This material contains a grammar guide and three types of exercises - one on present simple, another on present continuous, and one on both tenses.
Hope you find it useful!
This material contains a grammar guide and three types of exercises - one on present simple, another on present continuous, and one on both tenses.
Hope you find it useful!
It's a useful tool if you want to test how well the students have learned the tenses: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous. It can be done in large groups and it works both as a l ...
You can use this worksheet to revise present tenses. I sincerely hope it can help students understand a bit more the differences between these two tenses. I included also a few extra exercises, one to revise pronouns, the other to ocus on prepositions ...
This is a worksheet for elementary and pre-intermediate students that revises present tenses in two simple exercises. The first one is a typical gap filling exercise. The second one is very similar, basically the same task but this time students have t ...
Lemon Tree from the band Fool's Garden. It is a useful song to examine the simple present and continuous tenses. The song is really soft. And the students really like it. You can use it after you have finished both tenses. Fun way to review.
Dog and the Butcher is a short silent cartoon about the touching relationship of the naughty dog and its sometimes strict owner. The worksheet consists of two tasks: the first one is to match the beginning of the sentence with its ending and the second ...
A simple activity for students to practice present simple and present continuous (sorry, no answer key). Good for reviews and classes were you need to show the difference between the two tenses. Print the sheet and give as homework to the students. Mak ...
This worksheet is designed for beginner ESL students who wish to have additional practice with simple present/present continuous. By using a word bank, students must decide on the correct word as well as the correct form of the verb to use. This exerci ...
This worksheet contains different tasks to the song "Lemon Tree" by Fool's Garden: mark the sentences T(true) or F(false), fill in the chart, find and correct grammar and spelling mistakes. I hope you like it. Do not forget to rate it and write y ...
The power point gives a brief overview of which time tags to use with which grammar tense: present simple or present progessive. It then offers a fun game for students to try and choose the best sentence for these time tags. I often play this as a sudd ...
Present Simple vs Present Continuous: what should you use in which sentence?The worksheet starts with a short grammar reminder after which the students can try the gap filling exercises. This worksheet can be used in class as a revision exercise or for ...
This pairwork worksheet uses everyday activities to practice the contrast between present simple and present continuous. This very structured practice is best used with elementary and pre-intermediate students after modelling the question and answer st ...
This is a Power Point presentation with nice visuals. It has more pictures than writing, so it can be both entertaining and educational. It was created many years ago but proved to be effective.The teachers can use it in class and the students can revi ...
Here is a list of some state verbs put into groups according to their meaning. There are also some exceptions when some of them are used in the progressive with a change in meaning. I usually ask my students to copy it in their notebooks or put it in t ...
Present simple and present continuous, also known as progressive, is commonly a hard task as for students as well for teachers, but it is not a too dificult problem from my point of view. It is quite useful to keep in mind some simple tricks like those ...
Present simple / present continuous theory. Examples of habitual actions and things that are always true. Affirmative/ negative / interrogative forms. Difference between "-s" / "-es". Topic: "Doctors Without Borders". Easy to study!
Present tenses practice with vocabulary topic - festivals and holidays. There are some exercises on present tenses and there are some words on festivals and holidays in order to know if students know the vocabulary on this topic. I hope you enjoy this ...
This is a fill-in-exercise about the present simple tense or present continuous tense. Pupils must decide which one they use. They find "hints" in nearly every sentence. Please recollect the signal words first. There are 25 sentences for practisi ...
I used this worksheet with my kids group to practice the use of present simple and present continuous as well as the difference between these two tenses. Ss draw a card and make a sentence (affirmative, negative or interrogative) based on the picture. ...
This worksheet has a lot of exercises to practice present simple and continuous. If you have students that need to practice for the exam at school you can work with them this worksheet. You will see the results in the grades that your student will have.