Present Simple Tense Exercises and Worksheets

• The present simple is fundamental for English language learners.
• It is also pretty tricky to teach.
• It is easy to get diverted off track into areas beyond the students’ abilities (or interest).

Present simple listening/speaking execises

Parts of speech exercises for present simple (PDF)

Likes/dislikes and make/do collocations: present simple exercise (PDF)

Basic collocations  in present simple tense for  take, have & go worksheet (with pictures) (PDF)

List of present simple questions (no answers)

Present simple: Timed Pair Practice for Fluency

There is/there are card game

Question Words: Choose the correct question word

Question words: Fill in who, what, how, when, where.

Stative verbs worksheet – Exercises 1

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Making present simple questions (PDF)

Expressing agreement in the present simple (PDF)

Present simple quiz with a nice variety of exercises (PDF)

Present simple: complete the sentences & questions (PDF)

Present simple  third person exercise (PDF)

Present simple tense worksheet (PDF)

Present tense sentences & question building worksheet (1 page PDF)

Make, pay, have, give, take, hold collocations worksheet (PDF)

Present simple or Present continuous? (PDF)

Do/go/play

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