? 36. (Do) they need more coffee? 37. (Are) your parents at home now? 38. (Is) the cat in the kitchen? 39. (Am) I in this class? 40. (Does) she need to bring a book? The Verb to Be Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb to be. Your options are am, is, and are. 41. I (am) a teacher. 42. She (is) my sister's friend. 43. My children (are) at school now. 44. The dogs (are) 3 years old. 45. The men in my office (are) older than me. 46. Everyone (is) in the kitchen. 47. The people (are) in the street. 48. My brothers (are) both engineers. 49. Chris (is) very tall. 50. Dan and Meghan (are) friends.

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The Present Simple Tense

Perfect english grammar.

Also called the simple present tense

Download this explanation in PDF here. We need to use the Present Simple a lot in English, so it's really important to understand it well. Many students have problems with the form (or how to make it).

• If you'd prefer to learn about how to USE the Present Simple jump to this page.
• Or, click here for all the practice exercises about this tense.

Simple present tense with 'be'

Here's the positive form (positive means a normal sentence, not a negative or a question. This is sometimes called 'affirmative')

Click here to practise making the positive with 'be' . Next, here's the negative . It's very easy. You only add 'not' .

Click here to practise making the negative with 'be' . And finally let's talk about the question form of the present simple with 'be' .

Firstly, here's the 'yes / no' question form:

Click here to practise making yes / no questions with 'be' .

If you'd like to make a 'wh' question , you just put the question word at the front:

Click here to practise making 'wh' questions with 'be' .

Click here to practise making positive, negative and question forms with 'be' (exercise 1) Click here to practise making positive, negative and question forms with 'be' (exercise 2)

Present simple tense with other verbs

The positive is really easy. It's just the verb with an extra 's' if the subject is 'he', 'she', or 'it'. Let's take the verb 'play' as an example:

• Don't forget the 's' ! Even really advanced students do this!
• For a few verbs, there is a spelling change before the 's' . For example, 'study' becomes 'studies' . Click here for a list of these verbs
• 'have' becomes 'has'
• 'do' becomes 'does'
• 'go' becomes 'goes'

Click here to practise making the positive form for other verbs (exercise 1) Click here to practise making the positive form for other verbs (exercise 2)

To make the negative form, you need to use 'do not' (don't) or ' does not' (doesn't).

Click here to practise making the negative (exercise 1) Click here to practise making the negative (exercise 2)

How about the question form of the present simple tense?

We use 'do' or 'does' before the subject to make the 'yes / no' question :

Click here to practise making yes / no questions .

Just like with 'be', if you'd like to make a 'wh' question , you just put the question word at the front:

Click here to practise making 'wh' questions

Mixed exercise 1 Mixed exercise 2 Mixed exercise 3 Mixed exercise 4 using both 'be' and other verbs Click here for all the exercises about this tense

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HOMEWORK: PRESENT SIMPLE

Present Simple Activities

Looking for engaging ways to teach the present simple tense? You’ve come to the right place! We’ve compiled a list of fun and effective activities that your students are sure to love.

Teaching Online

You can find online present simple exercises and activities at our online-focused site LearnHip.com .

This is a printable card game for practising the forms of present simple to be .

What do you never do? – practising adverbs of frequency

To help your students understand how often things happen, try drawing a diagram on the board using adverbs of frequency and situations. Then, use the table provided to ask students random questions and have them ask each other questions as well. Encourage your students to go off-script and have fun with it!

Find someone who

I alway use this classic ESL mingling activity to practise asking present simple questions. It can be a very engaging activity for students and often marks the stage where they have enough English to have short conversations with their classmates.

Students are given a list of criteria and must find a fellow classmate who meets each one. It’s a great way way to break the ice with a new class and get students interacting one on one.

See the find someone who post for printable sheets and further instructions and suggestions.

Ask students to think about a job they would love to do now or wanted to do when they were younger. Have them write down four or five present simple statements describing what they do in this job.

Either in pairs or as a class, get the other student(s) to ask closed questions in order to try and guess each other’s dream job. Model this activity using your own dream job as an example and write on the board examples of good and helpful questions.

Third-person interviews

This is a fun and effective present simple third person activity which I often use when introducing the third person form of the present simple. Students interview their partner and then rotate around the class asking for and giving information about their original partner – includes full details and printable interview sheets.

What’s the movie? – how to talk about a story

This enjoyable activity introduces movie and storytelling vocabulary while practising use of the present simple for talking about film and book plots.

Begin by taking a popular film and writing some  present simple  sentences describing the plot and setting.

It’s set on a big ship It stars Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett Kate Winslett plays a bored, rich American girl It takes place in the early 1900s It’s about a rich girl and a poor boy who fall in love Unfortunately, the ship sinks and the boy dies In the final scene, the girl, who is now an old lady, revisits the scene of the tragedy

Students try to guess the film and then in pairs or alone write similar sentences to describe their own choice of movie. The class then tries to guess each other’s choices. Alternatively, this makes a good writing activity for homework.

Present simple board game

Students can practise this tense in groups with this present simple board game . There are also ESL board games available for other grammar forms. You can also find an online present simple board game at our sister site LearnHip.com along with other online present simple activities and exercises .

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01 Simple Present worksheet PDF 01 Simple Present exercises answers - PDF 02 Simple Present to be  to be worksheet PDF 02 to be Simple Present  answers - 'to be' PDF 03 Simple Present to be  worksheet PDF 03 Simple Present to be  answers PDF

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