This is a two-page thorough worksheet to practise present simple tense. It contains explanation and exercises on third person singular sp. 41,890 Downloads. Present Simple. When do we use the Present Simple? The Present Simple is one of the most frequently used tenses in English. Repeated actions ( always, every week, never, often, sometimes) My brother often play s football after school. I always watch the news on television. We usually visit my grandmother at the weekend. Things in general.
(also called the simple present tense)(Download this explanation in PDF)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).
Simple present tense with 'be'The verb 'be' is different from the other verbs in this tense. Let's look at 'be' first: 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 verbsWith all other verbs, we make the present simple in the same way. 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:
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
Next, I explain how to USE the Present Simple.
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